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Mental States lenticular invite, 2012
By George Condo
Located in Washington , DC, DC
Very rare lenticular invite for George Condo's exhbition "Mental States" in 2012
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
Materials
Lenticular
Abstract Picture (Limited edition print; authorized promotional reproduction)
Located in New York, NY
Gerhard Richter
Untitled Abstract Picture, 2002
Offset lithograph on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper
Not signed, edition of 3433
12 1/2 × 16 3.5 inches
Unframed
Printed on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper, this beautiful and colorful piece was part of a portfolio of loose plate reproductions for Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes works. Released during his exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art (Abstract Pictures) and the Museum of Modern Art (Gerhard Richter, 40 Years of Painting). It depicts Richters 1999 Oil on Aluminum abstract picture)
More about Gerhard Richter:
Gerhard Richter was born in 1932 in Dresden, Germany. Throughout his career, Richter has negotiated the frontier between photography and painting, captivated by the way in which these two seemingly opposing practices speak to and challenge one another. From exuberant canvases rendered with a squeegee and acerbic color charts to paintings of photographic detail and close-ups of a single brushstroke, Richter moves effortlessly between the two mediums, reveling in the complexity of their relationship, while never asserting one above the other.
Richter’s life traces the defining moments of twentieth-century history and his work reverberates with the trauma of National Socialism and the Holocaust. In the wake of the Second World War, Richter trained in a Socialist Realist style sanctioned by East Germany’s Communist government. When he defected to West Germany in 1961, a month before the Berlin Wall was erected, Richter left his entire artistic oeuvre up to that point behind. From 1961 to 1964—alongside Blinky Palermo and Sigmar Polke—Richter studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he began to explore the material, conceptual, and historical implications of painting without ideological restraint.
Richter’s earliest paintings in Düsseldorf, stimulated by a fascination with current affairs and popular culture, responded to images from magazines and newspaper cuttings. Through the 1960s, Richter continued to address found and media images of subjects such as military jets, portraits, and aerial photographs. Notably, he reimagined family pictures he had smuggled from East Germany that included his smiling uncle Rudi, dressed in a Nazi uniform...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Rekindled, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This painting was inspired by a feeling—a rekindling of the soul," says artist Pamela Blaies. "Using color temperature, I wanted to create the impression o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Purple Evening on Wacker Dr., Oil Painting
By Yangzi Xu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Set during an evening on Wacker Drive, the artwork offers an atmospheric view of Chicago, featuring the iconic Tribune Tower and surrounding buildings. The st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish Market, Original painting, Landscape, People, Figure, Shadow
Located in Deddington, GB
Spanish Market is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. This painting is inspired by recent trips to Spanish markets in Malaga, the dozens of people in bright clothes and a washed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"No. 3080" Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"No. 3080" Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
Miniature abstract paper collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This pie...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink
Porcelain plate of Princess of Wales Theatre ceiling design (Limited Edition)
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella
Ceiling: Princess of Wales Theatre, 1996
Limited Edition Silkscreened Porcelain Plate in presentation box
12 inches diameter
Edition 262/2000
Rarely found stateside - es...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Porcelain, Mixed Media, Screen
Red Desert, Mid-Century glazed bowl by Gertrud and Otto Natzler
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This elegant oval bowl by Otto and Gertrud Natzler features one of the couple’s most appealing mid-century glazes: a softly textured robin’s-egg blue with subtle tonal variation. Mea...
Category
1950s Modern More Art
Materials
Earthenware
Cape May Bungalow, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A charming bungalow in Cape May, New Jersey, nestles among lush greenery. Its warm yellow and green tones blend harmoniously with the surrounding foliage. Pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Banksy Flower Thrower Wall Sculpture from Walled Off Hotel
By Banksy
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Super iconic and instantly recognizable Flower Thrower image featured on this Banksy Walled Off Hotel wall sculpture.
This image was originally painted by Banksy in the West Bank are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
$2,925 Sale Price
25% Off
Sisters in LA, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three sisters sit closely together on a couch, their fashion evoking the feeling of vintage Hollywood style. A black furry dog sits on the floor and enjoys th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mercedes W18 - XXI Century, Contemporary Watercolor
Ink Painting, Vehicle, Car
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974)
Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Enthroned, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A majestic pronghorn antelope buck sits at the heart of a darkening prairie. The rich, warm tones and subtle background details emphasize the animal’s disti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
CJ Hendry Flower Market 2.0 ALL 27 FLOWERS Limited Edition NYC Pop Up
Located in Draper, UT
CJ Hendry Flower Market 2.0 ALL 27 FLOWERS Limited Edition NYC Pop Up
Materials
Polyester
Size
17 × 7 × 5 in 43.2 × 17.8 × 12.7 cm
Rarity
Unknown edition
Medium
Sculpture
Condit...
Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Wire
Tenement house - XXI Century, Gouache on paper, Architecture, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
PIOTR FĄFROWICZ (born in 1958). He studied art history at the Catholic University of Lublin. He deals with painting and graphic design. Winner of numer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Gouache
Aluminum and Brass Menorah or Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Aluminum and brass Menorah, with a beautiful sculptural appeal. We like how function evolves into art with this piece. A great conversation piece and one...
Category
20th Century Contemporary More Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
Auspicious Dragon, Duanxi Kengziyan Inkstone
Located in Taichung, TW
Carved from Duanxi Kengziyan stone, prized for its fine and dense texture that produces smooth ink without harming the brush, this inkstone follows the natural shape of the stone to form the pool. At the water inlet, a high-relief dragon surges through clouds and waves, with the interplay of cloud and water rendered in both intaglio and relief to create an open composition. The dragon symbolizes auspiciousness and protection, echoing the scholar’s tradition of “nurturing the brush and carrying the Way through objects.” Han jing Mo’s style achieves a balance between meticulous precision and freehand expressiveness, skillfully integrating natural stone colors, skins, and fissures into the design so that material and imagery resonate as one.
Master craftsman Han jing Mo, from Zhaoqing, Guangdong, has devoted more than twenty years to Duan inkstone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Stone
Soft Evening of the Desert, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Soft evening colors highlight the beauty of the American desert. A gentle and warm palette creates an airy feeling that suggests an open space. The quiet energy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Infinite Blue - original contemporary realism waterscape painting for sale
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tangerine Table Top, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Tangerines rest on a cobalt blue table, their warm, vibrant tones contrasting against the cool background. Bold brushstrokes add energy, making the fruit appear...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Sweet Peas and Bougainvillea, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Colorful flowers spill from a pitcher, with lush green foliage serving as the backdrop. The quick, energetic brushstrokes capture the rapidly changing light. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Glorious Spring, Original Painting
By Judy Mudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In the style of impressionism, artist Judy Mudd presents a harmonious pastoral landscape. She paints an Amish farm in Pennsylvania nestled in lush foliage. "I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Looney Tunes Limited Edition Cel Hand-Signed by Chuck Jones: Bugs and Baby Bugs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel
IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field
EDITION SIZE: 500
SKU: CCV2734
Framing included in price.
ABOUT THE IMAGE: This cel is hand-signed by Chuck Jones and is numbered 4...
Category
1990s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Notebooks 1993 (catalogue)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Notebooks 1993 (catalogue):
A comprehensive pictorial overview of the history of Basquiat's notebooks. The early 1990's first edition featuring an introducti...
Category
1990s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Bears + Cherries - original still life realism oil painting - Pop Art artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Mixed-Media Landscape on Salvaged Panel With Gold Leaf and Cypress Forms
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This mixed-media painting on a salvaged panel presents a cluster of stylized cypress trees rising against a luminous gold-leaf sky. Created from reclaimed materials—including wood ve...
Category
2010s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
KAWS - Take Figure - Blue Version _BFF Companion
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
Open unknown edition
Unsigned
Several months after releasing the KAWS Share Figure in February, the artist released his long anticipated KAWS Take Figure. The figure, which features...
Category
2010s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunday with Rodin, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
On a recent painting trip to Europe, artist Faye Vander Veer visited the Rodin Museum in Paris, where a sense of calm contrasted with the city's bustling ener...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carnets intimes de Braque VIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque VIII
Lithograph from 1955.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
F...
Category
1950s Surrealist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$514 Sale Price
45% Off
"Emblem" paper collage, hand-embroidery, neon, geometric pattern, thread
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Emblem" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed.
The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way.
Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object.
Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball or a set of Dracula teeth or a banana in this embroidered box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Thread, Paper
Do Not Destroy (Object Indestructable)
By Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
Wood and metal metronome with printed eye. Initialed and numbered 16/200 in felt tip pen and ink on printed label on bottom of object. Published by the New York Cultural center. Con...
Category
20th Century Dada Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Peggy
s Cove, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Boats rest gently in the harbor of a quaint fishing village in Nova Scotia. Cozy homes and shacks dot the coastline, their windows glowing warmly in the fadin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues (Record)
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Limited edition exclusive European release record featuring the artwork of Robert Rauschenberg.
