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Circa 1700 Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes & Pines, Kyoto Kano School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Pines and Cranes
Anonymous. Kyoto Kano School.
Late 17th/early 18th centuries, circa 1700.
Pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens.
Ink, gofun, pigment and gold leaf on paper.
This bold composition presents two pine trees extending to the left and right across a gold leaf background. One tree is silhouetted against a green ground, golden clouds obscuring its true size, the other stretches across a stylized waterway. The pines are paired with Manchurian cranes with red crests and snow white plumage. Both have been highly auspicious motifs in East Asia since Chinese antiquity. Here the artist utilized fluid and instinctive ink brushstrokes to define the trunk, branches and tail feathers, in strong contrast to the precision and sharp angularity of the crane’s legs and beaks. The adoption of this vast metallic painting support required an unerring sense of design and composition, so that the negative space surrounding motifs could imply context for the otherwise floating pictorial elements. The brushwork detailing the trunks of the pines, the exaggerated dimensions of the pine trees and the strength and dynamism of the composition are all reminiscent of Kano Eitoku...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Berlin KPM Plaque 'KUNST BRINGT GUNST On Stand 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely stunning and finely painted KPM Berlin Plaque after Paul Thumann's (1834-1908) 'Kunst Bringt Gunst' (meaning 'Art wins heart'), sign...
Category
1880s Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms
Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981)
Showa period, circa 1930
2-panel Japanese Screen
Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper
Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino.
Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Painted on Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
Paravento a sei pannelli di scuola giapponese Kano: paesaggio con bellissime ed eleganti gru vicino al fiume, con alberi di pino e sakura.
Dipinto a mano con pigmenti minerali ed inc...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Screen, Early 20th Century Wagtail & Chrysanthemum by Ishizaki Koyo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947)
Wagtail & Chrysanthemum
Early 20th century
Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf.
Sign: Koyo
Seal: Koyo
This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Minton, A. D. Holland, Hand Painted China Cabinet Plate, U.K, circa 1950's
By Minton
Located in Chatham, ON
MINTON - Arthur Dale Holland (Artist/Painter, 1896-1979) - Fine and rare vintage bone china cabinet plate - hand painted - featuring a display of fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Romantic Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$700 Sale Price
30% Off
Peter Buchman "Just another thing hanging over your head.", 2017
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary New York artist Peter Buchman's "Just another thing hanging over your head." is made of enamel, house paint, pla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Meiji Era, Circa 1900 Japanese Screen Pair, Flowers & Birds of Spring & Autumn
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers & Birds of Spring and Autumn
Unknown artist.
Japan. Meiji period, circa 1900.
A pair of six-fold screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Signed: Gaga S...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Exceptional Bronze Painting "Passion" 1960s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Large and exceptional painting, “Passion”, in patinated and engraved bronze and pewter with vibrant enamel cloisonne and hand-brazed sculptured frame by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, Amer...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
Antique Religious Grand Tour Plaque Last Supper Painting Alabaster Champleve
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Religious Grand Tour heavy gauge wall hanging or free-standing Patinated Bronze Cast Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque of generous proportions and Continental origin possible France, depicting a classical scene of the Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci. Last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Beautifully mounted on to a rectangular light green Alabaster or Onyx plaque with highly ornate Champleve enamel detailing in colours, which is mounted on to a polished brass backing.
Condition: Good condition with nice patination and no losses, no imperfections anywhere, backing support is very sturdy.
Beautiful and quite unusual religious offering, wonderful gift.
Height: (entire as image one) 8" (20cm). Width: (at base) 10.75” (27cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
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Category
19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Portrait of Marie Antionette in Ormolu Frame After Le Brun
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A well executed miniature of Marie Antionette from the late 19th century after an original portrait by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842). Thi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Hand Painted Miniature Portrait of a Lady ca. late 19th C. Bronze and Bone Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A late 19th Century hand painted mature portrait in a bone and Bronze frame with velvet backing and bronze twig like stand. An impeccable piece and lovely on the desk or shelf.
