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By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Beam
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
$540 Sale Price
25% Off
Edge of Kilauea
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Next Eclipse of Green
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Family Sitting at Church, Shaw-Barton Calendar Illustration
By Robert G. Harris
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Dimensions: 27.5" x 19.25"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1960s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prussian Evening
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Vibrations of the Interior
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Totem 1
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Dusk Dore
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
48% Off
Autumn Sunset
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Event Horizon
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Circle Abrupt
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Universal Communication
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Doors
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunset Green Flash
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Did you see the moon tonight
Located in Zofingen, AG
When the sun hits and the moon is shining, when dreams are confusing and the picture in the trees hides my thoughts, you immediately saw these frames
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Do you look for hope in other peoples eyes
Located in Zofingen, AG
God, I'm so lonely. I open the window to get rid of this feeling and hear the sounds of people. The sun and sea don’t make me happy. Stone bird on your grave, it doesn’t bother me at...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
theres nothing left to hold to
Located in Zofingen, AG
From "The Quince" series.A pink room that evokes melancholy. I contemplate a juicy fruit, once my favorite, but now it smells rotten. I'll never get over this. I remember his face, h...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
cant look away
Located in Zofingen, AG
My dreams were especially vivid. I dreamed of us lying together, holding hands. We spoke different languages, but understood each other. Sunlight filtered through the clouds, then th...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
How d i failed to see you
Located in Zofingen, AG
Even though the world outside looks like paradise, it looks like prison bars for me. I have nowhere to go. I give you a bowl with a skull and tell you that this is my breakfast. You ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Сover the long way
Located in Zofingen, AG
After a long way, I always want to smile. This is the end of an old way and the beginning of some new, completely unknown one. The memories will not disappear anywhere and will alway...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Moka with Pink, Green and Ochre
By Kenny Harris
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Whiskey Glass 1
By Kenny Harris
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Whiskey Glass 2
By Kenny Harris
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Southern California Impressionist Landscape - listed artist Miriam Thornber 1934
Located in Baltimore, MD
the coast near San Diego. The painting is oil on board and measures 20” x 24”. With the original gilt
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Seine in Winter
, School of Paris, Tonalist, Snowy French Landscape, Mood
By Charles Gordon Harris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Seine in Winter' by Charles Gordon Harris.
School of Paris, Tonalist, Snowy French Landscape
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
Surreal Cityscape
, National Academy of Design, San Francisco Museum of Art
By Daniel Albert Harris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953".
A
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Corvette, A Corgi, 19th Century by K Harris (English 19th Century)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Century English portrait of Corvette A Corgi, oil on canvas by K Harris. Excellent quality and condition
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nightgale" Surreal Still Life in a Blue Landscape style of Yves Tanguy and Dali
Located in Soquel, CA
Life Paintings, 11 July-7 August 1965, no. 25.
Second: San Diego, Orr's Gallery, Kennard Harris: Trompe
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Stretcher Bars
Fossil Air
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Above the Beach
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Samuel Hyde Harris.
"Above the Beach" c. 1940s
Oil on Board
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
Cranberry Bog, Bennet
s Store, Duxbury, MA
By Greg Frank Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This richly-colored plein air painting is by the noted American artist Greg Frank Harris (1953
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Along the River
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Samuel Hyde Harris.
"Along the River" c. 1930s
Oil on Board
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
Lone Pine (Cottonwoods)
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Samuel Hyde Harris.
"Lone Pine (Cottonwoods)" c. 1940s
Oil
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
Arroyo Grove, c. 1940s
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Pasadena, CA
in Alhambra, Harris made use of vibrant greens, the color of spring. He created the painting en plein
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Masonite
Beach Girl
By T.S. Harris
Located in Woodmere, OH
Original Oil Painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,500
The Swimmer
By T.S. Harris
Located in Woodmere, OH
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$26,000
Prior- Hamblin School Portraits of John
Sally Eaton, Parents of A.H. Harris
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of 19th century Prior-Hamblin School oil on paperboard portraits, identified as John
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Autumn II
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
. Harris's paintings employ a progressive composition, pushing the viewers eye to an unexpected place. He
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
East Indian (Impressionist Figure)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Marian D. Harris (1904-1988). East Indian, 1925. Oil on artist's board, 9 x 12 inches; 12 x 15
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Une Femme
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Une Femme
Oil on canvas, mounted on Masonite, 1965
Signed and dated lower right
Titled lower right
Category
1960s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Nude in front of light house, Lake Erie)
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Nude in front of light house, Lake Erie)
Oil on board, 1970
Signed and dated lower right
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Mid-Century Oil Paintings by Harris Strong
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of original mid-century oil paintings from Harris Strong.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Decorative Art
Materials
Canvas
Les Fruits 2
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Fruits 2
Oil on masonite, 1967
Signed and titled lower right (see photos)
Signed with the
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Fruits 2
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Fruits 2
Oil on masonite, 1967
Signed and titled lower right (see photos)
Signed with the
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Albert Harris (American 1913 - 1991); Coming Home; oil on canvas;
By George Albert Harris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Albert Harris(1913-1991) was a native of San Francisco, California. He received his college
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting on board
By Robert E. Harris
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Signed and dated oil on board. Artist Robert E. Harris, dated December 1964. Artist moved to Paris
Category
Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Materials
Board
$7,400
Kamala Harris
By Paul Richard
Located in New York, NY
plays with the public’s general inattentiveness to their urban surroundings by painting on the city’s
Category
2010s Street Art Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emmylou Harris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jenny Scobel
Emmylou Harris, 2003
Graphite, wax and oil on wood.
24 x 24 inches
Jenny Scobel
Category
Late 20th Century Gothic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Wax, Oil, Graphite
Harris Creek
By Bruce Everett
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Bruce Everett’s landscapes in oil are characterized by bold and often dark compositional forms
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Days Original, Oil on Board, Signed bottom right, polo ponies, summer,
By Deborah Harris
Located in London, GB
Harris, A.S.E.A, was born in Warwickshire in 1973, and having moved extensively is now settled in
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Indian Summer Original Oil paint on canvas colours vibrant lilac orange green
By Deborah Harris
Located in London, GB
Harris, A.S.E.A, was born in Warwickshire in 1973, and having moved extensively is now settled in
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hounds Please! Oil paint on canvas high energy piece, excellent review, dogs,
By Deborah Harris
Located in London, GB
Harris, A.S.E.A, was born in Warwickshire in 1973, and having moved extensively is now settled in
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mediterranean Sun" 20th Century Oil
By Sam Hugh Harris
Located in San Francisco, CA
Entitled Mediterranean Sun, this 20th century oil on canvas portrait is by artist, poet and writer
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Smart As Paint Original Oil paint canvas board morning tacking up, hunter
By Deborah Harris
Located in London, GB
Harris, A.S.E.A, was born in Warwickshire in 1973, and having moved extensively is now settled in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Storm Dog I
By Philip Harris
Located in London, GB
Storm Dog I is part of a series of three paintings by Philip Harris, named Storm Dog I, II and III
Materials
Aluminum
Flower Market
By Greg Harris
Located in La Jolla, CA
picture studios including Columbia Pictures' purchase of eleven paintings for the film "Annie". Harris
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$16,500
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- 1stDibs ExpertMay 3, 2024Jan van Eyck is widely considered by art historians to be the father of oil painting. While the usage of oil paints dates back to 7th-century China, the Flemish painter popularized the material, using oils to produce highly detailed works such as The Arnolfini Portrait. The Northern Renaissance master also influenced many other artists, such as Hugo van der Goes and Gerard David. Shop an assortment of fine art on 1stDibs.
- 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.
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Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. - Did Dali use oil paint?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Dali did indeed use oil paint. Although he used oil paints in the traditional method, he would at times add natural resin or linseed oil to play with fluidity and texture. You can shop a selection of Salvador Dali’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Varnishing an oil is not necessary, but it is recommended because it protects the painting and corrects surface irregularities.
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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.
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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- How much do oil paintings cost?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To find the artist of an oil painting, look on the back of the canvas. Sometimes, you will find the artist’s name and the year of production on the back. If the canvas is in a frame, gently peel away the paper covering the back to access the canvas. In the event you cannot find any identifying information, seek the help of a licensed art appraiser. Shop a selection of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024Yes, oil paintings darken over time. As oil paint is made of pigment particles, the range of substances that are used as pigment in oil paint can render certain colors susceptible to aging. Slowing the aging process for an oil painting involves storing your painting properly and keeping the work out of exposed sunlight. Temperature control and humidity are also important in preserving the life of an oil painting and slowing the aging process.
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.
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.
Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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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.