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Vintage Oil painting on board Listed Belorussian Artist Korobushkin (1932-2015)
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a rare original signed oil painting on board by Famous Belorussian Artist E.G. Korobushkin
Category
1990s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hudibras Triomphante Hogarth Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Paint Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
.)
The painting is a rare iconographic representation of a scene from the English satirical poem
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,052 Sale Price
20% Off
Saint Michael Archangel Tuscany school 16th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
collectors' level makes our painting extremely rare, if not unique, is the very particular iconography of the
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,263 Sale Price
20% Off
The New Yorker Magazine Cover Art of The Metropolitan Museum
By Charles E. Martin
Located in San Francisco, CA
This especially rare original watercolor painting by American artist Charles E. Martin (1910-1995
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
“Untitled”
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Warren, NJ
Erte Original Gouache Painting Rare And Absolutely Stunning. Made in 1928. Condition is good this
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Pool at the Edge of the Desert
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Jacksonville, FL
people he encountered. This work offers not only a glimpse into a distant world but a rare opportunity to
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
les 3 grâces, 1969 Gouache on Paper, Colorful, Francoise Gilot
By Jacques Potin
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
acid free folder.
Included with the painting is a rare invitation card from an exhibition held at Four
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,400 Sale Price
40% Off
Landscape
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coast: Artists of the 1940s.
Landscape is a rare California Scene oil painting by the little-known, but
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George Ames Aldrich Cottage On A River
By George Ames Aldrich
Located in Dallas, TX
on canvas cottage painting be Aldrich showing a mastery of post impressionism touched by the beauty
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Hudson River Sidewheel Steamer J.M.A.
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
short. He left behind many drawings of steamships but far fewer paintings, and it's rare for his works
Category
1890s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Return Of The Four, All Around Magazine Cover
By Newell Convers Wyeth
Located in Fort Washington, PA
40 x 30 in. Signed indistinctly This rare pulp painting by Wyeth was originally published as the
Category
1910s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cedar Hill"
By George William Sotter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Technology. His paintings often feature large areas of sky filled with clouds and he frequently painted
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Neighbors"
By George William Sotter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
stars. Star-studded skies, although rare in landscape painting, go back at least to 1600 when they
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crows Series, Watercolour on paper, Rare Art by Indian Bengal Artist "In Stock"
By Dipen Bose
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rare Collectible by Bengal School Artist
Artist : Dipen Bose
Medium : Watercolour on paper
Size
Category
1960s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Rare Drawing, Woman with horse, Erotic, Figurative ink , by Padmashree Sunil Das
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Rare Early Drawing III
Pen & Ink on paper 22 x 14 inches
Complimentary shipment in a
Category
1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Crows Series, Watercolour on paper, Rare Art by Indian Bengal Artist "In Stock"
By Dipen Bose
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rare Collectible by Bengal School Artist
Artist : Dipen Bose
Medium : Watercolours on paper
Size
Category
1960s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Jiyagunj : Boat, Rare Drawings, Ink on Paper by Indian Master Artist Indra Dugar
By Indra Dugar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
roll form.
Jiyagunj, Exemplary rare drawings, Ink on paper by Shri Indra Dugar from the Note Book of
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Fish" original finger painting signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is an excellent example of one of Sylvia Spicuzza's rare 'finger paintings': not only is it
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
Rare Early Drawing II, Nude, Figurative, Pen
Ink on paper by Sunil Das
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Rare Early Drawing II
Pen & Ink on paper, 24 x 14 inches
Complimentary shipment in a
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
$4,545 Sale Price
30% Off
Golden Bird. Semi-abstract, horizontal, for modern interior, gray, gold, bird
Located in Oslo, NO
uniqueness of every creative person, who, like a golden bird, is a rare gift of nature.
The painting is
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
SUNSET Large Impressionist GLOUCESTER Oil on Canvas Massachusetts
Located in New York, NY
with frame
oil on canvas
Private Collection New York
Here we have a Rare Large Size Impressionist
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman on a Cliff, Oil on Canvas, Northern Impressionism, Signed, 1905
Located in Stockholm, SE
execution. Few works by him remain in private hands, making this painting not only rare but historically
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Between Storms - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, American Art
Located in Oslo, NO
art · plein air · realism · natural light
"This painting captures a rare calm morning during the
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elbridge Kingsley 19th Century Tonalist Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Elbridge Kingsley: 1842-1918. Listed American artist whose paintings are very rare. He was born in
Category
Late 19th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" (Tulips) 1967 Acrylic on Canvas 1967 84" x 72"
Located in Camden, ME
lost in the 1980s, leaving surviving works of this scale particularly rare.
The painting is in very
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"TEXAS HILL COUNTRY" 1951 WILDFLOWER LANDSCAPE PORFIRIO SALINAS 59 X 49 FRAMED
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
scenes of peasant villages and villagers. Figurative paintings are rare
among Salinas' works and these
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th C, In the Style of the Classicizing Baroque, Biblical, Rebekka and Eliëzer
Located in brussel, BE
less rare. The painting with Rebecca and Eliezer at the well depicts a biblical subject from the Old
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Bay, Porthcurno - Large 19th Century English Landscape of Cornwall Coast
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
artist and dated 1862.