A w...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Screen Painting, Circa 1700 'Tales of Ise' by Tosa Mitsusuke
By Tosa Mitsusuke 1
Located in Kyoto, JP
A six-fold Japanese screen by Tosa Mitsusuke (1675-1710), Japan 17th-18th century, Edo period.
The signature reads Shoroku-i ge Tosa sa Konoe Shogen Mit...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Carl Einar Forseth (1892–1988) "ARCHITECT" painting on board, Sweden 1915
By Carl Einar Andreas Forseths
Located in New York, NY
"Arkitktur" is a mixed media painting on a panel by Swedish artist Carl Einar Andreas Forseth (1892–1988). It depicts a scene with three craftsmen (builders) in an arched structure w...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
12 Pink Gilt Hand Painted Castle Cabinet Plates. Antique English Artist Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vibrant and wonderful collection of antique porcelain plates featuring 12 distinct Great Britain Castles which are labeled on the back of the plates ...
Category
1910s British Belle Époque Vintage Paintings
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Art Nouveau Painting of a Maiden and Mischievous Cupids 19th Century by Rontini
Located in Rochester, NY
Art nouveau painting of beautiful maiden and mischievous angels. An allegory of Spring. Watercolor painting by Alessandro Rontini (Italian born 1854). In beautiful custom floral deco...
Category
19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly unusual carved painted, gilt and gem-set tortoise carapace resembling the mythical Cosmic or World-bearing Turtle
Probably Germany, late 19...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Paintings
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen by Garden’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo period (18th century) painting of a flowing array of various types of chrysanthemums painted on beautifully faceted heavy gold leaf and behind afinely painted fence. Petals of th...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold
Antique Miniature Hand Painted Portrait Jeweled Nobel Woman Painting Gilt Frame
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Elegant artist signed hand painted portrait of an aristocrat lady. The beautiful woman is wearing 4 strands of pearls and has additional pearls in her hair. She is wearing a floral h...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen Late Autumn Forest, Rare Obara Paper Art Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
A masterful landscape made entirely of carefully arranged mulberry paper fibers in a Japanese art practice called Obara. Accented with gold leaf. Incredible craftsmanship and a wonderful rendering of bare trees. Made by Yamauchi Issei (b. 1929), stamped in the corner. Issei is well known throughout Japan as the leading artist in Obara Paper Art. Starting in 1948, he apprenticed with Fuji Tatsukichi, a leading proponent of the arts and crafts movement in Japan who worked to Revive many cultural traditions on the brink of extinction. Issei started exhibiting in the Nitten in 1953, won the Gold Medal in 1963, and eventually became a juror. His artwork was given as a gift to the Showa Emperor of Japan, as well as dignitaries such as General Douglas MacArthur...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Gilded Bronze Signed French Miniature Portrait of King Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Located in Nottingham, GB
Gilded Bronze French Miniature Portrait of King Louis XVI (1754-1793), in a gilded bronze ribbon frame, late 19th century. Signed in centre.
King Louis XVI, born on August 23, 1754, was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He reigned from 1774 until 1792. Louis XVI was born as Louis-Auguste, the second son of the Dauphin Louis and Maria Josepha of Saxony. He became the Dauphin of France...
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Rolling Country Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
A mid-sized six panel screen. Edo period (c. 1800) painting of a landscape features a temple on the mountain top, a river with fishermen emerging from gold...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Family of Chickens on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold. Not signed, by Baikei Hitsu.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
1990s Raul Monje Large Metal Wall Art in Bronze Mexico
By Raul Monje
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Large Abstract Wall Art Bronze by Raul Monje Mexican Artist
37 h x 29 w x 1.75 d Art 32.5 x 24
Original preowned vintage unrestored condition.
Refer to the images.
Delivery within 20...
Category
1990s Mexican Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"St. Sebastian in Gold and Coral", Striking Art Deco Painting by Remy, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vivid and striking example of Art Deco painting, this depiction of St. Sebastian in tones of gold and pink-papaya shows the figure with a rich, brown complexion, wounded with four ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Winter Landscape with Flowering Plum
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Winter landscape with flowering plum, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a full moon with wild grasses between river's edge and a snow covered plum tree ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tibetan Thangka of Celebration Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite hand painted Tibetan Thangka depicting 63 Buddhas with consorts and 5 protector Vajrabhairavas. Buddha seated dhyana asana on lotus throne at the center of the mandala i...
