Canvas Wall Decorations

Mid-Century Modern Blue Abstract Painting 1968 This panting is a captivating piece from the Danish art scene, characterized by its striking use of various shades of blue. Signed by ...

After Johann Heinrich Richter (German, 1784–1850) A finely executed portrait after Johann Heinrich Richter's celebrated likeness of Princess Eugénie de Beauharnais, Duchess of Hohen...

Oil on canvas painting in the style of Mark Rothko depicting a color field in mostly warm tones. Unsigned. Mounted in a gilt wooden frame. Excellent condition.

Dramatic mid-century modern oil on canvas portrait painting in the Italian school style of a Lady. Painted in the romantic realism or modernist portrait style. The painting has a dre...

An elegant late 19th century French Chinoiserie oil painting on canvas, originally part of the decorative scheme of a Georgian townhouse. The ...

An English 19 th century oil on canvas of horse and jockey painting in carved gilt wood frame. This 19th c English oil on canvas is a 19 th c...

ANCHOR PENELOPE - 'Peony' - Vintage floral needlepoint tapestry - 100% wool - vertical or horizontal placement - padded and mounted to a Mas...

A beautifully executed original mixed media painting depicting two German Shepherds, captured with warmth, character and exceptional attention to detail. Rendered in watercolour and ...

Another stunning hand-painted oil on canvas work of religious art. This antique oil painting was first hand-painted on canvas and later mounted onto a zinc backplate .. a traditiona...

Painting "Rural landscape". Origin : Denmark, early XX century Paintor : unknown Dimensions: Frame: height 71 cm / width 81 cm Image: height 55 cm / width 64 cm

Allan Karms typical winter scene in Denmark called 'walk true town'. bright colors. free of nicotine and clean. including frame. Signed. eyecatching cAtmospheric painting by Allan Ka...

This remarkable large painted canvas is from the mid 18th century, Rococo period. It portrays the rococo idealized image of life in Southern France. At over 11' wide and just under ...

Paris Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas, Arc de Triumphe, by Jean Salabet. Circa 1950's. Fall street scene in Paris with Arc de Triom...

A handsome Regency or early Victorian blue-eyed gentleman from the school of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). The fashionably dressed young man sports a frock coat with a high collar...

This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of the view of the Mocenigo Palace in Venice with views to the Basilica di San Marco by the renowned British artist Alfred Pollentine (1836...

This is a very good example of a Peruvian, possibly Cuzco, painting of the Holy Family that dates to the mid or late-18th century. The Holy Family is depicted as under the protectin...

Oil on canvas impressionist style landscape painting by German artist Paul Ernst Wilke b.1891 - d.1971. 1913-14 studied at the art school in Bielefeld, 1914-15 in Dusseldorf. 1915-1...

Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) circle of. 18th century old master painting, France. With great pride we offer an extremely rare masterpiece from the 18th century, France. This painting is unsigned as most of his works. It has no provenance, but carries with it all the earmarks of the great Rococo style school of Watteau. It pictures one of his famous outdoor parties with a group of frolicking young people. In the background is a reference to a swing, a favored subject in his paintings. The composition of the painting, colors, brushstrokes (especially in the fabric) is clearly Watteau’s studio. This large 18th century canvas...

Laszlo Neogrady nacque a Budapest, in Ungheria, nel 1896. Era il figlio dell'artista Anatal Neogrady, e studiò pittura all'Accademia Ungherese di Belle Arti ...

Hanging Mallards P.L. 1915 A beautifully executed early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting two hanging mallards, painted with a restrained naturalism and a muted, earthy palette. ...

Three domestic cats converge upon an unattended meal in this late Victorian narrative composition, grouped intently around an oval serving platter. To the left, a sturdy silver-tabby...

Adolfo Belimbau (1845-1938). "Two young ladies reading a book," 1893, oil on canvas signed and dated 'A Belimbau. Livorno' upper right.

A superb antique oil painting on board painting titled  ‘La Fornarina’ after Sebastiano del Piombo, early 19th century in date. A half-length portrait of a young woman, slightly tur...

“Power Lines” — Contemporary Painting, Acrylic or Oil on Canvas An expressive contemporary artwork titled Power Lines, executed in acrylic or oil on a stretched canvas, circa late‑2...

This vintage abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas captures the dynamic energy characteristic of mid-20th-century art movements. The square canvas is richly layered with oil ...

