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Technique: Painted
Seascape, Rough Waters, 19th Century Oil on Board
Located in Toronto, CA
"Rough Waters." A lovely, petite, nineteenth century seascape painting or oil sketch in very unusual tones of pink. Oil on board, English school. In a lovely period gilt frame. Board...
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19th Century English Romantic Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint

Framed Triptych Oil Painting on Board
Located in Dallas, TX
Framed Triptych Oil Painting on Board is signed by the artist, and features three amazing landscapes creating a panorama of beauty! Framed togeth...
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1970s Belgian Expressionist Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

American Western Watercolor By James Lee Colt "Cowboys"
Located in Norwood, NJ
Watercolor by American Western artist James Lee Colt (1922-2005 Palm Springs, CA) Original signed gouache watercolor painting featuring cowboy scene by Western Artist James Colt...
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1990s American Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

Monumental Harley Francis Abstract Male Nudes Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Harley Francis abstract male nudes oil painting on canvas Offered for sale is a monumental abstract oil painting by Harley Frances ( 1940...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

A Fine 19th C. Barbizon Inspired Landscape by W.E. Atkinson, Canadian OSA. ARCA
By William Edwin Atkinson
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely executed 19th century ‘plein air’, Barbizon School inspired landscape by noted Canadian artist W.E. Atkinson. OSA. ARCA. Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1894 bottom left. ...
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Late 19th Century Canadian Barbizon School Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Large Oil Painting on Canvas, Modernist Abstract, by Jim Bray, circa 1963
By Jim Bray
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large oil painting on canvas. Modernist Abstract, by Jim Bray, circa 1963. Charming image. Child-like. Great use of color, texture, space.
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1960s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Julie Nangala Robertson, Ngapa Jukurrpa, Acrylic on canvas, 2015
Located in NICE, FR
ABOUT THE WORK NGAPA DREAMING In her paintings, Julie Nangala represents “Pirlinyanu”, her father's land of which she is the custodian, close to Mina Mina, a rocky land rich in deep-...
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2010s Australian Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bertil Vallien Unique and Monumental Wall Sculpture in Glass and Wood, 1966
Located in Skanninge, SE
A very important early work by Bertil Vallien b. 1938. Unique and monumental wall sculpture, hand painted and contour sawn wood. Made in Sweden 1966. One of a kind! The sculpture is depicting fishes in the water. It was commissioned by an optician in 1966. That is why the eyes are made of oval glass mirrors. They are also hiding the holes where you screw the sculpture to the wall. The sculpture would be great in a fish restaurant or in an indoor pool area. It will certainly make a statement wherever it will hang! A photograph depicting the artist in front of the sculpture is included (see image)! Fully signed and dated 1966 (see image). The sculpture is in 3 parts. The upper part is in one piece. The lower part is in 2 pieces. There are no problems hanging this on the wall. It is heavy but not that heavy. Measurements: The upper part, Lenght 226cm, height 68cm, 7cm deep. The lower part, Lenght 245cm, height 75cm, 7cm deep. As mounted as in the pictures: length 304cm, height 120cm. Total length if one put these pieces after one another, circa 475cm. You can put this sculpture on the wall with different combinations and variations. In 2017 Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan bought the "One million Dollar Boat". They paid one million dollars for the mixed media sculpture "Passage" made by Bertil Vallien. BERTIL VALLIEN EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1963 - ongoing Freelance designer for Kosta Boda glassworks, Sweden 1963 - ongoing Independent artist/designer 1961-63 Studies in USA and Mexico 1961 University of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA HM de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA Yokohama Art Museum. San Francisco, USA Imagine Museum, FL, USA The State Hermitage museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Düsseldorf Museum of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA The Art Institute, Chicago, USA National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden VIDA Museum, Sweden, permanent wing Everson Museum, NY, USA Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, Wa, USA JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA The Prescott Collection at Pacific First Centre, Seattle, USA Detroit Art Institute, Detroit Il, USA Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, NC, USA Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico Musée des Art and Design, The Louvre, Paris, France The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL, USA Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, USA National Museum, Edinburgh, UK Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA AWARDS (SELECTED) Prince Eugen´s medal for outstanding achievement in art, conferred by the King of Sweden (1998) Gold medal, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden (2005) GAS Visionary Award (2020) Honorary doctorate, Växjö University, Sweden (2002) Artist of the future Award, Imagine Museum, FL, USA (2020) Visionaries Award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (2001) Medal for exhibition “Nine Rooms” at the 13th Biennale in Venice given by Instituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti (2012) Young American award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (1961) Award in recognition of the promotion of Glass Art in the world, Museo del Vidrio Monterey, Mexico (2004) The Libensky Award, Seattle, WA, USA (2008) The Wilson Award, GAS, New Orleans, USA (2005) Urban Glass Award for >>Outstanding Achievement in Glass<< NY, USA (1998) Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany (1985) BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Drawings, Ceramics, Glass, Staffan Bengtsson, Kosta förlag, Sweden 2012 Bertil Vallien, Nine Rooms, Publisher Marsilio, Italy 2008 Staven, Gunnar Lindqvist, Kamras/ Kamras förlag 2007 Transperent Bounaries, Ulla-Britt Edberg, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2006 Vallien, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2002 Somna Vakna, Matthew Kangas, University of Washington Press, London 2002 Fiat Lux, Johan Unger Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1998 Glass eats light, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1997 Headbook, Niclas Rådström, Publisher, Kamras/Kamras 1995 Anod, Peter Nilsson, Nordstedts förlag, Sweden 1990 Bertil Vallien, Gunnar Lindqvist, Carlson Bokförlag 1983 Sandcast, Ulf Thomas Moberg, Moberg Publisher EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Vida Museum, Öland, Sweden 2019 Habatat gallery, Detroit, USA 2019 Schantz Gallery, Stockbridge-MA, USA 2018 Leger Gallery, Malmö, Sweden 2017 Gallery Schantz, Stockbridge, MA, USA 2017 Art Miami, Schantz gallery, Miami FL, USA 2017 Spritmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden 2016 Hawk Gallery, Columbus. OH, USA. 2016 Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden 2016 Millesgården, Stockholm, Glasstress, Sweden 2016 Edsvik Konsthall, Edsvik, Sweden 2016 SOFA, Navy pier Chicago IL- USA 2015 Galleri Berengo, Muranoi, Italien 2014 Palazzo Guinigi, Lucca, Italien 2013 Gallerie Azur, Spa, Belgien 2011 Marina Barovier Galleria, Venedig, Italien 2011 Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH, USA 2009 Imago Gallery, Palm Springs. CA. USA 2008 Etienne gallery.Oisterwijk, The Netherlands 2007 Heller Gallery, NYC, USA 2007 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il, USA 2006 Prince Eugen´s Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 Landkrona Konsthall, Landskrona, Sweden 2005 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden 2004 Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico 2003 Rockford Art Museum, IL, USA 2003 Glass Museum, International Centre for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, USA 2002 Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon, France 2002 >>In Transit<< Gävle Museum 2002 Eremitaget, St. Petersburg, Ryssland 2002 The state Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2002 Konstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway 2001 Riihiimäki Museum, Finland 2000 Traver gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland 1999 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel 1998 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1998 The Bullseye Gallery Portland, OR, USA 1998 Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden 1997 Museum of Arts, Indianapolis, USA 1997 Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA 1969 Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy PERFORMANCE 2012,18,19, 20 Rainshower, Kosta glassworks, Sweden 2007 Diamonds and Ashes, Music: Tomidas, Midnight session at Åfors glass...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood

Painting by George Watson Barratt "The Dream"
Located in Montreal, QC
George Watson Barratt 1884-1962 was a prominent New York illustrator in the first half of the 20th century. This painting is of an artist, his easel and ...
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Early 20th Century American Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint

18th century Antonio Correggio The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
By Antonio da Correggio
Located in Seaford, GB
Antonio Correggio’s The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine This stunning 18th-century copy draws inspiration from the masterpiece The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, originally pa...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Oil Painting of White Persian Cat by Well Known Hungarian Artist Beno Boleradsky
By Beno Boleradsky
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage oil painting of a white Persian cat. This sweet painting, by Beno Boleradsky (a well-known Hungarian artists), depicts a playful white cat, wit...
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20th Century Hungarian Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Mid Century Haitian Painting of a Village
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful vintage Haitian acrylic painting on board depicting an idyllic rural village executed in a playful naive technique. Signed Phiton Latortue and presented in the original carv...
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Mid-20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint

Vintage Oil Painting By Donald K Ryan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original oil painting by Donald K Ryan. Donald K Ryan’s work spans mostly from the 80s to the early 2000s. Throughout his career he was juried into more than 40 local, regional, nat...
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20th Century American Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

Pair of 19th Century School, Oil on Canvas, Conversation Pieces
Located in Basildon, GB
A pair of domestic conversation pieces, one showing a girl teasing kitten with her mother's skein of silk, the other a mother dressing daughter for fancy dress party. Both oils on c...
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1870s British Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Birger Kaipiainen, Unique Piece, Wall Plate, Arabia, 1940s
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description: The Birger Kaipianen wall plate on offer is a unique and rare piece made in his early period. Birger Kaipiainen was designer who worked on the design "Palatissi...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Earthenware, Ceramic

French 19th Century Pastel Still-Life Painting Depicting a Bouquet of Tulips
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French pastel still-life painting from the 19th century depicting a bouquet of tulips on grey background, in gilded frame. A lovely French pastel still-life painting from the 19th ...
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19th Century French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Vintage Seascape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage seascape painting in a minimal blonde wooden frame. Signed at lower left. Dimensions: 18.75"H x 24.75"W x 2"D (framed) Good condition, typi...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Original Modern Contemporary French Blue and White Painting in Antique Gilt Fram
Located in Houston, TX
Original Modern Contemporary French Blue and White Painting in Antique Gilt Frame by Houston Texas Artist Shannon Weir. Weir's artistic prowess sh...
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2010s American Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

Copy of Arthur Wardle's "Woman in the Woods" Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting by Arthur Wardle English Classicist painter showing woman on the edge of the woods in field of poppies with three leopards Condition: Good; Wear consistent with a...
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Late 20th Century British Victorian Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood

1827 Polar Bear, Mammal, Oudart, Large Hand Coloured Stone Lithograph, Rare
Located in Norwich, GB
Our Blanc de la Mer Glaciale  Tres remarquable par sa tete allongee, et sa blancher….  Dimensions: Height: 10.83 in (27.5 cm) Width: 14.57 in (37 cm) Extremely rare.   Is...
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1820s French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Rare antique Ming Dynasty Period Painting With Flowers
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large Ming dynasty period painting, China 1365-1644. Oil or tempera painted on thin canvas (or silk), mounted on wood. The painting displays a vase of...
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16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

Large Vintage Abstract Panting by Gloria Allison, Cuban American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Large Vintage Abstract Panting by Gloria Allison Cuban American Artist Offered for sale is a large and colorful figurative abstract painting by Cuban...
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Early 2000s American Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Late 20th C Framed Moody Winter Street Scene, Oil on Canvas Manuel Monton Bunuel
Located in Morristown, NJ
Manuel Monton Bunuel (Spanish, b. 1940), a moody Winter street scene, oil on canvas, signed Bunuel lower right, An expressive contemporary oil pai...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Daniel Hauben Painting NYC Skyline Empire State Bldg. Trade Center
By Daniel Hauben 1
Located in Wilton, CT
Daniel Hauben low relief oil painting cityscape in heavy impasto entitled "View of the Empire State Building." Signed and dated 1990 in lower right corner. 30" high, 36" wide.
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1990s American Modern Painted Wall Decorations

19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, Signed, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, by Lee Heng, circa 1870, an oil on board seascape with large Chinese Junk under full sail in the fo...
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1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Other