Category
2010s Nepalese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,100 Sale Price
51% Off
Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking painting depicting scattered fans painted on gold leaf. Featuring various scenes from classic Japanese literature, flowers and birds. Mineral pigmen...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Self-Portrait Painting by Egon Schiele, 1917-1980
By Egon Schiele
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This bronze self-portrait by Egon Schiele (1890–1918), a seminal figure of the Wiener Secession, exemplifies his ability to convey raw emotion and introspection. Conceived in 1917, a...
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Four Panel Screen, Golden Sun Through Turbulent Surf
Located in Hudson, NY
Golden sun viewed through red maple above turbulent waves. Mineral pigments on gold and silver ground with silk brocade border.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Vintage Bjorn Wiindblad Decorative Plate 1001 Nights Lute Player Plate
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful collectible plate from the famous Danish artist Bjorn Wiinblad (Bjørn Wiinblad). The plate was designed for Rosenthal, Germany and is deco...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$148 Sale Price
26% Off
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms in Willow Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Dramatic and beautifully executed cherry blossoms trickle down the two panels with natural willows calmly coexisting with luminous gold dust fading to the ground. Mineral pigments an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold
"Orpheus with Lyre and Cape", Fine Art Deco Eglomise Painting in Gold and Wine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and sophisticated example of high style Art Deco eglomise painting, this depiction of a stylized Orpheus figure with lyre and cape is painted in rich tones of gold, black ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Philip & Kelvin LaVerne Unique Pair of Paintings "Redemption" 1960s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Pair of unique Impressionist paintings "Redemption" in patinated and engraved bronze and pewter with enamel cloisonne by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960s (signed twice on on...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Pewter
Gold Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an abstract painting showing a gold on gold color field
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,250
Monumental Ceramic Wall Panel After Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss, with 24k Gold Detai
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in TOURCOING, FR
Monumental Ceramic Wall Panel After Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss, with 24k Gold Detailing – Signed by P. Coquignet
Stunning ceramic wall composition ...
Category
2010s French Paintings
Materials
Gold
Portrait Miniature of Princess Alexandra V. Bayern, by Stieler
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Portrait miniature of Princess Alexandra V. Bayern in a bronze frame, by Joseph Karl Stieler, Germany (1781-1858), signed on the front, titled, and...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Clouds of Golden Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Bunrei-Ga.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano school painting of a pheasant in a snowy pine. Artist signature reads: Hokkyo Shunyo. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Arlequin by Jose Maria de Servin
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Jose Maria de Servin was taken from his birthplace in Michigan to Guadalajara Mexico by his family when he was two months of age. He was a distinguished member of the group “Young ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen Battle of Yashima from the Heike Monogatari
Located in Hudson, NY
Yamato-e painting depicting a great land and sea battle, the Battle of Yashima, March 22, 1185. The Heike were flushed from the mountainous and prote...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Six Panel Screen Mother Cat and Kittens Near Rushing Stream
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting, in mineral pigments and gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Artist seal reads: Hokkyo Unsen.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair Portrait Miniature Paintings, Young Lady Signed J.B. Royby
Located in London, GB
This very nice pair was painted in second half 18th century
Hand painted wearing wonderful gowns, multi-strand pearl necklaces,
within the original gilt metal frames.
height 4 1/4...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Italian 19th Century Oil on Alabaster Painting Pompeian Interior Scene in Ormolu
By Luigi Bazzani
Located in Firenze, IT
This Italian 19th century oil on alabastrer painting depicts an opulent interior in full ancient neoclassical Pompeian style with people festing.
The figurative inner scene is painted on a rectangular alabaster slab and housed in a wonderful giltbronze frame resting on casted arrow feet.
