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Views of Madagascar , French School
Located in London, GB
and glazed with anti-reflective museum quality glass. The reverse side of the original painting
Category

1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Red Panda with Sketchbook" Contemporary Surrealist Watercolor on Paper
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
22"x30" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse. In this contemporary surrealist painting, a red
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Moment
By Jesse Lambert
Located in New York, NY
30"x30" ink and watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by artist. This painting is
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

View #4
By Jesse Lambert
Located in New York, NY
30"x30" ink and watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by artist. This painting is presented
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Shelves
By Jesse Lambert
Located in New York, NY
30"x30" ink and watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by artist. This painting is presented
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

View #2
By Jesse Lambert
Located in New York, NY
30"x30" ink and watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by artist. This painting is presented
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Phobos
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
watercolor on paper, available framed in a natural wood, shadowbox frame. Signed on reverse This
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
glazed. It is signed on the reverse of the painting. Please view the many images accompanying this
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil

Untitled
Untitled
$4,381 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled II
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
. It is signed on the reverse of the painting. Please view the many images accompanying the listing
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil

Untitled II
Untitled II
$2,738 Sale Price
50% Off
Dinosaur Me Baby
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
possibly even a dinosaur. This piece has been newly framed and glazed. It is signed on the reverse of the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil

Dinosaur Me 
Baby
Dinosaur Me 
Baby
$3,080 Sale Price
50% Off
A fine reverse glass silhouette of H.M.S.s Marlborough, Foudroyant and Lee
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This reverse glass painting shows the silhouettes of three British naval ships of the line within a
Category

Antique 1860s English Nautical Objects

Materials

Glass

Donna Con Capo Fiorito - Original Mixed Media Framed Figurative Artwork
By Giuseppe Beddru
Located in Los Angeles, CA
pictorial subjects are represented through ink-based mixed media, applied via reverse painting techniques
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Plexiglass, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Spectacular jardiniere flower vase, blue delilcate enamel painting, 1890s France
Located in Wien, AT
calla lilies. There is also a floral motif on the reverse. The painting is done with enamel paints and
Category

Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Enamel

Jean Després and Étienne Cournault French Modernist "Bijoux-Glace" Ring
By Jean Despres
Located in New York, NY
the 1920s. Moreover, he was the premier practitioner of the rarified technique of reverse painting on
Category

Early 20th Century French Modernist Fashion Rings

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Edward Marecak “Flying the Kite of Happiness” 1970 Abstract Figurative Painting
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
abstraction” style. The work is signed by the artist, titled, and dated on the reverse. This painting remains
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Photography

Materials

Acrylic

Original Paul Rusconi Painting of Famous Pop-Culture Skateboarder, Paul Cardiel
By Paul Rusconi
Located in Tustin, CA
. Reverse of painting bears the artists metal plaque stating that the work of art is authentic, unique and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass

English Low Cocktail or Coffee Table with Chess Board Top
Located in Austin, TX
An English low coffee or cocktail table with a games top, featuring a square reverse faux marble
Category

20th Century English Game Tables

Materials

Wood, Mirror, Paint, Glass

Banksee (rare 3D hand painted multiple)
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Aventura, FL
. “When the principles of perspective are reversed and solidified into sculpted paintings, something
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Ink

Antique American Classical Empire First Finish Eglomise Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Big Flats, NY
significance. The eglomise technique involves painting on the reverse side of glass, adding a unique artistic
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Classical Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Large Peter Keil Sunburst Wall Sculpture in Painted Metal, Signed, 36" Diameter
By Peter Keil
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Keil was actively creating metal wall sculptures alongside his paintings. The reverse reveals the raw
Category

Late 20th Century German Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Rare Aztec Colonial Polychromed Wood Sculpture! Holy Imagene Bultos Santos Icons
Located in Peoria, AZ
. The painting on the reverse shows Aztec line work, patterns and coloring. This work is in amazing
Category

Antique 17th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Wood

"Liberty In the Form of the Goddess of Youth" Stipple Engraving, E. Savage, 1796
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
sophisticated Chinese import reverse glass paintings. The 1796 “Liberty” engraving itself is considered rare
Category

Antique 1790s American Federal Prints

Materials

Paper

17th Century Sterling Silver Reliquary
Located in Madrid, ES
: Sterling silver, hand-painted glass Technique: Reverse glass painting (verso painting) Dimensions: 6 x 4
Category

Antique 17th Century Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Liegender Weiblicher Akt Mit Kuh Und Ziege Expressionist Woodcut
By Heinrich Campendonk
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
-tale-like mood. He created works using the technique of reverse glass painting. In 1926, the artist was
Category

1910s Blue Rider Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Regency Carved Giltwood Pier Mirror Eglomisé Panel Trumeau
Located in Cheltenham, GB
visible through the flaking of the reverse glass painting.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Regency Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Mid-Century Painted Glass Inlaid Peacock Tray with Handles
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fantastic MCM chrome and nickel peacock reverse glass painting tray. This tray is a very versatile
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Nickel

An Italian Eglomise Painted Glass Top and painted/Gilt wood Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
oval reserve depicting a softly rendered sky scene, executed in reverse glass painting technique
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Paris Porcelain Fire Gilt Painted Medieval Tableau Scene Urn C. 1815-1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
, enhancing the romantic and moralizing tone characteristic of early 19th-century porcelain narrative painting
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Beautiful Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Lamp
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
decorations, the front scene is of a reclining maiden among flowers being attended by cupid, the reverse a
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vases

