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Item Ships From: Tri-State Area
Dmitri Wright - Daffodils Radiance, Painting 2023
By Dmitri Wright
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas
Weir Farm Series:
Compline is a recent piece, a work honoring New England. It is a culmination of what I developed and experienced from those decades painting and trek...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Antique American Impressionist New England Forest Interior Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted, early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period and valuable gold giltwood frame. Image size, 8 by 10 inches. Circa 1910.
Category
1910s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Mid Century Modern Large Geometric Abstract Framed Hard Edge Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted large geometric abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 48 by 36 inches.
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,706 Sale Price
25% Off
“Summer landscape”
Located in Warren, NJ
Alfred James Wands original oil on canvas painting . In good condition measures 35x31
Category
20th Century Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morning Surf, original 36x48 contemporary realist marine landscape
By Rinaldo Skalamera
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Pair the gentlest blue gray with soft shades of white and tan and you are on the journey to appreciating the morning surf in this contemporary realist marine landscape. A natural par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Island of Red Flowers
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Island of Red Flowers
Year: 1979
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso
Size: 7...
Category
1970s American Realist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Girl with Pink Balloons Paris" Parisian Figure w Dog Haute Couture Oil Painting
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Flat Calm”
Located in Warren, NJ
walter whitcomb thompson original painting on canvas. Measures 34x30 in good condition
Category
20th Century Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French modernist still life of Flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
French mid-Century Flower painting with thick impasto brush or palette knife strokes.
One notable artist known for their mid-20th-century flower paintings with impasto is Vincent va...
Category
1960s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"AGAVE", MesoAmerican, Mexico, myth, leaves, Aztec, Mayan, succulent, flora
By Anna Ortiz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
AGAVE, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, measures 12" high x 16" wide. Agave is recent work and characteristic of the artist's practice – the palette is restrained, the colors...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
1940s Modern Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
"Dripping Dots - Mallorca" Shades of Blue Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil
"Flurry of Boughs" 2025 oil on canvas 30 x 40 in.
By Tess Michalik
Located in New York, NY
Tess Michalik
Flurry of Boughs, 2025
oil on canvas
30 x 40 in.
(mic042)
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thoughts - line drawing woman figure with white dandelions
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artworks were done with acrylic, ink and watercolor in white color on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 12 by 16.5 inches in size, framed (bla...
Category
2010s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Equestrial Nude Bareback Surreal Abstract Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3717 Equestrian Surreal painting on board
Set in a vintage wood frame
Category
Early 2000s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Liuhua Song Contemporary Art Original Oil On Canvas "Blossom"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Blossom
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19.5 x 23.75inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Age: 2000s
Condition: Painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Ft Lauderdale Beach Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist beach scene oil painting by Carl W. Brandien (1886 - 1965). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 9H by 12L.
Category
1950s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Mini Marshmallow Heart" Contemporary White Oil Painting on Wood with 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1966 French Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting “Regates a La Voile Jaun”
By Maurice Élie Sarthou
Located in New York, NY
I have 5 paintings I purchased recently for sale by this artist. They are all beautiful and colorful with gallery labels as pictured. They all come
From the estate of Guy Joseph Émile Nairay…. Famous French Diplomat who owned many major artists in his collection.
Sarthou is a famous French abstract painter whose colors are very vibrant.
Here for sale:
MAURICE ELIE SARTHOU...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Tranquil Sailing" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea
By George Nemethy
Located in New York, NY
George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained from an early age by his father Albert Nemethy, a world-renowned painter known best for his large scale steamer boats, George found...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Abstract Expressionist Black and White Action Oil Painting 1960's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3204a Black and white abstract set in a custom black frame
Category
1960s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Unknown Vintage Fruit Still Life of Oranges, Lemon, and Nuts
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed vintage fruit still life of oranges, lemon, and nuts. Mystery artist, signed illegibly lower right. Oil on board, framed.
Category
1940s Realist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$791 Sale Price
20% Off
Fusen Yao Post-Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 31 x 27 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Water Tower, NYC, original 30x40 expressionist Brooklyn landscape
By Jim Twerell
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
There is on only one Brooklyn, NYC and it is the chic and trendy corner of New York City. Access to the endless excitement is to enter the gritty subcultures and, yes, read the gra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Charrette Blanche, Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Willering Epko
By Willering Epko
Located in Long Island City, NY
Willering Epko, French (1928 - ) - La Charrette Blanche, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right and titled on verso, Size: 25.75 x 21.5 in. (65.41 x 54.61 cm)...
Category
1960s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Disciples
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956)
Acrylics on canvas
71 inches by 81 inches
Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available
Keywords: red, abs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$120,000
Abstract Geometric Landscape, Cubist Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Abstract Geometric Landscape (63)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas mounted to Board
Size: 11 in. x 28 in. (27.94 cm x 71.12 cm)
Frame Size: 33.25...