19th Century French Parisian Scene Painting in Gilt Frame Signed E. Thioulouze
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this beautiful and colorful painting. Painted on canvas in Paris circa 1890 and set in a thick carved and gilt frame, the artwork beautifully captures the vibran...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Giltwood

France Acrylic on canvas “Horse Race”, León Lafourcade
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing painting by Léolaf, the artistic name of León Lafourcade, a French-born artist active between the 19th and 20th centuries. He participated in various exhibitions, including at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. It depicts an equestrian scene of jockeys racing, capturing the energy and dynamism of the moment. An expressive use of brushwork is evident, with loose, fluid strokes suggesting movement and speed, especially in the background, with a diffuse or ethereal finish. The hazy atmosphere contributes to this feeling. The jockeys wear the characteristic red equestrian jacket...
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1890s French Other Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hortense Richard (1858-1940) “Marguerite of Faust” Painting on Porcelain, c.1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Universal Exhibition Painting on Plaque after the painter James Bertrand Hand-painted Polychromed Painting on Porcelain Plaque Representing The Marguerite of Faust Signed Lower Left Titled on the reverse: “Marguerite Folle d’Après James Bertrand, Exposition Universelle 1889” After the painting by James Bertrand "The Marguerite of Faust" In its original frame Circa 1890 Faust and Marguerite Faust is tired of his old life and wants to kill himself. In a final burst of bitter anger, he invokes the devil. The devil appears in the guise of Mephistopheles and offers him a pact: he will grant him what he desires most in the world in exchange for his servitude. Faust asks him for youth and his help in seducing Marguerite. When he achieves his goal, bound by his contract with the devil, Faust abandons the latter who is waiting for her child. Filled with remorse, he returns to her, but kills Valentin, Marguerite's brother who tries to stop him, during a duel. He then tries to save the life of Marguerite who is imprisoned for infanticide, but he fails. Like this multifaceted character, the vocal treat-ment chosen by Gounod is differentiated: sometimes very lyrical with touching flights, sometimes very cold and repetitive to evoke her detachment from the world of men. Marguerite is young and naive. She lets herself be seduced by the charming and mysterious character of Faust and thus causes her own downfall as well as that of her family (her brother and her child will die). Hortense Richard (1858-1940) Marie Sophie Hortense Jeanne Schrenk was born in Charonne in 1858, the natural daughter of Louise Christine Frederika Schrenk and an unnamed father. Her mother, a German born in Stuttgart, officially recognized her in August 1879. A few days later, Hortense married his fellow painter Désiré Alfred Magne...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Porcelain, Wood

French Art Deco Painting Exotic Woman Holding a Dove Signed Chasquest Dated 1930
Located in Miami, FL
Vivid and striking, this Classic Art Deco watercolor of an exotic female figure holding a bird in one hand was painted by Chasquest, perhaps as a costume design for a Hollywood produ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original 19th Century “Loch Achilty” Watercolor Painting by L.G. Bomford, 1889
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful original signed watercolor painting by listed, deceased English painter, Reverend Laurence George Bomford, (1847-1926) titled "Loch Achilty" and dated 1889 is a tranquil wo...
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1880s Scottish Other Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Vintage Original Figurative Nude Watercolor Framed Painting, Stephanie Woolley
Located in Lutz, FL
Original Watercolor Figurative Female Nude in gilt gold wood frame c.1980’s titled Asleep, by Texas artist Stephanie Woolley. Original Gallery tag and COA attached to back, purchased...
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Late 20th Century American Bohemian Painted Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood, Paint

4 French Provincial Carved Life-Size Horse Heads
Located in Queens, NY
4 French Provincial (19th Century) carved pine life-size horse head wall plaques on black painted panel.(PRICED EACH)
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Pine