This is a single section of a bigger surtout de table. You can now use it as a decorative centrepiece on a table or on a console or turn it into a wall decoration. We can provide framing options in this case.
The characters enjoy a rich banquet in an elaborate interior, the room renderings...
Category
19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Paintings
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Ormolu
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Young Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Symbolizing the Sun, gold is often used in shrines and temples in Japan. Gold has been extensively recognized to represent wealth, while bamboo is said to bring good luck due to its ability to regenerate in the forest. A beautiful composition of the two together...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold
Flower Paintings, 19th Century, Oil Painting on Canvas
By Julien Stappers
Located in Breganze, VI
Flowers artwork, oil painting on canvas, floral vase painting which represents yellow Daiseis,
placed in two vases. In the background were painted the so-called "Pope's Medallions...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowers by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Six-Panel Screen Late Winter into Early Spring
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Late winter into early spring, Rimpa style painting of a garden scene with doves on a bamboo fence. Flowers in bloom including ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen, Young Pine and Bell Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Signature reads: Kanshin. Mineral pigments painted on gold dusted mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowers by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Screen, Egrets in Water Landscape with Lotus and Loquats
Located in Hudson, NY
Hasegawa School painting in ink and gold dust accents on mulberry paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Karako 'Chinese Children'
Located in Hudson, NY
Children at play in a Chinese palace garden, a favorite subject of Japanese painters. Kano School painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with si...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Battle at Uji Bridge
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Battle at Uji Bridge, the first battle at Uji was in 1180 and it marked the start of the Heike Wars. The Genji troops crossed the...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Courtiers Festival
Located in Hudson, NY
Courtiers are those that are in attendance at a royal court. Beautifuly painted court figures in procession with ancient musical instruments. Tosa School painting in mineral pigments...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen Winter Flowering Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigment on gold leaf.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Simple Chrysanthemums on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf. Not signed, by: Baikei Hitsu.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen Pine and Red Sun on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf. Signature and seal read: Anei H-eishin Boshun ga, dated: late spring 1766 with a dedication to Okyo (Maruyama).
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
(4) Chinese Export Oil on Canvas Exterior Scenes C. 1840 National Gallery Prov.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Export, mid 19th century.
An exceptional and original 4 piece set of Chinese Export oil paintings on canvas depicting exterior ga...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$23,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Original Silver and Gold relief picture by BRUNEL Srl Preziosi D'Autore, Italy
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage Silver relief picture "Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, Muggia", by BRUNEL Srl Preziosi D'Autore made in Italy in the 1980s.
Sterling Silver 925 and gold 23,75.
Sculpture re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver
$731 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Scenes in and Around Kyoto, 'Rakuchu Rakugai-Zu'
Located in Hudson, NY
The left two panels is the intersection of the Tokaido (an important and historical road that connects Kyoto with Tokyo) at Sanjo (Sanjo translates to "Third Street" and is the main ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique and Vintage Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
When paired with the perfect frame, the right antique and vintage paintings and other wall decorations can either subtly showcase your personality or steal the show altogether.
The earliest paintings were created on the walls of caves, proving even our ancient ancestors knew that striking artwork is meant to be on display. Cave paintings on an Indonesian island are reportedly older than the earliest cave art in Spain and France, and the figurative paintings back then were produced with inorganic pigments like iron oxide.
Later, the people of Ancient Greece — who learned about art from the Egyptians before them — conceived panel paintings of wax and tempera that were collected and publicly displayed. In the centuries that followed, artists would be commissioned to create large-scale wall murals and frescoed ceilings in sprawling European palaces and in the homes of the aristocracy.
Today, 1stDibs makes it easy for you to celebrate this rich history in your own home. Our collection of paintings includes Art Deco paintings, baroque art and a broad range of other categories. Search by material, period or other attributes to find the right fit — browse an array of 19th century landscape paintings in giltwood frames or abstract oil paintings and portraits made during the 1950s and ‘60s.
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Whether you aim to create a gallery in your home or build a single, stunning focal point, you can find what you’re looking for in an extensive inventory of paintings on 1stDibs.