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"Winter Still Life" oil painting beer, clementines on rustic wooden table, Italy
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Winter Still Life" is an oil painting of drinks and clementines on rustic wooden table, Italy. A box of clementines, a silver espresso maker, a sack...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Signed Fish Still Life Cubist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school modernist fish still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 15 by 19 inches overall, and 12 by 16 painting alone.. In excellent original co...
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1970s Cubist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Artichokes" realist oil painting of spring vegetables and lemons on red cloth
By Edward Minoff
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Two artichokes lay beside two lemons in this academic still-life painting. Dark hues and low light create that old-renaissance feeling. Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU'...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Alotrope I Series (Black and White)
By Sofia Housou
Located in New York, NY
Sofia Housou Alotrope Series oil on canvas 110 x 110 cm Sofia Housou’s post-abstract expressionist oeuvre operates in a dramatic background where colour becomes the vocabulary for ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Riviera series, turquoise horizon
Located in Vienna, AT
In crafting this piece, I fused acrylics and oils to create a tranquil seascape that blends the abstract with the real, invoking a serene horizon where sky meets water. The calm blue...
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2010s Abstract New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Antique Gouache Painting Artist Studio Interior Painting 1870
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3929 Antique interior painting of an artist studio works on artist board Set in a period walnut frame image size 19.5x13.5"
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1870s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Italian 20th Century painting of a family time
Located in New York, NY
Giacomo Campi, excellent condition. Oil on canvas 26x42 inches.
Category

Early 20th Century New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Horse Sketch 1" study of an Alfred Munnings painting, brown and earth tones
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Horse Sketch 1" is Amy Florence's study of an Alfred Munnings painting, one of her favorite artists. Artist Bio Amy Florence is a London born artist working out of her studio in F...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

Homage to Bunny Mellon
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Bergian (Bruges, Belgium, b. 1965) explores the essence of space, depicting architectural interiors with an expressive line that renders them out of time. Bergian lives and wo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Pencil

Bibliothèque of Madeleine Castaing, Lèves, France
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New York, NY
A five-bedroom, pale blue-and-turquoise country house located an hour and a half southwest of Paris, Maison de Lèves served as a lifelong laboratory for France’s maîtresse of interio...
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21st Century and Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil

Two Sisters
By Steven J. Levin
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Two Sisters" is a contemporary realist painting of two young women sitting at a bar. One sister looks a bit reserved, her hair down, clasping her hands in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mirror Summer Light
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on canvas painting of a woman sitting in front of a mirror, tending to her hair. Window open behind her admits natural light. Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnes...
Category

2010s Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Laundry" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting Interior Scene Figure on Board
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young lady washing her laundry in front of a house. This piece was most likely executed in the 1930's, as the colors are darker than Z...
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Orange Light - Purple Heat, Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Lorik Avery
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lorik Aveny, Kosovan/American (1972 - ) Title: Orange Light - Purple Heat Year: 2015 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed Size: 31.1 x 31.1 in. (78.9...
Category

2010s Pop Art New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Rising Waters
Located in New York, NY
The basis of Beatriz's painted scenes is an exploration of the construction of reality. She represents this by analyzing all the things that are contained in a given space — and what...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Morning Light
By Maryann Lucas
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Morning Light” epitomizes the abundance of Spring with its bustling bouquet of white lilies, yellow roses, and a sliced open, ready to be eaten pink grapefruit. Despite the levity of the scene, Lucas has challenged herself with space, making a clear contrast between subject and background. She is consciously rejecting the “ironed on” effect of a subject onto a canvas, a trap to which lesser artists might succumb. Artist Bio Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received instruction and support from wonderful and generous members of the East End artistic community. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights. Lucas wants her work to celebrate all that is well with this world and brilliant in this life, despite its pockets of darkness. For me, she says, I know I am in the Presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, pushes out everything else and draws me in. I trust That. I use That to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel. Ultimately, That is what drives me to paint. Becoming evermore skilled as an oil painter is another of Lucas goals. To that end she remains teachable, finding it refreshing and vital for her own growth to paint with others. She has studied with favorite artists including Michael Klein...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ranunculus and Roses" bright contemporary impressionist flower still life
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Ranunculus and Roses" is a bright contemporary impressionist flower still life. A quintessential springtime image of freshly cut flowers shimmering in the warm light of Tuscany that...
Category

