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"Mar Azul" Abstract Artwork By Mexican Artist Maricruz Hernandez Covarrubias
Located in New York, NY
"Mar Azul" Abstract artwork by Mexican artist Maricruz Hernandez Covarrubias 1947-2016 Painting measurements: width 51.25'' height 39.25'' Maricruz H. Covarrubias – Biography Ea...
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1980s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Matriarch Scroll Portrait Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese Qing ancestor scroll portrait painting of a high ranking official or Imperial court matriarch. Features a intricately decorated Min...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings

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Linen, Silk, Plexiglass, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Vintage Oil Painting of Paris Signed by Romanian Artist Mariana Elas Dated 1990
Located in COLMAR, FR
A bright and airy oil painting of Paris on stretched canvas made by Romanian painter Mariana Elas. The artwork is signed and dated 1990 in the lower left corner (see photo). Mariana ...
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1990s Romanian Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Modernist Abstract Painting of Women's Millinery, Signed Beverly Crook, D. 1970s
Located in Peabody, MA
A festive abstract composition of women’s hats, acrylic on canvas in period frame, signed on reverse, Beverly Crook, and dated 1970,
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Paint

Monumental Bohemian Tiki Pastel Painting Tropical Nude MCM Faux Bamboo Frame 66"
Located in Dayton, OH
Immense mid 20th century pastel painting on board by Hilbert R. Whiteman, depicting a tropical fantasy scene featuring a topless brunette woman surrounded by terracotta sculptures, l...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Bamboo, Hardwood, Paint

Landscape Painting "Shepherd & Flock" by Pieter Gerardus Van Os circa 1821
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIETER GERARDUS VAN OS Dutch, 1776-1839 Shepherd with Flock in a Pastoral Landscape (1821) Oil on canvas Signed lower left "PG Van Os f 1821" Item # 204GPP23A An extensive and brilliantly detailed scene, this fine woodland pastoral landscape highlights the ability of Pieter Gerardus van Os to manipulate light for dramatic and somewhat ecclesiastical effect. There is a certain other-worldly insinuation in the golden light as it pierces the dense cover of the leaves to highlight the shepherd and his flock as the focal point for the painting. Here we find the young boy entirely at peace on the bank surrounded by long golden grasses with his hat and staff tossed aside while watching the action of the small waterfall on the otherwise tranquil stream. His small dog stands beside him while the sheep graze carelessly, each showing total disregard for the two men and their dog hunting in shadows of the woods behind them. Across the bank a pair of unattended billy goats graze on the trees of the deeply shaded forest floor. There is a harmony and perfect sense of balance in this intricately detailed scene, an effective infusion of the transcendental into a quiet landscape scene. The work is signed lower left in his typical scrawling script "PG [intertwined] Van Os f 1821" and the back of the frame retains an early Christie's label. It is presented in a very fine carved giltwood frame. PIETER GERARDUS VAN OS Born in The Hague on October 8th of 1776 into the renowned Van Os family of painters, Pieter would spend his early years studying under his father Jan together with his brother Georgius Johannes Jacobus (Dutch, 1782-1861) in their father's studio. The three men had remarkable careers and would become some of the most influential painters in the Netherlands throughout the first half of the 19th century. Unlike his brother and father, Pieter moved away from still-life paintings and focused his work on rural landscapes of the Dutch countryside. He was self-taught in this pursuit, first as a copyist of the renowned Dutch "Golden Age" painters Karel Dujardin (Dutch, 1626-1678) and Paulus Potter (Dutch, 1625-1654) while also being heavily influenced by the landscape work of Jacob van Ruisdael and the allegorical landscapes of Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem. From his studio in Amsterdam, Pieter taught such notable pupils as Wouterus Verschuur...
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19th Century Dutch Romantic Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Charles Levier "Villard" Portrait Ca' 1960's
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A fabulous 1960's portrait-oil on canvas by Charles Levier, aka Villard. Beautifully done, similar in style to Bernard Buffet. High quality frame made in Belgium.
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board
Located in Denton, TX
Bark cloth or tapa cloth mounted on plywood and trimmed in mahogany. Bark cloth, or tapa, is not a woven material, but made from bark that has been softe...
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20th Century American Samoan Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Cabin Run Covered Bridge Bucks County Pennsylvania Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
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Late 20th Century American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Young Male Expressionist by Hedi Rothschild Kandel Germany Israel 1960's
Located in Mobile, AL
Hedi Rothschild Kandel Israeli Artist (1912-2003) Portrait of Young Man Wonderful expressionist portrait. Hedi Kandel (born Rothschild) studied art in Nurenberg and medicine in Er...
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1960s Israeli Expressionist Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

