Paint Paintings

This is a gorgeous landscape painting by well known Dutch painter Johan Diderik Cornelis Veltens, 1814-1891. Oil on Board entitled "In't Gein Bij Abcoude." In a beautiful, period gil...

England, 1800 Oil on canvas of a grey horse with dogs and goat. 27.5”w x 2.5”d x 23.25”h Ref. A1617 $ 3,800

This is a fine, naturalistic oil on canvas landscape painting by Danish artist Einar Wilhelm Christian Parslev (1891-1977). The painting is impressionist in style and kept in earthly...

Rocmar Studio’s curated vintage gallery wall are a ready-to-install solution to fit out walls quickly and meaningfully. Composed of 6 authentic artworks, each piece is carefully sour...

This vibrant still life oil on plate captures a bouquet of flowers rendered in lush, expressive brushstrokes. The artist uses a rich, moody background to heighten the vibrancy of cor...

Oil on academy board, one signed W. Sheridan. W. Sheridan was an English artist active in the 19th century. Each painting measures 22" x 29.5" including the frame. The pair togethe...

Oil on canvas, signed lower left. German, 1853-1929 Ludwig Blume-Siebert was a German genre painter and illustrator. He was the son of a lifeguard from Arolsen. Wilhelm von Kaulbach...

Painted at a time when the nation was increasingly interested in exotic places and peoples -- including Mexico, the South Pacific, Asia and the Southwest -- this Art Deco painting of...

American Victorian ebonized framed oil portrait, painting of 19th Century lady in blue and red dress.

An oil and pastel painting on canvas in a custom walnut frame. "Everything that is solid dissipates in the air" The painting is a sneak preview of an exclusive upcoming exhibit at A...

English School 17th Century "Portrait of George Villiers Duke of Buckingham" Oil on canvas 66X53 cm size without frame George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (Brooksby, 28 August 1...

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 ...

C1830 Pair of 19th Century French Over-Doors Beautiful Condition - purchased in France. Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with questions.

An American oil on board dog painting from the late 19th century in giltwood frame. How not to melt in front of this heartwarming scene? A russet and white dog is comfortably resting...

George Sotter's Studio in Bucks County Pa, a brisk winter night. Chimney smoke gently kisses the air. The starry night sparkles over deciduous trees as lush snow covers the ground. D...

This large, old master still life painting is a perfectly balanced composition of fruit and game birds. In the foreground a rabbit is stretched out. A copper kettle and a basket are ...

Surrealist Artwork Oil on Canvas by British Artist John Voss "Stone Columns" John Voss was a British surrealist artist, who worked primarily in oils on canvas. Elected to the Leices...

Vintage Art Deco Framed Oil on Canvas Painting Wall Art Wall Decor Cool large Art Deco painting in a silver frame. Signed

Immerse yourself in the captivating depths of this vintage original abstract oil painting on board. A stunning example of textural artistry, this piece features a rich tapestry of gr...

John Haanstra (Dutch, b. 1940), signed and dated 1985 on lower right. A charming oil painting, showing a winter landscape. Skaters are enjoying seasonal fun on a frozen canal while others go about their daily activities. A typical Dutch windmill can be seen in the background. Typical Dutch style housing can be seen in the foreground. The sky seems to be laden with more snow, creating the sense of more winter fun...

DESCRIPTION: Mid-Century Albert Chubac Painting, circa 1950, France Large modern abstract painting by Albert Chubac. Acrylic painting on cardboard. Signed by the artist. Mid-Century ...

In a superb example of Art Deco decorative painting influenced by Medieval motifs, this frieze painting by famous muralist Dunbar Beck is saturated wit...

Expressive still life painting by James Brewer featuring a vase of abstracted flowers on a boldly patterned cloth. Rich in color and movement, the work blends figural and geometric f...

A large canvas by the Wellesley, MA artist Maryann Jaczko. Titled “The Boys are Home, 1977” This work channels the emotionally charged but “billboard” flat figurative works first pop...

