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Canal St. West
By David Kapp
Located in Santa Fe, NM
oil on linen
signature back, center
2012, New York City
framed
image size
urban landscape
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Barges on a Canal
By John Colin Forbes
Located in Toronto, ON
John Colin Forbes (Canadian, 1846-1925)
Barges on a Canal (unframed)
Oil on canvas
14 x 21.5 in.
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Atmospheric Bruges Canal Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
age. Ready to hang
Atmospheric painting of Bruges in oil on canvas
Signed by the artist A
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Grand Canal in Venice
By Francis Moltino
Located in Vancouver, BC
A signed oil on canvas of the Grand Canal in Venice by the 19th century English artist Francis
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chioggia Canal Scene, Venice
By Anthony Thieme
Located in Nashville, TN
"Chioggia Canal Scene" is an impressionist vision of the gondolas, architecture, and docks of
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Windmills along a canal
By Jacob Hendricus Maris
Located in Ede, NL
1837-1899 Karlsbad
Windmills along a canal
oil on canvas 38,3 x 64,9 cm, signed l.l.
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ACQUAVENEZIA / GRAND CANAL I
By Julie Lazarus
Located in Fort Worth, TX
oil on linen
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
ACQUAVENEZIA / GRAND CANAL II
By Julie Lazarus
Located in Fort Worth, TX
oil on linen
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Midsummer on the Canal
Located in New York, NY
. Kalish’s paintings are represented in the corporate collections of Credit Suisse and Exxon.
In the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Canal in June
Located in New York, NY
. Kalish’s paintings are represented in the corporate collections of Credit Suisse and Exxon.
In the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Canal Scuola San Marco
By Giuseppe Marino
Located in Toronto, ON
Oil on canvas, framed, from Dominion Gallery in Montreal.
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Touring the Grand Canal
By John C. Traynor
Located in Bernardsville, NJ
“Traynor painting” by its brush strokes and unique feeling. Part of his success is connecting emotionally
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Parliament building by the Thames
School of Canaletto, 18th Century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Lincoln, GB
This stunning painting of the Thames by the Parliament building is a gorgeous example and is
Category
Early 18th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Gondola on the Canal
Located in New York, NY
. Kalish’s paintings are represented in the corporate collections of Credit Suisse and Exxon.
In the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Sunrise Over the Grand Canal
By Alan Wolton
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
. Alan, however, was so much more advanced in his painting than the average student but did benefit very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Edith Catlin Phelps (American 1875 - 1961); The Canal in Venice; oil on canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Birth place: NYC
Death place: Santa Barbara, CA
Addresses: Connecticut; NYC; Providencetown, MA; Santa Barbara, CA
Profession: Painter, etcher
Studied: Charles Hawthorne; William...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grand Canal with gondolas in foreground
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Water,” “Queen of the Adriatic,” or “City of Canals, ” the paintings of Venice done by Antoine Bouvard
Category
18th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
River Canal in Picardy, France
By Joseph Foxcroft Cole
Located in Nashville, TN
Framed dimensions: 14 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches
Artist's signature lower left
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Skaters on a frozen canal, Amsterdam
By Willem Hendrik Eickelberg
Located in Ede, NL
:
Willem Hendrik Eickelberg
Amsterdam 1845-1920 Hilversum
Skaters on a frozen canal, Amsterdam
oil on panel
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
An August Morning on the Canal
Located in New York, NY
. Kalish’s paintings are represented in the corporate collections of Credit Suisse and Exxon.
In the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Venice the Evening On the Grand Canal
By Yuri Bondarenko
Located in Red Bank, NJ
It's evening on the grand canal, the sun is going down and reflect off of the water, the sky is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antonio Devity
Italian, 1901-1993
Venice Canal Oil on Canvas
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Artist
Antonio DeVity (Italian, 1901-1993)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Frame size:
64 x 84 cm
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Fernand Jean Luigini “Canal a Bixnude” French Impressionist Oil Paining Framed
Located in Naples, FL
This stunning oil painting from the early 20th century depicts a beautiful French canal scene with
Category
Early 20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Paint
Canal in Bruges Attributed to Richard Parkes Bonington
Located in Vancouver, BC
Oil painting of a canal in Bruges attributed Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828).
Bonington was
Category
1820s Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covered wagon on the Amsterdam canal - Frans Langeveld - Dutch - Europe
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
size is: 40 cm by 60 cm.
The painting is signed lower right.
The item is in good condition and a
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset on the Grand Canal with a view of the Doge’s Palace
By Félix Ziem
Located in Munich, DE
Félix F. G. Ph. Ziem (1821 Beaune – 1911 Paris)
Sunset on the Grand Canal with a view of the
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Louis XIV - the Sun King - at the battle of the canal of Bruges
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in Antwerp, BE
near the Bruges canal
H 50cm B 75,5cm
H 74cm B 98,5cm (framed)
Oil on canvas
Adam Frans Van der Meulen
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City canal with ice skaters - J.J.C. Spohler - Dutch - Europe - Winter - Town
By Jan Jacob Coenraad Spohler
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The painting offered shows a cityscape with ice skaters The painting is in good condition and comes
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arch of Constantine, after Grand Tour Oil Painting by Artist Canaletto
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Fairhope, AL
" while the original Grand Tour Oil Painting was rendered in 1745 by Italian artist Canaletto. This unique
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Grand Tour Decorative Art
Autumn on Canal, American Impressionist Landscape, Oil on Board, Signed
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
Greene.