2010s Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Interior Scene "Friday Nite Bar PickUp" 1970's
By E.Blick
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3034a Vintage figurative acrylic on masonite displayed in a white wood frame Signed lower left by E.Blick. Image size 13.5 H x 10.5 W
Category

1970s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vase on Piano
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed upper left and dated.
Category

1970s Abstract Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Piano Room" contemporary oil painting impressionist style, music room light
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of an interior close to the artist's heart; her parents house. The object of focus is the black baby grand piano. A big open win...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Drawing Room of Jayne Wrightsman, 820 Fifth Avenue, New York
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New York, NY
While Jayne Wrightman’s taste was universally recognized as exquisite—she was a peerless collector and long served as a trustee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—the society grande dame and philanthropist chose to work with Parisian decorators Maison Jansen upon acquiring her palatial Fifth Avenue home. In fact, Jansen had already started; the apartment’s previous owner, private dealer Renée de Becker, had brought them in. Wrightsman and husband Charles continued with Jansen; upon principal Stephane Boudin’s death, they began working with Henri Samuel, thus beginning a long association. While the bones of the room owe much to Jansen, the decoration—the colors, the upholstery, and most of the furnishings—are Samuel. Shown here is the sprawling 31-foot-by-21-foot drawing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil

Still Life of Flower
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Still Life of Flower, Oil on Board, depicting pink rose in glass jar on purple ground, signed lower right, wood frame. Image: 11" H x 11" W; frame:...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Still Life of Flower
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Still Life of Flower, Oil on Board, depicting yellow rose in glass jar near windowsill, signed lower right, wood frame. Larger: image: 9.75" H x 10...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

contemporary street art pop art spray paint gold white interior currency
By Penny
Located in New York, NY
6 layer hand cut stencil. Spray paint real currency framed with non glare glass in a museum quality frame - changes color as you walk by it from Black to Gold - 1/1 original I'M PEN...
Category

2010s Abstract New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Archival Paper

Lute Player and Woman Reading
Located in Astoria, NY
After Caspar Netscher (Dutch, 1634-1689), Lute Player and Woman Reading, Oil on Tin Panel, late 19th century, after the original painted in 1685, illegibly signed "F Meiur (?)" lower...
Category

Late 19th Century Dutch School New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Metal

"Sunday Florals" Colorful Impressionist Still Life Scene Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming floral still life scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. With pink, white, and purple flower arrangement in a clear glass vase, with some few petals that fell lying on the surface. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career with simple florals with an abundance of color and life. The piece is signed by the artist lower left and it comes housed in a wonderful multicolor vintage wood frame and hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 19.5 x 15.5 inches Johannes Schiefer was born in 1896 in the Netherlands, and quickly gained notoriety for his landscapes, still life’s and portraits. Schiefer won the Prix de Rome at the age of 19 and studied at the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany, and then moved to Paris where he continued his studies in art at the Beaux Arts, and later at the Villa Medici in Rome. He traveled to paint across Europe, primarily France and Italy and also Latin America. When he married, he settled down in Nice France, and during the late thirties, he traveled and painted the coastline of the South of France, as well as Venice and the Adriatic. He remained in France until 1942, when he moved to New York with his family after the birth of their daughter, future actress Joanna Miles. Already an artist of stature when he arrived in New York, he settled with his family on Long Island, and for the next 30 years, Schiefer kept on painting and built a solid reputation as an important American artist. The Schiefers also had a son, Johannes Jr. After the war, Schiefer maintained a Paris studio and became a resident of Los Angeles for a time in the 1950s. For the next 30 years Schiefer kept on painting and during his career had numerous one man shows, having exhibitions at: Gallery Zak in Paris; Kunsthaus in Hamburg; Kunsthalle in Munich; Stiebel Galleries in Paris; O'Connor Gallery in Ontario; Museum of Modern Art, Wildenstein & Co, Carol Carstairs Gallery and Schoeneman Galleries in New York City; Esther Robles Gallery, County Museum and Vigoveno Galleries in Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum. Like Picasso, Schiefer never permitted himself to be “type-cast” in a single monotonous style. If there is anything that typifies his work, it is his versatility, his deft handling of subdued tones to create a unique brilliance of light and color that stamps every painting with his own individuality. In February 1964, Ethel Kennedy...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hallway Floor - Woodgrain Floor Teal Baseboard White Hall Interior, 2016
By Brett Eberhardt
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary painting in oil on panel with an interior scene focusing on a hallway floor, the wood grain of the floorboards lovingly depicted, and a teal baseboard offset by white ...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Lichtenstein style Kusama pop art interior contemporary red
By Joe Suzuki
Located in New York, NY
Hand Painted on panel I consider my work to be artifacts of my own particular culture, which is not the generalized Japanese American culture, but that which formed as a direct res...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Lichtenstein style Koons pop art interior contemporary pink
By Joe Suzuki
Located in New York, NY
Hand Painted on panel I consider my work to be artifacts of my own particular culture, which is not the generalized Japanese American culture, but that which formed as a direct res...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Musicians
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American plein-air painter, Marc Dalessio, depicts a band playing at a local tavern. We can tell they are playing folk music because of their instruments, a fiddle (violin), and a ba...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Poppies and Daisies" impressionist oil painting of bright bouquet still life
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Poppies and Daisies" is an impressionist oil painting of bright bouquet still life, hand picked from the hills of Tuscany, and arranged in the artist's kitchen. A solid, rich brown,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Dining Room of Howard Slatkin, 1215 Fifth Avenue, New York
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New York, NY
It took interior designer Howard Slatkin 33 months to recreate an 18th century European palace in an Upper East Side co-op. Set on the 14th floor of the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil

Antique American School Framed Impressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist still life oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. . In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, re...
Category

1940s Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Young Boy with Toy Airplane" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young boy with light brown hair against a viridian green background. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner and is a won...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Giuseppe Aureli Orientalist Watercolor In The Harem .
By Giuseppe Aureli
Located in New York, NY
Middle Eastern Indoor Scene, watercolor of a man and a reclining woman. Artist: Giuseppe Aureli (1858 - 1929) Origin: Italian Date: 19th Century Medium...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Antique American Oil Painting, "At The Auction" by Cecil Bell
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior painting by Cecil Crosley ("Spike") Bell (1906 - 1970). Oil on canvas, circa 1935. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 30"L ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dining Room of Ann Getty, 2880 Broadway, San Francisco
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New York, NY
Patron of the arts and sciences Ann Getty (1941–2020) brought the same bounteousness to her interiors as she did to her philanthropy, most notably at the 191...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil

New Year's Day, Y2K : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko. Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist. Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work. Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category

Early 2000s Realist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christmas Turkey & the General's Daughter painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
The artwork measures 18" x 24", and the frame 25" x 29.5" x 1.75". Upon request a video clip of this work may be provided. About this artist: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable per...
Category

1960s Surrealist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera, Watercolor

"Book club" oil painting on paper, woman reading book in living room, framed
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very traditional in subject and composition; however, she further transforms her skilled hand b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Les Carreaux Anciens, Photorealist Still Life Oil Painting by Patrick Le Flohic
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Carreaux Anciens Patrick Le Flohic, French (1952) Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on verso Size: 44.5 x 57.5 in. (113.03 x 146.05 cm)
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Late 20th Century Photorealist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Distant Voices
By John Moore
Located in New York, NY
John Moore was born in St. Louis, MO in 1941. He received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis (1966) and an MFA from Yale University (1968). Over a career spanning forty ye...
Category

