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Joyce
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
works that are by turns realistic, whimsical, and surrealistic. Her paintings are frequently
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

S.G.W.
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
works that are by turns realistic, whimsical, and surrealistic. Her paintings are frequently
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Scale Abstract Oil on Canvas “Life is Man’s Best Friend (not a dog), ”
By Mark Masyga
Located in New York, NY
creating a whimsical feel to this abstract painting by the New York artist, Mark Masyga. Mark Masyga
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Graphite

Lost in the Palace
By Evan Stuart Marshall
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This award-winning, quirky, whimsical abstract painting tells a story. We are
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Adrienne x 2
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
drawings and oil paintings, June Glasson creates works that are by turns realistic, whimsical, and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Pair of French Character Portraits, Blue and Brown Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
paintings. These whimsical pair are expressive portraits, perfect together and a brilliant way to inject
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Pair of French Character Portraits, Brown and Navy Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
paintings. These whimsical pair are expressive portraits, perfect together and a brilliant way to inject
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Pair of French Character Portraits, Purple and Green Backgrounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
paintings. These whimsical pair are expressive portraits, perfect together and a brilliant way to inject
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Spirit of 76
By Martha Hamlin Visser t Hooft
Located in Buffalo, NY
A whimsical gouache painting by American female surrealist Martha Visser't Hooft depicting a
Category

1970s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Gouache

"Model A Ford"
By Hayley Lever
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a wonderful whimsical oil on wood panel painting by Richard Hayley
Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Going Nowhere Day 4 - Sculptural Seascape People Swimming Relaxing Artwork
By Elizabeth Langreiter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Langreiter’s "Going Nowhere Day 4" is a whimsical, textured mixed-media painting that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Going Nowhere Day 6 - Original Sculptural Texture Oceanscape People Swimming
By Elizabeth Langreiter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Langreiter’s "Going Nowhere Day 6" is a whimsical, textured mixed-media painting that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Deconstructed
By Robert McCauley
Located in Bozeman, MT
This whimsically tall painting is a portrait of a black bear. There is a golden blue sky with
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Flight (Duck Flying), " Silkscreen signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his
Category

1940s American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

"Season s Greetings, " Abstract Holiday Silkscreen signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of
Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

"Cow and Ballerina, " Painted Wood Sculpture signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Art Nouveau Vase Still Life of Lavender Butterflies, Blue Flowers, Gold Trim"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, teapots, and dishes but there is something whimsical about these paintings that speaks to qualities far
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Japanese Teapot with Gold Trim and Blue and White Flowers" Elegant still life
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, teapots, and dishes but there is often something whimsical about these paintings that speaks to qualities
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Two Stacked Tiers of White and Gold Cups with Plums" Elegant Still Life Dishes
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, teapots, and dishes but there is something whimsical about these paintings that speaks to qualities far
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

5 Stacked Cups
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about these paintings that belies
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life, Composition with Six Cups and Bowl in Blue, White and Gold"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
there is something whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

2 Silver Cups on Cloth with Gold Stars
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Modernist Original Artwork Performance Arts, Framed
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Whimsical, colorful painting depicts a musician and a dancer during a performance. Both figures are
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Wood

"Door County, Wisconsin, " Landscape Silkscreen Travel Poster
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen, Ink

Going for a Stroll
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
Loeffler [1900-1977]. From her handmade Austrian clothing and hand-painted furniture to whimsical paintings
Category

1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

The Necklace and the Pot
By Gisella Loeffler
Located in Missouri, MO
whimsical paintings and letters written in multicolored crayon, joyful color defined the artist, who early
Category

1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Mid 20th Century English 1972 Oil on Board 18th Century Teapots Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Just the most whimsical oil on board painting, a group of 18th century teapots on a scarlet
Category

Mid-20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Pine

"Skiing Near Holy Hill, " Original Silkscreen Landscape by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Original Artwork of a Funny Cat and Burger Combination Ideal for Food and Animal
Located in Zofingen, AG
Add a playful touch to your home with this original oil painting of a whimsical ginger cat and
Category

2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

19th Century European Oil on Canvas "My Grandfather the Tailor"
Located in Chicago, IL
whimsical example of genre painting. Historically, genre paintings are characterized by the careful
Category

Antique 19th Century Slovenian Other Paintings

Materials

Paint

Early 19th Century European Oil on Board Portrait of a Woman with Tired Feet
Located in Chicago, IL
. This painting masterfully implements lights and darks, setting up the figure against a lush backdrop of
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Early Victorian Paintings

Materials

Mahogany, Paint

Colorful Abstract Signed Finkler
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A whimsical abstract painting in a silver frame signed lower right Finkler 8?.
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Paintings

Materials

Paint

Luigi Cagliani (1910-1987), Oil on Canvas of a Parisian Street Scene
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
. With a romantic movement, almost 19th Century sense, Cagliani presents a whimsical oil painting
Category

Vintage 1930s French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Karen Hoepting Colorful Acrylic Titled "Shallow Water"
By Karen Hoepting
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A lively and colorful painting with a whimsical and friendly theme. Karen Hoepting (Canadian
Category

20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Large Maxwell Mays Folk Art Oil on Canvas, Cascade Springs Colorado, 1983
By Maxwell Mays
Located in Morristown, NJ
color in the trains and clothing of the figures, enhances the painting’s nostalgic and whimsical quality
Category

Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

"Yellow Pink and Blue Flower Bouquet" Post-Impressionism French Still Life
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical bouquet of yellow, pink and blue flowers against a rouge
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Irish Oil on Canvas of Ballagh Horse Fair by Seamus Coleman
By Seamus Coleman
Located in Dallas, TX
, sell and barter ponies. What I love about this painting is it's 'whimsical' depiction of a fair in that
Category

Late 20th Century Irish Country Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Elegant Still Life of Many Cups, Some with Orange" Gold, Blue, White, Turquoise
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
detailed cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about these paintings that
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Cups with Stripes" Lavender, turquoise, white, gold, tan
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Composition with Two Plates" Elegant still life, blues and white with six cups
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about these paintings that
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Blue and White Sugar Dish" Traditional and contemporary
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Umbrella with Golden Polka Dots"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about
Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Blue Plate with Gold"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Pink and Gold Cup on Dots"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Cups in Circle in a Bowl" Elegant Still Life of Blue, White, Gold Cups Bowl
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
something whimsical about these paintings that enhances their formality: stacked teacups are amusing
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Turquoise Cup with Other Cups" Oil Paint
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, but there is something whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Yellow Bottle and Teapot, and Polka Dot Cup"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Yellow and Blue Cups on Polka Dots"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Two White and Gold Cups on Gray"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
extraordinarily elegant and beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something whimsical about
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of White, Gold, Blue, and Green Cups on a Plate"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Pitcher in Blue and Gold with White Pattern on Cloth"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
there is something whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Two Stacked Gold Cups in Checkerboard Frame"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Elegant Still Life of Four Cups with White, Blue and Gold"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Group of White and Gold Cups, One Yellow"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Elegant Still Life of Two Stacked Cups, One with Dark Blue Stripes"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Four White and Gold Cups Still Life on Bright Blue Background with Gray Cloth"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
whimsical about these paintings that belies their formality: stacked teacups are also amusing, having a
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life of White Blue and Gold Cups Stacked in a Tier on Beige Background
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
beautiful cups, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is also something whimsical about these paintings
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

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