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Paintings For Sale
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German Prints Birds Series Ornithological Engravings Martinet-Buffon C-1790 '2'
Located in Katonah, NY
These are small, gem-like, individual bird scenes.
They are beautifully drawn, detailed prints of hand-colored copperplate engravings from one of the most important ornithological works of the 18th century.
These hand-colored engravings were printed in Germany on original 18th-century rag paper taken from the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon (1708-1788), with engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet (1731-1804), published in Paris 1770-1786.
Dimensions: 6 inches x 3.5 inches (8 inches x 10 inches including the matte)
Condition: Excellent.
Price: $185 for a pair
BACKGROUND: of Georges Louis Leclerc, le Comte de Buffon and Francois Nicholas Martinet:
The Comte de Buffon was a mathematician and scientist often thought of as the founding father of ornithology. His lifetime goal was to create images of most of the world's birds in their natural environment.
His work prefigured the works of John James Audubon.
Under Louis XV, he was the head of the Royal...
Category
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: the Burning of Nanto Temple
Located in Hudson, NY
A scene from the 12th century Heike wars. Ruler Taira Shigehira ordered an attack on those who opposed his rule. During the battle, Nanto Temple, in Nara, was burned to the ground. T...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Philip & Kelvin La Verne Large Collage "Hellenic Memories" 1970s, 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Large wall-hanging framed collage “Hellenic Memories” in patinated engraved metals with hand-painted polychrome enamels with partieal figural elements by...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Small Montague Dawson Oil on Panel of Ships Being Careened, Dated 1960
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small Montague Dawson oil on panel of ships being careened, dated 1960, in a grisaille palette, showing two three masted ships being careened, the one in the foreground with a tend...
Category
20th Century English Paintings
Materials
Paint
Edgar O. Dale Graphic Painting on Canvas 1964 ‘Signed’
Located in New York, NY
Colorful and graphic painting on canvas, anatomical reference to a stylized eyeball, by Edgar O. Dale, American 1964 (signed). This painting has beautiful and balanced coloration.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Gouache on Paper by Keith Shackleton MBE Gannetts & Boobies
Located in San Francisco, CA
A dramatic gouache on paper of gannetts and boobies by Keith Shackleton (English 1923-2015), a well-known British naturalist and artist. Signed lower right. Shackleton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for his efforts as an artist for services to the conservation of wildlife. A retrospective exhibition of his "Polar Art" depicting creatures from the Arctic and Antarctic was held at the Scott Polar Research Institute in 2007.
Shackleton's grandfather was the world famous British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton who led multiple expeditions to Antarctica and famously was able to save his entire crew which was ice locked for a period of months. Recently his sunken ship...
Category
1980s English Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Two Landscape Oil Paintings on Canvas by J R Wallace Orr, 1938
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Two landscape oil paintings on canvas by J R Wallace Orr, 1938, both showing Scottish coastal scenes with labels on the reverse from ‘Pearson and Westergaard Ltd, Fine Art Dealers, 28 West Nile Street, Glasgow, CI’ one titled ‘Ocharton Bay’ and the other’ Auchencairn Bay’, both signed ‘J R Wallace Orr 1938’. Scottish. Can be purchased individually or as a pair.
James Robert Wallace Orr (1907 – 1992) attended the Glasgow School of Art and gained a diploma from the Royal College of Art in 1933. He became a well-known painter, printmaker and teacher at the Glasgow Academy until his retirement in 1967. During the war he served in the London Fire Brigade...
Category
20th Century Scottish Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil on Canvas Depicting Nineteenth Century Persian Prime Minister Mirza Aghassi
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale highly decorative and dramatic portrait depicting an historic Persian foreign and ultimately prime minister, Mirza Aghassi also known as H...
Category
Mid-19th Century Persian Antique Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Gouache on Paper by Keith Shackleton (1923-2015) Tropical Birds and Petrels
Located in San Francisco, CA
A dramatic gouache on paper of tropical birds and petrels by Keith Shackleton (English 1925 -2015), a well-known British naturalist and artist. Signed lower left. Shackleton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for his efforts as an artist for services to the conservation of wildlife. A retrospective exhibition of his "Polar Art" depicting creatures from the Arctic and Antarctic was held at the Scott Polar Research Institute in 2007.
Shackleton's grandfather was the world famous British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton who led multiple expeditions to Antarctica and famously was able to save his entire crew which was ice locked for a period of months. Recently his sunken...
Category
1980s English Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Gouache on Paper by Keith Shackleton MBE (English 1923-2015) Terns in Flight
Located in San Francisco, CA
A dramatic gouache on paper of Arctic terns by Keith Shackleton, a well-known British naturalist and artist. Shackleton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for his efforts as an artist for services to the conservation of wildlife. A retrospective exhibition of his "Polar Art" depicting creatures from the Arctic and Antarctic was held at the Scott Polar Research Institute in 2007.
Shackleton's grandfather was the world famous British explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton who led multiple expeditions to Antarctica and famously was able to save his entire crew which was ice locked for a period of months. Recently his sunken ship...
