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Artist: Unknown
Framed 20th Century Oil - Bouquet of Anemones
Located in Corsham, GB
French School, 20th century, oil on canvas. Presented in a decorative gilt effect frame. On canvas laid to board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1990 Oil - The Market
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed illegibly and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame with a cotton slip. On canvas.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$404 Sale Price
20% Off
Susi Zimmermann - Early 20th Century Oil, Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking oil study depicts a nude female figure against a dark, muted background. The artist's bold brushstrokes and use of light and shadow create a sense of depth and dimensio...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Paris Park Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 15.5L x 11.5H.
Category
1910s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
ESCUELA AFRICANISTA - MUSICOS - OLEO TABLA.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Interesante óleo sobre tabla representando una escena de músicos Africanos.
Es del siglo XIX, no le veo firma, va con un bonito marco de época posterior.
En buen estado general sol...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,292 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait Of A Young Girl In A Lilac Dress With A Black Bow. Circa 1860. SIgned.
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of a young girl in a lilac dress with a black bow.
Circa 1860.
Signature below right, partially visible.
Size with frame 59cm x 49cm
Size without frame 33cm x 24cm
The portrait depicts a young girl with an elegant hairstyle, her hair carefully tied back. Dressed in the fashion of the 1860s, her light lilac dress reflects the synthetic aniline colors, a novelty in fashion at the time.
A black bow at the neck and slightly black straps accentuate her attire.
Represented at mid-length, with a mysterious and melancholic gaze, suggesting a mourning endured over a year ago.
The portrait, executed in pastels, chalks, and charcoals on paper, highlights the mastery and speed of the artist's execution.
Framed in a vintage oval frame...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Carbon Pencil
$323 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Oil - The Merchant
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 18th-century oil depicting a curious interaction between three gentlemen. Unsigned. Inscribed indistinctly verso. Well presented in a swept frame with hatching and ornate ...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Superb Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
The sitter is an elegant young woman in her finest dress and jewelry.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 22" x 27...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 14 by 21 inches overall, and 9 by 16 painting alone.. In excellent original co...
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Court Portrait Of A 17th Century Girl, oil on canvas English School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Court Portrait Of A 17th Century Girl, oil on canvas
English School
Large antique court portrait of a young girl holding berries & flowers, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and con...
Category
17th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,150 Sale Price
30% Off
English School 18th Century Oil - The Beast of Burden
Located in Corsham, GB
A man leads a donkey and a dog along a track in this attractive landscape scene. Well presented in a distressed gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. Framer's label to verso. On canvas on str...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
1964 Mid Century Modern Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Interior with Desk
Located in Bristol, GB
INTERIOR WITH DESK
Size: 63.5 x 55.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A warm and inviting mid-century painting that captures a quiet charm of an interior scene, executed in oil on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage American Post Impressionist Woman and Bird Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting of a woman and bird. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Provenance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Measuring: 25 by ...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Forest Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. No signature found. Image size, 24L x 18H. Framing available.
Category
1960s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Pear Still Life Framed Original Fine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American modernist still life oil painting. Housed in a great antique giltwood frame. Oil on board.
Category
1950s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Original Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist painting of kids in a park. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame....
Category
1920s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Post-Impressionist Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Post-Impressionist landscape painted in Bloomsbury Group era period and style. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches; 22 x 28 inches framed. Unsigned.
Some areas of paint loss as...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Indian Mughal portrait of a Prince
Located in Greenwich, CT
Antique Indian Mughal portrait of a Prince, late 18th cent. , by repute possibly depicting Maharaja Vijay Singh of Marwar (1729 - 1793)
Rajasthan, circa 1800’s
The Maharaja is ...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Unknown Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique American School 1930s NYC Surrealist Abstract Gold Gilt Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist mixed media painting. Oil on board with gold leaf assemblage, circa 1930. Unsigned. Image size, 13L x 17H. Housed in a period wood frame most li...
