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Technique: Hand-Painted
Mona Lisa Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting titled "Mona Lisa"
Category
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
18 th C English Oil on Canvas Painting of Horse and Jockey
Located in Atlanta, GA
English 18 century oil on canvas of horse and jockey painting in carved giltwood frame. This 18 th c English oil on canvas beautifully depict...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
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 Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
William A. Drake (1891-1979), Oil On Masonite Ship In Harbour
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Oil on masonite depicting a ship along the wharf with a rustic structure and figures on the pier. The ship with grey smoke billowing into the grey and blue sky.
Unframed.
Signed lowe...
Category
20th Century North American American Classical Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Masonite
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.
Category
20th Century British Georgian Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
Framed Maxwell Mays Folk Art Oil on Canvas, Ferris Wheel By The Harbor, 1975
By Maxwell Mays
Located in Morristown, NJ
Maxwell Mays (1918-2009) American painter and illustrator. Signed and dated 1975, a framed oil on canvas.
This painting captures a lively and nostalgic scene of a carnival featurin...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Expressionist Fine Art
Located in Clermont, FL
Contemporary Fine Art
Tittle - Peacock
Executed in 2021. original - only one - No Reproductions.
signed by artist, dated 2021 on the reverse
oil on canvas - 23.5 x 21 x 1.75 in....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Japanese Screen Pair, Tigers by Kishi Renzan, Late Edo Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kishi Renzan (1804-1859)
Tigers
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens.
Ink and gold-leaf on paper.
In this monochromatic pair of six-fold Japanese screens painted on gold-leaf, Kishi Renzan has created a breathtaking composition of a family of tigers. The screens are filled with a sense of drama which is conveyed by both the subject matter and the wet, expressive brushwork. The running mountain stream and the towering waterfall allude to refreshment during the summer months and we feel the tiger families familiarity and security within their environment. Renzan’s master, Kishi Ganku...
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Hand-Painted 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 Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Icon on Board of the Resurrection of Christ
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious Icon on Oak board dating to the 18th century and depicting the Resurrection of Christ, this Icon was originally from Mount Athos a mountain on th...
Category
1790s Greek Renaissance Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
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 Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
French 19th C. Barbizon Painting “Sheep in Blizzard” Signed Gustave Courbet
By Gustave Courbet
Located in Vero Beach, FL
French 19th Century Barbizon Painting “Sheep in Blizzard” signed Gustave Courbet.
Beautiful and moody painting in oil on wood board. It is signed in...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
Alicia Quaini (Argentina, B. 1977) Pallet Oil On Canvas Floral Still Life
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pallet oil on canvas depicting a still life with a multi-colored floral bouquet in a vase on a red table top surface. Set against a molted background.
Presented in a gilt frame, line...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Argentine Country Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Architectural Capriccio of Roman Ancient Ruins with Figures.
Italian, 18th century large painting in oil on canvas is from the school of Giovan...
Category
18th Century Italian Other Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
F. Wagner Framed Classical Floral Still Life Roses Painting Oil on Canvas, 1972
Located in Miami, FL
Large Fine Art Oil Painting by F. Wagner dated 1/72 Gilt Wood Frame with Acanthus Scroll decoration.
Title is yellow Roses in vintage Vase, a classic Floral Still Life Painting in th...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
African Modernist Signed Oil on Board Painting
Located in Forney, TX
A framed original African midcentury oil on board painting, Democratic Republic of Congo, signed bottom right Atamb(?), (19)60, depicting abstract dancing figures, in a fiolated pati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Water Colour - Flowers - by Corneille Henri Dee
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique work of art by the Dutch painter Corneille Henri Dee.
The painting shows an abundance of floral splendor, wisteria and delphinium.
Watercolor on paper. Made aro...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Screen Painting, circa 1700 'Horses' by Kano Tanshin
Located in Kyoto, JP
Horses
Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718)
Two-panel tea-ceremony Japanese screen or furosaki
Ink on gold leaf,
late 17th-early 18th century
Measures: H 55 cm x W 182 cm
The Kano school was closely aligned with the warrior class in Japan. The samurai, who lived in a closed and rigid hierarchical society established by the Shogunate, were drawn to the energy and freedom horses symbolize; Kano school artists commonly depicted the equine creatures as they are here, in unfettered and carefree family groups. China originally introduced horse paintings to Japan; the works typically focused on capturing the essence of horses in their various environments and often involved integrating human figures into the images.
Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718) was the son of Kano Tanyu...
Category
1690s Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Watercolor of a Cathedral
Located in Sheffield, MA
Watercolor on paper mounted on masonite board with ornate gilt frame.
Dimensions: (Board) H 13.5" x W 10"
Category
19th Century Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paper
17th Century Large Dutch Painting Still Life with Fruit and Game, Oil on Canvas
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This large, old master still life painting is a perfectly balanced composition of fruit and game birds. In the foreground a rabbit is stretched out. A copper kettle and a basket are ...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Rare 19th Century Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Panels Circa 1820
Located in Richmond, London
A rare and superbly decorative set of four Chinoiserie wallpaper panels, exquisitely hand-painted with exotic birds and butterflies in the garden, on a pale pink/peach background. Each panel is beautifully framed in a modern simulated bamboo frame.
Chinese, Canton, Qing dynasty, early 19th century.
Why we like them
The exquisite quality of decoration and the miraculous state of preservation for a decorative artwork on paper make these panels a truly rare find. The subtlety of colours, bold yet not garish, lend a 'noble' look to the piece.
History
Such luxurious items were popular in England during the height of fashion for oriental exoticism, called chinoiserie in Europe.
The young Prince of Wales (future King George IV) was often described as having a wildly extravagant taste in decorating his palaces. As early as 1801, the Prince had been completely taken by Oriental tastes and began to expand his existing Brighton retreat. Having been presented a gift of Chinese wallpaper, he ordered a Chinese Gallery to display the new paper. The 162-foot long room was contrived of painted glass decorated with flowers, insects, fruit and birds. The Prince's desire for additional structures in the Oriental manner resulted in commissioning the fashionable architect John Nash and the designer Frederick Crace...
Category
Early 19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paper, Faux Bamboo, Paint
Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna Playing His Flute
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna playing is flute with Radha and female Gopis gathered by his side. The colors, details and facial ex...
Category
1970s Indian Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples
Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930
Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk.
Signature: Goho
Seal: Goho
A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia C. 1950
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A mid-20th century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand-painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. Key features of this image ar...
Category
1950s Balinese Folk Art Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Pair of Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens the Seven Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic pair of 19th century Japanese late Edo/early Meiji period six-panel screens titled The seven sages of the bamboo grove. The Kano school screens...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, C 1977, New Frame, On Canvas
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Painting by Peter Keil, "the Lady", Fall Colors, Acrylic, Modern, Framed, C 1987
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large Vintage Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali 1960's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid 20th Century Balinese Painting on silk fabric, Framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by VJ. Kupur as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Silk
Japanese Hand-Painted Silk Artwork of a Seated Concubine in Giltwood Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
Japanese hand-painted silk artwork depicting a seated concubine in an intricate kimono, framed in a custom giltwood frame. This vintage piece captures a quiet moment of contemplation...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art "Abstract Face", Framed, C 1959
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin where they settled. This is where Peter Robert Keil grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Berlin-Wedding and where he discovered his interest in painting – particularly in expressionistic artists and in Pablo Picasso's work. From 1954 on, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and painting techniques. In 1954, he began his traineeship as an artist metal worker and between 1959 and 1961, he studied at the University of Arts in Berlin. When the Berlin Wall was built, he lost contact with his mentor Otto Nagel and from the early 60s on, Keil started to spend more and more time abroad. During his studies at the University of Arts in Berlin, he came in contact with numerous other artists who later became influential artists of their generation, like for example Georg Baselitz, Eugen Schönebeck, Markus Lüpertz and Joachim Schmettau. During his time in Mallorca, he also met with Joan Miró in his studio several times. From the early 60s on, Keil established studios in Paris, London, Berlin and in the US. Today he mainly lives and works in Zimmerau (Bavaria, Germany), Berlin and Los Angeles.
This painting is painted on newspaper. It was painted in Palma Mallorca...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Imao Keisho (1902-1993)
Pine Trees
Early 20th Century, Circa 1930
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf.
Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm)
A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by the renowned Nihonga artist Imao Keisho. Here Keisho entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jesus "Chucho" Reyes Ferreria Gouache on Paper of Exotic Bird
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful gouache painting of an exotic bird by the important Mexican artist, known as "Chucho" Reyes. Measures: 19"x 28.5" in a period wood frame, u...
Category
1950s Mexican Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paper
Antique English Painted Wood Firescreen Flower Basket Dummy Board
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Englishpainted wood firescreen flower basket dummy board
During the 18th and 19th centuries, dummy board fire screens were highly fashionable, esp...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood
Antonio Uria Monzon, 'Sevilla', Watercolor Painting, Spain, Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antonio Uria Monzon (1929-1996) - 'Sevilla' - Vintage gouache painting on GVA-PRO watercolor paper - Santa María de la Sede Cathedral (commonly known as Seville Cathedral) set agains...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Vintage Large Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-20th century Balinese painting on silk fabric, framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by W. Kurpelir as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Silk
Alfred Birdsey Vintage Bermuda Bayscape Painting
By Alfred Birdsey 1
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting mid century acrylic painting on board of a bermuda bayscape with houses, boats, and a lone figure, executed in a loose modernist style. Signed Birdsey in the lower right...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bermudian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
Japanese Showa Period Peacocks Painted on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese ink and color on silk Showa painting of a pair of peacocks. Vivid colors and beautiful details with a signature and seal on right side bottom. Framed in a midcentur...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Silk, Plexiglass, Paper, Wood
Japanese Miniature Four-Panel Screen Blue and Green Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century mid-Edo period Japanese four-panel miniature screen. Depicting a beautifully painted Chinese blue and green landscape in the Nanga School...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Brass
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 Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Gary Janis 2023 Abstract
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Our gallery is proud to represent Gary Janis a noted local artist.
This large work is unframed on canvas. It is signed and dated on the back. It is vibrant and beautifully represent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint
"The Plaza Hotel December" New York City Impressionist Winter Scene Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist New York City, a joyful December evening outside of the Plaza Hotel. A cheerful child greets the horse and carriage as snow fills the air. Flags sway in the winter bree...
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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.
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
"Wild Roses" Framed Oil on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American
By John Heliker
Located in valatie, NY
Framed Oil "Wild Roses" on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American (1909-2000). Retains Gallery Label from Kraushaar Galleries, New York. Kraushaar Galleries was founded in 1885 and is still in business. Determined to become an artist, Heliker dropped out of high school to copy paintings...
Category
1970s American Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite
Chinese Ancestor Portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese ancestor portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary.
Antique tempera on paper painting of a Mandarin Dignitary wearing a red court dress and s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Russian Othodox Icon depicting Christ, 19th Century.
Located in NICE, FR
This Russian Orthodox icon from 19 th century depicts Christ. The face of Christ is set within an intricately adorned golden riza (comer cover), and it contains detailed floral and g...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Metal
Original Seascape Oil Painting by Listed Artist Jaquelynn Kresman "Rock Stars"
Located in Bradenton, FL
Jacquelynn Kresman grew up in San Diego, California. She studied at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Kresman has had exhibits at galleries in La Jolla, Rodeo Drive, Beverly H...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil on Canvas "the Prohibited Reading" After Karel Ooms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large Continental Oil on Canvas "The Prohibited Reading " after Karel Ooms (Belgium, 1845-1900). This beautiful executed painting depicts a historical scene of an old man and a young woman who are huddled over a bible. The pair is gazing in apparent concern or alarm, over the old man's shoulder, towards something outside of the picture. The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic Church at the time. Signed (l/r) A. Ribas 15-12-913. Within a giltwood carved frame. circa: Probably Belgium, 1913.
Karel Ooms was born in Dessel on January 27, 1845 as the youngest son of a large peasant family. At school his extraordinary talent for drawing was discovered. When he was twelve his hometown provided financial support which allowed him to study at the Antwerp Academy of fine Arts.
One of his teachers at the Academy was Nicaise de Keyser, one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting and a painter of mainly history paintings and portraits. After graduating from the Academy 1865 Karel Ooms was welcomed with pomp in his home town Dessel. He painted two altarpieces for the local church Saint Nicolas, to express his gratitude to his city.