A beautiful antique hand-painted gilt wood framed oil on canvas forest landscape painting USA, Late 19th Century Measures: 9.75"W x 1.25"D x 11....

A beautiful pair of tondo oil landscape paintings on board by John Bell (English, 1811-1895), of "Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire", signed and dated lower left "J Bell 1851" and "Boo...

Álvaro Guillot Surrealist Fortress Landscape Oil Painting, Signed Uruguayan painter Álvaro Guillot (1931–2010) created atmospheric dreamscapes that merged architectural fantasy, met...

Pair of circa 1920's Italian still life paintings. Measurements: Height: 50.25" Width: 26.25" Depth: 1.5"

This original mixed media artwork by local Texas artist, Scott Kerr, combines modern design, layered texture, and neutral colors to create a statement piece for any interior. Featuring tones of white, beige, gray, and taupe, the composition highlights movement and depth, making it versatile for both contemporary and transitional spaces. Handcrafted in Texas, this neutral wall art...

Abstract oil on canvas by California artist Carlos Lopez. Framed, matted and behind glass. Signed and with artist bio on back.

"Homage to Pablo Neruda" by Jean Picart Le Doux - Signed screenprint, Bolduc on the back of the tapestry, Numbered Edition 432/500 - 155Lx115H * This Tapestry has been cleaned by ou...

A classic and happy, Alexander Girard sceenprint on canvas panel ca' 1970's. Measures approx. 24"x24", mounted on stretcher.

This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of the view of the The Grand Canal in Venice by the renowned British artist Alfred Pollentine (1836-1890) and signed lower right, 'A Pollen...

18th Century Dutch harbour scene / seascape painting with ships in stormy waters by Jan Verbruggen (1712-1780). Signed 'J.Verbruggen'. Jan Verbruggen and his son Peter were artists,...

Large-scale original mixed media painting by internationally exhibited artist Kader Boly. Executed in black with pink highlights on a warm ivory ground, the composition is populated ...

A French framed oil on canvas still-life painting from the mid-19th century, depicting a colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase, set in a carved giltwood frame. Born in France at the ...

A striking abstract composition by Mexican artist Irma Palacios, signed and dated 1987. Executed in oil on canvas, the work reflects Palacios’s refined exploration of surface, atmosp...

This masterful oil on canvas, dated 1968, is a quintessential example of post-war European abstraction. Created by the artist Jo Rowland, the work is rooted in the Geometric Abstract...

Large early 19th Century French verdure tapestry cartoon, hand painted oil on canvas. A rare very large size and a particularly beautiful example. Offered in good original condition...

Jennifer Gibbs draws artistic inspiration primarily from meditation and nature. Her extensive body of work ranges from abstract expressionism to delicate botanicals to her charcoal l...

The painting depicts the Greenland ice sheet with several icebergs. One of Eva's last big project was to paint motifs from the arctic. This painting is from her estate and there...

An antique American or British oil on canvas still life painting. Signed L. Allinson lower right. Framed. Circa the late 19th century. Antique Still Life Paintings For Collectors. ...

An oil on canvas floral still life, signed with an indeterminate monogram, European, mid-20th century. The composition centres a globular blue-and-white ceramic vessel — rendered wit...

Oil Painting on Canvas 'AG' by Anne Raymond, Modern Abstract USA, c. 2000 AG by Anne Raymond oil on canvas circa 2000. AG (Silver) oil painting on canvas by Southhampton, NY artist A...

A 3-D. convex hard-edge pop-art painting with diagonal stripes between black and white color blocks. The canvas has a slight convexed curvature to the work where a curved form piece...

Mid-20th-century Italian painting. Oil on canvas, antique-style, artwork depicting an architectural capriccio, a view with ruins and figures, with good pictorial quality. The paintin...