Category
1930s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Echoes of the Atelier III (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier III, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
Category
1980s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Fine 19th Century Oil - The Captain
Located in Corsham, GB
A distinguished 19th-century portrait of a proud captain, pictured in his naval uniform. His assured gaze meets the viewer with quiet authority, commanding attention and respect. In ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Sunflowers in Glass Vase” Signed Still Life Oil Painting by J. M. Dilekis
Located in Buffalo, NY
A richly painted still life of sunflowers by J. M. Dilekis, signed and dated 1994 in the lower right. Executed in oil on canvas, this classic composition features a lush bouquet of g...
Category
1990s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modern French Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary acrylic abstract using eye catching hues of orange, red, green and blue, circa 1970.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival
p...
Category
1970s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
American School Still Life Painting
Study of Citrus Fruits
Located in San Rafael, CA
American School (20th c.)
Still Life Study of Citrus Fruits
Oil on canvas
Unframed
18in H x 24in W
This charming still-life study of lemons, oranges and other citrus exhibits wonder...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mediterranean Children oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Mediterranean Children
Artist: J. Palmero
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 19.7 x 24 inches
Support: Canvas
Framing: Unframed
Period: Contemporary
Signature: Located at th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$550 Sale Price
42% Off
Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Woman in Garden of Luxembourg Paris Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
This charming oil on canvas, measuring 21 x 18 inches, depicts an elegantly dressed woman strolling through a manicured park beneath a distinctive willow tree. In the distance, a mar...
Category
1890s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jason Liosatos - Contemporary Oil, A Walk on the Beach
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study depicting a woman walking along the beach in a long flowing dress. She has her back to the viewer, walking towards a hazy horizon. Signed to the lower right. On canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$253 Sale Price
20% Off
Terrace on the Sea - Oil Painting on Panel - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Terrace on the Sea is an original painting realized in the 19th century by an anonymous artist.
The artwork is a colored oil panting on panel.
Signed on the ...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Impressive 19th Century Venice Italy Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian oil painting of Venice. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 31L x 21H.
Category
1850s Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Félix Niaut (1895-1988) - French School Mid 20th Century Oil, The Pontoon
Located in Corsham, GB
River landscape in oil. Presented in a gilt and white frame. Signed. On canvas board.
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$279 Sale Price
20% Off
Museum Quality American School School Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible quality American school portrait painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1880s Realist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique California Coastal Seascape Landscape Painting circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2751 California seascape oil on masonite displayed in an 19 century antique gitl -black wood frame,signed lower left by Mellin.
Image size 11 H x 17 W
Category
1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$450 Sale Price
53% Off
1960
s French Portrait Jaw Dropped Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.75 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$430 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid 20thC Impressionist English Colourful Still Life Of Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned Mid/Late 20th Century English School
TITLE: "Still Life of Cut Flowers In A Vase"
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 54cm x 44cm incl. frame
CONDITION: very good
NOTES: Bea...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hermann Bahner (1867-1938) - Early 20th Century Oil, The Windmill
Located in Corsham, GB
This pastoral landscape painting depicts a traditional Dutch windmill set along a tree-lined country road, with figures travelling the path beneath a dramatic sky filled with billowi...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 after Whistler
Located in Soquel, CA
Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924
Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.)
I...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Walter Wallis (1853-1934) - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Brittany Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
An original landscape painting by the listed British artist Walter Wallis (1853-1934). A Brittany landscape scene with mother and child foraging in the foreground. Well presented in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Oil Painting Strawberries in a Basket Late 19th C
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5158 Antique American oil painting straberries in a basket interior scene
Late 19th century
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Jesus Falls During the Way of the Cross 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene corresponds to a Stations of the Cross, during which Jesus falls under the weight of the heavy cross, which he carries on his shoulders as he ascends to Golg...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Unknown 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 signed in the bottom right and dated 04 (1904)....
