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Seaside Landscape in Cannes, France, oil painting by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Seaside Landscape in Cannes, France
Reference number FJ55
Framed with a natural oak floated frame.
24,5 x 29 cm frame included (19 x 23 cm without frame)
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. It is signed in the bottom right.
Françoise Juvin (1927-2010) is a French artist born in Nancy. She entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1941 where she met several artists such as Jacques Truphémus...
Category
1980s French School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Portrait of Red Headed Woman with Yellow Roses
By Patricia Emrich Gillfillan
Located in Soquel, CA
A lovely vintage portrait of a woman in a floral dress by Patricia Emrich Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). From a collection of her works. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 16"H x 20"W.
P...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Girl with the Gold Sash, Late 19th Century Large-Scale Female Figurative
By Eduardo Tojetti
Located in Soquel, CA
Girl with the Gold Sash, Late 19th Century Large-Scale Female Figurative
Late 19th century Romanic portrait of a young girl by Eduardo Tojetti (American/Italy, 1851-1930), c.1880. T...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$2,437 Sale Price
35% Off
Figurative Nude with Swan Circular Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Leda" Circular Oil on Canvas Figurative Nude with Swan
Detailed painting of Nude and Swan by Jose Garcia Arroyo. Jose is form Northwestern Mexico and sett...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century fauvist portrait of a girl with colorful, textured impasto by Mary Sheppard (American, 20th Century), 1956. Signed and dated "Mary Sheppard '56" lower right. Unframed. Im...
Category
1950s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Figurative -- Seated Nude Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist nude with heavy impasto of seated woman. Bay area find. Signed on verso "Swan," circa 1990. Unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W.
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
"Venus coming out of the water" Oil on board by Lancelot Speed
Located in Carmel, CA
Speed was born in London on 13 June 1860, the youngest son of William Speed, a Queens Council of the Middle Temple.
Speed had no formal art training, bu...
Category
19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
“Russian Peasant Woman”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a Russian peasant woman in a moonlit landscape by the well known Russian American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lo...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century By Livio Mehus Allegory of Augustinian Order Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Livio Mehus (Oudenaarde, Belgium, 1630 - Florence, Italy, 1691)
Title: Allegory of Augustinian Order
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 94 x 98 cm - with frame 116 x 143...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$58,156 Sale Price
20% Off
Walking Creature, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Walking Creature, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract by Michael William Eggleston
Bold and imaginative contemporary figurative abstract by San Francisco artist Michael William...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century, Old Master, "King Basileus Alexander of Macedon Magnus, the Great"
Located in Berlin, DE
Very decorative, 17th century, old master painting, oil on canvas, King Alexander Magnus, the great.
Illustration of two children, putti, with wreaths of flowers on a board (or maus...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$26,651 Sale Price
20% Off
Guy Lindsay Roddon (1919-2006) - 20th Century Oil, The Bus Stop
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene depicting figures and a donkey waiting near a bus stop. Signed to the lower right. On board.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$252 Sale Price
20% Off
"Kimono 6" (Blue and Red)
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold, embossed kimono by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, titled, and signed along bottom edge ("1/25 Kimono 6 Patricia A Pearce"). No frame.
Patricia Pearce ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Laid Paper, Gouache
$455 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Scale 1920s Portrait of Florence Foster Jenkins, Amateur Soprano Singer
Located in Soquel, CA
A fine, large-scale portrait of a Philadelphia lady, fabled soprano singer Florence Foster Jenkins, by Richard Langtry Partington (American, 19...
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
River Scene in County Antrim Northern Ireland by Contemporary Irish Artist
By Donal McNaughton
Located in Preston, GB
River Scene in County Antrim, Northern Ireland by Contemporary Irish Artist Donal McNaughton.
Donal McNaughton was born in the Glens of Antrim, and h...
Category
Late 20th Century Land Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Crimson Petals" (2024) By Robin Hextrum, Original Oil Painting on Panel
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Crimson Petals" is an oil painting that depicts a vibrant red flower on a black background. This painting is sold unframed, but is ready to hang.
Artist ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Paesaggio" Olio su tela cm. 60 x 52 1990
By Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso paesggio primaverile
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,616 Sale Price
20% Off
Heavy erotica. 2013. Canvas, author's technique, 180X165 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Heavy erotica. 2013. Canvas, author's technique, 180X165 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$8,376 Sale Price
20% Off
Laurence Rushton (1919-1994) - Framed 20th Century Oil, Hanging out the Washing
Located in Corsham, GB
Laurence Rushton (1919-1994), original street scene in oil. Signed to the lower left. Well-presented in a contemporary silver-gilt frame with linen slip. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$293 Sale Price
20% Off
Haymaking time 1930, pastel on paper, 30x39 cm
By Aleksandra Belcova
Located in Riga, LV
Haymaking time
1930, pastel on paper, 30x39 cm
"Haymaking Time" is a serene and evocative artwork that transports viewers to a simpler time, celebrating the beauty of the countryside and the age-old agricultural activities that have shaped the lives of people for generations. The use of pastels and the light figurative style imbue the artwork with a sense of warmth and nostalgia, inviting viewers to appreciate the natural rhythms of rural life.