A handsome and sophisticated mixed media on canvas by American artist John Rigsby. Found in a original state of preservation. His works are few and far between. The following biography was submitted by John David Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. The author is Lisa Rigsby Peterson, daughter of the artist, and owner of the copyright of the biography. John David Rigsby was born on October 10, 1934, the seventh child of an Alabama Depression-era sharecropper's son. He and his family moved frequently, from one one-room structure to another, often with no running water, no plumbing, no heat but the stove. His father was killed in a car accident when Rigsby was just 9 years old. Life for the remaining eight family members proved tumultuous and difficult -- food wasn't plentiful, nor money. The family moved from place to place, following work -- Rigsby attended 30 different schools before graduating from high school. Despite living in poverty, Rigsby demonstrated academic and artistic aptitude at a young age. Two oil paintings on covers ripped off of old books that he painted when he was eight years old show the promise of an imaginative and gifted eye. Rigsby was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1953. As he later wrote, "When basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was over, I was told to go out and find a job. Jasper Johns was painting visual aids for the 28th Regimental Headquarters. He suggested the Band Training Unit." Rigsby played the clarinet in that unit, and after 2 years of service, he enrolled at the University of Alabama on the G.I. Bill to study art. After just two years, he left school and followed his mentor (and one of the greatest and longest-lasting influences on his art), Japanese artist and U of A art instructor Tatsu Heima, to New York City. Heima introduced him to Isamu Noguchi and suggested that Rigsby work as Noguchi's assistant. Instead, Rigsby chose a job as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since "the notion of seeing all of that art appealed more to me than the boring task of studio assistant." The opportunity was a rich one for Rigsby. He had a chance to study the masters, and cited Rembrandt with his simplicity and elegance as another of the most important influences on his work. In the years between 1957 and 1963, when Rigsby eventually earned his BFA in sculpture, the artist traveled back and forth between New York and Tuscaloosa, alternating study with forays into the fertile New York art scene. Rigsby exhibited some of his early sculpture work in 1958 at a small New York gallery, which was also exhibiting the work of Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Theodore Stamos. Shortly thereafter, searching for an educational venue closer to New York City, Rigsby visited New Haven, Connecticut, and spent an afternoon speaking with Josef Albers at Yale. Albers agreed to accept Rigsby into the Yale program on the condition that he take freshman drawing all over again. A brilliant opportunity, but, in Rigsby's words, "When it was time to register, I was hitchhiking back to Alabama, looking for food and shelter." Rigsby had his first one-man show at the University of Alabama in 1959. A visiting critic from New York, J.F. Goosen, reviewed the show and wrote "here is a talent which produces art because that is the thing for a gifted person to do. In his effortless ease of conception and execution, he has already achieved a goal that eludes many artists for a lifetime." Finally, in 1963, Rigsby received his degree in sculpture, dissolved a short-lived marriage, visited his family, packed up his car and headed permanently for New York. That year, his work was included in a group show at the Delgado Museum in New Orleans - which led to a one-man exhibit at the Delgado in 1964. During 1964, Rigsby took drawing classes at Columbia University, and worked at the General Post Office at night. He met his future wife, Linda Palmieri, and married. In 1965, his daughter Lisa was born, followed in 1966 by the birth of his son, John David Jr. In 1966, Rigsby had a successful one-man show at the Pietrantonio Gallery in New York. Shortly thereafter, he and the family moved to Tunis, Tunisia at the suggestion of a colleague, who urged him to "come paint by the light of Klee." Rigsby worked for the United States Information Agency as a teacher, and he spent the next year and a half painting over ninety paintings inspired by the smells, light, and Phoenician and Roman art surrounding him. He also executed a number of character and landscape drawings, capturing the Tunisian way of life. During his time in Tunisia, Rigsby's work was shown there in two major exhibits. Upon the family's return to the U.S. in 1968, Rigsby once again exhibited at the Pietrantonio Gallery. Later that year, Rigsby enrolled in Southern Connecticut State College's Urban Studies program, earning a master's degree in 1970. During his time at SCSU, Rigsby worked as the city of Bridgeport's Curator of Exhibits, driving a mobile art gallery from schools to neighborhood fairs and housing projects. After completing his degree, Rigsby had an exhibit at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. This exhibit caught the attention of a member of the search committee looking to hire an artist for a newly-developed program in neighboring South Carolina. In 1970, Rigsby was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence in the state of South Carolina for the National Endowment for the Arts Artists in Schools program. His work with the newly-integrated students at Beaufort (SC) High School over the term of his residency precluded substantial work on his own art. He did, however, set up a studio in downtown Beaufort, and was able to create a modest number of paintings, which were included in exhibits at the Columbia Museum in South Carolina in 1971 and Yale University in 1973. At the end of his residency in 1974, Rigsby was named the National Visual Arts Coordinator of the Artists in Schools program for the NEA, a post he held for two years. In this position, Rigsby traveled the country, reviewing grant applications, meeting with state leaders in government, education and the arts to promote program concepts and explore local opportunities. The message he repeated over and over again echoed that of one of the other major influences on Rigsby as an artist - Ruth Asawa Lanier, whose words taught him that all of the work that the artist does is the artist's work, not simply the paintings he creates. In his capacity as National Coordinator, as well as many times in the future, Rigsby stressed that artists function in the same way as any other person in society, and deserved the same respect and place for their work as did all other professions. After two years traveling the country, Rigsby was ready for a change, saying "for the first time in my adult life, there was not a body of paintings to show for the years put into my work." In 1976, a summer retreat to the mountain community of Central City, Colorado, led to a permanent relocation. Eventually settling in the small town of Evergreen, Rigsby followed his own advice about artists becoming actively involved in their communities, and he established the Evergreen Visual Arts Center. The Center provided working space for artists, classes for adults and children, and, most importantly, a place for Rigsby to create his own work. Buoyed by the opportunity to concentrate once again on his art, and inspired by his new surroundings, Rigsby entered an extremely prolific period in his career. In 1977, he organized a traveling exhibition of his paintings, which showed at the Kimball Arts Center in Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Arvada Center in Colorado. 