Clear housing with 3 art record plates in blue, yellow and red that stack to create a ...
Category
1980s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Vinyl
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (Lord Rama’s reunion), Figurative by Raja Ravi Verma "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Raja Ravi Varma - Untitled (Lord Rama’s reunion)
Oleograph
14.5 x 10.1 inches, Circa
( Framed & Delivered )
Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter an...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Out of This World, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A panther in space, now that's out of this world," says artist Miranda Gamel. She depicts a surrealist image of the ebony fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morning Laundry, Original Painting
By Judy Mudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A peaceful rural scene unfolds in Pennsylvania Amish country. Artist Judy Mudd captures the calm and tradition of the Amish lifestyle, evident from the clothe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Lemon Study, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A bowl of lemon rests on a wooden table, with a whole piece and a sliced half arranged below. A bird-patterned wallpaper in the background adds a layer of whims...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Koi, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Sherri Aldawood shares her fascination with light by using highly contrasting colors. In this piece, she makes elegant Koi fishes her subjects. The symbol of love, strength and dedication. She mimics their graceful movements into her strokes resulting into this tranquil composition.
About the Artist
Sherri Aldawood didn't intend to always paint flowers, but over time her love of gardens started to permeate her art. She focuses on the light and color of the flowers on the canvas. Sherri prefers alla prima, working with wet layers of paint instead of letting them dry. She keeps the paint as wet as possible by using walnut and clove oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Feuilles de tabac
Located in Miami, FL
Charles Schneider
La Verre Francais
"Feuilles de tabac" ca. 1920
Yellow glass with red overlay and etching.
Height: 16 in
Signed "La Verre Francais" at the base.
Category
1920s Art Deco More Art
Materials
Glass
Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950
s, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950's, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene
Scène de tauromachie
Ed.274/500 pcs
1957
Red earthenware clay, eng...
Category
1950s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Woman at the Fountain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
While walking through the gardens of the Royal Alcázar in Seville, Spain, artist Sherri Aldawood encountered a woman sitting on the edge of a fountain. She cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Rare 19th C. Antique Silver Judaica Shabbat Candlesticks Polish Russian, Szekman
Located in Surfside, FL
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austro-Hungarian Antique Judaica Pair of Shabbos hallmarked silver candlesticks, 12" tall, 16 troy
Dated 1895
Viennese or Austro Hungaria...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Mixed Media
Materials
Silver
Veil of the Sea - original contemporary realism waterscape painting for sale
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
124
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Tucson, AZ / Santa Fe, NM ::: b. 1981]
JENNY DAY (b.1981) is a painter who divides her time between Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Draw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$1,000
Vineyards and Mountains, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Suren Nersisyan shows an inviting view of a vineyard that draws the eyes further towards a scenic mountain range lining the distance. Rows of grapevine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Above the Avenue
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Above the Avenue, 2018
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Beat Bop
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This is a reissue of the classic album cover designed for Beat Bop with Rammellzee
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
Materials
Offset
$1,480 Sale Price
67% Off
Grayson Perry - Portrait Plate 1
Located in London, GB
bone china with lustre rim
21 cm diameter
Grayson Perry hallmark on the back.
These decorative plates are inspired by the artwork The Great Beauty, 2024. The original piece is a cab...
Category
2010s Contemporary More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Kevin Mack Free Flowing Self Awareness
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Kevin Mack’s *Free Flowing Self Awareness, 2012* is a laser sintered nylon 3D print, measuring 16 x 13.50 x 9.16 inches. This piece is number one in a limited edition of five, embody...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
C Print
$2,960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Popular Item" Paper collage, hand-embroidery, sushi, rice motif
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Popular Item" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed.
The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way.
Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object.
Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Thread, Paper
Carnets intimes de Braque XIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque XIII
Lithograph from 1955.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
F...
Category
1950s Surrealist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$514 Sale Price
45% Off
Geometric Basket, tan, white, black, Wounaan Tribe, Panama, rainforest, diamonds
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Geometric Basket, tan, white, black, Wounaan Tribe, Panama, rainforest, diamonds
Palm fiber and vegetal dyes
The baskets are made by the Wounaan and Embera Indians from the Darien Rainforest in Panama. The Wounaan believe they emerged from the palm tree. They weave baskets from palm fiber and use natural dyes. The dyes are made from wood, plants, and earth. Achieving a particular color takes weeks. The rainforest baskets are of the highest quality to be found anywhere in the world. Comparable to the North American Pomo and Panamint baskets, widely considered the best weavers in the world. The Wounaan and Embera are the finest weavers working today. The area in which they live is extremely remote and dangerous to reach. From Panama City...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Organic Material
She-wolf, 40x30 cm, Watercolor, paper, pencil
Located in Yerevan, AM
She-wolf 40x30 cm, Watercolor, paper, pencil
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
25% Off
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding The Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt & Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding In The Sienese Biccherna Aesthetic.
