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Framed 20th Century Oil - Fine Dining
Located in Corsham, GB
This amusing oil shows a suited gentleman reading the restaurant menu with a freshly corked bottle of red. Subtly rendered in an impressionistic style with loose brushwork. Presented...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Regina Maris Ship, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regina Maris, 1908 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 16 x 19.25 inches Superb oil painting by the well li...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Native American Chief" Portrait Painting
By Rick Boren
Located in Houston, TX
Rick Borens' piece showcases a Native American chief standing in front of a landscape Dimensions without Frame: H: 20in x W: 31.5 in. Artist Bi...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 11L x 9H.
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Desvelada" (2015), Original Realist Still-Life Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Aixa Oliveras's (US based) "Desvelada" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a model laying in bed looking at her cell phone. This piece i...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nude Lady Reclining Model Sketchy 20th century Beige Earthy Tones oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Model British School, circa 1970's oil on board, unframed board: 20 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England condition: good and sound condition
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Landscape with Two Bathers
Located in London, GB
'Landscape with Two Bathers', oil on panel, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). Dulac's oils and drawings manifest an elegant classicism with an immediately identifiable style. It is these qualities which are so attractive both aesthetically and in the context as an investment in fine art. Our gallery holds virtually the entire remaining collection of Guillaume Dulac's sketches and memorabilia with impeccable provenance. In this acquisition of a Dulac oil painting, one finds a depiction of two women, one of them in the nude, seated on the edge of a bathing pool. The other is peacefully seated on a comfortable boulder stone...
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1920s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

The Opera Garnier in paris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
COSSON, Jean Louis Marcel (1878 – 1956) Ballerinas and gentlemen in the Swing of the Opera Oil on canvas signed low left Framed by Gault (Paris - Fbg St Honoré) Dimensions canvas ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Ex Voto; Miraculous Intervention of a Difficult Pregnacy, 19th Century Retablo
Located in Denver, CO
This authentic 19th-century Mexican ex-voto is a powerful testament to faith and survival, painted in oil on tin with ink circa 1869 by an anonymous Mexican artist. It is elegantly displayed in a custom, hand-carved frame enhancing its historical and artistic significance. The ex-voto itself measures 6 ½ x 9 ¾ inches, while the outer frame spans 14 ¼ x 17 ½ inches, making it a compelling piece for collectors of religious folk art. A Miraculous Healing – A Story of Devotion The heartfelt inscription tells the story of Mrs. Dia Anacleto Rodriguez, who, in 1860, faced a life-threatening childbirth with little hope of survival. In desperation, her husband, Mr. Epimenio Manzano, turned to Santo Niño de Atocha...
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1860s Folk Art Interior Paintings

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Metal

Regattas day (a tribute to Seurat). Large format Riverside scene with figures.
By Fabio Hurtado
Located in Segovia, ES
Reggatas day (tribute to Seurat), by Fabio Hurtado, is an oil painting on canvas which was created in 1995 and which obtained the Honorary Medal at the C...
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1990s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Antique French Rococo Oil Painting Mythological Lovers in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hunter French School, late 19th century oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 32 x 42 inches provenance: private collection, France Superb large scale French oil painting,...
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Late 19th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings

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Oil

How Sure Can You Be? McCall s Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This mid-century masterpiece is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmo...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

Mom - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Polish Young Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kasia Mazur is a very young artist, she is still studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, where she also lives. She has already had exhibit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

The Soul of Picasso and the Artists of the 20th Century - Oil Paint - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Paolo Scheggi (1955) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. With a painted wooden frame which is part of the painting. Very good condition. Paolo Schegg...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Family Seated on a Bench at the Port
Located in London, GB
'Family Seated on a Bench at the Port', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). A painting with a very wholesome, homespun theme harks back to a more innocent time. A family i...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

