Mid 20th Century Folk Art Seascape Oil Painting, Framed

This full length portrait of "Violet Madame" depicts a lady seated in a chair, wearing a floral embellished hat and violet dress, signed lower left "A. Nichols". Unframed.

Untitled painting - Atmospheric, foggy river scene including the iconic Palace of Westminster, home of Parliament, and Big Ben along the River Thames. -signed lower left and dated '6...

Depicting a tropical landscape with women, chickens, straw huts and palm trees within a Polynesian village, circa 1920, signed lower right indistinctly. Unframed.

"Alle", - Depicting a large treelined street with couple strolling down the sidewalk. - signed lower right - Unframed

Vintage mid-century modern oil on canvas Seascape Painting. Painting features a calm tranquil coastal scene with sailboats docked in a marina. All in soft colors of blue, green and w...

20th century oil on canvas seascape painting in blues and yellows with sailboats, in black painted frame.

Vintage Latin American folk art oil painting on stretched canvas - likely done for the tourist market - untitled - unsigned - unframed -...

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...