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The Accumulation of Time by Wataru Hanato - Tan
Located in Asheville, NC
think I am good at painting simple, with a soft touch, and using my washi gives a special vibration to
Category

2010s Japanese Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Element of church decoration, Pinnacle transformed into a lamp
By Societé anonyme francaise
Located in TARBES, FR
destroyed or burned for lack of maintenance, a change of taste or simple necessity. Paintings by artists
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Floor Lamps

Materials

Wood

Henrietta M.
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
making pointed political statements about American society. The words in his painting are usually simple
Category

1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

December Afternoon
By Grant Wood
Located in Missouri, MO
. From that time, his paintings had a simple innocence and fantasy that transported the viewer into
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pont Neuf – Paris original etching signed by Ernest D. Roth, bridge Seine
By Ernest David Roth
Located in Milwaukee, WI
concentrated on painting simple architectural views, people rarely were included in his scenes. His works are
Category

1910s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Etching

Vintage Tom Wesselmann Avant-Garde ‘Magazine’ 1968 (Tom Wesselmann nudes)
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Great American Nudes. Wesselmann’s work increased in scale in the 1970s, as he began painting simple
Category

Vintage 1960s Post-Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Vintage Tom Wesselmann Avant-Garde ‘Magazine’ 1968 (Tom Wesselmann nudes)
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Great American Nudes. Wesselmann’s work increased in scale in the 1970s, as he began painting simple
Category

Vintage 1960s Post-Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

TWO WORLDS, FACES OF THE FUTURE Signed Lithograph, Collage Portrait Starry Night
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
as the preeminent collagist in the U.S. The narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY Hofstra University Art Poster, 1st Edition 1985
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
U.S. The narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and archetypal; ritual, music, and
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

NOAH MEANS - A NEW DAY Hofstra University Art Poster, 1st Edition 1985
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
U.S. The narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and archetypal; ritual, music, and
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

MORNING Signed Lithograph, Interior Scene Black Women, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and archetypal; ritual, music, and family are his
Category

1970s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

THE LAMP Signed Lithograph Black Mother and Child Reading Brown vs. Board of Ed.
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
narrative structure of Bearden’s paintings is simple and archetypal; ritual, music, and family are his
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Memory Tree with memory drops
By Gina Phillips
Located in New Orleans, LA
work. She begins a piece with a simple under-painting in acrylic paint on canvas or muslin…then
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Fabric, Thread

Stars - 8 Pointed
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
perhaps best known for simple, geometric drawings and wall paintings and for his “structures”: modular
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Monoprint

Simple Kindness
By Jeremy Brown
Located in Miami, FL
Jeremy Brown Simple Kindness Original artwork 24 x 24 inches Resin and Paint Contemporary Art
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Paint

Passe Simple
By Ali Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Oil on canvas work. Thick abstract painting-heavy layers of color and texture. Full of movement and
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Simple Exchanges, Rebecca Stern, Abstract Expressionism, Contemporary Painting
By Rebecca Stern
Located in London, England
'Simple Exchanges' by Rebecca Stern - abstract expressionism, mixed media (acrylic, ink, on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Simple Life
By Mark Beck
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
White house with garage near the sea
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Up Plain Simple
By Charlie Bluett
Located in Baltimore, MD
reflected in his latest paintings, Charlie Bluett's art has been driven by his overriding passion for the
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A Simple Case Of Them Or Me
By John Gordon Gauld
Located in New York City, NY
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Simple Elegance" 20th Century Oil
By Rip Matteson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century oil on canvas portrait entitled "Simple Elegance" is by Oakland artist Rip
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Gentle and the Simple
By Charles West Cope
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
This work, "The Gentle and the Simple" was exhibited in the Royal Academy's Annual Exhibition of
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Modern Oil on Board of Two Women by Listed Artist John Cordich
By John Cordich
Located in Plymouth, MA
women in full dress regalia of the time. A modest and simple painting of a modest simple life, some
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Wood

Landscape on glove 3 figurative oil painting football world cup by Polat Tayir
Located in Paris, FR
: originally a simple painting on a cliché, the artist covers his hand with paint, on the spot; a performance
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"I’m basically a simple person" circa 1970s, Rosie Clark
Located in Atlanta, GA
" I’m basically a simple person " Original ink on scratch board. Measures: 7.25? x 6? Rosie
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Simple Monochromatic Fashion Illustration Mid Century Ink
By Marjorie Ullberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-50 ink and graphite on paper fashion illustration is by illustrator Marjorie Ullberg. Ullberg worked for H. Liebes and Neiman Marcus department stores, creating their ad wo...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Graphite

Library #2
By Sherrie Wolf
Located in Boston, MA
describes a large set of simple paintings done by Manet while he was quite ill at the end of his life, of
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Spanish Dancer
By Sherrie Wolf
Located in Boston, MA
describes a large set of simple paintings done by Manet while he was quite ill at the end of his life, of
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

White Peonies with Cherries and Roses dans un Vase
By Sherrie Wolf
Located in Boston, MA
describes a large set of simple paintings done by Manet while he was quite ill at the end of his life, of
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Large Abstract Painting by Artist: Michael Connerley
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This elegant and simple painting commands a sense of strength and stability. Part of what the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

