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20th Century Landscape of a Barn with Haystacks, Cleveland School Artist
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1964)
Barn Scene
Oil on canvas mounted to masonite
Signed
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Helmut Gransow Landscape w/House
Barn "Springtime Reflections No. I"
Located in Detroit, MI
medium is oil paint, however he has a distinguished body of work as a printmaker and early in his career
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"White Horse" Frederick Lester Sexton, Bucolic Barn, Farm Scene, White Horse
By Frederick Lester Sexton
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Lester Sexton
White Horse
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Provenance
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oak Trees with Red Barn, Mid-Century Pastoral Summer Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century pastoral landscape featuring verdant oak trees by an unknown artist, c. late-1940's. The lush green trees and meadow of this lovely summer scene unfold into the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English portrait of a Westie and Cairn Terrier in a barn
By George Armfield
Located in Woodbury, CT
George Armfield (British, 1808–1893)
Terriers in a Barn Interior
Oil on canvas, circa 1850
Signed
Category
1850s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lazy Day in the Country" - Mid Century Pastoral Farm Landscape w Barn
By Shirley Gilman
Located in Soquel, CA
"Lazy Day in the Country" - Mid Century Pastoral Farm Landscape with Barn
Pastoral mid-century
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"BARN TO LAST" TEXAS LANDSCAPE NEAR FREDERICKSBURG 21 X 25 FRAMED OPA Member
Located in San Antonio, TX
Medium: Oil
"Barn To Last" Texas Farm Scene
A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red Roof Oyster Barn", tall grass welcomes viewer into cottage by the sea
By Larry Horowitz
Located in Edgartown, MA
“People sometimes ask me how I start a painting. Starting a painting is easy. I just put down two
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Potato Barn (Impressionist Rural Landscape, Sun Dappled Country Road on a Farm)
By Harry Orlyk
Located in Hudson, NY
a barn
#5963 Potato Barn, 2022 painted by Harry Orlyk
oil on linen, ready to hang as is
14 x 14.5
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
"A Man in His Garden, " Emil Carlsen, Backyard and Barn Impressionist Landscape
By Emil Carlsen
Located in New York, NY
Soren Emil Carlsen (1848 - 1932)
A Man in His Garden, 1893
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches
Category
1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$48,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Cold Saddle Sunset" Snowy Western Scene with Horses Barn Windmill Country Farm
Located in Austin, TX
drops in the town. This painting is executed in oil on canvas and measures 20" x 16".
The piece is
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English Victorian chickens in a barn scene with Rooster and Hens
Located in Woodbury, CT
This charming English Victorian painting by Arthur Jackson beautifully captures a rustic scene of
Category
1890s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th century Portrait of a Bulldog Mum with puppies in a barn interior playing
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interior
Oil on canvas, unsigned
English School, circa 1880
Presented in a period-style gilt frame with
Category
1880s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clifford Holmes Rolling Hills Country Landscape W/ Barn and Oak Tree C.1950
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Clifford Holmes 1876-1963
Rolling Hills Country Landscape w/ Barn and Oak Tree
Original oil on
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Style of J. Kleitsch (1882-1931) Landscape of Dirt Road Leading to Barn House
Located in San Francisco, CA
Style of J. Kleitsch (1882-1931) Landscape of Dirt Road Leading to Barn House
Oil on Canvas
20 x
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Very Large Draft Horse Standing in a Barn" Georg Wolf (German, 1882-1962)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“A Very Large Draft Standing Horse in the Stable”
Georg Wolf (Alsace/Germany 1882-1962)
Oil on
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$13,040 Sale Price
20% Off
"Cows at Rest in Front of the Barn" Michael Therkildsen (Danish, 1850 - 1925)
By Michael Therkildsen
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cows at Rest in Front of the Barn"
Michael Therkildsen (Danish, 1850 - 1925)
Oil on canvas
9 x 14
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,406 Sale Price
45% Off
Old Barn Scene of a Farm in the English Countryside by British Landscape Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Old Barn Scene of a Farm in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James
Category
1980s Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English interior barn scene with a family of goats and baby goats.
By Abraham Cooper
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating early 19th-century painting of an interior farm scene by Abraham Cooper, circa
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century Irish portrait of a man, smoking a Pipe, seated in a barn interior.
Located in Woodbury, CT
late 19th-century Irish school portrait of a seated man smoking a pipe in a barn interior.
