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Artist: Unknown
Portrait of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), dated 1886 by Alfred Quinton
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), dated 1886
by Alfred Quinton Collins (1855-1903)
Large 19th Century English portrait of theatre actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson, ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,250 Sale Price
30% Off
18thC English School Gentleman In A Red Velvet Coat, Oil On Canvas, Portrait
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this painting.
This early 18th-century English School portrait depicts Thomas Stanley wearing a striking red velvet suit, white cravat and powdere...
Category
Early 18th Century English School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manner of Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen - 20th Century Oil, The Vegetable Cart
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming scene in the manner of Dutch painter Cornelis Christiaan Dommersen (1842-1928). The scene depicts figures on a cobbled street buying vegetables from a lady with a cart. Si...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
For Restoration - English School 19th Century Oil, Cottage of the Waterfront
Located in Corsham, GB
A quaint 19th century landscape with a cottage and lake. Well presented in an ornate gilt effect frame. Unsigned. On panel.
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$412 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Naturalistic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Mountains view
Located in Varmo, IT
European Painter (dated 1925) - Mountain landscape.
62 x 41 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, without frame.
- Work signed indistinctly lower left.
- Autograph inscriptions and dat...
Category
1920s Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$837 Sale Price
41% Off
Mid Century Cubic Modern American Figural Painting by Sarno
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3418 Abstract oil on board.
Set in a silvered wood frame
Signed Sarno
Image size 24x19"
Category
1970s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Gentlemen in a Horse Drawn Phaeton
Located in Corsham, GB
Gentlemen riding in a horse drawn phaeton, travelling at speed. Unsigned. Well presented in a wonderful late 19th century gilt frame with bead course, laurel and foliate running patt...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$487 Sale Price
20% Off
J. Sydney Willis Hodges (1829-1900) - 1876 Oil, Portrait of George Pridham
Located in Corsham, GB
A grand and impressive portrait of George Pridham of Northview House, Plymouth by J. Sydney Willis Hodges (1829-1900). Pridham holds a pair of spectacles in his hand, a symbol of int...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escuela española (XIX) - Santa Bárbara - Óleo sobre tela
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada, es de autor anónimo
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (la placa que pone "ESCUELA SEVILLANA XVIII" es errónea, esta obra es del siglo XIX
Estado de conservación ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$670 Sale Price
20% Off
German School 19th Century Oil - The Lost Traveller
Located in Corsham, GB
This harsh winter scene depicts a horse-drawn sleigh paused in a remote snow-covered landscape. The man looks to be lost as he makes his three horses stand while deciding their next ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument
, Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Georges Braque (1882-1963) ...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,145 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid-19thC Austrian School Portrait Of A Lady In Spanish Attire, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
US buyers pay no import tariffs on this item.
This exquisite mid-19th-century bust-length Austrian portrait depicts a young lady wearing a red gown together with a black lace veil, ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x64 cm.
Category
1990s Photorealist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Signed Abstract Expressionist Large Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist large oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 41L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Figurative Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Amazing Figurative Expressionism painting with exceptional color and movement. Oil on canvas, ca. 1960s. Measures 40 x 52 inches. Unsigned and unattributed. Excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
19th Century Oil - North African Scene, Market Square
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed indistinctly 'E. H.' to the lower left. On canvas.
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$212 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Expressive Young Woman Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted late 19th or early 20th century portrait painting. Oil on canvas. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series V
Located in London, GB
'Prisms of Identity: A Portrait Series V', Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This new collection represents some of the most appealing works we have acquired to date from our Flor...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
$1,201 Sale Price
20% Off
Escuela española (XVII) - Óleo sobre tabla - San Domingo Guzmán
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra es de autor anónimo.
El retablo va muy bien enmarcado con un marco neogótico del siglo xix en madera estofada y policromada.
Medidas del retablo: 88 cm. altura x 56 cm. anc...
Category
17th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,861 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Oil
Located in Corsham, GB
This wonderfully fine 19th-century portrait showcases a young girl in an elegant gingham dress, holding a basket of flowers against a dark background. The ornate gold frame adds to t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed Vintage American Modernist Cityscape Framed Fauvist Palette Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 30H by 24L.
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tropical Blue Water Lush Beach Scene Nicely Framed Seascape Summer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition...
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,820 Sale Price
20% Off
1960
s French Portrait Hunched Old Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
Image : 11 x 10 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. Ideal for man...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$210 Sale Price
30% Off
Moonlight in the Tropics
Located in San Francisco, CA
A postcard-pretty window into the tropics more than 50 years ago, on offer is an original oil painting in the style of the "Florida Highwaymen" artists. It depicts a tropical river o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Black wooden frame
37 x 45 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,037
Contemporary American Modernist Nocturnal New York Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas, 27 x 31 inches overall, 20 x 24 inches image size.
A modern urban nocturne depicting the Manhattan Bridge at night, painted with gestural brushwork and a restrained, b...
Category
2010s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th-century Orientalist Reclining Odalisque Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Was she a gift to the Sultan, deliciously bejeweled and enrobed in the finest embroidered silks? By this time, resigned to her fate, the once Christian Circassian girl would have bee...
Category
1880s French School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1950s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Monet like Impressionist Seascape by Nagy
Located in San Francisco, CA
One of the finest impressionistic seascapes we have owned. It really does remind me of Monet. It is signed Nagy and there are a number of well listed artists with that last name. We ...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Elegant Art Deco French School Monogrammed EB and dated 1931
Located in Pistoia, IT
French school of the 20th century, portrait of elegant, oil on canvas monogrammed and dated E.B. 1931 lower left. The monogram E.B. is also repeated on the back of the canvas.