Antique oil painting "Landscape with lake" signed, H Johahnsen
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This splendid painting depicts in detail a bright view of a mountain lake,note the fine definition of details and the valuable perspective depth that give the work a feeling of pleas...
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1950s French Other Vintage Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

60s Lee Reynolds Mid Century Modern Paris Cityscape Oil Painting Framed Signed
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare Oversized Mid Century Modern Lee Reynolds for Vanguard Studios, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting. Signed and Framed. Delightful, calming, expressionist image depicts peopl...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

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...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings

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Gold Leaf

"Naval Battle Scene" 19th Century Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on panel measuring 21" x 24.5" including the frame. The painting is signed in the lower right corner, but we cannot attribute the signature. The scene is a lively naval battl...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Paintings

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Paint

Antique early 20th century original still life red and white floral watercolour
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is a stylish original watercolor still life flower drawing estimated to be from the 1920s. One of the flowers is painted in shades of red and white with green leaves, the othe...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Peter Keil, Black & White Portrait Facing Left, Oil on Board, Signed, 12” x 36”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Peter Keil, Black & White Portrait Facing Left, Oil on Board, Signed, 12” x 36” Striking black and white oil portrait by German artist Peter Keil (b. 1942), known for his bold, expr...
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Late 20th Century German Modern Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood

Reynolds Beal, Impressionist Oil Painting, USS Utah Rockport Mass, American 1928
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Manhasset, NY
Reynolds Beal, Impressionist Oil Painting, USS Utah Rockport Mass, American, 1928 A fine impressionist oil on canvas by the well celebrated Reynolds Beal. Dated 1928 on verso and si...
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1920s American Vintage Paintings

Materials

Canvas

English Oil Painting of Horse and Groom Attributed to Ben Marshall, circa 1805
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A stunning circa 1805 English equestrian oil on canvas painting firmly attributed to prominent late-Georgian period artist Benjamin Marshall portrayi...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Paintings

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Giltwood, Canvas

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna Della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Ma...
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

American Tonalist Impressionist Painting “Midsummer” by Cullen Yates
By Cullen Yates
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CULLEN YATES American, 1866-1945 "Midsummer" Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Cullen Yates" exhibition label retained noting its title and "no. 6702 Item # 406KKL02P A bold an...
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20th Century American Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Vintage I. Krohm Schloss Euerburg German Castle Oil Painting on Canvas 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid to early 20th century oil on canvas painting depicting a cityscape view of Schloss Euerburg - a Reanaissance era castle in Obereuerheim, Germany. Signed I. Krohm in lower right. ...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Impressionist Painting Titled Nancy by Savannah Georgia Artist Myrtle Jones
By Myrtle Jones
Located in Savannah, GA
Featured in the book A Savannah Experience, by Myrtle Jones, this large pastel painting is one of the artist's finest paintings. Acrylic on canv...
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1980s American Other Vintage Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

"Spring, " Important 1920s Painting Evoking Stravinsky Ballet & Polish Folk Dress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great Modernist artists -- Salcia Bahnc -- in 1925, and evoking Igor Stravinksy's "Rite of Spring" ballet and the native folk costume of Poland, where the artist grew up, this large and important piece depicts 10 figures in brilliantly-hued dress, some in dance poses that suggest the choreography and costumes of Vaslav Nijinsky and Nicholas Roerich...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Paintings