2010s Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Fauteil, Photorealist Still Life Oil Painting by Patrick Le Flohic
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Fauteil Patrick Le Flohic, French (1952 - ) Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, titled on verso Size: 35 x 45.5 in. (88.9 x 115.57 cm) Frame Size: 36.5 x 47 inches
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Late 20th Century Photorealist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Fauteuil aux Fleurs, Photorealist Oil Still Life by Patrick Le Flohic
Located in Long Island City, NY
Le Fauteuil aux Fleurs Patrick Le Flohic, French (1952) Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, titled on verso Size: 39.5 x 32 in. (100.33 x 81.28 cm) Frame Size: 45 x 38 inches
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Late 20th Century Photorealist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Preparing for Dinner, Folk Art Acrylic on Board by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Preparing for Dinner, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Acrylic on Board, Size: 12 in. x 5.5 in. (30.48 cm x 13.97 cm), Frame Size: 18.5 x 12 in...
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1970s Folk Art New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Venetian Powder Room Scene with Figures" Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Luigi Cagliani
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical oil painting depicting a Venetian Powder Room Scene with Figures getting ready for the masquerade. A truly intimate scene with a ornate mirror, flowers in a vase and whit...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Interior View Painting Thru Window with Boy Reading 1960's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3951 Interior view painting on artist board set in a hand painted wood frame
Category

1960s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Interior Scene in Green
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, 1957-2024), Interior Scene in Green, Oil on Canvas, signed "R. O'Meara" lower right and to verso, unframed. 16" H x 18" W x 1" D. Provenance: From a 333 Eas...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian Cobbler Figurative Oil Painting by L. Colli 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-112 Italian oil on canvas Displayed in custom wood frame Image size 10.5x13.5" Signed A. Colli
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1920s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vase in the Window (Impressionist Floral Still Life Painting of Pink Peonies)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Vase in the Window (Impressionist Floral Still Life of Magenta Pink Peony Flowers in a Vase Against an Off-White Window Scene) by David Konigsberg oil on panel 50 x 36 x 1.5 inches no frame required - painting is wired on reverse for easy installation Signed by the artist, verso This painting is an exquisite example of the artist's unique ability to capture the very whimsical side of nature. Widely known for painting expansive views of the Hudson Valley where the artist often embarks on extensive hiking trails, Konigsberg also takes to painting more intimate and commonplace household objects. A coffee pot, salt and pepper shaker, or as in this case, a simple bouquet of long stemmed pink peonies careening over the side of a green vase; his use of oil washes capture both fluidity and structure. The fanciful treatment of the flowers calls to mind French Impressionist Toulouse Latrec...
Category

2010s Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel

"Outdoor Summer Scene" Figure w Pet Dog Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting depicting an exterior summer scene of an elegant woman crossing her legs, reclining on a chair with her loved pet dog. She exudes a calmness while we can fee...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage American Interior Scene "Tiger Lillies Window Scene"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5161 Interior scene tiger lillies in a blue vase on a window sill lookin thru a window. signed on verso Dznoweha
Category

1980s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique English Oil Painting Interior Scene "The Chess Match" 1890's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1666 Antique interior scene oil painting The Chess Match circa 1890's Image size 19.5x 13.5"
Category

1890s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

interior spray paint on canvas figurative street art Invader red pop art
By Kunstrasen
Located in New York, NY
This is an original 1/1 art work spray paint on canvas from the artist's show "Removers" at Krause Gallery in NYC. Kunstrasen is an established artist out of Germany with shows all o...
Category

2010s Street Art New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Interior Scene with Figure and Flowers" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
An intimate interior scene of a woman reclining in her living room with a bouquet of flowers on a sunny afternoon. We are charmed by the rich choice of color and intimate details thr...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Reclining French Woman's Artist Mirrored Reflection
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5084 Mirror reflections of a French recling woman with artist in reflections in the mirror
Category