My Forever Summer
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork captures the spirit of freedom and reflection at the seashore. A solitary woman on a bicycle, her bright red skirt in motion, moves across a golden beach under a dramati...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Sunshine, Women Portrait, Figurative, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Portrait oil Painting, women, nude, figurative art, Impressionism Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2024 Sty...
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2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nasser Ovissi, Iranian, Born 1934 "Three Seated Girls" Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Nasser Ovissi, (Iranian, Born 1934) "Three Seated Girls" oil on canvas painting Very fine quality painting by Persian Artist Nasser Ovissi who is considered to be known as the "Picasso of Iran". A true modern Iranian masterpiece depicting three Safavid style seated girls with a bowl of Pomegranates. Oil on canvas, framed. Signed. Canvas Size: 30" high x 40" wide Frame Size: 32" high x 42" wide Nasser Ovissi is an American-Iranian painter whose work is characterized by stylized figures of Arabic women and horses. Set amidst geometric patterns and decorative elements, his figures seem to merge into and out of the space behind them. “My work is dedicated to the beauty of life and I hope those who experience my work will walk away with an experience of beauty.” Born in Tehran, Iran in 1934, Ovissi studied Law and Political Sciences at the University of Tehran before studying Fine art at Beaux Fine Art in Rome. The artist has achieved numerous awards and honors, including being exhibited at the 1959 Paris Biennial and a grand prize at the 1962 Biennale of fine arts of Tehran. Ovissi lives and works in Reston, VA. His works are included in the collections of the Contemporary Art Museum in Madrid and the National Art Gallery of Greece in Athens. Artist Exhibitions: 1957 Tehran, First Prize 1959 Paris Biennial 1960 Tehran, Exhibition in Farhang Hall, during the International Congress of Music 1961 Exhibition in Bombay, India New Delhi, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art Tehran, Iran, First Prise in Drawing Competition 1962 Tehran Biennial (Abyaz Palace), Grand Prize of the Biennial Venice, Italy Biennial 1963 Paris, Museum of Modern Art; Exhibition of Iranian Painters Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil 1964 Tehran Biennial, Grand Prize 1965 Rome, National Museum of Oriental Art 1966 Milan, San Fedele Gallery 1968 Rome: Gallery 88 Florence, International Biennial of Graphic Arts New York, Columbia University, Modern Iranian Art...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Allegory Poetry Trémolières Paint 18th Century OIl on canvas Old master France
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pierre Charles Trémolières (Cholet, 1703 - Paris, 1739) Allegory of Poetry (the Muse Calliope) Oil on canvas (86 x 112 cm - In original lacquered frames 122 x 95 cm.) Work ac...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Elvis TCB Gun - Single (CA)
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Russell Young. Acrylic paint, enamel and diamond dust screen print on linen, unframed dimensions 48 x 62 inches, 2011, from the series "Guns". Hand sig...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Screen

Boy His Dog, 19th Century by Jules BRETON (1827-1906)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Boy & His Dog, 19th Century by Jules BRETON (1827-1906) sales to $1,500,000 Large 19th Century French country portrait of a Boy and his Dog, oil on canvas by Jules Breton. Large 19th century portrait...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Chess"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this work, I embodied a dance of colors and emotions on canvas. Through oil and dedication, surrealism blends with figurative expressionism. I invite viewers into a timeless world...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Fauvist Still Life with Flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Antonio GUANSE (1926-2008) Still Life with Flowers, 1962 Oil on canvas panel Signed lower right Countersigned and dated on the back On panel, 37 x 45 cm (14.5 x 17.7 in) visible Pre...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

lying woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frame size 86x114 cm. Signed lower left Mallol Suazo Josep Maria Mallol i Suazo (Barcelona, ​​​​1910 - Barcelona, ​​​​1986) is a well-known painter whom critics pointed out as one o...
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1950s Post-War Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Big Ben in Garden" Portrait of a Bulldog by Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Big Ben in Garden" Antique Dog Portrait of a Bulldog Arthur Wardle (England, 1864-1949) Pastel on paper Circa 1900 13 x 9 (17 x 12) inches Though he made his reputation with large...
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Early 1900s Realist Animal Paintings