Mid-century charcoal on paper framed male nude study
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 20th century charcoal on paper male nude study. This drawing is presented in a handmade Italian frame with cream and black mat boards. The charcoal drawing is a male nu...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Abstract acrylic on canvas by Guy Leclerc Gayrau dating from the 70s
By Oscar Tronek
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Luminous acrylic on canvas by French painter Guy Leclerc Gayrau, titled "Ophelisme." Signed lower right. Abstract french work in the manner of Jean Miro, Oscar Troneck, Jean Rets…
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1960s French Other Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Acrylic

Original Untitled Hard Edge Abstract Painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004
Located in Glendale, CA
Original untitled hard edge abstract painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004. Executed in paint and pencil on a wood framed canvas with artists signature on back. Purchased directly f...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood, Canvas

Norman Conn Mixed Media Construction, 1961
By Norman Conn, Zbyněk Sekal 1, Louise Nevelson
Located in Garnerville, NY
Wonderful mixed media by Norman Conn (1932-2003), circa 1961. Signed verso and bearing a partial D'Arcy Gallery, NYC label. Very good condition. Perfectly weathered and masterfully a...
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Metal

Andre Derain "Reclining Nude" Red Chalk Drawing
Located in Sharon, CT
Sight size 13 x 201/2", Drawn with red conte crayon on paper. Signed lower right. Label on verso. Framed and glazed 18 x 24".
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1940s French Modern Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

18th Century Italian Mecca Hand-Carved Tassels on an Antique Braid
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved mecca tassels strung on an antique braid. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. The braiding...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Metal, Silver Leaf

Lucien DeLarue 'French, 1927 - 2011' Oil on Canvas French Canal Scene
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Oil on canvas depicting a French canal scene in the winter with trees still bearing the last remnants their foliage while snow covers the ground. The cana...
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20th Century European Belle Époque Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas

"Swallows Five" Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting by Monte, circa 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large and impressive 1950s abstract oil painting by Monte This really is a magnificent abstract painting. It's large size will make this the centerpiece of most interiors. Beau...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas

19th Century French Oil on Wood Orientalist Painting with Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French oil on wood orientalist painting with frame. Dimensions with frame: 47 x 34 x 5.
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood

Emmanuel Fougerat, O/C Portrait of La Argentinita, ca. 1920
By Emmanuel Fougerat
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS: Height: 16.25 inches Width: 13.5 inches Depth: 2.25 inches Frame width: 2.5 inches ABOUT MODEL Encarnación López Júlvez, known as La Argentinita (Buenos Aires, March 3, 1898 – New York, September 24, 1945) was a Spanish-Argentine flamenco dancer (bailaora), choreographer and singer. La Argentinita was considered the highest expression of this art form during that time. López Júlvez was the daughter of Spanish immigrants in Argentina, where her father had a fabric business. While living there, two of her siblings died in a scarlet fever epidemic. Consequently, she was brought to the north coast of Spain in 1901, where she began to learn Spanish regional dances. When she was only four years old, she started learning flamenco from Julia Castelao. Her first public performance was at the age of eight at the Teatro-Circo de San Sebastián, in the Basque Country. She chose the name "La Argentinita" in deference to the famous flamenco dancer Antonia Mercé (La Argentina). After travelling throughout Spain as a child prodigy, she settled in Madrid to perform at Teatro La Latina, Teatro de la Comedia, Teatro de La Princesa, Teatro Apolo and Teatro Príncipe Alfonso. Her success led her to tour in Barcelona, Portugal and Paris, and then Latin America. In the early 1920s, she returned to Spain, where she worked in Madrid. Among her early performances was the 1920 premiere of Federico García Lorca's musical play El maleficio de la mariposa as "the Butterfly". She announced her retirement in 1926, but would quickly return to the show business as part of the artistic renewal that led her to the Generation of ‘27, in which she combined flamenco, tango, bulerías and boleros. She danced to the compositions of Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Maurice Ravel. She helped in the development of Ballet Español. Adapting pieces to popular tradition, she toured Europe, triumphing in Paris and Berlin and participating in the artistic movements of that time along with Spanish poets such as Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca, Edgar Neville and Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. Sánchez Mejías, an intellectual and bullfighter, was a married man and her lover. La Argentinita retired a second time to maintain her clandestine relationship with him. However, she would return to the stage with the aid of Sánchez Mejías, who participated in the search and employment of interpreters for her subsequent performances. In 1931, López Júlvez and García Lorca recorded five gramophone slate records, which were accompanied by García Lorca's piano. The selection of songs was prepared, adapted and titled Colección de Canciones Populares Españolas by García Lorca. Among the ten songs were "Los cuatro muleros", "Zorongo gitano", "Anda Jaleo" and "En el Café de Chinitas". With the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic, López Júlvez formed her own ballet company called Bailes Españoles de la Argentinita together with her sister, Pilar López Júlvez, and García Lorca. López Júlvez staged several flamenco theatrical shows, including an adaption of Falla's El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) in 1933, and Las Calles de Cádiz (The Streets of Cadiz) in 1933 and 1940.[7] She travelled through Spain and Paris, where she was recognized as one of the most important flamenco artists of her time. Her company included the flamenco figures Juana la Macarrona, La Malena, Fernanda Antúnez, Rafael Ortega and Antonio de Triana, who was her first dancing partner until the 1940s. At the end of her tour around Spain, her lover Sánchez Mejías was gored to death in 1934 in the Manzanares bullring. She sought refuge in her work and moved to Buenos Aires to dance at the Teatro Colón; from there she embarked on a long American tour. In 1936 she achieved success in New York. Afterwards, she returned to Spain but was forced to flee the country shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. She travelled through Morocco, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA, where she remained in exile in New York. From then until her death in 1945, she developed her career and became one of the biggest stars of international dance, and even participated in movies. In 1943, she presented the flamenco troupe El Café de Chinitas at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, with her own choreography, texts by García Lorca, scenery by Salvador Dalí and the orchestra directed by José Iturbi. In addition, she performed at the Washington DC Watergate complex with her sister. On May 28, 1945, she gave her last performance at the Metropolitan of the orchestral work El Capricho Español, composed in 1887 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and based on Spanish melodies. At the end of the event, she had to be admitted to a hospital, where she died on September 24 from a tumor in her abdomen. She did not want to have it operated on because she did not wish to abandon dancing. Her body was repatriated to Spain in December and buried in the Spanish capital. That same year, the company of Bailes Españoles de la Argentinita was dissolved. Among the honors she received after her death was a plaque consecrated at the Metropolitan Opera House, positioned among the medals of Alfonso X El Sabio and La Orden de Isabel la Católica to honor her merits in the field of culture. ABOUT ARTIST Emmanuel Fougerat (French, 1869 – 1958) was a renowned French painter, museum curator and art historian. A former student of the Regional School of Fine Arts in Rennes, Fougerat studied in the studio of Albert Maignan and that of Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris. He was appointed director of the Nantes School of Fine Arts and was also the founder and curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in the same city. Emmanuel Fougerat was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1912. In 1923, he was placed on temporary leave from the French State in order to carry out a mandate as director of fine arts education in the Province of Quebec, Canada; where he served as an art teacher and director of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1923 to 1925. Emmanuel Fougerat’s paintings are in the following public collections: • Nantes Museum of Fine Arts, France. • Museum of Modern Art in Paris, France. • Rennes Town Hall: permanent decorations. • Museum of Fine Arts of Saint-Nazaire (destroyed in 1944), France • National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, Canada. Emmanuel Fougerat is also the author of works on several French painters, including Albert Besnard, Paul Baudry...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Painting, Portrait of a Lady, Charcoal, C 1960, Large Scale with Wide Gold Frame
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, midcentury, large portrait of a lady, circa 1960. Charcoal on paper with a very decorative gold frame.
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1960s Unknown Modern Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

