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"My Boochier Heart" Gold, Black & Ruby Pop Art Oil Painting White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

“Fleet Week”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on masonite painting of Fleet Week with sailors flirting with young women on the dock by the American artist, Sarah Pace Carothers Rhode. ...
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1940s Ashcan School New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

"Brunch By Chloe NYC Bleecker St" Impressionistic Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
"With shades of Pierre Bonnard’s Parisian street vistas and Edward Hopper’s New York shopfronts, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and...
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2010s American Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Lotus No. 7 (Hard Edge Realist Oil Painting of Lotus Leaves and stems)
By Frank DePietro
Located in Hudson, NY
18 x 24 x 1 inches oil on canvas Inspired by close observations of the natural world and encounters with still moments that give us pause. Lines, shapes and colors encountered in nature, reveal the cycles of decay and regeneration that are life’s constant state of change. The work has a quiet, meditative quality. The subject is portrayed in a manner true to their existence in a specific time and place and selected based on considerations of visual relationships to formal elements of painting. Aspects of photo realism, hard edge and color field techniques are uti-lized to isolate the uniqueness of the subject’s detail, as well as emphasize flatness and illusion of depth within the two-dimensional space of the painting. About the artist: Frank DiPietro was born and raised in Scranton PA. He received a Bachelor of Art from Bloomsburg University in 1997, majoring in both Painting and Ceramics with a minor in Art History. In 2000 he earned a degree in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design while continuing his studies in painting. Frank lived in Philadelphia for twelve years painting and teaching at several museums, art centers and schools in the region. In 2010 he and his family moved to Chester County PA, where he currently resides. Frank currently teaches painting classes and workshops at the Delaware Art Museum and Longwood Gardens...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colorful Contemporary figurative painting "Untitled II"
By Khalid Nadif
Located in East Quogue, NY
Bright colored contemporary figurative painting by Moroccan artist Khalid Nadif. The painting is offered in a simple wood frame. Size: 40 x 32.5 inches (framed) Signed on the ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Hold the Preserves" Parisian Cafe Scene from Emily in Paris Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts Lily Collins and Ashley Park at a Parisian Cafe, an impressionistic scene reinvented from Emily in Paris. This painting measures...
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2010s Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marie Channer, "Young Ballerina", 18x14 Ballet Dancer Oil Painting on Canvas
By Marie Channer
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Young Ballerina", is a 18x14 oil painting on canvas by artist Marie Channer. Featured is a female ballet dancer caught in pose in the spotlight of the stage. Beautiful h...
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2010s Realist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"A Day by the Lakeside" Impressionist Scene of Figures Oil on Canvas Painting
By Luigi Cagliani
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting figures in France by Luigi Cagliani. As an Italian Impressionist artist, most of Cagliani's works were produced in the first half of the 20th Centu...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Pointillist Figurative Landscape Framed
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3170a Rare and finely painted American Colorful Pointillist landscape oil painting of a woman with an umbrella.Signedn Baxter Set in a vintage wood frame
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1950s New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Framed New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 18L x 24H.
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1940s Abstract Expressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Skylover" contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Skylover" is a contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting in a unique wood frame. An ellipse shaped canvas displays a man laying on the ground under the morning sky. Hi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod, 1907-1992 Lobster Shack, 1938 Oil on masonite 16 x 20 inches Signed and dated ower left: Aaron Bohrod 1938 Bohrod-3 Provenance: Private estate, Rhode Island, 2004 Am...
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1930s New York - Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Whisper Umbrellas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. A Certificate of Authenticity will be accompanied with this piece. Oil on Canvas. Unframed Dimensions 30 x 40 inches. Inspired by natur...
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2010s Post-Modern New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Impressionist Paris Promenade Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3247a Oil on canvas of a Paris Street scene Set in a simple white wood frame "
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1990s New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Greco Roman Classical Wrestlers Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
Late 20th century modernist oil painting of Greco Roman wrestlers done in the classical style. By David Loeb. Oil on handmade paper. Signed on reverse and dated 1989. Loeb was born in 1953 and raised in Chappaqua, New York, David Loeb’s mother and her identical twin were painters, and he has been painting since childhood. He studied with Gillian Pederson-Krag at Cornell University; Reed Kay at Boston University; Louis Finkelstein, Wolf Kahn and Philip Guston at the Yale Summer School of Art and Music; and attended graduate school at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he studied with Robert Barnes...
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20th Century Modern New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Handmade Paper