Category
Early 1900s French School Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$573 Sale Price
38% Off
Antique Glouster Harbor New England Fishing Boat Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5169 Antique American Large Impressionist seascape oil painting .Oil on canvas circa 1930
Framed
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1930s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Oil - A Fruit Seller
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Victorian oil study of a young boy selling fruit on a street corner. The basket of fruit has been painted with fine attention to detail and the child's face is almost an...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$545 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th-20th century) - Still life with vase of flowers.
83 x 62 cm without frame, 96.5 x 76.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden frame (not sig...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,435 Sale Price
20% Off
Delft Blue and White Vase with LiliesTable Setting Oversized oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6068 Oversized oil on canvas of Deft ceramics with lilies interior table setting
Custom gilt wood frame
Image size 31x23.5"
Category
1960s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Neapolitan master - 17th century figure painting - Martyrdom St. Agatha
Located in Varmo, IT
Neapolitan Master (17th-18th century) - Sketch for the Martyrdom of Saint Agatha.
32 x 23.5 cm unframed, 42 x 32 cm including wooden support.
Oil on canvas, unframed (not signed).
...
Category
Late 17th Century Rococo Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
$2,393 Sale Price
33% Off
Antique Oil Painting Pensive French Maiden Late 19th Century
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3912 19th Century French female portrait
Image size 23x19.5
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Cupids Forging Gold -- House of Vetti Frieze Pompeii
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful late 19th Century of two cupids forging gold drawn from a section of the 1st century CE cupids frieze from the triclinium or dining room from the House of the Vetti in Pomp...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Unknown Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Fishing port Essaouira Morocco oil on canvas painting seascape boats
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frameless
Category
2010s Photorealist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive signed 1967 abstract landscape. Appears to be an abstract coastal scene. Framed.
Category
1960s Cubist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Multi Textured Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful highly textured abstract with figurative elements by Weston (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "Weston '92" lower right corner. Tempera on acrylic sheet. ...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Plastic
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Baroque mythological painter - 18th century figure painting - Deucalion Flood
Located in Varmo, IT
European Painter (17th-18th century) - The Flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
63 x 135 cm unframed, 72 x 143.5 cm with frame.
Ancient oil painting on panel, in an integrated wooden fra...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Unknown Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$4,786 Sale Price
33% Off
Fine Impressionist American School Oil on Canvas; Family Picnic or Outing, 1925
Located in Baltimore, MD
This lovely impressionist painting portrays what appears to be a family outing or picnic. There are many beautifully dressed women with their children in a park setting. Oddly, what appears to be missing are men, or their husbands. Perhaps it’s a women’s organization that included their young children. The scene must depict late spring or summer, given the foliage and their beautiful dresses. The colors are bright and cheerful and the late impressionist style is clearly evident. The artist appears to have signed the painting lower left, but it is very difficult to completely decipher. The date, 1925, seems to be clearer. All in all, this work is a one-of-a-kind period painting that will enhance any sophisticated room or setting. The frame is a soft lemon gold period cove frame that may be just a bit older than the work by about 10 years. This work has been recently professionally repaired, cleaned and varnished.
Both the painting and the frame are in very good condition. There are a few professional repairs to the canvas, only visible from the patches shown on the backside. The frame has a few minor blemishes here and there, expected with its age. The canvas measures 18” x 22” and the overall framed dimensions are 24 1/2” x 28 1/2”. Visible on the reverse side is a vintage label that reads “Art...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
American School Modernist Large Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 36L x 36H.
Category
1970s Abstract Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Austrian School Early 19th Century Oil - The Courting Couple
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming society scene depicting a young courting couple being serenaded by a gentleman playing the cello. The artist captures the fine details of the luxurious interior, with a la...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Oil - Grape Gatherer
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming oil study depicting a woman gathering grape vines in a field. Part of a pair of oils depicting women harvesting. Unsigned. On panel.
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Beach Scene Monogrammed Nature Study Modernist Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
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