A post modern abstract stain painting in the manner of Helen Frankenthaler or Kenneth Noland.This work on raw canvas is signed A. Cohen, and dated 1980.

This 19th Century oil on canvas depicts a charming European village landscape with a church rising gently above rolling fields. Warm earth tones and soft cloud-filled skies create a ...

Infuse your space with artistic flair through this Vintage Boho Original Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas, a captivating piece that radiates creative energy. The swirling hues of eart...

Old Master John Linnell Landscape Collector Painting Oil on Canvas Museum Art. “The Barley Field” By John Linnell 1874 / Oil on Canvas / 1792-1882 / English . SIGNED and DATED at the...

This vintage Danish oil painting captures the serene beauty of an autumn forest scene. The warm tones of gold and orange leaves create a cozy, inviting atmosphere, while the path mea...

Spanish Contemporary oil painting of a stylized still life of fruit resting on a pedestal in a black frame (signed: [Jorge] CASTILLO 83 NY)

Copy of a portrait of "Emanuele Filiberto", Italian military leader of the 1500's

This bold 19th-century Belgian hunting still life captures a single hare, suspended from one leg, its body resting naturally on a surface below. Painted in an impressionistic style w...

Late 19th Century Oil Painting of Sheep & Shepherd - By James Desvarreux (1847-1937) Beautiful painting purchased in France. Age appropriate wea...

Copy of an impressionist watercolor of a Venetian scene titled "From the Gondola"

This is an original vintage Danish oil on plate painting of a rural landscape with houses and a clouded sky. The strokes of the painting is soft and expressive. The painting is by Danish artist Jacob...

Impressive well painted 19th century Russian oil on canvas of hunt scene or chase featuring troika pulled by 6 horses in full stride. Man armed w...

Original Painting of Flowers In A Vase, circa 2013, by well listed New York artist, Dan Rizzie. Signed, dated, and dedicated on the back by the artist.

A postmodern abstract oil painting on board by Detroit artist Brenda Goodman. This painting is part of the artist’s “War Series” from 1971. Small figures, an American flag, and shape...

Immense mid 20th century pastel painting on board by Hilbert R. Whiteman, depicting a tropical fantasy scene featuring a topless brunette woman surrounded by terracotta sculptures, l...

Brilliantly capturing the intensity and artistry of the sculptor at work, this large and important painting by Oscar Matthiesen depicts his subject with wild, unkempt hair and a lean...

Striking original oil on canvas painting of Madonna and child with the infant Saint John the Baptist. Unsigned. After the original by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) dated ca....

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...

Intriguing midcentury abstract oil painting on board painted with passion using a palette knife and brush in a tight layered composit...

Small French Cityscape Oil Painting, Parisian Street Scene Painting Decorate a home office, living room or den with this beautiful vintage Paris cityscape painting. Created in Franc...

Clearly painted by an American master such as Thomas Eakins in the second half of the nineteenth century, this shadowy portrait of a young blond boy is handsome and affecting. The y...

Beautiful acrylic painting on a 1800s paper by contemporary artist Afsoon Thayer. Flower motif painted with Farrow and ball and gold leaf on an original 1800s Napoleon III French Rep...

Set of Four Panels Decorated with Allegories of Arts France Circa 1865 Height. : 180 cm (70,9 in.) ; Width : 63,5 cm (25 in.) ; Depth : 12 cm (4,7 in.) Set of four large painted panels, in carved and gilded wood. The upper part of each panel is decorated with allegories of the arts, representing music...

Antique tempera Icon depicting St. John the Baptist holding his own head, a reference to his execution by beheading. This came as a result of John publicl...

French 1950’s Matisse inspired oil on artist board painting with gilt and linen mounted frame.

1869 English oil painting men on horse back preparing for the fox hund Painted on wood panel Signed Dave

1866 Oil on canvas of a still life table setting Set in agilt frame Image size 29.5x24 " signed lower right

Copy of a classical portrait painting of Russian Royal Caterina II or Catherine The Great in Red Great Coat with medals and fur cap

a serene impressionistic sunlit scene of a couple in the foreground seated in a gondola facing the viewer with a typically-dressed gondolier standing at the stern; with the towering ...