The painting is a 8" x 10" oil on board, framed, and signed "A V Greene" in the lower right
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Signed Venetian Canal Oil Painting 20th Century
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Signed Venetian Canal Oil
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Last light by the Armançon Canal" Oil painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Last light by the Armançon Canal" is an oil painting that depicts a
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Alfred Pollentine, British, Venetian Grand Canal Oil Painting, circa 1885
By Alfred Pollentine
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Alfred Pollentine (British, 1836-1890) “Grand Canal view of San Simeone Piccolo”.
In oil on canvas
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Pine
18th Century Bernardo Canal Italian a View of Venice Oil on Canvas Painting
By Bernardo Canal
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Important rare antique painting oil on canvas with attribution documentation issued on 03/02/2017
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Studio of Miguel Canals (Spanish 1925-1995) Cherries, Birds
Flowers Oil Canvas
Located in Queens, NY
Studio of Miguel Canals (Spanish, 1925-1995) Bowl of Cherries, Birds and Flowers Oil on Canvas
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Canal Path Victorian Oil Painting
By Charles W. Oswald
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lovely original oil painting by the well listed and admired British painter, Charles W. Oswald. The
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Impressionist Oil Painting Venetian Quiet Canal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb large scale signed oil painting on canvas depicting this beautiful view of a quiet Venetian
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grand Canal Venice Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-686 Small Venetian scene oil .Framed.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Canal Saint-Martin Paris City Reflections, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Gav Banns
Located in Yardley, PA
Canal Saint-Martin runs for 4.6km in the capital city of Paris. I like to walk along its edge, and
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting Studio Canaletto: Neoclassical Scene with Architectural Ruins
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in London, GB
Studio of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Il CANALETTO (Venice 1697 – 1768)
An Architectural
Category
1740s Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Grand Canal, Venice - Huge Oil Painting, Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning and very large scale oil painting depicting the beautiful Grand Canal in Venice - bathed
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of Riva degli Schiavoni - Oil Painting - Late 18th century
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Roma, IT
View of Riva degli Schiavoni is an original old master artwork realized in the late 18th century by a follower of the School of the italian painter Canaletto.
An impressive old mas...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Grand Canal - Venice - 19th Century Oil Painting - Alfred Pollentine
By Alfred Pollentine
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
original antique oil paintings we sell it is offered in the very finest condition it can be for its age
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting by Alexander Edward Waite "The Grand Canal, Venice"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Alexander Edward Waite "The Grand Canal, Venice" 1888 - 1928 A British / Canadian
Category
1930s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original MID CENTURY SCOTTISH oil Painting GLASGOW CANAL SCENE SCOTLAND
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Phyllis Emerson Gomme (1892-) Scottish
Title: Glasgow Canal Scene"
Medium: oil on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Impasto Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice
By Fernand Audet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Venice
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923 - Mulhouse 2016)
signed lower front corner
oil
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting of Venice 1800 Oil on Canvas
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Milano, IT
Painting of Venice oil on canvas
beautiful realization
unknown artist
Very interesting and
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
A Venetian Canal - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Bouvard
By Antoine Bouvard Snr.
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by French painter Antoine Bouvard Snr. The
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century Italian Oil Painting - The Grand Canal Venice - Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beautiful 19th century oil painting on canvas, depicting the legendary Grand Canal in Venice. The
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Perkins - 20th Century Oil, Canal Stroll
Located in Corsham, GB
An atmospheric scene in oil showing a figure strolling along a canal path on a grey day. The still
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
British, wide oil painting of Regent
s Canal, London by Gerald Rose
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gerald Rose (British, 1935 – 2023)
The canal, probably Regent’s Canal
Oil on board
Signed and
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Old Amsterdam Busy Working Street Scene
Canal Large Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Old Amsterdam"
by Hermanus Johannes Veger (Dutch b.1937)
signed lower right corner
oil painting on
Category
20th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed 20th Century Oil - Venetian Canal
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant perspective study of a venetian canal way with small bridge crossing to the far end of
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
British, mid century oil painting by Gerald Rose of London canal
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Steps of Regent’s Canal) 1957
Oil on board
Signed and dated `Gerald Rose 57’ (lower left)
47 x 29 in
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Dutch Oil Painting Canal Windmill Landscape 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous Dutch oil painting depicting a classic Holland landscape
Of course it
Category
Antique 1880s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish River Landscape Oil Painting - Canal Walk
Located in Bristol, GB
CANAL WALK
Oil onto Board
Size: 45 x 52 cm (including frame)
An uplifting mid-century modernist
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
English Mid Century post impressionist ORIGINAL Oil Painting CANAL LOCK SCENE
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: William J G Marshall (mid 20th Century) British
TITLE: "Canal Lock Scene" (probably River
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Canal Oil Painting For Sale on 1stDibs
Find the exact canal 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 Post-Impressionist version. You’re likely to find the perfect canal oil painting among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right canal oil painting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, gray, black and blue. There have been many interesting canal oil painting examples over the years, but those made by Henri Duhem, Antoine Bouvard Snr., Antoine Bouvard (Marc Aldine), Denis Ribas and Alfred Pollentine are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and fabric can add an especially memorable touch.
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- What is abstract oil painting?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021An abstract oil painting and an artwork that is made with oil paint on a medium like canvas, wood board, or other panels like canvas board. And the 'abstract' term refers to the Movement Style of the piece. As abstraction indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art, the artist creates a painting where the subject, shape, form, color, and line, is created with no particular references of the world but as a composition that may exist with a degree of independence from its vision.
- 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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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).
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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 ExpertApril 5, 2022The largest oil painting in the world is in the main hall of the Doge's Palace located in Venice, Italy. Its name is Il Paradiso. Tintoretto painted it around 1592, and it measures 22 meters by 7 meters. Shop a large collection of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Varnishing an oil is not necessary, but it is recommended because it protects the painting and corrects surface irregularities.
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