Karel Ooms settled as an independent artist in Antwerp around 1871. He quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. In addition, he received commissions for religious paintings and history paintings. He gained particular recognition with two large paintings...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Renaissance Revival Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Painting by Peter Keil, C 1970, Signed, Acrylic on Board, No Frame, Germany
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
New York City 5th Avenue Empire State Impressionist Winter Scene Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist New York City, a snowy winter day on 5th avenue. Cars fill the street and snow fills the air. The city that never sleeps gleaming with patriotic pride with the famous E...
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting by Peter Keil Mid-Century Modern Art, Black & White Art, Signed, C 1964
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War during the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677)
Tiger and Dragon
Early Edo Period, Circa 1650
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink and slight color on paper.
Dimensions:
Each screen: H. 171 cm x W. 380 cm (67.5’’ x 149.5’’)
In this pair of early Edo period Japanese screens a group of tigers prowl in a bamboo grove whipped with fierce wind, while a dragon claws through clouds and mist. The dragon embodies elemental qualities - looming out of the mist, the coils of its body disappearing in the clouds. The dragon is calling for rain, symbolizing spring which is considered the fountain of life. On the other side, the tigers calls for the wind, symbolizing autumn which is considered the end of life. Tigers were familiar motifs within Japanese art from ancient times though the animals were imaginary to the people in the 17th century. While dragons and tigers are usually associated as sacred and ferocious, in this painting, both animals have rather amusing expressions. The tigers appear to glare at the dragon with cat-like eyes, and the look on the swirling dragon’s face appears almost affectionate - lending a playful flair to an otherwise magnificent theme.
The tiger and dragon are cosmological symbols of the balancing forces in the world. Screens such as this were originally meant to express the fluctuating nature of the world. For Japanese in the early Edo period, they likely suggested the powers of the cosmos. In Japan the tiger and dragon motif was originally absorbed into the circles of Zen monasteries before spreading into the secular world. The theme especially appealed to the military classes with the Kano school, the official painters to the Shogun and the samurai, being the leading contributors. The painter of this pair of screens, Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677), was closely patronized by the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. In his later years he worked with Kano school artists...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Pair of 18th Century Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of extraordinary reverse paintings on glass of St. Mark and St. John. St. Mark has a lion behind him and St. John has a crow to his right holding a feather. Any reverse painti...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Blown Glass
Early 19th Century European Oil on Board Portrait of a Woman with Tired Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming oil on mahogany board depicts a portrait of a young woman in typical early 19th-century fashion surrounded by foliage while she sits on a rock tending to her shoe. Hous...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Painting by Peter Keil, Mid-Century Modern Art, Fall Colors, 1977, Oil on Canvas
By Peter Keil
Located in New York, NY
Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin...
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
17th Century Korean Grapevine and Squirrel Scroll Painting, Mid Joseon Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous. Korean, 17th century. Joseon period.
Hanging scroll. Ink on paper.
Seal: Shinso
Dimensions:
Scroll: H. 200 cm x W. 31 cm (79” x 12”)
Image: H. 122 cm x W. 29.5 cm (48” x 11.5”)
The grapevine came to China and then Korea from western Asia via the silk road trade routes. By the mid-Joseon period, it was one of the most popular subjects for Korean literati painters. Grapevines were painted as a singular subject or, less commonly, in combination with squirrels, which are associated with children due to their playful nature. Together, grapevines and squirrels embody wishes for abundant offspring and wealth.
For the Korean literati artist the twisting vines, curling tendrils and round, plump grapes provided ample opportunity for expressive "brush play”. In this painting the artist has abstracted the scene and is seemingly unconcerned with discontinuities and proportion. Vines spring up from nowhere, grapes hang in random clusters and the squirrel’s head appears as if twisted backwards. For the vines and leaves we can feel a sense of speed in the brushstrokes, imparting a dynamic feel which is at once intense and animated. This contrasts dramatically with the countless tiny strokes of ink which realistically capture the texture of the squirrel’s fur...
Category
17th Century Korean Other Antique Hand-Painted Paintings
Materials
Paper