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( 28cm x 20.5cm ).
Frame size 16 inches x 13 inches ( 40.5cm x 33cm ).
Available for sale; this painted gesso and gilt “tavolette” wooden book cover in the Biccherna aesthetic is by Icilio Federico Joni.
The book cover is mounted and supplied in a contemporary black Tulip Wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) which is glazed with non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. The wooden book cover is curved and float mounted giving a wonderful 3D depth to its presentation.
The gesso and painted surfaces have benefitted from professional restoration which was performed on our instruction, supervision and approval.
This antique book cover is in very good condition, commensurate with its age.
The frame presentation is new and in excellent condition. Combined, it wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The story of these panels and of their artist is fascinating, and begins in 13th century Siena:
The Biccherna was the person who held the position of Magistrate of Chancellery of Finance from the 13th to the 14th century for the republic and the city of Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. The records of that office were very important because Siena was one of the earliest and most significant banking centres in Italy, and indeed in Europe. It became the fashion to keep banking and taxation records of the region in large books with painted leather covers. These were originally made from wood and leather. In the competition to make these ever more prestigious the bindings and panels on the front and rear of the books were painted by the major artists of the day, such as Giovanni di Paolo. Many of these mainly secular covers are displayed in the Archives of the State of Siena located in the Palazzo Piccolmini.
The Gothic Revival of the 19th century occurred partly as a reaction against the progress of industrialisation in Europe generally. It was however greatly affected by the unification of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. This led to the closure and downsizing of many religious institutions, which resulted in the dispersal of thousands of works of art dating from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Many aristocratic and bourgeois families struggled to pay debts or simply to make ends meet and so they sold off their private collections and family heirlooms. There was then an influx of goods into the antiques market which provided a great deal of work for Italy’s restorers and craftsmen, since many of these pieces were in need of cleaning, repair and, in keeping with the interventionist tastes of the times, radical restoration, before they could be sold on, often to foreign buyers. These early Italian works became so fashionable that demand soon outstripped supply. This in turn gave rise to a new type of artist-craftsman capable of turning out from scratch increasingly convincing reproductions, imitations and out-and-out fakes.
Siena naturally became the epicentre of this thriving cottage industry because of the extraordinary continuity there in traditional craft skills. This technical expertise had been handed down from generation to generation, and it was perhaps inevitable that a number of artists with real talent, the flair of commerce and a genuine love and understanding of antique Sienese art should adapt their skills to these new market conditions. Among these artists were Igino Gottardi, Alceo Dossena, Fulvio Corsini, Umberto Giunti...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance More Art
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
"Boats on Accabonac Harbor" - oil painting, Hamptons summer scene, bright blues
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This bright painting, done en plein air, radiates the feeling of summer. Small sailboats float daintily atop electric blue water while the surrounding land looks completely empty of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
SIGNED Ed RUSCHA A Few Palm Trees (Ed Ruscha A Few Palm Trees 1st edition)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ed Ruscha A Few Palm Trees 1971 (1st edition):
Hand-signed 1st edition of Ed Ruscha's A Few Palm Trees. The highly collectible Ed Ruscha artsit book featuring photographs of thirteen...
Category
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
April Blooms, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Brightly colored lollipops burst from hand-crafted pottery, mimicking tulips blooming in spring. The arrangement hints at nostalgia and playfulness, blending wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art
Materials
Watercolor
Blue tree, 45x45cm, oil on canvas
By Fleur
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue tree, 45x45cm, oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$675 Sale Price
25% Off
Rose Amazing, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Every spring, artist Melissa Gannon looks for the first blooming roses. She paints a joyful response to the wonders of the sprin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
"Small Vortex" Abstract drawing, Marker on paper
By Patrick Blake
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original drawing by Patrick Blake measures 14in x 11.5in and ships float mounted in the pictured simple black custom frame.
"Though I work in many different mediums, drawing ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Archival Paper, Permanent Marker
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Folk Art Painting Farm
Forest Horse Oil Painting
Fran Lebowitz
Francine Braniard
Frank Baier
George Colin
George Hamilton Paintings
Gerald Marks
Gilbert Magu Lujan