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By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$4,800
Mid Century Abstract -- Fusing and Emerging
By Cornelius
Located in Soquel, CA
Unusual and compelling netherworld abstract painting of circulating and fusing energies by
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ter Ter Ver
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Whistle
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1990s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Top Rond
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,700
Hon Zon Da
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Lier
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
;visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940s New York Interior -- An Evening Scene of Artist and His Wife
Located in Soquel, CA
unusual merit with one painting titled "Sailing" exhibited in the Businessman's Art Club and reproduced in
Category
1940s Ashcan School Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Rue Berton, 16th arrondissement Paris 1950
s
By Claude Loran
Located in Paris, FR
chimneys represented in the painting.
A beautiful unusual representation of the atmosphere at night in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mrs. Guinouard in Her Private Lounge" Framed Late 19th Century Antique Portrait
By Louis Priou
Located in New Orleans, LA
idealized classical portraits. This highly detailed, very accomplished painting is unusual in that it is a
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Aged and the Young
By Edmund Wuerpel
Located in Wiscasset, ME
painting, unusual for a painter of his time living in the Midwest, was likely influenced by Whistler
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Visit au Cafe - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape - Jules Rene Herve
By Jules René Hervé
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
verso and it is most unusual to find a painting that is NOT signed on the back. His work was not copied
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Seine au Pont Neuf - Impressionist Oil, Figures by River - Jules Rene Herve
By Jules René Hervé
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
on the recto and verso and it is most unusual to find a painting that is NOT signed on the back. His
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ballet Dancers - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Interior by Jules Rene Herve
By Jules René Hervé
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Cormon and Jules Adler.
As early as 1910, his work was shown in Paris Salons where his paintings were
Category
1640s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flower Market - Impressionist Oil, Figures in City Landscape by Jules Rene Herve
By Jules René Hervé
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Cormon and Jules Adler. As early as 1910, his work was shown in Paris Salons where his paintings were
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seine in the Snow - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Riverscape by Jules Rene Herve
By Jules René Hervé
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Jules Adler. As early as 1910, his work was shown in Paris Salons where his paintings were described as
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Annecy – Les vieux chevaux - Figurative Impressionist Oil by Jules Rene Herve
By Jules René Hervé
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
. Invariably his work is signed both on the recto and verso and it is most unusual to find a painting that is
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wreckage
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
vistas are folded and unfurled in unusual arrangements; in these paintings, idyllic hills are comprised
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid-Century Modern Forest
By Albert Anderson Clymer
Located in Soquel, CA
a painting to achieve unusual effect in “crazing” or dispersing a coagulation of the color wash
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Hillside Brook
By Birger Sandzen
Located in Soquel, CA
, art history, drawing and painting at Bethany College where he remained on the faculty until 1946
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Nude
By Jacob Kramer
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
painting is fairly unusual for Kramer as he painted very few nudes, and this picture depicts a young lady
Category
Mid-20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
La Contessa (abstract woman portrait)
By Lazzaro Donati
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
up the painting was unusual. Only for his earliest works did Donati use canvas. He painted almost
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel
Paysage Nature - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Paintng by Francis Picabia
By Francis Picabia
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
significant part of his output. He experimented with painting procedures and unusual materials – feather
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
China Unusual Natural Stone "Old Mountain Gap" Painting, Unique #3
Located in South Burlington, VT
"Old Mountain Gap"
A unique Chinese extraordinary natural White and Gray stone painting & with
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Textiles
Materials
Marble
Pair of Folk Painted Panels of Poseidon and Hera
Located in Greenwich, CT
unusual subject matter for naive painting.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Hand Painted in Antique Iron by Mexican Artist
Located in San Diego, CA
the name of the artist.
The iron itself is from the 1920´s
Beautiful decorative painting on an
Category
Mid-20th Century North American American Classical Paintings
Materials
Iron
Maria Szantho, Original Oil on Canvas, Reclining Nude, circa 1930
By Maria Szantho
Located in New York City, NY
original giltwood frame.
