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Alexander Bazarin - Russian School 2002 Encaustic Painting, Winter
Located in Corsham, GB
Am ethereal and dream like painting in the using the unusual technique of encaustic painting. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique oil painting of lacemakers by the sea in Brittany, France
Located in AIGNAN, FR
France. This very unusual and totally charming painting of three lacemakers in a coastal setting is from
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$783 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage post-impressionist landscape oil painting of a French port
Located in AIGNAN, FR
) entitled, 'Le Petit Port'. This substancial, unusual and captivating landscape oil painting on canvas is
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Poor Widow
s Offer - Oil Painting - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
horizontally and constitutes one of the rare translations in painting of this unusual Gospel passage.
The
Category
17th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
"Cronus Descending" David Hare, Mythological Abstract Surrealist Painting
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
sculptor, the ever-restless Hare took the unusual step of switching to painting. “It wasn’t that I lost
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Cronus Elephant" David Hare, Surrealist Abstract Composition Painting
By David Hare
Located in New York, NY
sculptor, the ever-restless Hare took the unusual step of switching to painting. “It wasn’t that I lost
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Moth Excursion: Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel, Unframed
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
Seascape Watercolor Painting by George Howell Gay (American, 1858-1931)
By George Howell Gay
Located in New York, NY
H. Gay was well known for his watercolor landscapes, seascapes and paintings of rivers and ships
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Warren Wolf Abstract Painting ca
1972
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual large painting on masonite by Warren Wolf (1924 - 2003, American), ca' 1980. Heavy
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Mid Century Modern Dancers Oil Painting; Listed Artist Albert Michini, ca 1970’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
If you have an association with dance, yoga or working out, this unusual modernist painting might
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life Painting Vintage Post-Impressionist Oil On Canvas
Located in AIGNAN, FR
an unusual and stylishly simplistic painting but delightfully charismatic. A ruffled tablecloth and
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$831 Sale Price
20% Off
Southwest Indians at Shore and New Mexican Village, two-sided painting
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present artwork is an unusual example of the paintings of Fritzi Brod. It is painted on both
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Neo-Impressionist Modernist Dog in a Tent Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 11.75 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection of the
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,206 Sale Price
20% Off
Witness the Time, Contemporary art Large Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
features a bizarre tree branch against the sky. The color scheme is unusual, adding to the painting
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Important Modernist Painting By Hilda Altschule 1950
By Hilda Altschule
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual, modernist painting by Hilda Altschule, 1950. Entitled "Orpheus and Euridyce", oil on
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Californian Artist Lorraine Stelzer Resin 3D Panel Sculpture Painting, 1969
By Lorraine Stelzer
Located in Atlanta, GA
beautiful, bright turquoise color palette with silver accents. With its unusual, elongated shape, the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Resin
"Unusual Man, " Oil Pastel Drawing on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Unusual Man" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Kaleidoscope Abstract Still Life Post-Cubist Oil Painting by A. Rigollot
By A. Rigollot
Located in Atlanta, GA
This incredible post-cubist and colorist still life oil on board painting was designed by A
Category
1960s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
An Important Modernist Painting By Hilda Altschule c. 1940s / 1950s
By Hilda Altschule
Located in Buffalo, NY
An unusual, modernist painting by Hilda Altschule, 1950. Entitled "A portrait of a man at a bar
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage fish still life oil painting by French artist Lucie Tullat (1895-1984)
Located in AIGNAN, FR
greys working well together to give a delightful, unusual and animated painting
Medium: Oil on
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique Bird Still Life Oil Painting heron farmhouse hunting scene 1904
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large Antique Hunting Painting still life of a heron. This unusual oil painting on canvas is
Category
Early 1900s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$569 Sale Price
38% Off
"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle
By David Karfunkle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
French Neo-Impressionist Still Life Pointillist Mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
well.
The painting is an unusual example of this much sought after French painters work.
Louis
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,206 Sale Price
20% Off
Barbizon School, French Painting, Atributed to Jules Dupré, Oil on Wood
By Jules Dupré
Located in Montreal, Quebec
unusual for a painting of that period. This work is typical of the landscapes he favored in his earlier
Category
Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
$18,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Vintage Framed Original Oil Painting of Mont-Saint-Michel by French Artist
Located in COLMAR, FR
really worth mentioning the unusual texture of this painting. The artist has enhanced this artwork with
Category
Early 2000s French Streamlined Moderne Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Cuzco School Ex Voto Painting of St. Joseph Holding The Christ Child.