A very
Category
1890s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
18th century Dutch, with figures goats and sheep outside in a barn yard or farm
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (Dutch School, late 18th century)
Pastoral Scene with Goatherds, ca. 1780–1800
Oil
Category
1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Feeding Fowl in Barn Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage (20th Century) oil painting depicting chickens, ducklings, doves, and pigeons pecking for
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
#5715 Overgrown Barn: Impressionist En Plein Air Landscape Painting on Linen
By Harry Orlyk
Located in Hudson, NY
sunlit barn in a field)
oil on linen mounted on homasote board, ready to hang as is
14.5 x 14.5 inches
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
Great Plains Landscape, Oil Painting with Barn
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Great Plains landscape painting, oil on canvas with barn. Beautiful colors.
Category
Early 2000s American Paintings
Landscape Painting Oil on Linen Barn and Ranch
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Landscape painting oil on linen barn ranch fence and green buckley. 1960 formalist landscape. Near
Category
Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Brown Barn
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Oil on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Oil
$26,000
Mendocino County Barn Oil on Canvas Large Landscape Painting
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Large Mendocino County barn evening landscape oil on canvas. Early evening moonrise Mendocino
Category
Vintage 1970s American Paintings
The Red Barn
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
The Red Barn exemplifies Nichols’ typical style with a quiet snow covered red barn reminiscent of
Materials
Oil
Ray Swanson Original Oil Painting On Board Signed Western Barn Landscape Artwork
By Ray Swanson
Located in Bloomington, MN
Ray Swanson Authentic & Original Oil Painting on Board, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Barn
By Beñat Iglesias Lopez
Located in New York, NY
York City.
He approaches art through a variety of mediums, such as sculpture, painting, drawing, and
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Robert Kipniss Large Original Oil Painting On Canvas Signed Barn Landscape Art
By Robert Kipniss
Located in Bloomington, MN
spectacular and bold 40 x 48" Oil Painting on Canvas by Kipniss, that retails for thousands more than our
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Old Red Barn (Earth color oil painting on linen stretched on panel)
Located in Des Moines, IA
"The Old Red Barn" by Scott Charles Ross - 30" x 30" - oil painting on linen stretched on wood
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Vermont Barn
By Robert Cardinal
Located in Provincetown, MA
Hopper, whose influence is predominantly evident in his paintings.
Cardinal looks for harmony between
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barn Hill
By Carol Young
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
College of New Rochelle, NY, her paintings have won several awards including best in show at the Pequot
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,850
Red Barn
By Robert Cardinal
Located in Provincetown, MA
Hopper, whose influence is predominantly evident in his paintings.
Cardinal looks for harmony between
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vermont Barn
By Robert Cardinal
Located in Provincetown, MA
Hopper, whose influence is predominantly evident in his paintings.
Cardinal looks for harmony between
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Storm Barn
By Geoffrey Moss
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
Storm Barn is a Rustic/Farmhouse style painting of an upstate New York barn. This is an earlier
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sun Barn
By Geoffrey Moss
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
Sun Barn is a Rustic/Farmhouse style painting of an upstate New York barn in cobalt blue, black
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Primary Barn
By Geoffrey Moss
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
Primary Barn is a Rustic/Farmhouse style painting of an upstate New York barn in cobalt blue
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Long Barn
By Pamela Murphy
Located in Park City, UT
Pamela Murphy collects and chooses figures from old photographs for her paintings. The people whose
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
White Barn
By Hamilton Aguiar
Located in Boston, MA
Brazilian artist, Hamilton Aguiar is recognized for his luminous landscapes that are both dramatic and serene. Using squares of actual silver leaf over the entire surface of the canv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Silver
Barn in Nebraska Oil on Canvas
Located in North Beninngton, VT
Barn in Nebraska dawn oil on canvas. The color really sings in the between light and shadow
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings
York County Barn
By Chris Morel
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Oil painting by Chris Morel
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Canadian Barn (Iconic tonalist barn in contemporary western landscape)
By Simon Winegar
Located in Basalt, CO
"Canadian Barn" uses simple muted colors to represent this historic barn. The West is a mirror in which
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hickory Ridge Barn
By Nancy Burgess
Located in Old Lyme, CT
work is meticulously sculpted and assembled and painted in oil to resemble weathered wood and natural
Category
2010s Assemblage Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Archival Paper
The Yellow Barn
By John Potter Wheat
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on Board, 8 x 8 image size, signed lower right, inscribed 'Darien' verso.
John Potter Wheat
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
In the Barn
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Gerardus Johannes Bos was born in Leiden 9April 1825 and had painting
lessons from J.L. Cornet
Category
19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Big Yellow Barn
By Geoffrey Moss
Located in GT. BARRINGTON, MA
Big Yellow Barn is a Rustic/Farmhouse style painting of an upstate New York barn. Of this painting
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Red Barn
By Winfield Scott Clime
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 image size, signed lower left
Influenced by Impressionism, Clime was a
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Barn
By Willem Hendriks
Located in Toronto, ON
Oil on canvas, Framed, Signed "W. Hendriks" (lower right)
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New England Barn
By Paul Sample
Located in Hudson, NY
Paul Sample was an acclaimed New England regionalist, whose works focused on rural and small town settings. His interest in portraying communities and interpersonal dynamics also mar...