1978 brought more exhibits, notably in Aspen and Denver, as Rigsby's work continued. He took an extended trip to visit his mentor, Tatsu Heima, in Japan, where he climbed Mt. Fuji, followed by travels to Tehran, Delhi, and several European countries. He chronicled his impressions from his travels in a small collection of paintings upon his return to the U.S. - the beginning of a practice which would continue through the rest of his life. In 1979, Rigsby's marriage failed, and at the same time he lost the lease to his Evergreen studio to redevelopment plans. In response to the personal chaos around him, Rigsby began a series of what he called "hard-nosed process paintings," the watercolor paintings of dots which marked his work from this period. The paintings gained him an NEA Individual Artist grant in 1980, as well as a Yaddo fellowship in 1981. The polka dot paintings were followed by a series of cupcake-like images, again examining space and color. During the early 1980s, Rigsby lived in a suite of old dentists' offices in a rundown part of Denver, with a studio in an area that reminded him of the Bowery in New York. In 1984, Rigsby founded the Progreso Gallery in the building where he lived, using the space both to show his own work and also to mount shows of the work of many Colorado artists. The gallery also served as a focal point for Denver's local arts community, hosting weekly discussion groups and classes. In 1984, Rigsby traveled to the Baja Peninsula and then in 1985 to Yugoslavia. After each sojourn, Rigsby returned to create vibrant and explosive paintings based on his experiences, showing them at his Progreso gallery and another alternative gallery in Denver, the Edge Gallery. The economic recession of the mid-eighties hit the art market and Rigsby hard, however, and although he continued to create new works of art, major exhibitions were difficult to come by. In 1987, Rigsby decided to leave Denver and spent six months in Barcelona, Spain. It was an electrifying trip for him. Rigsby wrote of that time: "The streets alone are a visual feast, and the additions of museums from Saarinen, Picasso and Miro to 12th century icons produced artistic indigestion. My paintings are always about the way things look and feel. Barcelona was a time machine extending those sensory and emotional concerns back to the Middle Ages. I felt the need to reduce my work to essential elements of color, scale, drawing and format. The [resulting] color studies speak eloquently for themselves, and in doing so, redefine all of the work I've done in the past 35 years of painting." Rigsby completed over a hundred paintings while in Barcelona - color studies, street portraits of the characters he encountered on a daily basis, and a number of dark landscape paintings. He found time to run with the bulls in Pamplona, and began writing stories about his adventures that were later published. Upon his return to Denver in 1988, Rigsby continued to explore the alter egos of the color studies - he concentrated on a series of dark paintings, all prominently featuring back. He commented about these black paintings that he " decided it was time to explore the perception of the eye and physical space as defined by low -light conditions…I find these paintings elegant, joyous and light-filled, with no feeling of heaviness at all." In mid-1988, Rigsby moved permanently to Houston, Texas, where he would spend the last five years of his life. Once in Houston, Rigsby made a discovery that would serve as the inspiration and material for some of the last works of his career. In 1989, he discovered a salvage yard filled with scrap rubber, and he began working on black rubber sculptures, as well as paintings with rubber elements incorporated. He made strong connections in the Houston alternative arts scene, and became a regular contributor and art critic for a local weekly newspaper, The Public News. From 1989 through 1992, he exhibited his sculptures and paintings at Houston's Brent Gallery, Fountainhead Gallery, and Blaffer Gallery. He also produced an installation of his rubber sculptures on the roof of the Diverse Works Gallery in Houston. 1992 also marked Rigsby's return to Denver when he exhibited his sculptures at the Payton-Rule Gallery in Denver, leading to an Absolut Rigsby commission by Carillon Importers. The 1990s were a tremendous struggle for Rigsby, with financial crises compounded by physical trauma (he accidentally sawed off the top joint of the index finger of his left hand while working in his studio). Although his work was being shown, it wasn't selling, and the tremendous financial pressure he felt weighed heavily upon him. He spent an increasing proportion of his time going to flea markets and garage sales, rehabilitating and repairing the things he bought there, and then re-selling them simply to raise enough money to keep a roof over his head. He had little time to paint or sculpt, the things in life that had always, no matter what the circumstances, brought him joy. Rigsby's final works were a series of intricate paintings and drawings on used books that he purchased at the flea market. Most of these drawings, which he referred to as sculptural form drawings, were executed on page after page of science texts, music books, and a Korean bible and fill hundreds of pages. Additionally, Rigsby created an exquisite book he titled 28 de los Angeles, in which his twenty-eight simple and elegant drawings of angels resonated with the influence of Rembrandt he had so admired in his early days. In a sense, Rigsby's final works, art created on used books which were the only materials he could afford, brought his work and life full circle from his childhood days. Rigsby's life, though begun and ended in adversity, was nonetheless illuminated and enriched by the irresistible impulse he had to create art and beauty. John David Rigsby was killed in a one-car accident in Colorado in August, 1993. Biography from the Archives of askART Following is a review by Michael Paglia of the artist's July 2004 retrospective at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. It was submitted by John Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. There's a magnificent retrospective at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art devoted to the work of the late John David Rigsby, who was a major powerhouse in Colorado's art scene. "Dots, Blobs and Angels" surveys more than forty years' worth of the remarkable artist's paintings and sculptures. The year 1993 was strange, and by that I mean terrible. Many of the city's galleries closed because of bad economic times, and then the artists started dying. In a matter of a few months, Denver lost three significant artists: Rigsby, experimental photographer Wes Kennedy...

