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Material: Canvas
Vintage Boho Original Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your space with vibrant energy and artistic expression with this striking vintage original abstract oil painting on canvas. This captivating piece, rich with impasto textures ...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Francois Lanos (French , Early 20th Century) "Alle" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Alle", - Depicting a large treelined street with couple strolling down the sidewalk. - signed lower right - Unframed
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Early 20th Century Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Ira Yeager Painting of 19th Century Dancer in Costume
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic whimsical oil on canvas painting of a 19th century woman in a dancers costume by artist Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The vibrant colorful painting depicts a 19th centur...
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20th Century American Country Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Alpine Landscape Painting with Meadow, Trees and Mountains
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Alpine Landscape Painting with Meadow, Trees and Mountains A large magnificent landscape painting in a golden wooden frame. The scene shows ...
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20th Century German Country Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

02**Impressionistic Beach Scene by Niek van der Plas
Located in Lantau, HK
Niek van der Plas is a Dutch painter born in 1954, he paints impressionist scenes of Holland's beaches and dunes, bulb fields, city scenes in Amsterdam and Maastricht and other typic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Vintage Water Color Painting, Mary Blair, Legendary Walt Disney Studios Animator
Located in San Francisco, CA
This collectible painting is by Mary Blair, legendary animator for Walt Disney Studios, is of a pair of dancing rabbits in coat tails. The unframed...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Italian 18th Century Oil on Canvas from the Piedmont Region
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and large scale Italian 18th century oil on canvas from the Piedmont region. The beautiful painting is set in its original polychrome frame which displays a lovely carv...
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18th Century Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Italian Abstract Expressionist Painting by Ugo Sterpini, Signed and Dated 1958
Located in Stamford, CT
Ugo Sterpini (Italian, 1927-2000)''La Lotta Sulla Duna" (The Battle On The Dune). Mixed media on canvas, signed and dated ''58'' lower right, signed, titl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

"Ce qu évoquent les Livres" by Émile Aubry 1880-1964
By Louis Aubry
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Ce qu'évoquent les Livres" Allegory of the Literature Oil on canvas Signed on the lower part beside parchment 111 x 133 x 2 cm Framed 125 x 146 x 7 cm Provenance: Collection Georges AUBRY, brother of the artist Bibliography: Illustrated in catalogue «Regards de peintre» , Suzanne AUBRY-CASANOVA, 1997, p.104 After trying years of forced confinement due to the war, he composed this allegorical fresco on the theme of Literature, Science and Arts was painted by Émile Aubry for his younger brother Georges Aubry, who had intended it for his library. This work, composed on the theme of the book it symbolizes, in its diversity by allegorical characters, he cannot help ordering the painting around Art, which he places at the top of the scale of human...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Genre Scene Oil on Canvas Attributed to Thomas Webster
Located in Chicago, IL
This whimsical 19th-century oil on canvas, attributed to Thomas Webster R.A (1800-1886), depicts two young boys spying inside of a sealed letter, careful not to break the seal. The s...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century Country House Oil on Canvas
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A charming early 19th Century oil on canvas of a large country house in parkland, with sheep, cattle and a pair of swans on a river with a gentleman fishing. Circa 1830. In the manne...
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1830s English Country Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

60s Massive Lee Reynolds Abstract Mid Century Modern Wild Flowers Oil Painting
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Monumental 1960s Lee Reynolds Mid Century Modern Impressionist Framed Oil Painting of Colorful, Detailed, Delicate Dancing Wildflowers Swept up by a Breeze. Focal and masterfully ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Metal

18th Century Giacomo Guardi Old Master Painting of Venetian Lagoon, Provenance
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Vero Beach, FL
18th century Giacomo Guardi old master painting of Venetian Lagoon. Provenance. Old master painting in oil on canvas by the artist Giacomo Guardi (1764...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