1940s New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Interior of a Japanese House
By Harry Humphrey Moore
Located in New York, NY
Harry Humphrey Moore led a cosmopolitan lifestyle, dividing his time between Europe, New York City, and California. This globe-trotting painter was also active in Morocco, and most importantly, he was among the first generation of American artists to live and work in Japan, where he depicted temples, tombs, gardens, merchants, children, and Geisha girls. Praised by fellow painters such as Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Moore’s fame was attributed to his exotic subject matter, as well as to the “brilliant coloring, delicate brush work [sic] and the always present depth of feeling” that characterized his work (Eugene A. Hajdel, Harry H. Moore, American 19th Century: Collection of Information on Harry Humphrey Moore, 19th Century Artist, Based on His Scrap Book and Other Data [Jersey City, New Jersey: privately published, 1950], p. 8). Born in New York City, Moore was the son of Captain George Humphrey, an affluent shipbuilder, and a descendant of the English painter, Ozias Humphrey (1742–1810). He became deaf at age three, and later went to special schools where he learned lip-reading and sign language. After developing an interest in art as a young boy, Moore studied painting with the portraitist Samuel Waugh in Philadelphia, where he met and became friendly with Eakins. He also received instruction from the painter Louis Bail in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1864, Moore attended classes at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco, and until 1907, he would visit the “City by the Bay” regularly. In 1865, Moore went to Europe, spending time in Munich before traveling to Paris, where, in October 1866, he resumed his formal training in Gérôme’s atelier, drawing inspiration from his teacher’s emphasis on authentic detail and his taste for picturesque genre subjects. There, Moore worked alongside Eakins, who had mastered sign language in order to communicate with his friend. In March 1867, Moore enrolled at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, honing his drawing skills under the tutelage of Adolphe Yvon, among other leading French painters. In December 1869, Moore traveled around Spain with Eakins and the Philadelphia engraver, William Sartain. In 1870, he went to Madrid, where he met the Spanish painters Mariano Fortuny and Martin Rico y Ortega. When Eakins and Sartain returned to Paris, Moore remained in Spain, painting depictions of Moorish life in cities such as Segovia and Granada and fraternizing with upper-crust society. In 1872, he married Isabella de Cistue, the well-connected daughter of Colonel Cistue of Saragossa, who was related to the Queen of Spain. For the next two-and-a-half years, the couple lived in Morocco, where Moore painted portraits, interiors, and streetscapes, often accompanied by an armed guard (courtesy of the Grand Sharif) when painting outdoors. (For this aspect of Moore’s oeuvre, see Gerald M. Ackerman, American Orientalists [Courbevoie, France: ACR Édition, 1994], pp. 135–39.) In 1873, he went to Rome, spending two years studying with Fortuny, whose lively technique, bright palette, and penchant for small-format genre scenes made a lasting impression on him. By this point in his career, Moore had emerged as a “rapid workman” who could “finish a picture of given size and containing a given subject quicker than most painters whose style is more simple and less exacting” (New York Times, as quoted in Hajdel, p. 23). In 1874, Moore settled in New York City, maintaining a studio on East 14th Street, where he would remain until 1880. During these years, he participated intermittently in the annuals of the National Academy of Design in New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, exhibiting Moorish subjects and views of Spain. A well-known figure in Bay Area art circles, Moore had a one-man show at the Snow & May Gallery in San Francisco in 1877, and a solo exhibition at the Bohemian Club, also in San Francisco, in 1880. Indeed, Moore fraternized with many members of the city’s cultural elite, including Katherine Birdsall Johnson (1834–1893), a philanthropist and art collector who owned The Captive (current location unknown), one of his Orientalist subjects. (Johnson’s ownership of The Captive was reported in L. K., “A Popular Paris Artist,” New York Times, July 23, 1893.) According