Modernist Painting
Located in Seattle, WA
Brilliant colors and bold shapes come together on this simple yet strikingly graphic painting.
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Canvas

Bucolic Continental Painting
Located in Cincinnati, OH
An elegantly simple and beautiful vintage pastoral painting of Continental origins. Having a
Category

Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Modern Abstract Painting, Signed "Faso"
By Faso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Modern abstract painting with a simple wood and brass frame, signed "Faso." The lower left hand
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20th Century Streamlined Moderne Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Dance - Impressionist Painting, Oil on wood, 21st Century, Mónica Castanys, 2017
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
scenes, obsessed with looking at them and extract their essence to give beauty to simple moments." Oil
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Panel

Alessandro Tofanelli "Pomodori a Seccare"Oil on Canvas Contemporary Art Painting
By Alessandro Tofanelli
Located in San Gimignano, IT
born in Italy in 1959. The act of painting by Alessandro Tofanelli is the age-old mastery of tecnique
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Apples Painting by Stefaan Eyckmans
By Stefaan Eyckmans
Located in Woodbury, CT
century traditional painting. The simple objects in Stefaan's pantings are transformed by his
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21st Century and Contemporary French Paintings

Abstract Painting "Zeno Scam" by Dick Carter
By Dick Carter
Located in Plymouth, MA
frame, laced with yellow/gold tiling. This is a simple yet deep painting, an endless depth of layering
Category

1990s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mid-Century Geometric Painting by Stuart Egnal
Located in Cathedral City, CA
artists signature. The painting has a simple wood surround most likely executed by the artist himself.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

"Pomegranates on Ming Plate, " Painting by Stefaan Eyckmans
By Stefaan Eyckmans
Located in Woodbury, CT
realism with its roots in 17th and 18th century traditional painting. The simple objects in Stefaan's
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Paintings

"Pumpkins on Blue Background" Painting by Stefaan Eyckmans
By Stefaan Eyckmans
Located in Woodbury, CT
roots in 17th and 18th century traditional painting. The simple objects in Stefaan's pantings are
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Paintings

A Bold Abstract Black and White Painting by Tina Bluefield
By Tina Bluefield
Located in Cathedral City, CA
title and the execution go hand in hand with one another. As simple as this painting may seem it is
Category

20th Century American Modern Paintings

Landscape with Houses and Mountains Oil on Canvas Painting by Szentgyorgi Kormel
Located in Atlanta, GA
mountains behind. Simple and efficient, the painting goes straight to the essential. This painting shows the
Category

20th Century Hungarian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

English Original Lynwood Palmer Oil Painting on Canvas "Portrait of a Horse"
Located in Wells, ME
English original oil painting on canvas signed and dated Lynwood Palmer, 1892. "Portrait of a Horse
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Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

Concarneau Harbor Marine Oil on Canvas Painting by Paul André Jean Eschbach
By Paul André Jean Eschbach
Located in Atlanta, GA
simple giltwood frame, the painting is signed 'Eschbach P.' (lower right). Without its frame the canvas
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20th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Pokoj Dla Zofii
By Natalia Wrobel
Located in Solana Beach, CA
inspired by poetry and the gravity underlying simple, everyday moments, her paintings explore the liminal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Clockwork Clyde
By OakOak
Located in New York, NY
simple graffiti and paintings on urban features – often the broken ones – OakOak does what street art
Category

2010s Street Art Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

The Simple Thing Portrait Painting by Alan Fears Pop Art
By Alan Fears
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Acrylic and ink on canvas by Alan Fears, 2016. Measures: H 138 cm x W 102 cm x D 3 cm.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

The Simple Things Portrait Painting by Alan Fears Pop Art Figurative
By Alan Fears
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
was shortlisted for the John Moores Painting prize 2018 and featured on the cover of the summer issue
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nostalgia - abstract, acrylic on canvas, large painting, Abstract Modern Contemp
By Vian Borchert
Located in London, GB
reminiscent of an easier and more simple time. The painting presents and explores the aspects of longing to a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rays of Light
By Dan Russel
Located in Stamford, GB
maturity to his paintings at such a young age already. His simple style of painting trees and woodland
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

A New Voice
By Natalia Wrobel
Located in Solana Beach, CA
inspired by poetry and the gravity underlying simple, everyday moments, her paintings explore the liminal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Sacred Channel
By Natalia Wrobel
Located in Solana Beach, CA
inspired by poetry and the gravity underlying simple, everyday moments, her paintings explore the liminal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Totem V by Natalia Wrobel
By Natalia Wrobel
Located in Solana Beach, CA
inspired by poetry and the gravity underlying simple, everyday moments, her paintings explore the liminal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Totem II by Natalia Wrobel
By Natalia Wrobel
Located in Solana Beach, CA
inspired by poetry and the gravity underlying simple, everyday moments, her paintings explore the liminal
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seeing through Shadows
By Dan Russel
Located in Stamford, GB
maturity to his paintings at such a young age already. His simple style of painting trees and woodland
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bathers in the Reeds
By Elizabeth Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
to work from my gut, mixing the beautiful with the mundane. My paintings are deceptively simple
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Joss Paper Company
By Henry Soulen
Located in Minneapolis, MN
as appearing in The Saturday Evening Post. Framed in a simple, original-to-the-painting wood frame
Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

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