"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting
By Robert Loughlin
Located in New York, NY
"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting Robert Loughlin (1949-2011) "Cop on Vacation" Oil and mixed media on canvas 24 h x 30 w inches Signed and ti...
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Early 2000s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Seaside”
By Suzanne Eisendieck
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting titled “Seaside” by the well known German born artist, Suzanne Eisendieck. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is excellent. Circa 1965. Don...
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1960s Post-Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Francisco Bartus, "Wings", 40x40 Textured Butterfly Mixed Media Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Wings", is a 40x40 mixed media painting on canvas by artist Francisco Bartus. Featured is an outline of a butterfly with wings fully spread. All made up of individual he...
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2010s Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

CLASSICAL Antique PRE-RAPHEALITE Grecian Ladies on a MARBLE Painted TERRACE
By Henry Ryland
Located in New York, NY
Ryland studied under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902), Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888), and Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) in Paris, and also at the South Kensington Art Sc...
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1880s Academic New York - Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Love Affair, Romantic Oil Painting by Henry Stacy Marks c1875
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henry Stacy Marks, English ( 1829 - 1898) was a leading London painter of life and historical scenes. He was a member of Royal Academy and St Johns wood clique. The painting measure...
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19th Century Victorian New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage French Modernist Oil Painting "Women of the World"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5009 French oil painting women of the world unsigned unframed
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1970s New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Girl with Balloons - Parisian Twilight" Paris Figure Haute Couture Oil on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
“Girl with Balloons” was created from a vision aritst Cindy Shaoul had during the height of the pandemic. She wanted to create a piece with a light heart but also translate a message...
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2010s Abstract New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

"Toucan" Edward Zutrau, 1949 Abstracted Bird by Abstract Expressionist Artist
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Toucan, 7/29/1949 Dated on verso Oil on linen 30 x 23 inches Edward Zutrau (1922–1993) was an American painter whose career spanned from the 1940s through the early 1...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Beach Scene with Figures" Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas in Amsterdam
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water as kids play in the distance with a bicylist as well. The impressionist details are greatly admired as the sun shines on the water beautifully. This painting is signed lower right and comes housed in a simple contemporary silver wood frame with hanging wire on verso. Art measures 23.5 x 31.5 in Framed measures 26.25 x 34 in The Frisian-born artist Henk Gorter...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Men Talking at a table, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Men Talking at a table, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Descrip...
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1970s Folk Art New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ornette by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Work on Paper
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
A muted color acrylic and oil pastel of an androgenous subject with Modigliani eyes, Ornette by African American artist Bai is an enigmatic portrait made on 15” x 11” etching paper. ...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Reclining Male Nude - by Paula Craioveanu - Female Gaze series
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Reclining Male nude. Size 31.5x21.5in / 70x60cm . Part of Nude Men series. Male Nude seen by a female artist - part of "female gaze" series. Varnished and ready for hanging. Shippin...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish

French Blue Cosmic Female Summer Abstract
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3735 French Mixed media abstract set in a wood frame
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1980s New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

English Yacht, Sail Boat and Steamer off a coast with stormy sky.
By Edmund John Niemann
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th-century English yacht, sailboat, and steamer off a coast with a stormy sky. John Niemann was a prolific and highly successful British landscape artist working mostly in oils. ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"My Double Mint Heart" Green & White Oil Painting on Wood w White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Two Men with a Diver
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Found Love in Portofino" Colorful Pop Art Hearts Abstract Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured acrylics and oils in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energe...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Mixed Media

WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) Mural Study, untitled 11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight) Tempera on board Provenance:...
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1930s American Modern New York - Figurative Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Board

Orange Peel Curls, Glossy Bold Minimalist Still Life Painting with Fruit
By Lori Larusso
Located in New York, NY
Orange Peel Curls by Lori Larusso (2024) is a compact, vivid composition rendered in acrylic and pigmented varnish on panel. The slick, ultra-glossy surface reflects light, giving th...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Varnish, Acrylic, Panel

Art Deco Woodcut of Swimmer W/ Sailboats Signed "WB" in Custom Art Deco Frame
Located in New York, NY
This lovely Art Deco Woodcut of Swimmer W/ Sailboats is by an Unknown artist, signed "WB" and originates from the United States, Circa 1930. Features a slender vertical rectangular c...
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1930s New York - Figurative Paintings

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Woodcut

"My Chanel Heart" Gold & Pink Contemporary Art Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Glass, Oil, Board

