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Bord de lac by Paulémile Pissarro - River scene, oil painting
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in London, GB
time. Although his father had supported Paulémile’s desire to be an artist, his mother was eager for
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tiffany Studios New York Counter Balance Floor Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
represents time-tested investment quality items with everlasting decorative beauty. We look forward to your
Category

Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Sculpture "Standing Parrot" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
, Scribes and Arab Warrior and almost every animal subject that was known at the time. His father, also
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Late Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze entitled "Magpie" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
known at the time. His father, also Franz Bergman (1838–1894), was a professional chaser (embosser
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Late Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rue d un Village by Paulémile Pissarro - Watercolour
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in London, GB
exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants for the first time. Although his father had supported Paulémile’s
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Market Scene with Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
his father on sales trips. “One time I went with him to Sheridan,” he remembered. “There were long
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1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

New Years 1988, Pop Art Hand Embellished Drawing, Print, LA II Collaboration
By Keith Haring
Located in Surfside, FL
and Kristen. Haring became interested in art at a very early age spending time with his father
Category

20th Century Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Early 20th Century Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze "Grey Parrot" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
known at the time. His father, also Franz Bergman (1838–1894), was a professional chaser (embosser
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

BUNDLE OF 6 Owl - Etching by Enotrio Pugliese - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
1926) has with the musical environment. For a long time his father was a well-known cellist, first at
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Tiffany Studios Bronze And Favrile Desk Lamp
By Tiffany Studios, Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Dallas, TX
backers, mainly his father, were called upon time and again to keep his companies solvent. His familial
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Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Tiffany Studios New York Acorn Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
. Louis Tiffany’s financial backers, mainly his father, were called upon time and again to keep his
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Antique 1890s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Black Panther, one of a kind mixed media on board
By Carlos Alejandro
Located in Miami Beach, FL
destiny, born to a Colombian mother and Puerto Rican father, which at that time was stationed there with
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Paloma Picasso - New York, Untitled #2, 1985
By Horst P. Horst
Located in Miami Beach, FL
her father's art at the time of her birth followed her own star and became famous for designing
Category

1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper

Winter Landscape , Monet, French Impressionist Salon des Indépendents, Paris
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
time. Although his father had supported Paulémile’s desire to be an artist, his mother was eager for
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Hand blown glass Abstract Expressionist Christmas Tree decoration in box w/flyer
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
the great joy of becoming a father for the first time in 1961. This led to combinations of hard colour
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Vases Entitled "Arab Vases" by Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
, Scribes and Arab Warrior and almost every animal subject that was known at the time. His father, also
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1970 Modern Orange Chenille Tuxedo Sofa Rolled Arms Stratford Division Futorian
Located in Topeka, KS
as a fifteen-year-old young man. They lived in Chicago where he spent time beside his father at the
Category

Vintage 1970s American Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Foam

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze "Standing Horse" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
subject that was known at the time. His father, also Franz Bergman (1838–1894), was a professional chaser
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Compositions
By César Domela
Located in Berlin, MD
, Domela started his artistic career as a painter of landscapes from the time of his father’s death when he
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Solomon Delane - A landscape view near Tivoli
By Solomon Delane
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Society in 1750, when he was placed second in the order of merit. About this time his father (1750) and
Category

18th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Standing Female Nude
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
always felt deeply ambivalent about his father, noting at the time of his death that, "He was a
Category

1920s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Large Bronze and Marble Clock Depicting Father Time
Located in Providence, RI
A large bronze and marble clock depicting father time, French, retailed by Camerden & Forster, New
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Clocks

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

Mother Earth and Father Time
By Natasha Miller
Located in Toronto, ON
Highly collected and beloved Canadian painter Natasha Miller is a self taught artist who was born and raised on Vancouver Island but now lives on a tiny island in the Bay of Fundy, C...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic

French Monastery Sculpted High Relief Plaster Frieze Depicting Father Time
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
depicting Father Time or Chronos, as the typical robed, winged and bearded elderly and sage looking man
Category

Antique 1870s French Renaissance Revival Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Bronze Figure of Father Time by Boucart, Paris, with Barometer, circa 1880
Located in Dublin, IE
, Paris, consists of a wonderful bronze of Father Time, running across the clouds, supporting an aneroid
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Antique 19th Century French Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Signed Bronze Male Angelic Figure on Marble Base
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Offered is a large patinated bronze from Louis Gossin (French 1846-1928) entitled Father Time.   
Category

20th Century European Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Pottery Prattware Watch Holder Late 18th Century
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
A rare previously unrecorded watch holder Stand with a figure of "Old Father Time" resting against
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Original Vintage Poster Le Temps Est De l Argent Time Is Money Plane Travel Art
By Georges Villa
Located in London, GB
front catching up with Father Time depicted as an old man wearing a robe and dropping a sand clock time
Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Georgian Elaborately Inlaid Tall Case Clock of Mahogany, c. 1800
Located in Chamblee, GA
painted dial depicting Father Time. The clock face is flanked by fluted columns and surmounted by a swan
Category

Antique 19th Century English Clocks

Large Early 20thC Italian Oil on Canvas Memento Mori Painting of a Skeleton
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
follows. Father Time was often used allegorically to mock the pettiness of humankind and our obsession
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Danish Mahogany Tall Case Clock. Circa 1815.
Located in New York, NY
with a recessed panel depicting Father Time. The relaxed sophistication of this piece is timeless
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20th Century Clocks