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Pastel

Bride, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A bride and two of her bridesmaids hold bouquets. The composition focuses on ritual and repetition, with the three women cropped at the neck and waist forming a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Joyce Twice by Grégoire Mathias – Cubist Portrait of James Joyce
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Joyce Twice Acrylic on canvas board 19 × 27 cm (unframed) Signed: Lower right Condition: Excellent, presented in a gilt frame In Joyce Twice, Grégoire Mathias pays homage to the lit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"Woman", Surreal, Portrait, Blue, Pink, Butterfly, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Woman” is a 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch oil on canvas painting that contrasts shadow and light through bold, symbolic imagery. A female profile emerges in soft blues and pink...
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2010s Surrealist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Pink and Gold Tie) - Figurative Portrait Woman Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In bold, acrylic line paintings, US artist Hilary Bond depicts the heads and torsos of women, often repeating the image in overlapping compositions. Her contemporary groups of pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Angela - Large Original Colorful Floral Portrait Painting on Blue Background
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Cubist Abstract, Purple, Colourful Oil Painting, Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Abstract, Purple, Colourful Oil Painting, Original By French artist 'Mauduil', 20th Century Signed on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on card, unframed Board size: 22...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Artist in his Studio - French 19th century art figurative interior oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely French 19th century figurative Impressionist oil painting is by Adolphe Monticelli. Painted circa 1870 the painting depicts a group of seven figures amusing themselves in...
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19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman with fan mixed media painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman Mixed technique on canvas board. Work measurements 46x38 cm. Frame size 51x43 cm. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Span...
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1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer was a master at capturing the moments, small and significant in everyday American life. This painting, "Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center", is a glimpse of an ordinar...
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1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Study of a Goat s Head" Frans Lebret (Dutch, 1820-1909)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Study of a Goat" Frans Lebret (Netherlands, 1820-1909) Oil on paper on wood panel 9 x 10 (13 1/2 x 14 1/4 frame) inches Initialled lower right This is a simply stunning and deeply ...
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1870s Realist Animal Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Wood Panel

TOMMASO PRINCIPE (b1942) ITALIAN SIGNED OIL - ELEGANT LADIES IN PARKLAND
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Walking in the Park" by Tommaso Principe (Italian b.1942) signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 19.5 x 27.5 inches Beautiful Italian Impressionist oil...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Open Road Ballad
Located in Zofingen, AG
A striking composition that fuses American nostalgia with contemporary energy. A red barn with a flag, a vintage light-blue car, and a young woman in denim holding a drink embody f...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Auguste Toulmouche Admiring Her Looks
Located in New York, NY
"Admiring Her Looks" by Auguste Toulmouche is a quintessential example of 19th-century academic art, emphasizing beauty and technique. Toulmouche's work often explores themes of femi...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Family Dinner, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A family eats dinner and talks about their day. The glowing, soft-focus background and amber palette evoke warmth, love, and perhaps nostalgia, while the styliz...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Two Paths Diverged", Large Portrait Woman in Garden with Roses Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large oil painting on canvas of a woman in a garden with roses titled "Two Paths Diverged" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Ballerina in Front of the Sea - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artist...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Loosening" (2025) Original Photorealist Oil Portrait, Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
This striking oil portrait is framed at 21 x 25 inches, and is ready to hang. Artist Autobiography: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1958, my family moved every two years thereafter from C...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

1800 s French Neo Classical Old Master Chalk Drawing Roman Figures Court Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Court French School, circa 1780-1820 period pencil/charcoal/white chalk drawing on artist paper stamped with a name (either a collector or the artist) size: 18 x 24 inches ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil

FUTURE LOVE - original large painting by Paula Craioveanu 30x38 in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Future Love", acrylic on canvas, 30x38in, 80x100cm Large original, one-of-a-kind, painting. Shipped stretched, varnished and ready for hanging. Free shipping for items over $500 wit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Flowers In Grand Vase Watercolour 1930 s French Impressionist Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Interior by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting: 15 x 22 inches provenance: from a large private collection of this artist...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

French Impressionist Female Portrait Blue Pencil Sketch Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Color Pencil