American School Portrait of a Child
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Child with Red Tulip Flower, Oil on Canvas, circa 1900, illegibly signed "J. Hisnik(?)" and inscribed "N.Y." lower left, ebonized giltwood frame. Image...
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Late 19th Century American Realist New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey" Amy Londoner, Ashcan School, Figurative
By Amy Londoner
Located in New York, NY
Amy Londoner Beach at Atlantic City, circa 1922 Signed lower right Pastel on paper Sight 23 x 18 inches Amy Londoner (April 12, 1875 – 1951) was an American painter who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show. One of the first students of the Henri School of Art in 1909. Prior to the Armory Show of 1913, Amy Londoner and her classmates studied with "Ashcan" painter Robert Henri at the Henri School of Art in New York, N.Y. One notable oil painting, 'The Vase', was painted by both Henri and Londoner. Londoner was born in Lexington, Missouri on April 12, 1875. Her parents were Moses and Rebecca Londoner, who moved to Leadville, Colorado, by 1880. In 1899, Amy took responsibility for her father who had come to Los Angeles from Leadville and had mental issues. By 1900, Amy was living with her parents and sister, Blanche, in the vicinity of Leadville, Denver, Colorado. While little was written about her early life, Denver City directories indicated that nineteenth-century members of the family were merchants, with family ties to New York, N.Y. The family had a male servant. Londoner traveled with her mother to England in 1907 then shortly later, both returned to New York in 1909. Londoner was 34 years old at the time, and, according to standards of the day, should have married and raised a family long before. Instead, she enrolled as one of the first students at the Henri School of Art in 1909. At the Henri School, Londoner established friendships with Carl Sprinchorn (1887-1971), a young Swedish immigrant, and Edith Reynolds (1883-1964), daughter of wealthy industrialist family from Wilkes-Barre, PA. Londoner's correspondence, which often included references to Blanche, listed the sisters' primary address as the Hotel Endicott at 81st Street and Columbus Avenue, NYC. Other correspondence also reached Londoner in the city via Mrs. Theodore Bernstein at 252 West 74th Street; 102 West 73rd Street; and the Independent School of Art at 1947 Broadway. In 1911, Londoner vacationed at the Hotel Trexler in Atlantic City, NJ. As indicated by an undated photograph, Londoner also spent time with Edith Reynolds and Robert Henri at 'The Pines', the Reynolds family estate in Bear Creek, PA. Through her connections with the Henri School, Londoner entered progressive social and professional circles. Henri's admonition, phrased in the vocabulary of his historical time period, that one must become a "man" first and an artist second, attracted both male and female students to classes where development of unique personal styles, tailored to convey individual insights and experiences, was prized above the mastery of standardized, technical skill. Far from being dilettantes, women students at the Henri School were daring individuals willing to challenge tradition. As noted by former student Helen Appleton Read, "it was a mark of defiance,to join the radical Henri group." As Henri offered educational alternatives for women artists, he initiated exhibition opportunities for them as well. Troubled by the exclusion of work by younger artists from annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, Henri was instrumental in organizing the no-jury, no-prize Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910. About half of the 103 artists included in the exhibition were or had been Henri students, while twenty of the twenty-six women exhibiting had studied with Henri. Among the exhibition's 631 pieces, nine were by Amy Londoner, including the notorious 'Lady with a Headache'. Similarly, fourteen of Henri's women students exhibited in the groundbreaking Armory Show of 1913, forming about eight percent of the American exhibitors and one-third of American women exhibitors. Of the nine documented works submitted by Londoner, five were rejected, while four pastels of Atlantic City beach scenes, including 'The Beach Umbrellas' now in the Remington Collection, were displayed. Following Henri's example, Londoner served as an art instructor for younger students at the Modern School, whose only requirement was to genuinely draw what they pleased. The work of dancer Isadora Duncan, another artist devoted to the ideals of a liberal education, was also lauded by the Modern School. Henri, who long admired Duncan and invited members of her troupe to model for his classes, wrote an appreciation of her for the Modern School journal in 1915. She was also the subject of Londoner's pastel Isadora Duncan and the Children: Praise Ye the Lord with Dance. In 1914, Londoner traveled to France to spend summer abroad, living at 99 rue Notre Dames des Champs, Paris, France. As the tenets of European modernism spread throughout the United States, Londoner showed regularly at venues which a new generation of artists considered increasingly passe, including the annual Society of Independent Artists' exhibitions between 1918 and 1934, and the Salons of America exhibition in 1922. Londoner also exhibited at the Morton Gallery, Opportunity Gallery, Leonard Clayton Gallery and Brownell-Lambertson Galleries in NYC. Her painting of a 'Blond Girl' was one of two works included in the College Art Associations Traveling Exhibition of 1929, which toured colleges across the country to broad acclaim. Londoner later in life suffered from illnesses then suffered a stroke which resulted in medical bills significantly mounting over the years that her old friends from the Henri School, including Carl Sprinchorn, Florence Dreyfous, Florence Barley, and Josephine Nivison Hopper, scrambled to raise funds and find suitable long-term care facilities for Londoner. Londoner later joined Reynolds in Bear Creek, PA. Always known for her keen wit, Londoner retained her humor and concern for her works even during her illness, noting that "if anything happens to the Endicott, I guess they will just throw them out." Sprinchorn and Reynolds, however, did not allow this to happen. In 1960, Londoner's paintings 'Amsterdam Avenue at 74th Street' and 'The Builders' were loaned by Reynolds to a show commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910, presented at the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, DE. In the late 80's, Francis William Remington, 'Bill Remington', of Bear Creek Village PA, along with his neighbor and artist Frances Anstett Brennan, both had profound admiration for Amy Londoner's art work and accomplishments as a woman who played a significant role in the Ashcan movement. Remington acquired a significant number of Londoner's artwork along with Frances Anstett Brenan that later was part of an exhibition of Londoner's artwork in April 15 of 2007, at the Hope Horn...
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1920s Ashcan School New York - Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Winter Landscape" Dale Bessire, Impressionist American Snowy Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Dale Bessire Winter Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches A founding member of the Brown County Art Gallery Association, Dale Bessire was a native of Indianapol...
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1910s American Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"My Purple Diamond Heart" Colorful Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board, Glass