18th Century Oil on Canvas Painting of Crucifixion of Christ with Mother Mary
Located in Round Top, TX
Large original oil on canvas painting of the crucifixion of Christ hanging on the cross, with his Mother Mary and two other female figures. Unframed, just over 4.5' tall. Beautifully...
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Early 18th Century Spanish Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Oil Painting of Terriers Ratting in a Barn, Signed George Armfield, circa 1850
By George Armfield
Located in Atlanta, GA
An animated and richly detailed 19th-century oil on canvas depicting three terriers in the midst of a hunt, this genre scene is attributed to British painter George Armfield (c.1850)...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Italian Landscape Oil Painting Guido Agostini 19thC
By Guido Agostini
Located in London, GB
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by Guido Agostini, Italian, 1865-1898, late 19th century in date. The sensitively painted landscape shows a girl on a country road with the cit...
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1890s Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Abstract Painting Signed D. Filov
Located in Denton, TX
Abstract painting signed D. Filov. Unique frame shape and beautiful color scheme. Dmitry Filov was born in 1953 in St. Peterburg. The age of maturity is being passed in the Crimea...
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Late 20th Century Russian Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Abstract Painting Signed D. Filov
Abstract Painting Signed D. Filov
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Antique River Landscape Painting, Scottish Art, Oil On Canvas, Framed, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Our Stock # 24729 This is an antique river landscape painting. A Scottish, oil on canvas in gilt frame, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1900. Appealing oil painting from the...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Oversized Mid Century Modern Abstract Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting C1968
Located in Big Flats, NY
Oversized Mid Century Modern Abstract Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting by Sharie Jones Unsigned C1968 Measures - 48.5"H x 32.25"W x 1"D An oversized abstract impressionist oil ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Spanish Oil on Canvas Painting Signed Riani
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Oil on canvas portrait of a Spanish aristocratic lady. The painting of a young woman in profile with a dark background dressed in a formal gown with pink roses, signed by the artist ...
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1890s Spanish Aesthetic Movement Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Antique Italian Oil Painting of Musketeers in an Interior by Novelli
Located in Tarzana, CA
This amusing Italian genre oil painting on canvas by Novelli depicts a gallant courtship that captures the romanticized image of musketeers. Novelli illustrates four musketeers, thre...
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19th Century European Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Vladimir Aksyonov USSR 1985 Soviet Era Painting of a Welder
Located in Miami, FL
Vladimir Aksyonov USSR 1985 Soviet Era Painting of a Welder Offered for sale is a 1985 Soviet-era painting of a Welder titled " Welder Fedya" when translated. The painting is oil...
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Late 20th Century Russian Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Midcentury abstract oil painting framed in simple wood frame.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Irit Kalechman Colorful Acrylic on Canvas, 2 Ladies Chatting
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed lower left and on the stretcher. A lovely composition with two ladies seated at a cafe table chatting in an outside setting with flowers and plants. The artist is known for he...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Vintage Original Signed G Whitman Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and handle all the shipping details. However, if you let us know what 1st Dibs is quoting you and give us your zip code, we can sometimes ship it for less and get it to you faster. For a shipping quote, click on "ASK THE SELLER" under the purchase button and provide your zip code. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Art Acquisitions Of A Vintage Huge Original Signed G Whitman...
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20th Century Unknown Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Wood

Signed Oil on Canvas Painting by MIami Artist, Eric Alfaro "Rabbit"
Located in North Miami, FL
Eric Alfaro is an established, listed and well renowned contemporary artist known for his vibrant and colorful paintings depicting various themes. This Rabbit in soft orange tones c...
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2010s American Post-Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

18th Century Oil on Canvas Religious Italian Painting Christ and the Adulteress
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique 18th-century Italian painting. Oil on canvas artwork inspired by Luca Giordano's famous masterpiece, Christ and the Adulteress, an original from the second half of the 17th c...
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1780s Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Genre Beaux Arts Painting The Ace of Spades by J. L. Rónay
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'The Ace of Spades' by J. L. Rónay J. L. Rónay French /Hungarian, 19th century genre painter. A finely painted oil on canvas of an Italian beauty seated on a stool, with tossed p...
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Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Canvas Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Bucolic Landscape with Ruins Painting, 1680
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Wonderful Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a splendid pastoral scene, with elements of classical arcadia that recall the tra...
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1680s Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Abstract Artwork Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, relatively large, colorful abstract artwork painting, oil or acrylic, on a hand-stretched canvas finished with a modern or mini...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