to one contemporary account, Johnson invited Moore and his wife to accompany her on a trip to Japan in 1880 and they readily accepted. (For Johnson’s connection to Moore’s visit to Japan, see Emma Willard and Her Pupils; or, Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary [New York: Mrs. Russell Sage, 1898]. Johnson’s bond with the Moores was obviously strong, evidenced by the fact that she left them $25,000.00 in her will, which was published in the San Francisco Call on December 10, 1893.) That Moore would be receptive to making the arduous voyage across the Pacific is understandable in view of his penchant for foreign motifs. Having opened its doors to trade with the West in 1854, and in the wake of Japan’s presence at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876, American artists were becoming increasingly fascinated by what one commentator referred to as that “ideal dreamland of the poet” (L. K., “A Popular Paris Artist”). Moore, who was in Japan during 1880–81, became one of the first American artists to travel to the “land of the rising sun,” preceded only by the illustrator, William Heime, who went there in 1851 in conjunction with the Japanese expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry; Edward Kern, a topographical artist and explorer who mapped the Japanese coast in 1855; and the Boston landscapist, Winckleworth Allan Gay, a resident of Japan from 1877 to 1880. More specifically, as William H. Gerdts has pointed out, Moore was the “first American painter to seriously address the appearance and mores of the Japanese people” (William H. Gerdts, American Artists in Japan, 1859–1925, exhib. cat. [New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1996], p. 5). During his sojourn in Nippon (which means, “The Land of the Rising Sun”), Moore spent time in locales such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Nikko, and Osaka, carefully observing the local citizenry, their manners and mode of dress, and the country’s distinctive architecture. Working on easily portable panels, he created about sixty scenes of daily life, among them this depiction of an interior of a dwelling. The location of the view is unknown, but the presence of a rustic rail fence demarcating a yard bordering a distant house flanked by tall trees, shrubs and some blossoming fruit trees, suggests that the work likely portrays a building in a city suburb or a small village. In his book, Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings, Edward S. Morse (an American zoologist, orientalist, and “japanophile” who taught at Tokyo Imperial University from 1877 to 1879, and visited Japan again in 1891 and 1882) noted the “openness and accessibility of the Japanese house...
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Late 19th Century New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Important Contemporary Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive contemporary still life oil painting by Stephen Heigh. Oil on canvas. Signed.
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Early 2000s Modern New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nasser Ovissi, 'Iranian, Born 1934' "Four Blue Squares" Oil on Canvas Painting
By Nasser Ovissi
Located in Queens, NY
Nasser Ovissi, (Iranian, Born 1934) "Four Blue Squares" oil on canvas painting. Very fine quality painting by Persian Artist Nasser Ovissi who is considered to be known as the "Picasso of Iran". This paintings is four in one. Each corner of the painting represents something else in the Middle-Eastern tradition. The top right corner is representing the passion for Arabian horses. The top left corner is representing the traditional fish and eyes against evil eye. The lower right corner is representing the traditional turquoise colored ceramics. The lower left corner is representing the Holy House of Prayer. Very interesting and unique combination, this painting will create a beautiful, warm energetic in any room that it's placed. A true, modern Iranian masterpiece. Oil on canvas, unframed. Signed. Size: 30" high x 40" wide Nasser Ovissi is an American-Iranian painter whose work is characterized by stylized figures of Arabic women and horses. Set amidst geometric patterns and decorative elements, his figures seem to merge into and out of the space behind them. “My work is dedicated to the beauty of life and I hope those who experience my work will walk away with an experience of beauty.” Born in