Impressionist Bucks County - Winter is here and the calmness of night is approaching. A covered bridge gently perched above a lively stream with banks of fresh snow. The ground is co...

A striking vintage Abstract Expressionist drip painting executed in the iconic style of Jackson Pollock, dating from circa the late 1960s. Featuring dynamic, energetic splatters and ...

An impressive large-scale marine painting by British artist James Brereton (born 1954), depicting a majestic sailing ship at sea. Executed in oil on canvas, the work demonstrates Br...

Painting - Mônica Baldaque. Still Life. Mixed media on cardboard glued to wood; signed and dated 1994. Dimensions: 16x23.5 cm

Beautiful oleograph of Mary and Jesus. Flowers on border. On bottom reads "Ave Maria". Embroidery still in great shape with gold thread. Original wonderful big tassels and bar on top...

A very large Art Deco style full length portrait of an elegantly dressed beautiful young woman. The woman in this painting is Millie Stokes. Oil on canvas in original silver gilt wood frame. Signed Frederic Tellander...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this E. N. Law signed 19th Century British Maritime Oil Painting Three Masted Ship Please note: The deliver...

A refined 19th-century Romantic gallant scene painting, signed Béranger, depicting an intimate couple in a dreamlike Greco-Roman inspired setting. Executed in the spirit of the Schoo...

Large painted decorative panel depicting an allegory of the grape harvest: a young woman draped in the antique manner, with loose red hair, gathering bunches of grapes beneath a trel...

Large painted decorative panel depicting a colonnaded temple of love at the edge of a pool animated by swans, in an autumn landscape with russet and golden foliage. The composition i...

A vintage oil on canvas painting, circa 1960, depicting a vibrant floral still life. This unsigned work captures a lush bouquet of roses and other blossoms arranged in a decorative v...

This is a fine Italian school oil on board of the view of the harbour in Venice, dating from the mid 19th century. This finely painted painting captures striking views of a busy har...