French Giltwood Framed 19th Century Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting Fruits
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French giltwood framed oil on canvas still-life painting from the 19th century depicting a bowl of fruits. Born in France during the 19th century, this horizontal oil on canvas still-life painting depicts a delicate arrangement of mouth-watering fruits standing out beautifully on a brown-toned neutral background. Our eye is immediately drawn to the yellow and red grapes displayed...
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19th Century French Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Antique 18th Century Madonna in Sorrow Oil on Canvas, Florentine School
Located in Doha, QA
This antique stunning portrait of Madonna in Sorrow came out from a Palazzo in Florence and an absolute eye catcher. The colors and details are incredible and very typical for an Ita...
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Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of Italian Mid-18th Century Old Master Oil on Canvas Paintings of Ruins
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely well executed pair of Italian mid 18th century Old Master oil on canvas paintings of ruins. Each painting displays wonderful perspectives, exceptional arc...
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18th Century Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Oil Painting View of San Simeone Piccolo J. Vivian 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting by Jane Vivian (Active 1869-1890) signed on the lower left. The painting delightfully presents the view of a Venetian canal and a beauti...
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1880s British Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Framed Oil on Canvas "A Street in Montmarte" by Jean Germain-Jacob
Located in valatie, NY
Signed and dated 1924. Jean Germain-Jacob was a French artist who was born in the 20th Century. Possibly of "Rue animée" which Jacob has used as a backdrop in some of his street pain...
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Early 20th Century French Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique Signed Brandsma Belgium Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Boy Part Set
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1930s Belgium oil on canvas of young boy in a cap which is part of a suite I have seven of these lifestyle, natural D...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

"Composition", Oil on Canvas, 1967 by Guy Roussille, born 1944
Located in Beirut, LB
An exceptional and vibrant example of early Geometric Abstraction by the notable French Postwar Contemporary artist Guy Roussille (b. 1944). Titled Composition and signed and ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Vintage Portrait of Women Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Oil On Canvas Style: Realism
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1960s American Other Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Surreal California Seascape Painting by Robert Watson, 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Framed Surrealist Seascape painting, oil on canvas with linen matting by California artist Robert Watson. Titled #27 Shoreline. Retains the original paper label from a San Francisco ...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Saint Francis of Assisi
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique 17th-century Italian painting. Oil on canvas artwork with an intense depiction of Saint Francis of Assisi in ecstasy. The saint is depicted in prayer, kneeling, gazing heaven...
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1670s Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Oil on Canvas French Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1899
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large French painting dated 1899. Oil painting on canvas, first canvas, depicting a view of a country village with characters and animals of good...
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1890s French Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Attributed to Sadanand K. Bakre, Indian Artist, Venetian Cityscape, 1950s
By Sadanand K. Bakre 1
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Abstract oil painting on canvas of a Venetian cityscape. Unframed. No signature. It is attributed to Sadanand k. Bakre. In muted colors consistent with his early work in Europe. ...
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1950s British Brutalist Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Selection of Mid-Century Jazz Themed Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Mid-Century jazz themed paintings, American, circa 1930s-1970s. From left to right, they are: 1) New Orleans jazz watercolor by Leo Meirsdorff...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Paper

Antique California Portrait Oil Painting of Sisters by Wanda Neumann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: Wanda S. Neumann Manufacturer: Wanda S. Neumann Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame Style: California Realism
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1920s American Other Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

French 19th Century Framed Floral Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting Roses
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French framed oil on canvas floral painting from the 19th century, depicting roses. Born in France during the 19th century, this exquisite oil on canvas painting features a delicat...
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19th Century French Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Set of Nine, Large Early 18th Century Oil on Canvas Paintings of Various Sibyls
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A wonderful and rare collection of nine, oil on canvas paintings of the Sibyls, early 18th century, French school, Libyan, Cumean, Lampusian, Hellespontine, Erythraean, Delphic, Pers...
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Early 18th Century French Classical Greek Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

1975 Hard Edge Square Oil Painting on Canvas, in the Manner of Josef Albers
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Oil on canvas painting signed on verso "B. Raab 5/75" After the famed "Homage to the Square" by Josef Albers Measures 30-1/4" X 30-1/4" square. Original aluminum frame. Colors are b...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Aluminum

Oil Painting "The Man in the Gold Helmet" Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil painting "The Man in the Gold Helmet" Rembrandt van Rijn Portrait copy of the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, overpainted print, signed. Fr...
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20th Century Dutch Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