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Paint

18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Bucolic Landscape Painting, 1770
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Venetian school of the second half of the 18th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting an Arcadian landscape of pastoral genre. This type of pictorial representation established it...
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1770s Italian Antique Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Antique English 19th Century Oil On Canvas Still Life Flowers
Located in London, GB
Antique English 19th Century Oil On Canvas Still Life Of chrysanthemums in a vase. Signed 'M.L' 1889. Gilt framed. In good condition, showing some signs of wear commensurate of age. ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Paintings

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Paint

1975 Hard Edge Square Oil Painting on Canvas, in the Manner of Josef Albers
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Oil on canvas painting signed on verso "B. Raab 5/75" After the famed "Homage to the Square" by Josef Albers Measures 30-1/4" X 30-1/4" square. Original aluminum frame. Colors are b...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

Materials

Aluminum

Gary Komarin, Contemporary, Small Abstract Paintings, American, 21st C.
Located in Manhasset, NY
Gary Komarin, Contemporary, Small 'French Wigs' Abstract Paintings, American, 21st C. FRENCH WIGS by Gary Komarin. On view now and available for sale exclusively through our America...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Robert Loughlin “Untitled” Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Marker on a cardboard box by New York City picking and art legend, Robert Loughlin. Featured in Patrick Parrish Gallery's “Robert Loughlin: 1998-2011” exhibition in 2021. ROBERT LOUGHLIN (1949 - 2011) may have been one of the most elusive artists in New York, but his work was everywhere. You might have noticed his signature graffiti of a square-jawed man, The Brute, randomly appearing on doors, signs, and walls all over the city. Like his fellow graffiti artists who emerged during the 1980s, such as Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenning Scharf, Loughlin has now become a collectible name. Once considered outsiders to the mainstream art world, graffiti artists now command top dollar for their work and are shown in museums all over the world. When he wasn't making his mark on the city streets, Robert Loughlin still incorporated a similar grittiness into his art. He would ransack antique stores, thrift shops, flea markets, galleries, and estate sales and emerge with treasures that he would use as his canvas. Nothing was sacred...
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1990s American Paintings

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Paper

Mid 19th Century Large Original Oil on Canvas Painting of Battle Scene Surrender
Located in Round Top, TX
Large original oil on canvas painting of battle scene with a defeated commander surrendering. Unsigned. Ascribed to Jacques Courtois (b. Saint-Hip...
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Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Quadri Antichi, Ritratti Di Giovane Donna Che Legge, Olio Su Tavola, XX Secolo.
Located in Breganze, VI
La categoria quadri antichi propone un Bel Ritratto di Giovane Donna che Legge, una pittura ad olio su tavola,  della Metà del Novecento.  Si tratta di un ritratto di ragazza in un...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Fir

Selections from the Art Museum Princeton University, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Selections From The Art Museum Princeton University. Published by Princeton University Art Museum / Yale University Press, 2014. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. 303 pp. With hundreds of illustrations, mainly in color. Catalog of an exhibition held at Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford...
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1980s American Vintage Paintings

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Paper

Ingrid Floss (*1970 Cologne, Germany), Painting, 2023
Located in New York, NY
Oil on Canvas Since 2011 Lecturer at the Academy of Art in Bad Reichenhall and Kolbermoor, Founder of the color painting course, with Prof. Jerry Zeniuk and Prof. Raimer Jochims Awar...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Paintings

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Canvas

Large Vintage Russian Illustration Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Large Vintage Russian Illustration for Alexander Pushkin’s Fairy Tale of Tsar Saltan Extraordinary Illustration of Pushkin’s Fairy Tale “Tsar Saltan” in oil on canvas. The large for...
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20th Century Ukrainian Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas

Copy of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" Painting
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian style oil painting copy of Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" in a gold frame.
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20th Century British Georgian Paintings

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Paint

Pair of Large Italian Architectural Column Wall Panel Artwork
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Impressive reproductions of paintings of classical Roman columns, specifically Corinthian and Iconic. The technique used to create these is paint on plaster over burlap. The original artist was Jacques Lamy of Italian decent. These oversized panels could fill up an entire wall in a home, retail or restaurant setting. Provenance: Baker, Knapp and Tubbs...
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Mid-20th Century European Classical Roman Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint, Burlap

German Genre Painting Doctor’s Visit, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A German genre painting depicting a doctor’s visit to a little girl, 19th century. canvas: 17 by 20 ¼ inches frame: 24 by 27 inches
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19th Century Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Sailing Ship Diorama 19th Century Signed
Located in Norwood, NJ
George Vempley Burwood, British (1844-1917) signed and dated. Sailing ship, schooner diorama, shadow box with figures and painted background.
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1890s British Victorian Antique Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paint

Multi Plane Abstract Modern Landscape Painting in Acrylic by Joyce T Macrorie
Located in Troy, MI
Joyce T Macrorie (1931-2021) "Long View in Planes" Acrylic on canvas 1997 41.25 inch width 39.25 inch height 2.25 inch depth Abstract fragmented landscape in a soft color palette o...
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1990s American Post-Modern Paintings

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Acrylic, Maple, Paint

Portrait for Woman
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Madame Rimsky"
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Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings

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Paint

Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi, Oil on Canvas "Madonna & Child" After Murillo
By Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Attributed to Giorgio Lucchesi (1855-1941) A large and impressive early 20th century oil on canvas "Madonna and Child" after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo...
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1910s Italian Baroque Vintage Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Fine Italian Landscape of Peasants at Rest, Oil on Board, Late 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
A wonderful Italian painting depicting peasants at rest under trees, with haystacks and farm buildings in the distance. Oil on board, late nineteenth century or early twentieth centu...
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Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Paintings

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Paint

17th Century Venetian Oil Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
An outstanding and grand 17th century Baroque oil painting on an oval wooden panel of the Madonna and Child. Beautifully executed and stunning patina.
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17th Century Italian Antique Paintings

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Wood

Vintage Anglo Indian Pishhwai Painting of Krishna
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting vintage Anglo Indian Pishhwai gouache painting on cloth mounted on board, steeped in alagorical context, depicting Krishna dancing with villagers in a background of birds ...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings

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Paint

Rune P. Swedish Artist, Oil on Canvas, Modernist Landscape, Mid-20th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rune P. Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Modernist landscape, mid-20th century. The canvas measures: 89 x 64 cm. The frame measures: 2.5 cm. Signed. In very good condition. 20th c...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Leonard Thorpe "Nelson's Column" Original Oil Painting, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leonard Thorpe "Nelson's Column" original oil painting, circa 1960 Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Centra...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Canvas

Large Scale Chinoiserie Painting Attributed to Maitland Smith 66"H x 54"W
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Scale Chinoiserie Painting, attributed to Maitland Smith, American, circa 1980s. It measures an impressive 66“ height x 54“ width. It has an overall craquelure finish as origin...
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1990s American Chinoiserie Paintings

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Wood

Large Oil on Canvas of a Vivid Provence Landscape
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A sun-drenched provençal landscape is brought vividly to life in this large 20th century post- impressionist style oil-on-canvas. Undulating hills in the distance provide an evocativ...
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20th Century French Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century French School Still Life Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
A late 19th Century French School still life in the style of Fantin-Latour. A well-executed Impressionist style oil on canvas depicting detailed objects of an opulent household: a ceramic basket weave bowl of apples, a lady's fan propping open a small book, next to a gold lournette on a pink beaded chain. In the background is a tall pewter candlestick...
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19th Century French Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century French Victorian Terrier Oil Painting Signed
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian gilt framed oil painting of seated black and white terrier (signed DUBOUY, 1904).    
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20th Century French Victorian Paintings

