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Art For Sale
Ixia, English antique pink flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ixia'
Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890.
Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Art
Materials
Lithograph
La Dame a la Collerette - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on strong wove paper.
Image dimension 53.2x39.3; Sheet size 62.5x44.5.
One of the "épreuves de passe" remaining with the printer Arnéra in Vallauris, verso with the s...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Linocut
The Endeavour.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Endeavour. c.1935. Pencil and watercolor on watercolor board. 14 3/8 x 20 7/8. Signed in pencil, lower right; titled in pencil, verso. Housed in a subtle 23 1/2 x 36-inch light ...
Category
1930s Modern Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$2,000 Sale Price
50% Off
"Terra Rosa Nude" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Original Oil Painting, Female Nude
Located in Denver, CO
"Terra Rosa Nude" by Mark Bradley Schwartz is an original oil on canvas depicting the nude back of a female model with with graceful curves.
A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling nature.
To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary colorful abstract acrylic painting of woman
s body on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork of an abstract woman, "Delicate Resilience", was created by Natalya Mougenot, a French artist of Russian heritage born in Kazakhstan. It is part of a series of t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Cabbage Patch Kids" (2025) Original Surrealist Animal Still-Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Cabbage Patch Kids" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas. This piece is framed at 16.5" x 19.5".
Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Miami II 005 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial view photography, beach, sea, umbrellas
Located in Paris, FR
Miami II 005 is a limited-edition photograph by contemporary artist Bernhard Lang. It is a C-print impression on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper.
This photograph is sold unframed as a pri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
C Print
"Break" Original Painting by Hiroshi Sato, Vibrant Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Break," completed in 2024, is a striking oil on canvas painting measuring 44 x 80 inches (111.76 x 203.20 cm). This original artwork features a vibrant urban landscap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s French Impressionist Oil Painting Beach Scene Vintage Sailing Boats Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Harbor
French Impressionist artist, mid 20th century
oil on canvas laid over board, framed
painting: 9 x 9 inches
framed: 9.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a few...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Colorful Cubist Portrait of Woman Holding Fruit Interior Scene Mid 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Interior Scene
Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 18 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France
Condition: good conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Art
Materials
Oil
Marc Chagall, The Candelabrum, from The Jerusalem Windows, 1962
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le Chandelier (The Candelabrum), from the album Marc Chagall, The Jerusalem Windows, originates from the 1962 edition pu...
Category
1960s Expressionist Art
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
"Reverberate" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape painting by Bri Custer, titled Reverberate, captures the shifting energy of land and light through expressive brushwork and layered color. Earthy...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom" Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate yet energetic way and has packed much feeling ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Brunch at Tartine" Impressionist Oil Painting in Soho Restaurant on White Frame
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...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Weight They Cannot See 3 (Truth Never Die) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Truth never dies …Like a seed buried deep, it will sprout again
Through fire and darkness, her eyes do not look away.
Lies can burn, time can hide, but truth lives on, waiting to be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Geal Figh 2 - textured, white, modernist, glass wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Glass artist Cheryl Wilson-Smith is honouring her Scottish heritage by naming this stunning new wall sculpture Geal (meaning ‘bright’) Figh (meaning ‘weave’). Paper-thin layers of wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me, 2025
22 colour screenprint with varnish overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410 gsm paper
56 x 76 cm (22.04 x 29.92 in)
Edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Bible : Simeon, Angels and Red Birds - Lithograph (Mourlot 1962)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Bible : Simeon, Angels and Red Birds, 1962
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
On Vellum 32.5 x 24 cm
INFORMATION: Lithograph produced by Chagall in 196...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Lithograph
Still Life - Large Post Impressionist Belgian Guitar Interior Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful post-impressionist interior still life oil on canvas depicting a guitair and fruits on a chair, by modern Belgian artist and sculptor Roger Duterme.
Ther work is signed ...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea Water swimming Pool, Diving Platform, color photography limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Sea Water Swimming Pool Study 1, France - no. 21244 // Color fine art long exposure seascape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 8. All Gerald Ber...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
The City Gal
By Andre Kohn
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
$35,000 Sale Price
29% Off
Eiffel Tower, architecture detail, Paris, black and white photography, cityscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Eiffel Tower Study 12, Paris, France - no. 11988 // Black and White Fine Art Cityscape Photography.