Category
Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David Ellinger, "Barn Hill", Oil on Canvas, Signed, American Folk Art
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Barn Hill" is an oil on canvas painting by Pennsylvania Dutch folk artist and antique dealer
Category
20th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Heading For the Barn
By Sonya Terpening
Located in Fredericksburg, TX
Landscape of a old barn and goats in a pasture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Barn in Winter
By Richard Oversmith
Located in Charlotte, NC
A snow covered cherry red barn pops in the distance against a blue and white snow covered field
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barn in White Light
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Danvers, MA
Barn in a White Light- Oil on Canvas, 1970-71
Kahn’s work encompasses both pictorial landscape
Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Barn, Las Trampas
By Chris Morel
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Oil painting by Chris Morel
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Calves in a Barn
By Walter Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Dog and Animal Paintings
Cows
Oil on board, 15½ x 19½ inches
Framed: 21¼ x 25¼ inches
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$16,000
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Barn Oil Painting For Sale on 1stDibs
Find the exact barn oil painting you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find Impressionist examples as well as a Contemporary version. If you’re looking for a barn oil painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a barn oil painting to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of brown, gray, black, blue and more. Creating a barn oil painting has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Geri Eubanks, Sandra Pratt, Tracy Helgeson, Sean Wallis and Simon Winegar are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).
You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
If you think that your oil painting is considerably dirty or believe that other issues may be at work, experts strongly suggest that you consult with a professional conservator.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024A few things make an oil painting valuable. Age has a major impact on price, with pieces made over a century ago tending to fetch the highest prices. Who created the painting also matters. The more famous the artist, the higher the selling price for a painting is likely to be. Finally, the condition of the work and whether it is in its original frame will also impact how much it is worth. Find a diverse assortment of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
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To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).
You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
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Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To tell if your oil painting is authentic, first check the signature of the artist to start your research. Use a magnifying glass to check the texture of the painting, and finally check the back for the painting’s original stretchers. Shop a selection of expertly vetted artwork from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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- La ChrysomeleFebruary 24, 2021Any artwork is worth and only worth the price someone is willing to pay for it (unfortunately, whether one can afford it or not is another story). Different people may have different reasons to attribute value to an artwork, from the purest (falling in love with it) to what is often considered as the most vile (speculation), going through remembrance, pride of ownership, or brag, among other reasons. For most living artists, the price of the artworks is usually set by the artist and/or the gallery which represent him or her, by type and size of artwork, and corresponds to an equilibrium price between the rate at which artworks are sold and the rate at which new artworks are produced by the artist. For artworks from dead artists sold by professional dealers, the price is often based on auctions results for similar pieces of the same artists. Oil paintings are usually pricier than other techniques because it is considered more difficult to master, but also because oil paintings are known for their ability to last centuries.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024Yes, sunlight affects oil paintings. Keep your oil paintings away from direct sunlight.
To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).
You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)
To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.
If you think that your oil painting is considerably dirty or believe that other issues may be at work, experts strongly suggest that you consult with a professional conservator.
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- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2024To tell how old an oil painting is, research the artist who produced it. You can use the mobile app Smartify to snap a photo of the signature on your painting and identify the artist. Read biographical information about the artist online and look at images of their work to estimate the age of your piece. Alternatively, you can get the opinion of a knowledgeable art dealer or certified appraiser. Explore a wide variety of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
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The Real World Portraitist of “The Gilded Age,” Season Three
Only the best painter could suit the calculatedly extravagant Bertha Russell.
See Kent Monkman’s Magical Realist Take on Frontier History
With a solo show at the Denver Art Museum and a commission from the Met, the Cree Canadian painter has become an international sensation.
Yale’s Trove of British Art Is Back on View in a Refreshed Louis Kahn Building
After a two-year closure, they Yale Center for British Art opens its doors again, with all sorts of changes to its building and programming.
At 89, Artist Lucio Pozzi Is Reaching New Career Heights
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
The 1stDibs Guide to Types of Abstract Art
Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.
With a Show at MoMA, Marlon Mullen Paints Pictures That Are beyond Words
The nonspeaking California artist is having a moment, with vivacious paintings that play on art-magazine covers as well as more mysterious abstractions.
The Vibrant Beauty of Orphist Art Supersedes Its Perplexing Name
This kaleidoscopic early-modern art style has long deserved another look. Now, the Guggenheim museum is doing just that.