"Is There a Point?" - Mixed media figurative painting with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media painting by Adam Baranello. Size 36 x 36 in. Offered unframed. Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. Multidisciplinary artist Adam Baranello creates mus...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Red Horse Chestnut, Amagansett
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a Chestnut tree in Amagansett. Artist Bio Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his earliest years, it was evident that his passion was...
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2010s Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Duet #2, Large Art Deco Painting by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Duet #2" is an original painting on canvas measuring 48 x 36 inches by Erik Freyman. The artist is best known for his 80's style which draws heavily on Art Deco and Cubism. Frey...
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1980s Art Deco New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

3-D pop art framed contemporary pixels interior, figurative, landscape, pulp fic
Located in New York, NY
3-D hand made artwork using Perler beads and mixed media in a found painting in a vintage frame the artist lives and works out of Sweden and is represented by Krause Gallery in NYC
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2010s Pop Art New York - Figurative Paintings

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Plastic, Wood

"Hippo" Paul Sample, Regionalist, Atmospheric Circus Performers and Aminal Scene
By Paul Sample
Located in New York, NY
Paul Sample Hippo Signed lower right Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches Provenance Chidsey Collection Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1980) Sample's attempt to impose a T...
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1930s Realist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: with “Mr. Scheer,” Vienna, by July 1918; where acquired by: Jindřich Waldes, Prague, 1918–1941; thence by descent to: Private Collection, New York Literature: Rudolf Kuchynka, “České obrazy tabulové ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Památky archeologické, vol. 31 (1919), pp. 62-64, fig. 5. Jaroslav Pešina, “K datování deskových obrazů ve Waldesově obrazárně,” Ročenka Kruhu pro Pěstování Dějin Umění: za rok (1934), pp. 131-137. Jaroslav Pešina, Pozdně gotické deskové malířství v Čechách, Prague, 1940, pp. 150-151, 220. Patrik Šimon, Jindřich Waldes: sběratel umění, Prague, 2001, pp. 166, 168, footnote 190. Ivo Hlobil, “Tři gotické obrazy ze sbírky Jindřicha Waldese,” Umění, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), p. 369. Executed sometime in the 1380s or 1390s by a close associate of the Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece, this impressive panel is a rare work created at the royal court in Prague and a significant re-discovery for the corpus of early Bohemian painting. It has emerged from an American collection, descendants of the celebrated Czech industrialist and collector Jindřich Waldes, who died in Havana fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. The distinctive visual tradition of the Bohemian school first began to take shape in the middle of the fourteenth century after Charles IV—King of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor—established Prague as a major artistic center. The influx of foreign artists and the importation of significant works of art from across Europe had a profound influence on the development of a local pictorial style. Early Italian paintings, especially those by Sienese painters and Tommaso da Modena (who worked at Charles IV’s court), had a considerable impact on the first generation of Bohemian painters. Although this influence is still felt in the brilliant gold ground and the delicate tooling of the present work, the author of this painting appears to be responding more to the paintings of his predecessors in Prague than to foreign influences. This Resurrection of Christ employs a compositional format that was popular throughout the late medieval period but was particularly pervasive in Bohemian painting. Christ is shown sitting atop a pink marble sarcophagus, stepping down onto the ground with one bare foot. He blesses the viewer with his right hand, while in his left he holds a triumphal cross with a fluttering banner, symbolizing his victory over death. Several Roman soldiers doze at the base of the tomb, except for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a face of bewilderment as Christ emerges from his tomb. Christ is wrapped in a striking red robe with a blue interior lining, the colors of which vary subtly in the changing light. He stands out prominently against the gold backdrop, which is interrupted only by the abstractly rendered landscape and trees on either side of him. The soldiers’ armor is rendered in exacting detail, the cool gray of the metal contrasting with the earth tones of the outer garments. The sleeping soldier set within a jumble of armor with neither face nor hands exposed, is covered with what appears to be a shield emblazoned with two flies on a white field, somewhat resembling a cartouche (Fig. 1). This may be a heraldic device of the altarpiece’s patron or it may signify evil, referencing either the Roman soldiers or death, over both of which Christ triumphs. This painting formed part of the collection assembled by the Czech industrialist and founder of the Waldes Koh-i-noor Company, Jindřich Waldes, in the early twentieth century. As a collector he is best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons (totaling nearly 70,000 items), as well as for being the primary patron of the modernist painter František Kupka. Waldes was also an avid collector of older art, and he approached his collecting activity with the goal of creating an encyclopedic collection of Czech art from the medieval period through to the then-present day. At the conclusion of two decades of collecting, his inventory counted 2331 paintings and drawings, 4764 prints, and 162 sculptures. This collection, which constituted the Waldesova Obrazárna (Waldes Picture Gallery), was first displayed in Waldes’ home in Prague at 44 Americká Street and later at his newly built Villa Marie at 12 Koperníkova Street. This Resurrection of Christ retains its frame from the Waldes Picture Gallery, including its original plaque “173 / Česky malíř z konce 14 stol.” (“Czech painter from the end of the 14th century”) and Waldes’ collection label on the reverse. The Resurrection of Christ was one of the most significant late medieval panel...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters New York - Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Panel