Aleksandra Belcova...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$856 Sale Price
20% Off
E. L. Clarke - Early 20th Century Oil, Bas Relief Madonna And Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A highly unusual and well executed study of a bas relief sculpture of the Madonna and Child. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painting is on canvas over stretc...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Mixed Media, Collage of Female Figure with Text_Pop Art_Look by Greg Miller
By Greg Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER
"Look"
Acrylic, Collage
60 x 48 in.
Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relationship with the spa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
$18,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Village Auction - British Slade School Art Deco figural landscape oil painting
By Franklin White
Located in London, GB
This superb, large and vibrant Modern British figurative landscape oil painting is by noted Slade School artist Franklin White. Painted circa 1920 it was exhibited at the New England...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$19,623 Sale Price
20% Off
“Misty Morning Gloucester”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting of a misty morning in Gloucester Harbor by the Provincetown artist, Kay Kellogg. Signed lower left. Circa 1935. The painting d...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,900 Sale Price
32% Off
WAPPERS Painting Belgian 19th romantic Oil on panel wood mandoline woman player
Located in PARIS, FR
Gustave WAPPERS (Attributed to) Anvers, 1803 - Paris, 1874 Oil on panel Trace of monogram lower right 42.5 x 31.5 cm (59.5 x 49.5 cm with the frame) XIXth century frame in carved woo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,903 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Oil - A Bedtime Story
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming interior scene depicting a mother reading to a baby in a darkened interior. The figures are softly lit by the glow of the fire which gently illuminates the scene. A fascin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$658 Sale Price
20% Off
"Unfinished Story", Contemporary Expressionist Modern Self-Portrait
By Alexander Gore
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative and expressive contemporary self portrait titled "Unfinished Story" by Alexander Gore (Russian, b. 1958), 2010.
Signed upper left edge. Unframed. Image, 15"H x 11"W.
Ale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Cardboard
$841 Sale Price
35% Off
A. I. Charles - Framed 20th Century Oil, Tug Towing Two Barges
Located in Corsham, GB
An impressive nautical work in oil. Signed to the lower left. Presented in a substantial gilt-effect frame. On wood panel.
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque Italian Old Master, Madonna, Child, Angels, Oval, Marratta, Christmas
By Workshop Of Carlo Maratta
Located in Greven, DE
Religious Painting, depicting Madonna and the Child, surrounded by Angels by the Circle of Carlo Maratta (Maratti). This painting is wonderful example of...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$19,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled Abstracted Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Untitled Abstracted Portrait by David Fludd (American b. 1965).
This moody and dynamic portrait is an excellent example of Fludd's work in the 1990s, which often featured distorted ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$6,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid Century Surrealist Nocturnal Tide Hawaiian Islands God Symbolism Landscape
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Surrealist Nocturnal Tide Hawaiian Islands God Symbolism Landscape
Symbolic nocturnal landscape with tide God in foam of wave, in a dream-like surreal landscape, by Margu...
Category
1940s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Bolatito (The Sanctification That Brings Joy)
By Ayanwale Joseph Oluwafemi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century by Francesco Lavagna Pair of Flower Vases Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Francesco Lavagna (active in Naples in the mid-18th century)
Title: Pair of Flower Vases
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 98 x 36 cm each - with frame 112 x 50 cm each...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the bridge. Cardboard, oil. 6.2x8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the bridge. Cardboard, oil. 6.2x8 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$904 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Oil - Bringing In The Boats
Located in Corsham, GB
An atmospheric oil showing a Mediterranean coastal town, with figures bringing in their boats at a small cove, as brooding clouds form overhead. The painting has been indistinctly si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$736 Sale Price
20% Off
Retro Pop Portrait of Women in Acrylic on Panel_Ciao Bella by James Wolanin
By James Wolanin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JAMES WOLANIN
"Ciao Bella
Acrylic & Gloss Varnish on Panel
48 x 48 inches
______________________
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated wor...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
$8,400 Sale Price
20% Off
French School - Entre chien et Loup City - NYC Building Painting New York
Located in Zofingen, AG
Urban view with sunset
Technique: oil, acrylic, ink on wood frame 40x40cm / 15,7x15,7inch
⏩》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《⏪
🟢 → Original signed work. Certificate of authenticity i...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Ink, Acrylic
An ancient fable. 1971. Oil on canvas, 100x150 cm
By Ivars Muizulis
Located in Riga, LV
An ancient fable. 1971. Oil on canvas, 100x150 cm
Ivars Muizulis (1936)
1956 – Graduated from the Liepaja Art College, Department of Sculpture
1956 – 1960 – Studied at the Art Aca...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,997 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Traveler" by Lesley A. Spowart - Neo-Expressionist Painting in Pastel Tones
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957)
"The Traveler" 2024
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Wire
The artist signed the bottom left and back of the painting.