Japy Freres Bronze Mantle Clock with Porcelain Ornaments and Paste Jewels
By Japy Frères
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
depicting a winged Father Time. The clock has a gilded face with black painted numbers on the dial
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Set of Six Barley Twist Oak Dining Room or Kitchen Chairs
Located in Atlanta, GA
can only come from Father Time himself. Each seat cushion pops out for easy recovering and cleaning
Category

Vintage 1920s English Jacobean Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Oak

1920 s Rolex Trench / WW1 "Hermetic" or Submarine Double Cases" Sterling Silver
By Rolex
Located in Raleigh, NC
lid and the interior case back, This means they have survived father time as a pair, often they get
Category

Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Wrist Watches

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Two Men Standing Nude" Painting by Joshua Jenkins
By Joshua Jenkins
Located in Miami, FL
in Poughkeepsie, New York. During the summers he would spend his time with his father in central
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

"Miami 40204" Painting by Joshua Jenkins
By Joshua Jenkins
Located in Miami, FL
in Poughkeepsie, New York. During the summers he would spend his time with his father in central
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

"1+1=2" Acrylic And Mixed Mediums By Joshua Jenkins
By Joshua Jenkins
Located in Miami, FL
in Poughkeepsie, New York. During the summers he would spend his time with his father in central
Category

2010s Post-Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mid-Century Teak and White Lacquered Desk by R-Way
By R-Way Furniture Company
Located in Miami, FL
designer and Eero’s Saarinen father, spent time at RWAY, perhaps this desk is one of his works as this
Category

Vintage 1950s American Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Aluminum

Anthony Lovato Coral Corn Cuff / Santo Domingo Pueblo
Located in Litchfield County, CT
watched his grandfather and father work from the time he was small. He majored in metals in college and
Category

Vintage 1980s More Bracelets

Materials

Sterling Silver

View of Zaragoza attributed to Edouard Manet
By Édouard Manet
Located in Madrid , ES
had two canvases accepted at the Salon in 1861. A portrait of his mother and father, who at the time
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Paintings

Materials

Paint

Sanctuary 1968
By Margie Criner
Located in Nashville, TN
. Batteries included. More information below: MARGIE CRINER – ARTIST STATEMENT I remember spending time in
Category

2010s Modern Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Divan 2, Iconic Danish Vintage Pendant by Simon P. Henningsen for Lyfa in 1962
By Simon Poul Henningsen, Lyfa
Located in Frederiksberg, DK
none of them ever graduated. In 1942 Simon began working with his father, who at this time was the
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Steel

Bernard-Ed. Swebach (1800-1870) - Squire training the horse of King Louis XVIII
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
mix between Carle Vernet and the English equestrian painters of the time, while his father is more a
Category

1810s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Divan 2 (Tivoli Pendant) Simon P Henningsen LYFA 1962, Rare Excellent Condition
By Simon Poul Henningsen, Lyfa
Located in Frederiksberg, DK
Academy of Fine Arts, but none of them ever graduated. In 1942 Simon began working with his father, who
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Chrome, Steel

A Window to the Sea, oil painting by Renato Meziat
Located in Nantucket, MA
Music in Boston. On the transformation from musician to painter, Meziat says, “By that time my father
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Chinese Qing Cinnabar Stool
Located in New York, NY
in China at the Peking Union Medical College, and attended the Peking American School during the time
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture

Qing Dynasty Lacquered Barrel Stool with Incised Decoration
Located in New York, NY
the time of his father's service and study in China. After a successful career in the military, he was
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese End Tables

Qing Dynasty Cinnabar Stool
Located in New York, NY
the time of his father's service and study in China. After a successful career in the military, he was
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Stools

Antique Russian Malachite Pietra Dure Jewelry Box, Casket, Box
Located in South Coast, CA
time of Tzar Nicholas II, and so in the time of his father, Alexander III, the Tsar under whose
Category

Antique 19th Century Russian Boxes

Elgin Gold Filled Pocket Watch with Up-Down Indicator, circa 1928
By Elgin
Located in West Hollywood, CA
seconds. 21-jewel 5 adjustments "Father Time" movement, serial number 2.3 million, circa 1928
Category

20th Century Swiss Pocket Watches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Vintage Mounted Taxidermy Salmon
Located in Concord, MA
Just in time for father's day... the one that didn't get away. This Taxidermied Salmon easily hangs
Category

20th Century American Taxidermy

The Helvellyn Range, Lake District National Park
By William Lakin Turner
Located in Preston, GB
. His father was a part-time farmer but he also painted landscapes and had a number of successful
Category

Early 20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Debruce, 1999" Photograph by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Signed and Numbered Print
By Philip-Lorca diCorcia 1
Located in Chicago, IL
disjointed narrative in which the first and last images are of the artist's father but otherwise jumps in
Category

1990s American Post-Modern Photography

President George Washington Autographed Lottery Ticket
Located in Jersey, GB
Founding Fathers. At the time of signing, he had recently married Martha and moved with her to Mount
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Antique 1760s Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

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Find many varieties of an authentic father time available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and bronze, every father time was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a father time — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A father time is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Empire, Georgian and Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made father time over the years, but those crafted by Georges Rouault and Yuri Martinez Ramos are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Father Time?

Prices for a father time can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $975 and can go as high as $31,995, while the average can fetch as much as $4,850.