Category
1980s English Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French Martinet-Buffon Ornithological Circa 1790
Located in Katonah, NY
These are beautifully drawn, detailed copperplate engravings from one of the most important ornithological works of the 18th century. They are rare and compelling hand-colored engra...
Category
Late 18th Century French Regency Antique Paintings
Materials
Paper
Elegant Oil on Canvas of a Flutist by Jacques Alsina 'French 19th Century'
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very attractive oil on canvas by Jacques Alsina, a well listed nineteenth century French artist. This elegant delicate work depicts a young woman in a restive pose playing the flut...
Category
Late 19th Century French Pre-Raphaelite Antique Paintings
Materials
Goatskin, Goat Hair, Canvas
Giacomo Favretto Watercolor on Paper of a Woman in a Garden
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pretty watercolor on paper of a lovely woman in a garden setting by Giacomo Favretto (Italian, 1849-1887), a well regarded Italian genre painter wh...
Category
1860s European Romantic Antique Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
American Impressionism Painting of Sheep in Landscape by John Joseph Enneking
By John J. Enneking
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING
American, 1841-1916
Landscape with Cows and Sheep under Stormy Skies
Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Enneking '05"
Item...
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Oil Painting
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Category
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Multi-Colored Painting in Black Frame
By Richard Rumi
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas abstract multi-colored square painting in a black frame by Richard Rumi, "Blue Squares".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Japanese Six Panel Screen, Morning Glories on a Bamboo Arbor
Located in Hudson, NY
Very early painting of a gold arbor with morning glories, the mulberry paper almost appears polished. Please see close-up photos to show staining from use over the many years (on the...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Antique Paintings
Materials
Paper
Wilhelm Wik Oil Painting
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Oil painting by Wilhelm Wik.
Category
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Wilhelm Wik Oil Painting
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Oil painting by Wilhelm Wik.
Category
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Antique Landscape Painting
Located in Shippensburg, PA
*ON HOLD*
Painting is currently on hold in our shop and is not available for purchase - please reach out in 1stdibs for similar work by this artist.
Condition report:
Very fine or...
Category
19th Century French Antique Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
George Pearse Ennis (1884-1936) Oil on Canvas of Harbor Scene "Silvery Light"
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine and large oil on canvas of a harbor scene by George Pearse Ennis (American 1884-1936), a prominent American artist, signed lower left Ennis ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hand-Colored Bird Engravings French 18th Century by Francois-Nicolas Martinet
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer these Individual bird scenes captured on paper in the Audubon bird engravings style.
These small, gem-like, hand-colore...
Category
Late 18th Century French Regency Antique Paintings
Materials
Paper
Ron Myers, Ceramic Charger Depicting a Reclining Nude, United States, circa 1980
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite glazed ceramic charger features a picture of a reclining nude, a clever recreation of a western subject in new terms appropriate to a work situated in its time and pla...
Category
1980s Vintage Paintings
Materials
Ceramic
Oil on Canvas Japanese Style Depicting Cranes by Harry Klopp
Located in Montreal, QC
Oil on Canvas Japanese Style Depicting Cranes by Harry Klopp. Signed: “Harry Klopp 33”.
Category
1930s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Portland White #1, USA
By Stefan Rurak
Located in New York, NY
Rurak’s Portland white paintings have a Minimalist confidence. Simple white boards are impulsively etched with groups of lines and forms familiar in his lexicon of imagery. The etchi...
Category
2010s American Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Portland White #2, USA
By Stefan Rurak
Located in New York, NY
Rurak’s Portland White paintings have a minimalist confidence. Simple white boards are impulsively etched with groups of lines and forms familiar in his lexicon of imagery. The etchi...
Category
2010s American Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Prairie, USA
By Stefan Rurak
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn based Stefan Rurak’s unique vision and process stems from a diverse range of media, ranging from things as conventional as drawing and painting to performance art. “The work...
Category
2010s American Paintings
Materials
Concrete, Cement, Sheet Metal
Console Diptych, USA
By Stefan Rurak
Located in New York, NY
Stefan Rurak’s credenza diptych typifies his unique approach to design. Rurak has translated his truism, denouncing the distinction between art and design, into a literal representat...
Category
2010s American Paintings
Materials
Concrete, Cement, Steel
Trio of Encaustics by Eric Blum
By Eric Blum
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A haunting trio of encaustic portraits by Eric Blum, depicting two female subjects and one male. These encaustics are created by mixing layers of watercolor and beeswax on canvas tha...
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of Elizabeth Van Dyck Vosburg by Pieter Vanderlyn (The Gansevoort Limne
By Gansevoort Limner
Located in West Chester, PA
Portrait of Elizabeth "Betje" Van Dyck Vosburg., c. 1725. Unsigned, in original frame; accompanied by a Van Dyke family bible printed in Amsterdam in 1702. Condition: Minor repairs, ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Folk Art Antique Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Watercolor attributed to Taunay
Located in Montreal, QC
Watercolor on paper, "Les Amants" attributed to Taunay.
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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.
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