In "Th...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wire
Last Light
Located in Denver, CO
Devin Michael Robert's "Last Light" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a rendering of a landscape.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Reticence -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Miniature, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The things I didn't get to say, and the things you'll never get to hear, both are my regrets to carry. I'm just hoping I can lessen the weight and maybe some of the guilt I've been h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Light 2001. Canvas, oil, 92x65 cm
By Ivars Muizulis
Located in Riga, LV
Light 2001. Canvas, oil, 92x65 cm
The artwork portrays a colorful and abstract woman figure against a backdrop of pink and blue hues.
The central focus of the painting is the woman...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,665 Sale Price
20% Off
Meeting. 2007, oil on canvas, 130x150 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting
2007, oil on canvas, 130x150 cm
Large size painting with couple in flowers on magenta color background, creates a romantic mood. Looki...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,710 Sale Price
20% Off
In Between Period -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, People, Modern Life
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The painting captures the bittersweet essence of post-graduation limbo. As I stood on the threshold, degree in hand, the initial euphoria of accomplishment slowly gave way to an unse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
Category
1930s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$3,338 Sale Price
30% Off
Arike
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Arike," an artwork crafted by Alabi Azeez, is a mesmerizing portrayal of femininity, strength, and resilience. The title itself, which translates to "someone to cherish" in the Yoru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
" Paesaggio " Olio su tela cm. 41 x 60 1990
By Boris LAVRENKO
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso Paesaggio primaverile
Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001)
Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United St...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,616 Sale Price
20% Off
Fauvist Figure with Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, colorful Fauvist figurative painting of a woman with vase of flowers in a vibrant interior space, by an unknown Bay Area artist (American, 20th...
Category
1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$958 Sale Price
35% Off
"Olympic Star" Large Scale Woman Surfer Figurative by Erle Loran
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
"Olympic Star", Large Scale Woman Surfer Figurative by Erle Loran
Vibrant hard edge painting of a surfer "Olympic Star," a bold and bright figurative piece by Erle Loran (American,...
Category
1960s Op Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$4,312 Sale Price
33% Off
Oil Painting - The Lovers - painted in France
By Herb Kornfeld
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series of Californian and Europe oil landscapes, painted by the late American artist Herb Kornfeld.
This piece is called "The Lovers" because the artist was painti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Virgin Mary and Child Jesus oil on canvas painting
By Ramón Aguilar Moré
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Virgin Mary and Child Jesus
Artist: Ramón Aguilar Moré (Barcelona, 1924 – 2015)
Date: 1950
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 55 x 46 cm (21.7 x 18.1 in)
Signature: Sig...
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,522 Sale Price
20% Off
Valarie Reid - Framed Contemporary Oil, The Stelmar
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant nautical study of Team Stelmar at the Global Challenge Yacht Race 2004/5. Presented in a contemporary silver coloured frame. Signed. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$302 Sale Price
20% Off
Beethoven (hand embellished canvas)
By Steve Kaufman
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand embellished with oil paint on silkscreen canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. PP edition of 50. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent conditio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Screen
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
17th Century by Juan Alfonso Abril Head of St Paul Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Juan Alfonso Abril (active in the 17th century in Valladolid, Spain)
Title: Head of Saint Paul
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 48.5 x 62 ...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dakini, Oil on canvas, mysterious and whimsical pop art portrait master
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,960 Sale Price
20% Off
'Men in Suits and Bowlers' by Michel Néron
Located in London, GB
'Men in Suits and Bowlers' by Michel Néron (1977). A captivating composition by French painter Michel Néron, this 1977 oil painting on board presents...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,430 Sale Price
30% Off
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - A Weathered Coastline
Located in Corsham, GB
A rustic mid century painting showing a vast stretch of rugged coastline with trees and eroded cliffs to the foreground. The artist's use of restrained colour and a flash of yellow m...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$343 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled, 1965
By Oswaldo Vigas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Predominantly recognized as a self-taught painter, he also worked in architectural murals, sculptures, ceramics, prints and drawings.
Vigas is one...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$56,000 Sale Price
30% Off
"Après Swim", Modern Poolside Figurative
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and bright figurative acrylic painting on handmade rag paper of a couple in bathing suits by the pool after swimming, by Marc Foster Grant (American,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Rag Paper
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Ship of fools. 2010. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ship of fools. 2010. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm
Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974)
Born in 1974 in Riga.
Professional education:
1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School;
1995 - 200...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,236 Sale Price
20% Off
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