The...
Category
1930s Art Deco Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Fishing Village at Sunset by Ramos Philippines
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant coastal village scene by Ramoz (Ramos) (20th Century). The setting sun casts an orange glow across a coastal village. Two people carry baskets on their heads as they unload a...
Category
1960s English School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,100 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Amalfi Coastal Scene Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5090 Italian large costal scene painting set in a walnut frame
Signed lower left and rear
Category
1950s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$450 Sale Price
53% Off
"Near Jussy, Switzerland" by Morini Zolfanelli - Oil on wood 46x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 54x72 cm
Signed Morini Zolfanelli, Swiss artist unknown from the gallery
Dated 1993
Category
1990s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Multicolor Abstract Cubist Oil Painting with Monogram Signature MJ
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking abstract Cubist oil on board, signed with the monogram "M.J." in the lower right corner, is the work of a 20th-century German artist. The composition is bold and archit...
Category
1950s Cubist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist Paris street scene signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood impression...
Category
1940s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing, Portrait of a Standing Nude Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
Pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed
Paper size: 25 x 19 inches
Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$190 Sale Price
30% Off
Portrait Of A Man, 17th/18th Century after Franciabigio (1482-1525)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Man, 17th/18th Century
after Franciabigio (1482-1525)
Large 17th/18th Century Italian renaissance portrait of a Florentine Man, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and c...
Category
18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,963 Sale Price
30% Off
Escuela española (XIX) - Óleo sobre tela - Castillo de Cardona
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte trasera, parece poner Sevilla Urtado (desconozco el artista) y también va titulada "Castillo de Cardona)
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco del siglo ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$953 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This captivating antique oil painting on canvas is a fine example of Dutch School genre art, evoking the style of the 17th-century master Adriaen van Ostade. The composition features...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,900 Sale Price
50% Off
Lady with Pearl Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5111 Lady with pearl necklace by Lynn Lemay
Custom wood frame
Image size 23.5x19.5"
Category
1990s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,250
Dutch School 19th Century Oil - A Merry Tavern Drinker
Located in Corsham, GB
This Dutch style portrait depicts a merry tavern drinker in a dimly lit interior, gesturing with one hand while holding a glass of wine in the other. A flagon and clay pipe can be se...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American 19th Century Forest Pond Interior Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely framed 19th century forest interior landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Ready to hang. Image size, 13"L by 17"H inches painting alone.
Category
1880s Hudson River School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Oil - Tavern Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate genre painting depicts figures gathered around a table in a dimly lit shelter, rendered with warm, earthy tones. The work is presented in an ornate gilt frame featuring...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,311 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Hudson River School Landscape Cows Oil Painting Gilt Frame 19th
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Quintessential American Hudson River School landscape by an unknown Hudson River School artist.
This painting features its original period gold frame, and a charming scene o...
Category
1860s Hudson River School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,872 Sale Price
41% Off
Antique American Impressionist New England Coastal Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist coastal seascape oil painting. Feels like a Maine scene with a bustling dock! Nicely framed. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Image size,...
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Young Boy - Scottish art 19th Century oil painting male portrait ginger hair
Located in Hagley, England
A fine Scottish portrait oil painting of a sweet young boy with bright blue eyes. This quality portrait dates to circa 1900 and is housed in a fine Watts frame. A beautiful painting....
Category
19th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,836 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Painting Drawing Framed Colorful Texture New York Orange Grey Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
A wonderful minimalist mixed media work Circa 1970. Though the artist is unknown this work was acquired along with pieces by well know artists Karel Appel and Robert Motherwell from...
Category
1970s Minimalist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Coating, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Josephine Haswell Miller (1890-1975) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Autumnal Meadow
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study by well listed artist Josephine Haswell Miller. The scene depicts a meadow lined with trees in late autumn. Through the branches a quaint cottage can be seen in ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman
Framed
Image size 24x36"
Category
1930s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed 20th Century Oil - A Spray of Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful still life of Chrysanthemum flowers, arranged in a loose floral spray. Well-presented in a bright gilt-effect frame with swept rails and delicate corner mouldings. Unsign...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
"Parisian Street Scene w Horse
Carriage" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of Paris at twilight. This piece is a pertinent example of the works produced during the 20th Century by the artist with use of beautiful co...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed Impressionist Fishing Harbor Beach Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist coastal seascape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 22H by 18L.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
1980s Large Black and White Abstract Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Artist unknown
"Black & White Lounger"
c. 1980s
Acrylic on Strathmore paper
40.5"x25.75" unframed
Unsigned
Very Good Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history
2" tear o...
Category
1980s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$520 Sale Price
35% Off
Young 18th Century Woman with Peal Necklace
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6129 Portrait of a young woman with pearl ncklace
Set in a gilt wood frame
Image size 13.5x17.5"
Category
1950s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fine 18th Century Oil - Portrait of a Georgian Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine 18th-century portrait depicts a distinguished gentleman. The subject wears a powdered wig and a silk cravat, both emblematic of his high social standing. His composed gaze ...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Fluffy Pomeranian Dog Portrait Wide Gold Frame Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible signed early American dog portrait painting. Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a period gold giltwood frame.
Category
1870s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
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