Tehran, Iran in 1934, Ovissi studied Law and Political Sciences at the University of Tehran before studying Fine art at Beaux Fine Art in Rome. The artist has achieved numerous awards and honors, including being exhibited at the 1959 Paris Biennial and a grand prize at the 1962 Biennale of fine arts of Tehran. Ovissi lives and works in Reston, VA. His works are included in the collections of the Contemporary Art Museum in Madrid and the National Art Gallery of Greece in Athens. Artist Exhibitions: 1957 Tehran, First Prize 1959 Paris Biennial 1960 Tehran, Exhibition in Farhang Hall, during the International Congress of Music 1961 Exhibition in Bombay, India New Delhi, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art Tehran, Iran, First Prise in Drawing Competition 1962 Tehran Biennial (Abyaz Palace), Grand Prize of the Biennial Venice, Italy Biennial 1963 Paris, Museum of Modern Art; Exhibition of Iranian Painters Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil 1964 Tehran Biennial, Grand Prize 1965 Rome, National Museum of Oriental Art 1966 Milan, San Fedele Gallery 1968 Rome: Gallery 88 Florence, International Biennial of Graphic Arts New York, Columbia University, Modern Iranian Art Italy, Gold Medal at the Campione International Salon 1969 Zurich, Huber Gallery 1970 Ankara, Fine Arts Gallery 1971 Rome, Temple University Athens, Fine Arts Salon New York, Columbia University Washington, Agra Gallery 1972 Paris, Autumn Salon, Grand Palais Paris, Guiot Gallery Ottawa, National Art Center Ottawa, University of Ottawa Baltimore, John Hopkins Gallery Brussels, Palace of Fine Arts 1973 Belgrade, Museum of Modern Art Monaco, International Art Exhibition (Grand Prize) 1976 Basel, Feriart 1977 Madrid, Bruaugut Gallery 1978 Valence, Artis Gallery 1978 Madrid, Contemporary Art Museum 1979 Caracas, Guipuzcoa Gallery 1981 Washington, D.C., Calvert Collection 1982 Dallas, International Art Exhibition 1983 Houston, Texas, Galeria Arte 1984 Pasadena, Pacific Asia Museum Washington, D.C., Calvert Collection Washington, D.C., World Bank New York, Leila Taghinia-Milani Gallery 1985 Paris (France), Mille et Une Nuits New York: Taghinia-Milani Gallery Washington, D.C., Calvert Collection 1986 New York, Mussavi Art Center Washington D.C., Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown Park Vancouver (Canada), The Art Circle Visalia (California), The Art Circle 1987 New York, Art Expo Cadiz (Spain), Sato Grande Fairfax (Virginia), Broadway Gallery 1988 Los Angeles, Galeria Arte Washington, D.C., Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown Park McLean (Virginia), Abott Gallery Geneva (Switzerland), Bronz Gallery 1989 New York, Mussavi Art Center San Francisco, Hourian Art Gallery 1990 Montreal (Canada), Maison d'Art Saint Laurent Maui (Hawaii), Metropolitan Art Gallery 1991 Montreal (Canada), Maison d'Art Saint Laurent Austin (Texas), University of Texas Art Gallery New York, Elaine Benson Gallery Maui (Hawaii), Metropolitan Gallery Boca Raton (Florida), Curzon Gallery 1992 Maui (Hawaii), Metropolitan Gallery New York, Space Gallery McLean (Virginia), Tower Club Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Town Center 1993 Cambridge (Massachusetts), Harvard University Maui (Hawaii), Metropolitan Gallery Boca Raton (Florida), Curzon Gallery Washington, DC, Very Special Art Gallery 1994 Tokyo (Japan), Metropolitan Gallery Maui (Hawaii), Metropolitan Gallery Osaka (Japan), Metropolitan Gallery Detriot (Michigan), Michigan University Montreux (Canada), Aurom Gallery Boca Raton (Florida), Curzon Gallery 1995 Washington, DC, Designer Art Gallery 1996 Great Exhibition at Art Festival, Kuwait 1997 Montreal (Canada), Maison d'Art Saint Laurent Tokyo (Japan), Metropolitan Gallery Maui (Hawaii), Metropolitan Gallery Osaka (Japan), Metropolitan Gallery 1998 Fez (Morocco), Sufi Music Festival Los Angeles (California), Exhibition Art Centre Hawaii, Dole Gallery 1999 London (U.K.), Bourlet Gallery Montreux (Switzerland), The Oriental Palace...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Italian School, "The Antiquarian"
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian School, "The Antiquarian", Oil on Canvas, late 19th century, depicting a gentleman standing at a table covered with a carpet, books, his dog and a small mouse underfoot, unsi...
Category

Late 19th Century Italian School New York - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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