Archival pigment ink print, edition of 9. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Sophia Loren - Cherish it - Textural Oil Painting and Image Immersed in Text
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Major’s "Sophia Loren - Cherish It" is a captivating contemporary portrait that merges hyperrealistic portraiture with layered text, creating a dynamic fusion of depth, emotion, and storytelling. This 49 x 49-inch original painting masterfully captures the timeless beauty of Sophia Loren, with her piercing gaze and luminous complexion enhanced by the artist’s meticulous brushwork. Overlapping layers of hand-painted script weave through the portrait, adding texture and meaning, reflecting themes of wisdom, self-love, and femininity. The interplay of soft pastels and bold contrasts makes this artwork a statement piece for collectors drawn to modern figurative painting, celebrity portraiture, and mixed-media techniques.
Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's current creative research focuses on the traditional form of the portrait as a powerful form of representing an individual and how meaning can be expanded through scale, brushstroke, color, texture, composition, and the many variables that portraiture deals with.
This one-of-a-kind oil painting is signed by Major on the back. The artwork is wired and ready to hang. It does not require framing. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Major expands the traditional portrait painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Faust (Walpurgis Night)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Faust (Walpurgis Night)
Portfolio of 11 drypoint etchings with roulette from 1969.
The edition 142/145.
Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm.
Hand signed.
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Study - contemporary minimalist art in boxes act portrait Volker Kuhn
By Volker Kuhn
Located in Hamburg, DE
"This is not a Magritte II" is an original mixed media artwork by Volker Kuhn. The work is hand-signed by the artist below the artwork on the mat. It is created as an edition. It is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
1995 Christo The Blue Umbrellas Japan Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare exhibition poster, titled "Blue Umbrellas," commemorates the remarkable installation created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in October 1991. The project featured 960 yellow u...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Mirador Es Colomer, Mallorca, Spain, black and white art landscape print, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art photography Gerald Berghammer. Archival Pigment Ink Print, Printed 2022. Limited Edition 1/7. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, black, n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital, Archival Ink, Black ...
CRYSTAL WAVE
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Crystal Wave" embodies the romantic beauty of nature. A majestic wave unfolds across the panel like a living crystal, its elegant curves gently caressing the shore. Within its trans...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique English 19th Century Victorian Oil Painting Head Portrait of Spaniel Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Spaniel
English School, 19th century
based on a comparable work by Sir Edwin Landseer
oil on board with cardboard backing, framed in antique deep gilt frame
framed: 21 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Realist Painting Portrait French actor Comedie Française LARD 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
François Maurice LARD
Paris, 1864 – Paris, 1908
Portrait of the actor Raphaël Duflos as Ruy Blas
Oil on canvas
55 x 38 cm (67 x 49 cm with the frame)
Signed and dated top right “FM L...
Category
1890s French School Art
Materials
Oil
Numbers: Complete Portfolio of 10 Color Silkscreens, Hand Signed on 1st End page
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Numbers: Complete Portfolio of 10 Color Silkscreens (Sheehan 46-55) bound in cloth slip case (Hand Signed, inscribed and dated by Robert Indiana on the first front end...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art
Materials
Board, Screen
Abstract
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
$480
Vintage American Impressionist Framed Mountain Landscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 15 by 18 inches overall, and 11 by 14 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
Category
1950s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Listening, bronze sculpture, childs portrait, black granite base, green patina
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Listening, bronze sculpture, childs portrait, black granite base, green patina 35 lbs
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Topographie du reve, Abstract Geometric, textured, expressionism, lyrical French
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Title: Topographie du Rêve
Oil on canvas – 39.37 × 39.37 in (100 × 100 cm)
Framed: 42.13 × 42.13 in (107 × 107 cm) – Natural wood floater frame (black optional)
Year: 2025 – Signed l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model HARRY SMITH
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of bodybuilder and "Beefcake" model HARRY SMITH. ...
Category
1950s Post-War Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Silver Orbit by Kuno Vollet Contemporary Stainless Steel sculpture for Outdoors
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Silver Orbit
Very large Contemporary stainless steel sculpture for inside or garden outdoor spaces.
Beautiful spiral dancing its way towards the sky.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Dali Vertical Portrait de Calderon engraving
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI.
Engraving of the series LA VIDA ES SUEÑO.
Printed signature and date, as issued
Catalog. OFFICIAL CATALOG GRAPHYC WORKS BY ALBERT FIELD Page...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
White Alabster Marble Sculpture Dancing Satyr Grand Tour Italian 19th Classical
Located in Roma, IT
The sculpture, is a Grand Tour scale, derived from the splendid marble that once belonged to the collection of the Roman prelate Eurialo Silvestri. After a brief stay at Villa Giulia...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Alabaster
Still Life - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Excellent condition.
Category
1960s Contemporary Art
Materials
Watercolor
$420 Sale Price
30% Off
Sea Stack, Bay of Biscay, color photography, limited edition, seascape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Gerald Berghammer - Color long exposure fine art photography. A seascape with five tall, jagged rocks emerging from the water and a hazy, blue sky.