This sophisticated view of a 1920s cocktail party -- probably taking place on the upper levels of an Art Deco tower in New York or Chicago -- was painted by Robert Patterson, one of ...

A handsome and sophisticated mixed media on canvas by American artist John Rigsby. Found in a original state of preservation. His works are few and far between. The following biography was submitted by John David Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. The author is Lisa Rigsby Peterson, daughter of the artist, and owner of the copyright of the biography. John David Rigsby was born on October 10, 1934, the seventh child of an Alabama Depression-era sharecropper's son. He and his family moved frequently, from one one-room structure to another, often with no running water, no plumbing, no heat but the stove. His father was killed in a car accident when Rigsby was just 9 years old. Life for the remaining eight family members proved tumultuous and difficult -- food wasn't plentiful, nor money. The family moved from place to place, following work -- Rigsby attended 30 different schools before graduating from high school. Despite living in poverty, Rigsby demonstrated academic and artistic aptitude at a young age. Two oil paintings on covers ripped off of old books that he painted when he was eight years old show the promise of an imaginative and gifted eye. Rigsby was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1953. As he later wrote, "When basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was over, I was told to go out and find a job. Jasper Johns was painting visual aids for the 28th Regimental Headquarters. He suggested the Band Training Unit." Rigsby played the clarinet in that unit, and after 2 years of service, he enrolled at the University of Alabama on the G.I. Bill to study art. After just two years, he left school and followed his mentor (and one of the greatest and longest-lasting influences on his art), Japanese artist and U of A art instructor Tatsu Heima, to New York City. Heima introduced him to Isamu Noguchi and suggested that Rigsby work as Noguchi's assistant. Instead, Rigsby chose a job as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since "the notion of seeing all of that art appealed more to me than the boring task of studio assistant." The opportunity was a rich one for Rigsby. He had a chance to study the masters, and cited Rembrandt with his simplicity and elegance as another of the most important influences on his work. In the years between 1957 and 1963, when Rigsby eventually earned his BFA in sculpture, the artist traveled back and forth between New York and Tuscaloosa, alternating study with forays into the fertile New York art scene. Rigsby exhibited some of his early sculpture work in 1958 at a small New York gallery, which was also exhibiting the work of Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Theodore Stamos. Shortly thereafter, searching for an educational venue closer to New York City, Rigsby visited New Haven, Connecticut, and spent an afternoon speaking with Josef Albers at Yale. Albers agreed to accept Rigsby into the Yale program on the condition that he take freshman drawing all over again. A brilliant opportunity, but, in Rigsby's words, "When it was time to register, I was hitchhiking back to Alabama, looking for food and shelter." Rigsby had his first one-man show at the University of Alabama in 1959. A visiting critic from New York, J.F. Goosen, reviewed the show and wrote "here is a talent which produces art because that is the thing for a gifted person to do. In his effortless ease of conception and execution, he has already achieved a goal that eludes many artists for a lifetime." Finally, in 1963, Rigsby received his degree in sculpture, dissolved a short-lived marriage, visited his family, packed up his car and headed permanently for New York. That year, his work was included in a group show at the Delgado Museum in New Orleans - which led to a one-man exhibit at the Delgado in 1964. During 1964, Rigsby took drawing classes at Columbia University, and worked at the General Post Office at night. He met his future wife, Linda Palmieri, and married. In 1965, his daughter Lisa was born, followed in 1966 by the birth of his son, John David Jr. In 1966, Rigsby had a successful one-man show at the Pietrantonio Gallery in New York. Shortly thereafter, he and the family moved to Tunis, Tunisia at the suggestion of a colleague, who urged him to "come paint by the light of Klee." Rigsby worked for the United States Information Agency as a teacher, and he spent the next year and a half painting over ninety paintings inspired by the smells, light, and Phoenician and Roman art surrounding him. He also executed a number of character and landscape drawings, capturing the Tunisian way of life. During his time in Tunisia, Rigsby's work was