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"Big and Little", Randall Browning, Pop Art Still-life, 48x40 in., Original Oil
By Randall Browning
Located in Dallas, TX
scale of the paintings helps people focus on the incredible variety and subtlety of apparently common
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Coral Triptych", Randall Browning, Pop Art Still-life, 40x85 in., Original Oil
By Randall Browning
Located in Dallas, TX
scale of the paintings helps people focus on the incredible variety and subtlety of apparently common
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cold Wind Through Clenched Teeth
Located in San Diego, CA
paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
No Escape from Nature
Located in San Diego, CA
experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
large 5
Located in San Diego, CA
portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Future Shadow
Located in San Diego, CA
light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Light Decaying
Located in San Diego, CA
light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
Clones of Clones
Located in San Diego, CA
of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Undersky
Located in San Diego, CA
of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
Duncan MacDonald Johnson A cottage garden in Monmouthshire Original Landscape Ar
By Duncan MacDonald Johnson
Located in Deddington, GB
Duncan MacDonald Johnson
A Cottage Garden in Monmouthshire
Original Landscape Painting
Watercolour
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
From the Sound of Arisaig, Winter Storm, Duncan MacDonald Johnson, Welsh Artist
By Duncan MacDonald Johnson
Located in Deddington, GB
Duncan MacDonald Johnson
From the Sound of Arisaig, Winter Storm
Original Landscape Painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings ...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
RHUDDLAN CASTLE, 20th Century Art-Deco (Artwork for Travel Poster)
By Norman Wilkinson
Located in London, GB
between the illusion of space and depth. Adding the cattle to the painting helps to give a sense of scale
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with watermelon
Located in Zofingen, AG
magic of the moment. Painting helps to do this.
The label on the wine is a linocut made by the artist
Category
2010s Aesthetic Movement Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with a Blue Bottle
Located in Oslo, NO
investment in the future. If desired, we can help with framing the painting.
The gallery presents the Swiss
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sun Setting Over Mwnt and A Cottage Garden in Monmouthshire
By Duncan MacDonald Johnson
Located in Deddington, GB
more deeply as I do so. I feel that this way of working helps to
infuse the paintings with a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Broken paper towel Julien Wolf Contemporary art drawing expressionnist outsider
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
streaks of color in his retinas.
Then, lingering for a moment in front of the artist's paintings, one
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Come back Julien Wolf Contemporary art drawing expressionnist outsider colour
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
streaks of color in his retinas.
Then, lingering for a moment in front of the artist's paintings, one
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Hula Hoop Julien Wolf Contemporary art drawing expressionnist pastel outsider
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
streaks of color in his retinas.
Then, lingering for a moment in front of the artist's paintings, one
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Pinned Hat and The Bather, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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At the Show
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
the (then) highly esteemed Arthur B. Davies to help arrange the show. Myer’s paintings are an
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
March Rain in Paris, Oil Painting
By Warren Keating
Located in San Francisco, CA
the immediacy of the moment. Warren hopes this expressive painting helps the viewer to rediscover the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Morning on the East Side
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
1913, working with Walt Kuhn to get the (then) highly esteemed Arthur B. Davies to help arrange the
Category
1910s Figurative Prints
Materials
Color, Etching
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Bathers, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Washerwomen, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Washerwomen, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
master whose radiant color harmonies, sensual brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Santa Fe Plaza at Sunset, Oil Painting
By Warren Keating
Located in San Francisco, CA
brushwork, he conveys the immediacy and passion of the moment. He hopes this expressive painting helps the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Pinned Hat, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Pinned Hat, Color State, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Pinned Hat, Black State, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Renoir Turned to the Left, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"SHURA (stripes)" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
By Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
, filling it with magic and comfort.
With the help of the fancy paintings, the sculpture obtains a light and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"SHURA CROSS BW" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
By Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
magic and comfort.
With the help of the fancy paintings, the sculpture obtains a light and entertaining
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"SHURA CROSS" Ceramic Sculpture 10" x 6.5" inch by Grigorii Gorkovenko
By Grigorii Gorkovenko
Located in Culver City, CA
magic and comfort.
With the help of the fancy paintings, the sculpture obtains a light and entertaining
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Oriflammes
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Manchester, GB
surfaces, and raw, expressionistic brushstrokes and helped expand the boundaries of painting in the 20th
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Standing Bather, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Odalisque, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Maternity, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Louis Valtat, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Richard Wagner, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mother and Children, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Renoir Writing, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Auguste Renoir, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Children Playing with a Ball, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Seated Nude Woman, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pierre with Three Sketches, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman with Vine Branch, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman with Vine Branch, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman with Vine Branch, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman with Vine Branch, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Woman with Vine Branch, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Ambroise Vollard, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Child with a Biscuit, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of a Woman, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Jeanne Baudot, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
brushwork, and joyful depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pierre Renoir, Frontal Portrait, 1951 (after)
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Southampton, NY
depictions of life helped transform the course of painting. Born in Limoges, France, into a modest family
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
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