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Style: Primitive
Primitive Portrait of a Lady, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A primitive portrait of a lady, mid 19th century. canvas: 25 by 30 inches frame: 31 by 36 inches
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Primitive Paintings

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Paint

Large Abstract Painting by Jeremiah Josef Kuglar
Located in Houston, TX
This Primitive abstract painting by Jeremiah Josef Kuglar is made on a large 7'x3' canvas. The painting features large, textured brush stroke muted palette and large, textured brush...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Primitive Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Portrait of Girl with Book and Flower
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A primitivism style painting by artist Maurice Bodah, Springfield Mass. Painting on canvas, original frame. The painting on canvas on beautiful aged colors looks mid 19th Century but...
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1960s American Vintage Primitive Paintings

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Canvas

Renaissance Style Italian Religious Painting
By Sandro Botticelli
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful old Italian master painting Madonna Oil on panel Alessandro Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli, is the first artist that come...
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Primitive Paintings

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Wood

Still Life on Wood Fire Board
Located in Stamford, CT
Vibrantly colored, hand-painted still life fireboard on wood.
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1980s American Vintage Primitive Paintings

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Wood

Monumental Norman Lalibertè Mixed Media Painting on Panel
Located in Danville, CA
Striking mixed media painting on panel by French Canadian artist Norman Lalibertè. A vibrantly toned and richly garbed figure in reds and yellows sits...
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1980s North American Vintage Primitive Paintings

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Paint

Monumental Norman Lalibertè Mixed Media Painting on Panel
Located in Danville, CA
Striking mixed media painting by French Canadian artist Norman Lalibertè. Fantastical anthropomorphic figures painted in warm metallic tones crouch an...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Primitive Paintings

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Paint

Early 19th Century English Naive Landscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th century, English naive landscape painting with bird's-eye maple frame. Cleaned and stretched with good aged surface, circa 1825.
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19th Century English Antique Primitive Paintings

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Birdseye Maple, Canvas

19th Century Hudson River Valley Landscape Painting
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Featuring a cabin in Fall
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19th Century American Antique Primitive Paintings

WPA Styled Painting by John Imhoff
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A painting in the style of the works of WPA artists depicting a person painting shutters done in polymer on masonite with a patinated wood frame from the period. On the verso there is a paper label - Cincinnati Biennial 1969 by artist John Imhoff...
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Mid-20th Century American Primitive Paintings

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Paint

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This vibrant original painting by Miami based artist, Johanna Boccardo, was created with the meticulous signature style of the artist. The painting boldly displays her chromatic mastery, resulting in a fresh and colorful piece of contemporary art. Layers of color of various media are applied to get a multi-layered and dynamic effect, where cryptic stories and drawings are disguised in the background. "Green Calcite...
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2010s North American Primitive Paintings

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Paper

"Aura Quartz", Original Mixed-Media Painting on paper
Located in Mexico City, MX
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2010s North American Primitive Paintings

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Large, Painted Neoclassical Style Panel from Italy
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-painted in Italy, this large, wooden wall panel features white and gray Neoclassical motifs over a black background. The images are surrounded by a thin white rectangular border...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Primitive Paintings

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Wood, Paint

19th Century Pair of Portraits Signed
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of portraits, husband and wife 19th century oil on canvas inscribed and dated 1838 wax relined in giltwood frames.
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1830s Antique Primitive Paintings

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Paint

19th Century Pair of Portraits Signed
19th Century Pair of Portraits Signed
H 18 in W 14.5 in D 1.5 in
19th Century American Portraits
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of American, 19th century Sag Harbor portraits in original giltwood frames (size includes frame).
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19th Century American Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century American Portraits
19th Century American Portraits
H 39 in W 34 in D 2.25 in
Framed Oil on Copper Religious Painting "The Ascension of Mary", 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century framed oil on copper painting "The Ascension of Mary" continental school. Unsigned.  
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19th Century Italian Antique Primitive Paintings

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Copper

Mixed Media Painting on Board
Located in Denton, TX
Layers of paper and paint make this artwork stand out on it's own. Unsigned.
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20th Century Primitive Paintings

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Wood, Paint, Paper

Mixed Media Painting on Board
Mixed Media Painting on Board
H 60.13 in W 48 in D 1 in
Georges Spiro, Oil on Board Painting, Still Life/ Surrealist
By Georges Spiro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georges Spiro, 1909-1994. Surrealist /still life painting of the well known Polish/French artist, oil on board, signed., actual size of art work, is 13 x...
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1950s French Vintage Primitive Paintings

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Paint

19th Century Portrait of an Elderly Lady in the Style of Jacob Eichholtz
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely early 19th century portrait of an Elderly Lady In the Style of Jacob Eichholtz. Nice sized portrait of an eldery lady of high status from circa 1820. She has brown curly hair (suggesting that she may not have been as old as she appears) with a beautiful lace bonnet with intricate lace collar and black period dress which is suggestive of a ‘mourning’ period. Oil on Canvas mounted on a wooden fame with nails and glue. Unsigned …. but most definitely in the style and manner of Jacob Eichholtz who was a renowned Pennsylvanian artist known for his portraits of families of status and wealth in and around Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. Jacob Eichholtz (1776–1842) was an early American painter...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas

Landscape Oil Painting from Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
Sprawling green meadows, crystalline waters, and classical architecture define this set of sumptuous nineteenth-century oil paintings, hailing from Italy. Comparable in size and styl...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Landscape Oil Painting from Italy
Landscape Oil Painting from Italy
H 39 in W 74.5 in D 1.5 in
Large 19th Century Antique French Original Oil Portrait of Lady on Canvas
Located in COLMAR, FR
A high quality, antique portrait. Very sought-after. This antique oil painting on stretched canvas has been sourced in France. It is not signed nor dated however the painting most li...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas

William Hughes Still Life Fruits Oil on Board English Painting 1863 Gilt Frame  
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a pair of framed Still Life of fruits Oil Paintings on Artists board by well documented English Artist William Hughes, third quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Complete with good giltwood frames, one is signed lower left W. Hughes and dated 1863  Both paintings with similar views depicting Still Life of fruits to include Apples, Pears and Black Grapes  Condition: Good condition recently professionally cleaned and ready to hang. Old trade label CHAS H WEST Framemakers in Primrose Hill, London.  Height: (entire including frame) 13.75" (35cm). Width: (entire including frame) 17.5” (44.5cm).   Location: Dublin City, Ireland.  Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered.  Provenance: Burling Paintings Art Gallery, Burlington Gardens, Mayfair, London.   William Hughes (1842-1901) was a still life painter, father of Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton. He was a pupil of George Lance and W.H. Hunt.  Hughes exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1866 and 1901 as well as at the British Institute, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery.   Titles at the R.A. include “The Baron’s Dessert” and “For the Feast of the Tournament”. A major work, a set of large bird paintings...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

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Pair of Rooster Paintings on Board
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of oil paintings on board depicting prized roosters, executed in a primitive yet decorative technique and presented in impressive pine frames.
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Mid-20th Century American Primitive Paintings

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Paint, Pine

Pair of Rooster Paintings on Board
Pair of Rooster Paintings on Board
H 32 in W 25 in D 2.5 in
Australian Aboriginal Art David Milaybuma Goanna Lizard Mounted Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
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Mid-20th Century Australian Primitive Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Unknown, Northern Industrial Townscape, circa 1970
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Naive oil painting on board of a Northern English Industrial townscape. Unsigned. A sort of homage to L.S. Lowry. Painted on cardboard. Presented in a distressed antique pin...
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1970s English Vintage Primitive Paintings

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Unknown, Northern Industrial Townscape, circa 1970
Unknown, Northern Industrial Townscape, circa 1970
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H 25.5 in W 21.5 in D 2 in
19th C. Ship Painting, “Volunteer”
Located in Doylestown, PA
A mid 19th century or earlier watercolor painting on paper of the frigate “Volunteer” flying the American flag and a single flag depicting a star composed of stars. Signed indistinctly LA BRIOSS lower left. Nice condition, framed under glass in a period parcel-gilt and walnut frame...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Primitive Paintings

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Paper

Famed Oil on Canvas Painting of a Fox Hunt
Located in Essex, MA
With a gilt wood frame. The painting depicting riders on horseback and dogs pursuing a fox. Palm Beach Estate.
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1750s English Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas

Louis Henry 19th Century Set of Four Landscape Signed Paintings
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Late 19th century set of four oil on canvas painting signed and dated (1894) paintings by French listed artist Louis Henry.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Primitive Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Primitive English Original Oil Barnyard Scene Painting signed D'Fields
By D'fields
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming barnyard scene Primitive small size, 950 inches x 7.50 inches, oil on board features a hefty pink pig with two chickens. Signed D'Fields i...
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1890s English Antique Primitive Paintings

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Oak, Wood

Primitive English Original Oil Painting Barnyard Scene signed D'Fields
Located in Savannah, GA
This charming Primitive small size, 7.50 inches x 5.75 inches, oil on board features a hefty black pig, a curious white horse, two chickens and a rooster. Signed D'Fields in lower ri...
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1890s English Antique Primitive Paintings

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Wood, Oak

Pair of English Antique Hunt Scene Landscape Paintings with Setter Dogs
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A nice progressive hunting scene, the first work depicts a mounted hunter with his setter dogs leading the way through a mountain pass as a small bird flies away, 19th century. In th...
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19th Century English Antique Primitive Paintings

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“Hedon Squire” British Equestrian Horse Painting, Frank Babbage, circa 1901
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An interesting Equestrian stabile scene by British painter and illustrator Frank Babbage, the work is titled via a wall plaque situated on the wall of the interior. He is a proud and...
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20th Century British Primitive Paintings

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Naïve Harbor Scene Painting
Located in Nantucket, MA
Depicting a one mast ship sailing into a harbor. A charming primitive painting. Oil on a 1" thick piece of pine. Remnants of a frame, Continental, circa 1900. Measures: 16” x 27 ¾...
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Early 20th Century European Primitive Paintings

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Pine

Naïve Harbor Scene Painting
Naïve Harbor Scene Painting
H 27.75 in W 16 in L 27.75 in
Large French Naive Painting Primitive Shop Publicity Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Large French publicity naive painting primitive oleograph late 19th century Decorative and charming Pencil signature in corner Oil over painting on canvas Advertising 'take your ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Primitive Paintings

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