Samuel Phillips Jackson’s early oil paintings are rare and spectacular, and none
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Guitar Player in Recife, Brazil, 1886” Pernambuco Brazilian Coast Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“Guitar Player in Recife, Brazil, 1886” by Ferdinand Piereck (1844-1925)
An extremely rare 19th
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Lady Diana Bruce in Blue Dress
Cut Sleeves c.1660-1670, Peter Lely
By Sir Peter Lely
Located in London, GB
circa 1660-1670, this striking painting offers a rare glimpse into the opulent world of the English
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
of the Venetian academy, for which he painted one of his rare allegorical pictures, “Painting and
Category
Mid-18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Men portrait
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
more intimate sensibility converge. Today, his paintings—though rare—are sought after for the quality
Category
1790s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"MONUMENT VALLEY" LATE 1930s RAREST SUBJECT EVER BY PORFIRIO SALINAS!! DESERT
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
scenes of peasant villages and villagers. Figurative paintings are rare
among Salinas' works and these
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"RED BARN RANCH" 1959 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY LANDSCAPE WILDFLOWERS PORFIRIO SALINAS
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
scenes of peasant villages and villagers. Figurative paintings are rare
among Salinas' works and these
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"El Cordobés" Spain Bullfighter, Matador Action Scene Beautiful Bull Fight
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
scenes of peasant villages and villagers. Figurative paintings are rare
among Salinas' works and these
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled, c. 1990" Large Abstract Color Field Grey White Stripes Louis Vuitton
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptionally rare and large painting by renowned American fashion designer and 80s icon Stephen
Category
Late 20th Century Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Naples with a View of Mount Vesuvius
, Golfo di Napoli
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
.
Giardiello's paintings are relatively rare and are sought after at auction with examples selling above $18,000
Category
Early 1900s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
"Gipsy Musicians"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
European society.
Collectible Value & Condition
A rare example of Baroque genre painting, this work is a
Category
17th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Interior scenes"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
of the period.
Significance and Collectibility
This painting is a rare and museum-worthy example of
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Kerch"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
brushstrokes reveal a combination of academic precision and impressionistic freedom — that rare balance that
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MARGARET THATCHER AND DENG XIAOPING NEGOTIATE THE RETURN OF HONGKONG - Oil Paint
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
17th century. Such references are quite rare in the painting of today and beyond – in art. The search
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of Roses
By Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Located in New York, NY
word "rare", is because the artist has not many painting with "Roses" in a composition, as the same
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Strand on the Green Kew London Watercolour of Historic Riverside House 1949
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
architectural interest. This painting offers a rare 1940s glimpse of the area before modern developments arrived
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cowboys on Horseback, Rodeo
By Denes de Holesch
Located in Surfside, FL
Holesch (1910-1983).this is the original rare oil painting.
Denes de Holesch was an international
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paesaggio classico con figure"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
.
Condition & Collectible Value
This rare large-scale religious painting is in remarkably preserved condition
Category
16th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Gentleman Armour, Blue Cloak, Diamond Brooch c.1700 French Carved Frame
By Joseph Vivien
Located in London, GB
Maximilian Emmanuel's brother at Bonn.
His oil paintings are rare, the most important being the allegory of
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
"Allegorical Bacchic Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
with its time period, but overall well-preserved condition.
This monumental painting is a rare and
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Maria" Portrait of a Girl New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
By Edna Gass
Located in Soquel, CA
New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993).
This portrait is one of rare Monotype paintings by
Category
1930s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Monotype
Where Fire Sleeps: The Bay of Vesuvius
Located in Zofingen, AG
paintings — a rare but essential departure from my primary acrylic, cloisonné-style works. Oil was chosen
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Adoration of the Magi"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
and grandeur.
Collectible Value & Condition
This painting represents a rare opportunity to acquire a
Category
16th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joy flows away
By André Lanskoy
Located in PARIS, FR
black background are very rare are highly valued. The painting is is accompanied by the certificate of
Category
1960s French School Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ensemble of Austrian artists"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
heritage.
A rare and significant work, this painting is an exceptional collector's piece, preserving the
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Guitar Signed 10x8" oil on canvas framed 13x11"
By Kim Simmonds
Located in Southampton, NY
, therefore most of Kim's paintings were acrylic which dry fairly fast, this is one of the rare oil on canvas
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Miniature"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
beautifully preserved period-style frame, this miniature painting is a rare collectible ideal for connoisseurs
Category
19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Jeune Fille Assise - Oil on canvas by Tancrède Synave (1870-1936)
Located in Gent, VOV
of Art Nouveau and the elegance found in Albert Besnard’s paintings.
A rare and striking example of
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ken Gore Nude in a Landscape
By Ken Gore
Located in San Francisco, CA
paintings are very rare. This fabulous nude measures 23 inches wide by 19 1/2 inches high and is an oil on
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Portrait "Reading Stendhal"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures those rare moments of peace when the world makes no demands, and one can
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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