Category
1960s Cubist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Vintage French Impressionist Village Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3559 Oil on canvas
Set in a vintage hand painted wood frame
Image size 9x7.5"
Category
1970s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Spotted" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Spotted
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shikai Guan Impressionist Original Mixed Media "Frost Forest"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Frost Forest
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 21 x 25 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Should I go
By Vicky Barranguet
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous an...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"My Black and White Heart" Contemporary Oil Painting Framed w 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"What Dreams are Made Of" Colorful Contemporary Oil & Gold Painting Wood Panel
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils, whisking brush strokes, and thrown paint, Shaoul captures a love story through her paint pallet and abstract expression. The artist explores something new...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Cecilia Arrospide - Dualidad, Painting 2020
By Cecilia Arrospide
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dualidad
Oil On Canvas
43 x 37
My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Nicely Framed Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 29 by 35 inches overall and 23 by 29 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
"Geometric 3076" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
By Christie Owen
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing a work that is visually textured and rich with layers, as Owen creates an intricate...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Impressionist British 20th century, Still life of a table with a jug of flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
Andrew Davis is a contemporary painter living and working in the Uk. Inspired by his home and surrounding area Andrew paints with a fresh energetic style, which gives his paintings a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Signed ink wash painting by Abstract Expressionist sculptor COA signed by artist
By Mark di Suvero
Located in New York, NY
MARK DI SUVERO
Abstract Expressionist drawing with artist signed COA, ca. 1963
Pen and black ink and brush and black ink wash on paper.
Hand signed on the front.
Framed, with separa...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Ink, India Ink, Mixed Media
"Dripping Dots - French Riviera" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils, glass, with gold mixed me...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil
CORRIDOR - Contemporary Hyper Realism / Animal Allegory / Cityscape / Landscape
By Will Wilson
Located in New York, NY
The whimsical elements and casual contemporary references Will Wilson incorporates in his paintings serve to offset their disciplined execution. Each painted subject is steeped in na...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Gypsy Fortune Teller 1968
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3831 Oil painting of a gypsy fortune teller
Category
1960s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figures, Abstracted Faces
By Karel Appel
Located in Greenwich, CT
A large and impressive Karel Appel of his most desirable subject, abstracted faces. Very difficult to find a work of this size and impact by the artist. Often the faces are not as ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Audrey Stone, Purple Flow, 2017, Acrylic Paint
By Audrey Stone
Located in Darien, CT
Observing shifting color is an ecstatic experience for the artist. She is intrigued by transitions from one color to the next and the way the eye and brain process these transitions,...
Category
2010s Color-Field Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Thai Illuminated Manuscript Leaves, 19th C.
Located in Astoria, NY
Thai Illuminated Manuscript Leaves, 19th century, ink and tempera on paper, five folded leaves together in a giltwood frame. Image: 51.5" H x 16.25" W; frame: 67.5" H x 36.5" W. Prov...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Tempera
"Elements 3032" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
By Christie Owen
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing work which is visually textured and rich with layers and is a part of the arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
"Labyrinth" Construction series, East Village New York (Geometric Abstract)
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick
"Labyrinth" Construction series, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
56x56x1.5”
NYC, 2nd street studio
June 16, 2022One can easily become lost in Robert Petrick’s "untitled"’...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ky Anderson "Abyss" 2024 Acrylic on paper
By Ky Anderson
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
My work falls somewhere between abstraction, formalism and narrative painting. I see the content and story when I look at my work, but shape and color are equally...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
By Christine Opolus
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1970s Modern Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Warren, NJ
L. Stephano
Oil on canvas
Some ware on the frame
Picture is in good condition
Frame: 44 x 32
Picture: 35 x 23.5
Category
1970s Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
Bread and Pears super realism, colorful, object, traditional still life
By Douglas Newton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Doug Newton’s hyper-real oil paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects.
In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections.
Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting
Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting.
The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...
Category
2010s Photorealist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
1980s Art Deco Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rue de Rivoli 2, Framed Colorful Impressionist Painting by Charles Cobelle
By Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994)
Title: Paris Street Scene
Year: circa 1968
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r.
Image Size: 15 x 30 inches
Frame Size: 23 x 37 i...
Category
1960s Fauvist Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Zhuo Ii Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Bird Series - Sparrow"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bird Series - Sparrow
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 20 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Boeotia, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre is made with acrylic paint over mica powder on cradled birch panel. It features a light blue and silver palette, with the light outlines of circ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Mica
Antique American Realist Framed Flower Jug Still Life Oil Painting Yellow Roses
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive antique American flower still life oil painting.
Stunning and unique original frame.
Oil on canvas.
Painting size, 18H by 14L.
Exceptional quality. Signe...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$951 Sale Price
20% Off
Zhenpeng Zhou Figurative Original Oil Painting "Horse Series 7"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Horse Series 7
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 31 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Ci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
"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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Interior Scene Framed Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American modernist interior scene by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 26 by 32 overall and 18 by 24 painting alone.
Category
1940s Abstract Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Yang JinTie Impressionist Original Oil Painting "Tree-Lined River"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Tree-Lined River
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 34 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tri-State Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
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