1673 Merganser Ducks, Nicolas Robert Large Folio Etching in Hand Colour
Located in Norwich, GB
Fiber ales Bieure Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Paris, F. Pilly, (1673). ...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Vintage Tropical Watercolor with Palm Trees and Figures in Martinique
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting mid century watercolor on paper of a family doing boat repairs in Martinique, executed in a naive style with bold tropical colors. Signed N. Topp 1950 and presented unde...
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Mid-20th Century Martinican Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint, Paper

1673 Chickens, Poultry, Nicolas Robert, folio etching in hand colour
Located in Norwich, GB
Coc Gallus Poulle Gallina Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le nature...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Dutch Still Life Painting of Peaches, Pears, Grapes and Melon in Giltwood Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch (19th Century) still life oil painting featuring peaches, pears, grapes and melon lushly composed on a table corner, enhanced by a slightly glossy varnish and mounted in an orn...
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20th Century Dutch Biedermeier Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint

Lisa Larson tile - UNIK / Solros - Gustavsberg - Late 20th Century
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description: The unik series designed by Lisa Larson in the Gustavsberg factory is composed of 9 kinds of tiles with different motif-designs. Besides different motifs there ...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Earthenware, Ceramic, Pottery

Kaj Andersen abtract Danish vintage mid century 1970s expressions oil painting
Located in Ebberup, DK
Great vintage mid century modern impasto style oil painting with bold brushstrokes, heavy texture and dramatic colours dominated by gold, black, brown, and grey. The piece is signed ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint

18th Century Oil Painting of a Prince
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A period antique 18th century oil painting of a prince with indistinct letters to the lower quarter. Painted onto a large wooden board with hints of historic gilding to the frame, th...
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18th Century English Tudor Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paint

Beautiful Pair of Late 19th-Early 20th Century Kitten Paintings by F. Krantz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful pair of late 19th-early 20th century kitten paintings. By F. Krantz (German). Oil on canvas, with curious kittens. One painting with four kittens and a mouse trap...
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Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Giltwood, Canvas

"Roses on the Table" Old French Painting, oil on canvas
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Delicious painting! Like a bouquet of fresh flowers: for a gift , always.. If You don't want the painting with frame, You can use it for a mirror ref. O/6796
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Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Original Watercolor Painting, Skagen Harbor Scene
By (after) Raoul Dufy
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Painting depicts a scene from Skagen, Denmark, a settlement which began during the Middle Ages as a fishing village. It's seascapes, fishermen and evening light, made it become popu...
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20th Century Danish Post-Modern Painted Wall Decorations

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Brass

Set of 4 European Hand Colored Prints of Birds from 1830
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of 4 hand colored birds prints, from 1830. By Comte, Achille Joseph (1802-1866), "Keepsake d´histoire naturelle. Description des oiseaux. Suivie d´un exposé de l art de les pr...
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1830s French Biedermeier Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

Miniature Portrait Painting of Napoleon Signed by Prévost
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Miniature Portrait Painting of Napoleon signed by Prévost from the nineteenth century. The frame is in solid mahogany and is dished and...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Brass

Antique Oil Painting Farm Girl on a Flower Meadow by M. E. Ummenhofer
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique oil painting farm girl on a flower meadow by M. E. Ummenhofer An impressive antique oil painting depicting a farm girl on a summerly flower ...
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Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walker Evans is world-renowned for his Depression-era photographs of ordinary men and women across America, many of them taken while serving as “information specialist” in t...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Paint

Sculptural Canvas Relief with a 17th Century Florence Fragment by Elena Rousseau
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural canvas relief with a 17th century Italian Florence fragment by Elena Rousseau. The sculpted canvas is molded together with fresco plaster, g...
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17th Century American Rococo Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paste, Paint, Ash, Wood, Canvas, Gesso

Painting by Peter Keil, C 1977, Acrylic on Paper Board, Signed, Not Framed, Art
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...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper, Acrylic

Pair of Still Lifes, Gouache after Paul LeLong and Both Initialed "A.G."
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of late 19th century still life Gouaches after Paul LeLong, French, 1799-1846. His specialty was small still-life of table tops with various objects. ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Painted Wall Decorations

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Paper

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