Located in Montreal, QC
Cuzco often has unusual iconography but this painting is perhaps unique. Saint Joseph, his hand
Category
Antique 1850s Peruvian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Barbizon School Painting, Jules Dupré "Landscape by the River", Oil on Canvas
By Jules Dupré
Located in Montreal, Quebec
not signed, which is not in any way unusual for a painting of that period. Jules Dupré lived from 1811
Category
Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$118,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Playboy Artist Leo Jansen Oil Painting of a Nude Girl With a Lion
By Leo Jansen
Located in Tustin, CA
unusual Leo Jansen painting as I have never seen one with a lion. This painting exudes softness and light
Category
Vintage 1970s American Other Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Pendant Light Flower, Italy 1960s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage beautiful pendant lamp made in Italy in the 1960s.
Unusual painting in the form of
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
Child Jesus Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Baby Italian Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
antique frame 78 x 91 cm.
This painting depicts an unusual and pleasant iconographic theme, occasionally
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,311 Sale Price
20% Off
Why Me
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,500
Creek Pea
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Price Upon Request
Jungle Tongue
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Smith Anger
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1990s Modern Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Price Upon Request
Dinner in the 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 Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
The Rat Race Sitting On A Pole
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
On the Edge of Landscape
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1990s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Up Side Down
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird Da
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Early Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting Depicting Deer, Monkeys
Wildlife
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite early and highly unusual Chinese export reverse glass painting from the Qing Dynasty
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paint
$4,716 Sale Price
20% Off
16th C, Biblical, Manner of Joos van Cleve, Madonna with Child, Oil on Panel
By Joos van Cleve
Located in brussel, BE
Attentive observer, may I challenge you to find some unusual elements in this panel painting? One
Category
16th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on panel Green Landscape by Damián Segarra Codina Catalan School
Located in Valladolid, ES
power of attraction of Segarra Codina's painting is so unusual that its reasons must be found in the
Category
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood
Oil on panel blue landscape by Segarra Codina Expressionist Catalan School
Located in Valladolid, ES
power of attraction of Segarra Codina's painting is so unusual that its reasons must be found in the
Category
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood
Jeunesse
Located in London, GB
young lady of this painting epitomises delicateness and youthful femininity. Her rounded face and fair
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
New York Scene, Chatham Square
By Colin Campbell Cooper
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
with the renowned Thomas Eakins. He greatly admired Eakins, whose unusual scientific approach to
Category
1910s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Atelier DeRoux
By Antoine Deroux
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a very unusual vintage oil painting by French artist Antoine DeRoux. “Atelier DeRoux” is
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of The Steam/Sail Ship The Prins Frederik Hendrik.
Located in Jacksonville, FL
full blast. An unusual note is that this painting is on its original canvas and is in extraordinary
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jared Coffin House, Broad St.
By Li Xiao
Located in Greenwich, CT
technical skills. In 1985, his painting Unusual Guests was exhibited in the collection of the Dammark Royal
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Federal Street in Early Fall
By Li Xiao
Located in Greenwich, CT
technical skills. In 1985, his painting Unusual Guests was exhibited in the collection of the Dammark Royal
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Earth and Aquifer" mixed media abstract with textural browns, blues, lavender
By Nancy Eckels
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
highly textured painting. The unusual composition reminds the viewer of a combination of layered earth
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Other Medium
Country Road
Located in New Orleans, LA
not unusual for old paintings. 26"h x 22.5"w (19"h x 16"w unframed)
Proudly presented by Guy Lyman
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
French Character Portrait.
The Cellist. Allegro!
Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
around the figure.
An unusual, expressive and engaging painting with great energy.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$456 Sale Price
43% Off
Bird feeder
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
New England Watercolor by American Artist George Howell Gay
By George Howell Gay
Located in New York, NY
H. Gay was well known for his watercolor landscapes, seascapes and paintings of rivers and ships
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
The Family
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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