18th Century Large Original Painted Canvas Of French Country Side
Located in Charleston, SC
This rare large painted unframed canvas from the mid 18th century portrays the image of an idyllic pastoral scene in Southern France. Featuring a group of herons and swans in the di...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

L. Royer, Oil on canvas "Thwarted Love" , France, dated 1882 (?)
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Lionel Royer and dated 1882 (?) Former Salon exhibition label at the top right, n°538 Indication of an exhibition in Lyon on the back of the frame, n°163 Beautiful painting ...
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1880s French Romantic Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Oil On Canvas Old Master Copy Of Velazquez’s “The Triump of Bacchus" c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil On Canvas Laid on Board Old Master Copy Of Velazquez’s “The Triumph Of Bacchus” Unsigned C1920 Measures - 42 1/2" x 58 1/4" x 1 3/4"
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Early 20th Century Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Continental School Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Continental, likely German, 19th century. Oil on canvas, housed in a gilt oval frame. A town scene, unsigned.
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19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Painted Pompeii Fresco Panel on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Painted Pompeii fresco panel depicting scene VIII from the "Sala di Grande Dipinto" in the Villa de Misteri at Pompeii on canvas. This is in the style of painted on canvas. Measures ...
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Bold Astract Painting with Overlapping Rectangles and Squares
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking large abstract painting with multiple layers of rectangles that overlap and blend in a textural melodic interplay. Colors are muted and earthy with brown, navy, black, celad...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

Antique Oil on Canvas by French Master Painter Edmond Petitjean
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Oil on Canvas by French Master Painter Edmond Petitjean. Signed lower right.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Antique Portrait of Virginia Gentleman, Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique oil on canvas portrait of an unknown 19th Century Virginian Gentleman, beautifully framed to retain its sense of time and place. Rich brush strok...
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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Early 19th Century Italian School Memento Mori Oil on Canvas Welcome Death
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A almost life size depiction of a human skeleton holding a length of chain, with a banner at the base. We believe the piece to be Italian from the language used within the banner, ...
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19th Century Italian Antique Canvas Paintings