"Madison Square on 5th Avenue and 23rd Street" Impressionist Winter Street Scene
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in New York, NY
A truly stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City winter scenes depicting Madison Square Park on 5th Avenue and 23rd Street. An iconic scene that so...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"Snow in Flatiron" Impressionist Oil Painting Snow Scene Style of Guy Wiggins
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A charming depiction of the Flatiron in New York City with figures in the snow down a pathway. A cozy impressionistic street scene with colors of cobalts, whites, and burnt sienna's....
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2010s American Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"My Jungle Green Heart" Pop Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Circle of Jean Honore Fragonard (1732–1806) A Painting of Three Putti and Fire
By Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Located in Queens, NY
Circle of Jean Honore Fragonard (French 1732–1806) An Exceptional Painting of Three Putti and Fire, circa 1795. Masterfully painted in the late ...
Category

18th Century Rococo New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Endless Summer" Graffiti, Street Art and Pop Art Mash Up oil on canvas 32x34"
Located in Southampton, NY
This painting is a mash up of Street Art, Graffiti and Pop Art by Matt Straub, known worldwide for his Cowboy western Pop art Paintings. We are please to anno...
Category

2010s Street Art New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Night Swimmer with Goggles - Bright, textured painting with boy swimmer
Located in Dallas, TX
In Night Swimmer with Goggles, acclaimed British contemporary artist Dan Parry-Jones captures a fleeting, contemplative moment of childhood. A young boy, standing at the edge of a st...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

"Washington" George Washington American Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic and abstract portrait of George Washington. The thick brush strokes and fun marks create an atmosphere reminiscent of the impressionists from...
Category

2010s American Impressionist New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Blue Table
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
"The Green Table" David Stern (Germany, b. 1956) Acrylics and pigments on cotton 52 inches by 65 inches Hand-signed by the artist, certificate of authenticity available Colors: Green...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

"Dreaming of Van Gogh" Paris Fashion Style Blonde Figure Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category

2010s Abstract New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

"Chanel in Paris" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category

2010s Abstract New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Cubic Abstract Colorful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2902B Abstract geometric figurative painting Set in a vintage gilt wood frame
Category

1970s New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pink Africa, Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Bartus, "Red Heart", 24x24, Colorful Heart Textured Figurative Mixed Media
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Red Heart", is a 24x24 mixed media painting on canvas by artist Francisco Bartus featuring a fiery color palette. Depicted is one heart symbols, made up of individual he...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Antique Oil Painting of Soldiers and Woman on the Street
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil painting of soldiers and woman on the street. Oil on board. Framed.
Category

Late 19th Century Realist New York - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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