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Canvas

Abstract Oil Painting circa 1968 by Louis Zansky
By Zonsky
Located in New York, NY
Abstract oil on canvas titled "House," by artist Louis Zansky (1920-1978), signed 1968. Framed with linen matting and carved gilt wood frame. Painting measures 16" width x 12" height...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Art Nouveau Gemstone Painting after Alphonse Mucha Spring
Located in Somis, CA
A rare gemstone artwork in the art nouveau style modeled after Alphonse Mucha's "Spring". The painting was done on the back of glass and applied with quartz to create the iridescent background. The Goddess finely painted, delicately inlaid with natural gemstones. She wears a long mermaid...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Paintings

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Multi-gemstone

1960s Raoul Dufy Venice Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raoul Dufy "Venice" gouache on paper. Nice new wood frame included. Framed size: 26" x 33" Image size: 16.5" x 23.5".
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1960s French Modern Vintage Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Italian Renaissance Fruit Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance style still life of fruit with gold serving pieces displayed in front of a green drape in a gilt carved frame Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Paintings

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Paint

German 19th Century Oil on Canvas Triptych of Cherubs by Ferdinand Wagner II
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) A very fine and charming triptych group of three oil on canvas laid on board titled "An Allegory to Spring" each panel depicting different playful and joyous scenes of putti and a cherubs reminiscent of spring, love and peace. The center panel depicting a seated putto, crowned with flowers, a standing putto behind him holding a sack of arrows and a seated cherub facing him next to a watchful peace dove on top resting of a flower bouquet. The left panel depicting a seated putto next to a standing putto with a freshly harvested apple. The right side panel depicting a standing cherub holding a fig branches with leaves. All three-in-one panels within individually carved giltwood frames. All panels signed at the lower left: Ferd. Wagner, circa 1890. Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) was the son of Passau Ferdinand Wagner Senior, a teacher at a vocational art school who began training him professionally at a young age. After traveling to Italy in 1867-1868, he continued with his art studies at The Munich Academy of Arts led by Peter Von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr...
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine Italian 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved two-tone gilt wood, gilt-patinated and gesso frame, which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting. Circa: 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Painting diameter: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Frame height: 55 1/8 inches (140 cm) Frame width: 46 inches (116.8 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...
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Early 1900s Italian Baroque Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Les Bienfaits de la Nature by F.Majorel (1878-1965) Large Art Deco Oil on Canvas
By Fernand Majorel
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Les bienfaits de la nature offerts au plus grand nombre" “Nature's Goodness offered to more people” An Impressive and Decorative Art Deco oil on canvas painting Original frame Signe...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Vintage Still life of Christmas Roses
Located in Seaford, GB
Lovely still of roses by Anna Hornby Vintage Still Life of Roses by Anna Hornby'Christmas Roses' by Anna Hornby is an exquisite portrayal of delicate hellebores, known as Christmas ...
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1980s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings

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Canvas

Vintage Water Color Painting, Mary Blair, Legendary Walt Disney Studios Animator
Located in San Francisco, CA
This collectible painting is by Mary Blair, legendary animator for Walt Disney Studios, is of a pair of dancing rabbits in coat tails. The unframed...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Manner of J.M.W Turner, Venice Scene of the Grand Canal Painting
Located in Nashville, TN
Probably circa 1910, decorative painting with craquelure throughout. Old dark varnish. The sky near frame edge has thicker paint suggesting some later in painting. Stretcher marks sh...
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1910s Italian Vintage Paintings

French 19th Century Aubusson Cartoon with Floral Decor Surrounding a Cherub
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Aubusson cartoon painting from the 19th century, with floral decor surrounding a cherub populated cartouche. Created to be used as a model to weave a tapestry in the Aubusso...
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19th Century French Antique Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

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