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Abstract oil painting in earthy colors and in period frame. It is titled Driftwood - Glasklint and was painted by the Danish artist Hening Nielsen born in 1930 sometime during the 19...

Small abstract oil composition executed with putty and hands/fingers on canvas. It bears its title to its back 'Heidi' and is dated 1977. Its a portrait of an unknown female called H...

This piece, despite the lack of refined artistic details makes up for it in the sarcastic and unusual department. That sure is a funny chicken being stroked by a fruit-basket-hat wea...

Matching set of 2 oil paintings by the Danish artist J. P. Nielsen. JPN worked out of his studio in Esbjerg, Denmark. These two works: a fruit bowl still...

A strikingly brutal piece that raises more questions than answers. It was painted during the early 1940s by the German relatively unknown artist Franz Kofron. The fragment has been cut out of a larger subject/motif. Either due to censor or the obvious blasphemy of the subject mattter. A simple act of vandalism without any motiv does not make any sense. The technique used is referred to as Grisaille where a variety of shades/nuances within one color, typically gray, is used to create dept, mystic and atmosphere. The subject matter is a female with powerfull physic and rather masculine facial features/traits carrying a decapitated mans head attached to a stick by his long hair. One can argue that it articulates a reference to Judiths beheading...

Surreal composition of fantasy beings/animals. Executed in a variety of acrylic colors. Stylistically it is reminiscent of some of Carl Henning Pedersen 's later works. It is signed ...

Signed Batik'ed textile painting of elephants. Un-identified African artist. Framed in brass behind glass.

Contemporary portrait of Afghan boy. Executed partly in oil and acrylic paint. The artist P. Rüd are rather unknown outside Scandinavia. The painting is professionally framed.

A hole lot is going on in this vintage Danish abstract painting. Both oil and acrylic paint were used to create texture, dept and drama. A mentionable feature is the double framing c...