Materials

Bronze

Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Model "Feuille d Or - Caravelle", Swiss 1965
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
wear to the gilding. The illustrations are reverse glass paintings and are therefore completely
Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Large French Style Verre Eglomise Gold Leaf Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
Verre Eglomise is a French style of reverse glass gilding and painting developed in the 18th
Category

20th Century Bohemian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Glass, Paint

Peter Astrom, "Untitled 1", Abstract Expressionist Photo Collage Print
By Peter Astrom
Located in New York, NY
Astrom at bottom right margin, and New York 2010 bottom left. Original lack acrylic painting on reverse
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

Snake - Acrylic silkscreen ink on canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
color relationships. These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ying - Acrylic Silkscreen Ink on Canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
color relationships.  These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Garden - Acrylic silkscreen ink on canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
color relationships.  These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Doozie - Acrylic silkscreen ink on canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs within interior spaces. Rather
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Exceptional and Unusual Pair of Porcelain Cerulean and Ormolu Urns
Located in New York, NY
Double sided porcelain urns with genre scenes and still life paintings on their reverse. The piece
Category

Antique 19th Century Rococo Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Zen - Acrylic silkscreen ink on canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
color relationships.  These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Reflection - Acrylic silkscreen ink on canvas
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
color relationships.  These new paintings, however, reverse the usual role of patterned designs
Category

2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Adam Bartlett, My little Friends, Mixed Media Art, Art Abstract Art
By Adam Bartlett
Located in Deddington, GB
Friends is an original painting by Adam Bartlett. A mixed media abstract study on reverse glass. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Mid-Century Modernist Labarge Gilt Eglomise Brass Mirror signed J. Jacobusse
Located in New York, NY
materials, this mirror features a hand-painted motif in Gilt Eglomise, a process involving painting on the
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Pair of French Porcelain Art Nouveau Portrait Urns, Gilt Bronze Mounted C. 1900
Located in Houston, TX
, sides and the reverse Sides. The paintings of the faces is extremely well done. The urn portion
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
Classical gods and goddesses reclining in a celestial setting. Classical ruins are shown on the reverse. The
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Ormolu

Japanese Porcelain Charger Plate Finely Hand Painted, Edo Period Circa 1840
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
bushes having a distinctive Kakiemon style, with high quality painting. The reverse of the charger is
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

View of St. John’s Cathedral, Antigua
Located in New York, NY
foreground (Fig. 3). According to an inscription on the reverse of the canvas, this painting was completed
Category

19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in Gold - Framed Mixed Media Figurative Portrait Original Artwork
By Giuseppe Beddru
Located in Los Angeles, CA
subjects are represented through ink-based mixed media, applied via reverse painting techniques inspired by
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Plexiglass, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Chinese reverse painting
Located in New York, NY
Chinese reverse painting of a young lady Ca 1890
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

18th.Century reverse painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
!8th.Century reverse painting from Nurnberg, Germany, Signed right under FG. It represents the
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Louis XVI Paintings

18th Century German Reverse Painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
18th.Century Nurnberg(Germany) reverse painting. Photiphar s wife, accused Joseph of raping.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier German Louis XV Paintings

Materials

Wood, Glass

Two Chinese Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in New York, NY
Good quality Chinese reverse paintings on glass, late 19th century wood frames.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

Antique Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass in Wooden Frame
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Pair of Mid 19th Century Reverse Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Mid 19th Century reverse paintings on glass with Early 19th Century carved and gilded
Category

Antique 19th Century Paintings

Pair of French Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in St.amford, CT
Pair of French Reverse Paintings on Glass, each depicting unusal outdoor farm scenes, in vibrant
Category

Vintage 1930s French Paintings

Materials

Paint, Glass

Spanish Reverse Painting Our Lady of Sorrows
Located in Cookeville, TN
We are offering a Northern Spain religious reverse painting on glass depicting “Our Lady of Sorrows
Category

Antique 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Paintings

Materials

Paint

Late 19th Century Q ing Dynasty Double Sided Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19th century Q'ing Dynasty framed double sided reverse painting on glass in original carved
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

Materials

Glass

Venters 2, Rosa Galindo, 2019, Mixed media, Reverse painting on Plexiglas
Located in Calella de Palafrugell, Girona
. Experimenting with the possibilities of different techniques and materials, he usually uses the reverse painting
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Mixed Media

REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS(Swedish)
Located in Washington Depot, CT
A 19th.century painting of Stockholm,Sweden. Frame might be original.
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Paintings

Materials

Wood, Glass

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Find many varieties of an authentic reverse painting available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, wood and paint, every reverse painting was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the reverse painting you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right reverse painting, those designed in Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Folk Art styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one reverse painting that is appealing in its simplicity, but Andrzej Galek, Wesley Johnson and C. Oakley produced versions that are worth a look.

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Questions About Reverse Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Reverse painting is a method of glass art. The artist paints the back of a glass panel so the finished work can be seen from the opposite side. The technique is centuries old and pieces can be found in a variety of art styles. Browse a selection of reverse painted pieces on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The first step in reverse glass painting is to select your design and to transfer it to a pane of glass. From there you can paint in your design. Once the paint is dry and set, you can proudly display your artwork from the unpainted side that will have no exposed paint and will be less prone to chipping.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Reverse painting on glass is called verre églomisé. The term gets its name from the 18th-century decorator Jean-Baptiste Glomy who became famous for his reverse-painted glass prints. On 1stDibs, you can shop a collection of verre églomisé furniture and jewelry.