Mismatched Couple 17th Century Paint Oli on canvas Old master Flemish School
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
17th century Flemish school The Mismatched Couple Oil on canvas 75 x 96 cm. Framed 96 x 118 cm. The curious subject we see depicted in the canvas proposed here belongs to the trad...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Sleeping Girls - contemporary, figurative, portrait, acrylic, oil on board
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This realistic painting, a portrait of children, is by internationally recognized artist Daniel Hughes. Daniel Hughes is known best perhaps for his true-to-life figurative paintings. Early in his life, Hughes was strongly influenced by the work of his artist mother and her friends, many of whom were renowned British artists. He grew up drawing…never in color books but on six-foot lengths of computer paper. Hughes was especially drawn to the figurative paintings of British artists of the 1950s. His aesthetic focuses on a realistic interpretation, composition, light, harmony, and emotion. Hughes' work, like this acrylic and charcoal painting of two little girls sleeping...
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2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rediscovered Mastery: A Portrait by Nina Bergstedt
Located in Stockholm, SE
This poignant portrait by Swedish artist Nina Bergstedt captures a quiet intensity that lingers in the viewer’s mind. The sitter, an unknown woman, is portrayed with deep emotional p...
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1890s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Blake of Night" (2012) By John Tarantola, Original Nude Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Blake of Night" (2012) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure crawling forward on a slab o...
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2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Antique American Southern School Black Woman Walking Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century French School Large Napoleonic Wars
Located in Blackwater, GB
Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century French School Large Napoleonic Wars Scene Large 19th Century French School Napoleonic Wars Scene of Napoleon retreating following the in...
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Serenity - Original Vibrant Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Art Deco ca. 1920. Portrait Of Lady With Bob Cut, Purple Dress And Fur Collar
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait Of A Young Lady From The 1920s With Bob Cut And Fur Collar Oil on canvas. Early 20th frame in wood. This portrait reveals very stylish image of a young woman from the 1920s...
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hare coursing outside a country house with hounds Oil British 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Thomas Burford (British, c. 1710-1779) Hare coursing outside a country house Oil on canvas Property of a gentleman From the collection of Peter Roe Dimensions: (Frame) 12.5 in. (H)...
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18th Century English School Animal Paintings

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Oil

Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Lombard painter active in the 17th century Infant Jesus Oil painting on canvas 70 x 82 cm. - In antique frame 78 x 91 cm. This painting depicts an unusual and pleasant iconographic...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Zero In Love (huge framed original painting)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand signed upper right by Peter Max. Canvas size: 48 x 60 inches Frame size: 58 x 70 inches. Dedicated and remarqued on verso by Peter Max. ...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Go Hard (Pool Party)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970). Go Hard (Pool Party), 2025 Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel. Depicted are three young men at a Wilton Manors pool party. Each is managing his ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Mid-Century Painting of Party by African-American from Detroit.
Located in Marco Island, FL
The scale of this dynamic party painting by Leroy Foster (1925-1993) makes you feel like you are in the room with a cocktail in hand. He was an accomplished muralist, so it is no s...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Venus Paolo Fiammingo Paint Oil on canvas Old master 16th Century Italian Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pauwels Franck, known as Paolo Fiammingo (Antwerp, 1540 - Venice, 1596) Venus lying in a landscape Oil on canvas 116 x 150 cm. In antique frame 136 x 170 cm. The work is accompanied by a critical card by Dr. Federica Spadotto The splendid painting proposed sees portrayed, bare and stretched out on a red brocade cloth in gold sprinkled with roses, a refined and sensual Venus, in a composition with a profound symbolic value, and arriving at the perfect representation of the Renaissance woman who, like Venus, becomes an allegory love, eros, beauty and fertility. The canvas is part of the prestigious Venetian artistic and cultural environment of the second half of the sixteenth century, whose distinctive distinctive trait can be traced back to its cosmopolitan vocation. This characteristic, as Dr. Spadotto noted in her in-depth study, belongs to the same physiology of the Venetian capital, that is, being a distinctly commercial city located in a strategic point with respect to trade. Representing one of the liveliest ports in the Mediterranean also meant witnessing the continuous passage not only of goods, but of men, ideas, suggestions from distant countries, which influenced not only the taste of their people, but above all art. This happened thanks to the circulation of prints, as well as pictorial specimens, to which are added the stays of great foreign artists and, above all, the permanence in the capital of a non-negligible number of Dutch, Flemish and German masters. An emblematic case in this regard comes from Pauwels Franck (Antwerp, 1540 - Venice, 1596), better known as Paolo Fiammingo, who established himself in his native city at a young age - in 1561 a figure enrolled in the Guild of San Luca - and arrived in Venice in 1573. . He resided in Venice from 1584 until his death, although the stylistic and formal references of some of his works have led critics to believe that in previous years he had undertaken a journey to central Italy, or to Florence and Rome, where he would have metabolized the lively cultural debate that permeated these cities and which, on the other hand, seemed completely absent in Venice. Here Paolo will be fascinated by the sense of color and by the atmospheric component fixed on the canvas by Jacopo Tintoretto (Venice 1518 - 1594), of which he becomes a collaborator, to undergo, around 1590, the suggestion of Paolo Caliari...
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil