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Pears
By Frances A. Cox
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Frances A. Cox graduated from Marquette University and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited in many state group shows as well as regional juried exhi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Conference Pear
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Conference Pear [2021]
original
Oil on canvas
Image size: H:7 cm x W:5 cm
Complete Size of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bosc by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life Pear
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
This vertical oil on canvas painting by American artist Sharon Hockfield is entitled "Painting With
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prickly Pear Passage
By Linda Ridd Herzog
Located in Napa, CA
and nature around her that she painted her first oil painting at the age of nine and never looked back
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georges Eugene Delhomme (1904-1989) - 20th Century Oil, Sliced Pear
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming depiction of pears and a knife on a red tablecloth.
Signed and dated to the lower right
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with pears. 2021. Oil on canvas, 30x58 cm
By Paulis Postazs
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with pears. 2021. Oil on canvas, 30x58 cm
Hyperrealistic still life with pears on black
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H. Tavernier - 1945 Oil, Still Life of Grapes and Pears
By Hendrick V. Tavernier
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of grapes and pears on a ceramic plate and white tablecloth. The artist uses a
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Pear Trees - French Post Impressionist Oil, Winter Landscape by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful oil on canvas circa 1960 by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pear Still Life
By Malcolm Rains
Located in Montreal, Quebec
harmony and even an austerity in his elegant paintings. Inspired by the Baroque painter Juan Sanchez-Cotan
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Apples and Pears
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Pears and White Roses - Interior Scene: Oil Paint on Canvas
By Ania Pieniazek
Located in London, GB
Of Polish descent and now living in London, Ania Pieniazek creates bold, bright art full of everyday joy and pleasure. Influenced by Gustav Klimt, Paul Gauguin and Zbyslaw Marek Mac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
D
Anjou by Sharon Hockfield, Oil on Canvas Square Abstract Still Life Pear
By Sharon Hockfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
This vertical oil on canvas painting by American artist Sharon Hockfield is entitled "Painting With
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
F. Aufrere - Framed 20th Century Oil, Still Life with Apples
Pears
Located in Corsham, GB
This classic still life painting captures a carefully arranged composition of fruit and wine on a
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Still Life with Pears and Pineapple" - Framed Mid-Century Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
-Impressionist style painting. It includes a pineapple, traditional symbol of hospitality, along with pears and a
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Covered in Comics, " Oil painting
By Kelly Birkenruth
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Covered in Comics" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pear
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pears - vivid detail, realist, fruit, food, still-life, oil on canvas
By Ciba Karisik
Located in Bloomfield, ON
intimate oil painting on canvas by Ciba Karisik. In addition to the skillful use of trompe l'oeil, the
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mini Pear
By Rachel Personett
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A miniature oil painting of a yellow pear on its side.
Painting dimensions: 2.88 x 3 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
F. M. Pearson - French School Mid 20th Century Oil, Cubist Pears
Located in Corsham, GB
A very wonderful mid-century still life depicting 3 pears set against a cubist backdrop. Original
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Dutch Pears- 21st Century Contemporary Realistic Still-life Painting
By Kees Blom
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Old Dutch Pears
90 x 90 cm 2022
Oil on panel
The painting is framed in an handmade white gold
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Orchard Pears
By Barbara Vanhove
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
paintings.
Barbara was born in Watermael Boitsfort, Belgium, on the 12th of February 1974.
She grew up with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Fine 20th century European Signed Oil-Still life Yellow Flowers Vase
Pears
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
blue vase and pears.
Medium: large oil painting on canvas, framed, signed.
Size: painting: 20 x 24
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Pinky Blush Pear 2, Original Painting, Still Life, Fruit Art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pinky Blush Pear 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dani Humberstone, Pear, Original Still Life Painting, Food Art, Kitchen Art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Dani Humberstone
Pear
Original oil painting, still life, fruit
Oil paint on canvas
Sheet/Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pears And Blueberries, Kate Verrion, Original Painting, Fruit Still Life Artwork
By Kate Verrion
Located in Deddington, GB
Pears and Blueberries [2021]
original
Oil on Oil paper
Image size: H:15 cm x W:20 cm
Complete
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chris Britton - Signed
Framed 2009 Oil, Apples and Pears with Orchid
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright potent palette is used to depict a still life to glorious Fauvist-esque effect.
Signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner.
Well presented in a white wooden frame.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chris Britton - Signed
Framed 2009 Oil, Apples and Pears with Orchid
Located in Corsham, GB
A bright potent palette is used to depict a still life to glorious Fauvist-esque effect.
Signed and dated in the bottom right-hand corner.
Well presented in a white wooden frame.
On ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naturalistic Vanitas Fruit Still Life Painting of Grapes, Pears, and Apples
By Oliver Clare
Located in Houston, TX
Still life oil painting with grapes, pears, and apples. Set within a gold frame and plated with
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Janine Aghion (1894-1982) - 1956 Oil, Pears in a White Bowl
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the reverse. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening Rose, Interior Painting Botanical Still Life, Pink, Orange Tulips, Pears
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
tea cups, alluding to the enjoyment of an afternoon of tea with friends. This oil painting on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bowl with Pear
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sumptuous still life pear and silver bowl in purple and green, from David Shevlino, whose sensuous
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jan Hoogsteyns (b. 1935) - Belgian 1972 Oil, Modernist Still Life with Pears
By Jan Hoogsteyns
Located in Corsham, GB
A minimalist modern still life of pears by the well listed Belgian artist Jan Hoogsteyns, signed
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pocket Conference Pear
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Conference Pear by Dani Humberstone [2021]
original
Oil paint on Canvas
Image size: H:7 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pear and Tangerine
By James Del Grosso
Located in Wellesley, MA
;Pear and Tangerine, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 30 Inches, is an elegant, dramatic, very realistic still
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tulips and Pear
By Anne Harney
Located in Edgartown, MA
imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings usually follow me into the studio
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Pears
Located in Los Angeles, CA
two wars he executed a number of vast paintings and exhibited at the highly celebrated Ecole de Paris
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pitchers and Pears
By Kathi Blinn
Located in Westport, CT
subject matter (silverware and green pears) in this eye-catching work by Kathi Blinn.
Kathi Blinn has
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bluebells and Pears
By Anne Harney
Located in Edgartown, MA
imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings usually follow me into the studio
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Prickly Pear Cactus in Bloom"
By Dawson Dawson-Watson
Located in San Antonio, TX
: Oil Dated 1934 "Blooming Prickly Pear"
Biography
Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939) was a
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Leon Effinger (1892-1967) - Early 20th Century Oil, Still Life of Pears
Grapes
Located in Corsham, GB
This wonderful still life painting features an arrangement of fresh fruit including pears, grapes
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Mid 20th Century Oil, A Study Of Pears
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming still life study depicting harvested pears in a rustic bowl. Signed to the lower right
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pears and Pomegranates
By Mark Lijftogt
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
techniques and classical painting.
It was not long until he transformed his home into a studio and paid daily
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life with Pear
By Sydney Licht
Located in New York, NY
Oil on panel
Materials
Oil
L. Jean (British school) - 19th century still life painting - Birds and pears
Located in Varmo, IT
x 71.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame.
- Work signed and dated on
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English oil of still life of fruit, pigeons, apples, pears grapes
By CHARLES THOMAS BALE
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English oil of still life of fruit, pigeons, apples, pears grapes.
Charles Thomas
Category
1890s Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Post-Impressionist Yellow and Green Still Life of Pears and Plums Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Post-Impressionist abstract painting of a still life that incorporates golden pears and blue-toned
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Pears Oil on Canvas by, N.Y. Artist Steven Klein.
Located in Bellport, NY
A Magnificent painting of three very shapely pears oil on canvas with wood frame.
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life with Pears
By Robert Kulicke
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist still life with pears and a bowl by Robert Kulicke (1924 - 2007). Oil on board, circa
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Pear
Located in Astoria, NY
William Wetzel (American, XX), Still Life with Pear, Oil on Canvas, 1920s, signed and marked "Weber
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pears Pottery Purple Cloth
By Janet Rickus
Located in Lincoln, MA
Janet Rickus is meticulous in her approach to the still life compositions she renders in oil on
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Still Life painting, apple, pear jug by Paul Weiss (1896-1961)
Located in AIGNAN, FR
French vintage still life oil painting on cardboard by Paul Weiss (1896-1961), signed in the bottom
Category
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bosc Pears and Pottery
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Still life paintings by Janet Rickus focus on creative juxtapositions of colorful porcelain dishes
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Peaches, Pear and Plum”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is one of a pair of small oil on canvas still life paintings by the
Category
1940s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blooming Prickly Pear" Catcus Yellow Green Orange
Located in San Antonio, TX
Betty Rhodes "Blooming Prickly Pear" Cactus Yellow Green Orange
Image Size: 11.5 x 15.5
Frame Size
Category
1680s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nice oil on canvas of three pears illegibly signed dated 1986
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice still life oil on canvas illegibly signed and dated 1986. very well rendered the oil is
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Eric Cederberg, Listed Swedish Artist, Still Life with Pears, Oil on Canvas
Located in København, Copenhagen
Eric Cederberg, listed Swedish artist. Still life with pears.
Oil on canvas.
Signed.
Measures
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Modern Paintings
"Blooming Prickly Pear Cactus" Texas Hill Country Landscape
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
Artist
Image Size: 20 x 24
Frame Size: 28 x 32
Medium: Oil
"Blooming Prickly Pear"
Porfirio Salinas was
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas Signed Igor Galamin Pears and Pearls on a Tray
By Igor Galanin
Located in Manhasset, NY
Oil on canvas signed Igor Galamin pears and pearls on a tray.
Igor Galanin began as an artist
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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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 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.
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2024Yes, sunlight affects oil paintings. Keep your oil paintings away from direct sunlight.
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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 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.
- 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.
- 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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