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Canvas

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520) The circular canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame (all high quality gilt is original) which is identical to the frame on Raphael's original artwork. This painting is a 19th Century copy of Raphael's Madonna della Seggiola painted in 1514 and currently exhibited and part of the permanent collection at the Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy. The bodies of the Virgin, Christ, and the boy Baptist fill the whole picture. The tender, natural looking embrace of the Mother and Child, and the harmonious grouping of the figures in the round, have made this one of Raphael's most popular Madonnas. The isolated chair leg is reminiscent of papal furniture, which has led to the assumption that Leo X himself commissioned the painting, circa 1890-1900. Subject: Religious painting Measures: Canvas height: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Canvas width: 29 1/4 inches (74.3 cm) Painting diameter: 28 1/4 inches (71.8 cm) Frame height: 57 7/8 inches (147 cm) Frame width: 45 1/2 inches (115.6 cm) Frame depth: 5 1/8 inches (13 cm).   Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, March 28 or April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates. Raphael was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in the Marche region, where his father Giovanni Santi was court painter to the Duke. The reputation of the court had been established by Federico III da Montefeltro, a highly successful condottiere who had been created Duke of Urbino by the Pope - Urbino formed part of the Papal States - and who died the year before Raphael was born. The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life of Federico, and both wrote the texts and produced the decor for masque-like court entertainments. His poem to Federico shows him as keen to show awareness of the most advanced North Italian painters, and Early Netherlandish artists as well. In the very small court of Urbino he was probably more integrated into the central circle of the ruling family than most court painters. Federico was succeeded by his son Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who married Elisabetta Gonzaga, daughter of the ruler of Mantua, the most brilliant of the smaller Italian courts for both music and the visual arts. Under them, the court continued as a centre for literary culture. Growing up in the circle of this small court gave Raphael the excellent manners and social skills stressed by Vasari. Court life in Urbino at just after this period was to become set as the model of the virtues of the Italian humanist court through Baldassare Castiglione's depiction of it in his classic work The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528. Castiglione moved to Urbino in 1504, when Raphael was no longer based there but frequently visited, and they became good friends. He became close to other regular visitors to the court: Pietro Bibbiena and Pietro Bembo, both later cardinals, were already becoming well known as writers, and would be in Rome during Raphael's period there. Raphael mixed easily in the highest circles throughout his life, one of the factors that tended to give a misleading impression of effortlessness to his career. He did not receive a full humanistic education however; it is unclear how easily he read Latin. Early Life and Works His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried. Raphael was thus orphaned at eleven; his formal guardian became his only paternal uncle Bartolomeo, a priest, who subsequently engaged in litigation with his stepmother. He probably continued to live with his stepmother when not staying as an apprentice with a master. He had already shown talent, according to Vasari, who says that Raphael had been "a great help to his father". A self-portrait drawing from his teenage years shows his precocity. His father's workshop continued and, probably together with his stepmother, Raphael evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. In Urbino, he came into contact with the works of Paolo Uccello, previously the court painter (d. 1475), and Luca Signorelli, who until 1498 was based in nearby Città di Castello. According to Vasari, his father placed him in the workshop of the Umbrian master Pietro Perugino as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother". The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari and another source, and has been disputed—eight was very early for an apprenticeship to begin. An alternative theory is that he received at least some training from Timoteo Viti, who acted as court painter in Urbino from 1495.Most modern historians agree that Raphael at least worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500; the influence of Perugino on Raphael's early work is very clear: "probably no other pupil of genius has ever absorbed so much of his master's teaching as Raphael did", according to Wölfflin. Vasari wrote that it was impossible to distinguish between their hands at this period, but many modern art historians claim to do better and detect his hand in specific areas of works by Perugino or his workshop. Apart from stylistic closeness, their techniques are very similar as well, for example having paint applied thickly, using an oil varnish medium, in shadows and darker garments, but very thinly on flesh areas. An excess of resin in the varnish often causes cracking of areas of paint in the works of both masters. The Perugino workshop was active in both Perugia and Florence, perhaps maintaining two permanent branches. Raphael is described as a "master", that is to say fully trained, in December 1500. His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Evangelista da Pian di Meleto, who had worked for his father, was also named in the commission. It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, including the Mond Crucifixion (about 1503) and the Brera Wedding of the Virgin (1504), and for Perugia, such as the Oddi Altarpiece. He very probably also visited Florence in this period. These are large works, some in fresco, where Raphael confidently marshals his compositions in the somewhat static style of Perugino. He also painted many small and exquisite cabinet paintings in these years, probably mostly for the connoisseurs in the Urbino court, like the Three Graces and St. Michael, and he began to paint Madonnas and portraits. In 1502 he went to Siena at the invitation of another pupil of Perugino, Pinturicchio, "being a friend of Raphael and knowing him to be a draughtsman of the highest quality" to help with the cartoons, and very likely the designs, for a fresco series in the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral. He was evidently already much in demand even at this early stage in his career. Influence of Florence Raphael led a "nomadic" life, working in various centres in Northern Italy, but spent a good deal of time in Florence, perhaps from about 1504. Although there is traditional reference to a "Florentine period...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Canvas Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Wood

Vintage Italian Capriccio Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Landscape With Ruins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Grand Tour style framed oil painting of an Italian Capriccio landscape with ruins Italy, Mid-20th Century Oil on canvas, gilt frame Measures: 9.5"W x 1"D x 9.5"H. Exce...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Canvas Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Very Fine and Large Orientalist Oil on Canvas Titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier"
By Gordon B. Coutts 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا‎ - Persian: عاشورا‎ - Turkish: Aşure Günü). Signed and inscribed: 'Gordon Coutts/TANGIER' (lower right), circa 1920. Provenance: The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California. Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he then studied and travelled to Glasgow, London, Paris and Rome before settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1891. In 1896 he moved to Sydney, where he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales, before returning back to Europe in 1899. With the climate of northern Europe detrimental to Coutts' poor health, he moved with his wife, Alice Grey, to the United States where he became a frequent exhibitor at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1920 he travelled to Tangiers, Morocco where, dressed as an Arab, he passed from tribe to tribe observing the lifestyle, customs and practices of the the village people and Bedouins. The present work depicts the celebration of Ashura. The day of Ashura is commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims; "A day of pain, pilgrimage and pageantry, it is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This is a period of mourning and cleansing, which marks the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Other Canvas Paintings

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Canvas