Signed: Szantho Maria (1898-1984).
This finely executed painting is an unusual
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Egyptian Revival Paintings
Re Da Ba
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Du to
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,200
Tin Can Sky
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Freckled Eu-go
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wee Dame Lo Lo
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1970s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Reaching for the Stars, " Rare, Stunning Male Nude by Alexander Cañedo
By Alexandro De Canedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
became known for his illustrations for science fiction magazines such as Astounding. This unusual and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Peonies and Star Gaze Lilies
Located in Pasadena, CA
Statement
“I enjoy portraying the natural character of birds, while placing them in unusual settings. In
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Japanese Big Old Calligraphy "LOVE" Hand Painted Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a big calligraphy "Love" signed
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Old "Heart Kokoro" Hand Painted Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a calligraphy Heart -" Kokoro
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japan Old Japanese Tea Scroll "Peacefulness" Hand Painted Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a calligraphy work of art
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japan Old Japanese Tea Scroll "LONGEVITY" Hand Painted Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a calligraphy work of art
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Big Old Calligraphy "BIG DREAMS" Hand Painted Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a big calligraphy "BIG DREAMS
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Old "Heart Kokoro" Hand Painted Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a calligraphy Heart -" Kokoro
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Kimono Beauty
Cat Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on silk scroll of a Japanese Geisha clad Kimono
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Vintage Judaica Ivorine Carving Shtetl Bar Mitzvah Lesson
Located in Surfside, FL
Old Piece of Unusual Judaica with carving and painting in a three dimensional sculptural piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Japanese Old Signed Calligraphy Hand Painted Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on silk scroll of a big calligraphy signed, 20th
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Silk
Japanese Art Deco Silk Pongee Lounge Robe
Located in New York, NY
. The tan ground unusually printed in greens, oranges and and blues imitating Japanese screen painting
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Robes
Hand-Painted Screen, Jan Garncarek
By Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
. Each screen is different and unusual because of the painting created by the artist.
Full brass frame
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Set of 5 Antique Kutani Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Kaiseki Dishes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 5 blue and white dishes. Unusual shape and painting.
All with a fuku mark at
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
Japan Heart "Kokoro" Hand-Painted Scroll, Signed Kubo Kozui, Koyasan abbot
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an unusual and attractive hand painting on paper scroll of a calligraphy Heart -Kokoro
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Paper
Blue Hand Painted Screen, Jan Garncarek
By Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
. Each screen is different and unusual because of the painting created by the artist.
Full brass frame
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Vintage Korean Blue Silk Embroidered Eight Panel Screen, circa 1940s
Located in Austin, TX
ritual vessels. The motif is an unusual take on traditional chaekgeori paintings and perhaps more
Category
Vintage 1940s Korean Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Silk, Paper
Julian Schnabel by Julien Schnabel (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
. He combined representational painting with unusual materials, which he nailed, glued or screwed onto
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Japanese Decorative Panel Printed On Bamboo Wood Frame Faux Bamboo
Located in Prato, Tuscany
effect is unique and unusual, unlike a painting the subject appears to the eye with a pleasant depth of
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Other Prints
Materials
Bamboo, Faux Bamboo
Hand Painted Screen, Jan Garncarek and Ewelina Makosa
By Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
. Each screen is different and unusual because of the painting created by the artist.
Full brass frame
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Eighth Commandment)
By Jane Dickson
Located in New York, NY
techniques. She often explores the aesthetic possibilities of unusual surfaces, painting on Astroturf
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hand Painted Screen, Jan Garncarek and Ewelina Makosa
By Jan Garncarek
Located in Geneve, CH
space. Each screen is different and unusual because of the painting created by the artist.
Made to
Category
2010s Polish Post-Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Composition in Blue
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
is an original work which does not reproduce a painting.
An unusual feature of "Composition in Blue
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Gouache, Screen
Blue Valley Farm
By Birger Sandzen
Located in Missouri, MO
188 Kansas City Art Institute.
Sandzén's style of painting is unusual in its thick and heavy
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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