Archival pigment ink print as par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
William Shayer Senior (1787-1879) - Framed Mid 19th Century Oil, A Good Ale
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine example of the work of William Shayer Senior (1787-1879). A Good Ale, oil on panel. Signed to the lower left. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with floral an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Figure of a Chanting Warrior
Ceramic with bitumen highlights
300-600 CE (Classic Period)
Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa
Veracruz Culture
Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Art
Materials
Ceramic
$6,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Large Fine 19th Century Maritime Oil Painting of Shipping in the English Channel
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
This large 19th century oil painting depicts various shipping in the English Channel bears signature of Clarkson Stanfield R.A, R.B.A. (1703-1867) and is dated 1846.
Academy Fine Pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Oil
Paul TILLIER Portrait Red hair woman with a bolero French painting 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Paul Prosper TILLIER
Le Boupère (Vendée), 1834 – Paris, 1915
Oil on canvas
46 x 29 cm (53 x 36 cm with frame)
Signed lower right “Paul Tillier”
Born in Vendée in France, Paul Tilli...
Category
19th Century French School Art
Materials
Oil
$1,778 Sale Price
20% Off
"Bluffs West" by Michael Magrin, Oil Painting, CO Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Magrin's ( US based) "Bluffs West" is an original, handmade oil painting of a brilliant blue sky contrasted with a vast expanse of clouds. This ...
Category
2010s Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
90 Minutes Vintage Blue, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, pers...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Original-Magic Bell Morning Light-UK Awarded Artist-Botanic- Abstract Expression
Located in London, GB
In her latest series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases. Applying the format of diptychs and triptychs, she creates lyrical narratives, capturing t...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cubist Portrait of a Woman
By Anita Payró
Located in Columbia, MO
Anita Payró (Argentine, 1897 - 1980) was born into a culturally sophisticated family. Her father, Roberto J. Payró, was a noted writer and war correspondent, and her brother Julio Pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Art
Materials
Oil
Horizon, Cabo Sardão - Abstract Landscape, Contemporary Painted + Woven Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
‘Horizon. Cabo Sardão’ 2020
Handwoven painting, linen, woollen, silk, cotton yarn, acrylic textile paint, 135 x 65 cm
Handwoven painting from the series ‘Horizons’, based on a portuguese landscape...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Textile, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic
Strong Current II - Original Boho Minimalist Blue Calm Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and original uses of media. Through a combination of paint ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Tissue Paper
20th Century Oil - Boy with a Songbird
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming 20th-century portrait depicts a young boy in elegant period attire, wearing a brown coat over a vibrant red waistcoat and matching red stockings, with a songbird in han...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
#171, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pigment
Shitakiri (The tongue-cut sparrow)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Shitakiri (The tongue-cut sparrow)
Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974.
The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper.
Dimensions of work: 66 x ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Going Nowhere Day 6 - Original Sculptural Texture Oceanscape People Swimming
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Langreiter’s "Going Nowhere Day 6" is a whimsical, textured mixed-media painting that captures a serene moment of relaxation on the water. Featuring two miniature figures floating effortlessly on bright yellow inner tubes against an expansive turquoise sea, this artwork evokes feelings of peace, leisure, and the joy of drifting and relaxing. Langreiter’s signature raised elements add dimension and a tactile quality, making this piece perfect for coastal art lovers, collectors of contemporary beach scenes, and those seeking a joyful escape in their home décor.
The textural aerial ocean and beach scene...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Golden Gate, San Francisco, black and white gelatin silver photography, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Golden Gate Study 14, CA, USA - no. 11634
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 2/20.
Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2017. Signed, numbered, dated by Artis.
Handmad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Digital Pigment
Large British Abstract Expressionist Painting Green Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Sally Bradshaw, British contemporary
Title: abstract expressionist composition
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 33 x 25 inches
Board : 31 x 23 inches
Provenan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Oil
$2,203 Sale Price
20% Off
1930
s Atmospheric French Provencal Countryside Landscape Cypress Trees in Lane
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Lane
French artist, indistinctly signed
signed oil on board, framed in deep wooden frame
dared 1932
Framed: 17.5 x 21.5 inches
Board : 13.5 x 18 inches
Provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
3D Render Mountain Landscape, Handmade Cyanotype in Deep Blue Tones, Minimal
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
Contemporary linear cyanotype showing a 3D mountain terrain.
Details:
+ Title: 3D Render Mountain
+ Year: 2021
+ Edition ...
Category
2010s Op Art Art
Materials
C Print, Lithograph, Paper
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