shown there in two major exhibits. Upon the family's return to the U.S. in 1968, Rigsby once again exhibited at the Pietrantonio Gallery. Later that year, Rigsby enrolled in Southern Connecticut State College's Urban Studies program, earning a master's degree in 1970. During his time at SCSU, Rigsby worked as the city of Bridgeport's Curator of Exhibits, driving a mobile art gallery from schools to neighborhood fairs and housing projects. After completing his degree, Rigsby had an exhibit at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. This exhibit caught the attention of a member of the search committee looking to hire an artist for a newly-developed program in neighboring South Carolina. In 1970, Rigsby was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence in the state of South Carolina for the National Endowment for the Arts Artists in Schools program. His work with the newly-integrated students at Beaufort (SC) High School over the term of his residency precluded substantial work on his own art. He did, however, set up a studio in downtown Beaufort, and was able to create a modest number of paintings, which were included in exhibits at the Columbia Museum in South Carolina in 1971 and Yale University in 1973. At the end of his residency in 1974, Rigsby was named the National Visual Arts Coordinator of the Artists in Schools program for the NEA, a post he held for two years. In this position, Rigsby traveled the country, reviewing grant applications, meeting with state leaders in government, education and the arts to promote program concepts and explore local opportunities. The message he repeated over and over again echoed that of one of the other major influences on Rigsby as an artist - Ruth Asawa Lanier, whose words taught him that all of the work that the artist does is the artist's work, not simply the paintings he creates. In his capacity as National Coordinator, as well as many times in the future, Rigsby stressed that artists function in the same way as any other person in society, and deserved the same respect and place for their work as did all other professions. After two years traveling the country, Rigsby was ready for a change, saying "for the first time in my adult life, there was not a body of paintings to show for the years put into my work." In 1976, a summer retreat to the mountain community of Central City, Colorado, led to a permanent relocation. Eventually settling in the small town of Evergreen, Rigsby followed his own advice about artists becoming actively involved in their communities, and he established the Evergreen Visual Arts Center. The Center provided working space for artists, classes for adults and children, and, most importantly, a place for Rigsby to create his own work. Buoyed by the opportunity to concentrate once again on his art, and inspired by his new surroundings, Rigsby entered an extremely prolific period in his career. In 1977, he organized a traveling exhibition of his paintings, which showed at the Kimball Arts Center in Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Arvada Center in Colorado. 1978 brought more exhibits, notably in Aspen and Denver, as Rigsby's work continued. He took an extended trip to visit his mentor, Tatsu Heima, in Japan, where he climbed Mt. Fuji, followed by travels to Tehran, Delhi, and several European countries. He chronicled his impressions from his travels in a small collection of paintings upon his return to the U.S. - the beginning of a practice which would continue through the rest of his life. In 1979, Rigsby's marriage failed, and at the same time he lost the lease to his Evergreen studio to redevelopment plans. In response to the personal chaos around him, Rigsby began a series of what he called "hard-nosed process paintings," the watercolor paintings of dots which marked his work from this period. The paintings gained him an NEA Individual Artist grant in 1980, as well as a Yaddo fellowship in 1981. The polka dot paintings were followed by a series of cupcake-like images, again examining space and color. During the early 1980s, Rigsby lived in a suite of old dentists' offices in a rundown part of Denver, with a studio in an area that reminded him of the Bowery in New York. In 1984, Rigsby founded the Progreso Gallery in the building where he lived, using the space both to show his own work and also to mount shows of the work of many Colorado artists. The gallery also served as a focal point for Denver's local arts community, hosting weekly discussion groups and classes. In 1984, Rigsby traveled to the Baja Peninsula and then in 1985 to Yugoslavia. After each sojourn, Rigsby returned to create vibrant and explosive paintings based on his experiences, showing them at his Progreso gallery and another alternative gallery in Denver, the Edge Gallery. The economic recession of the mid-eighties hit the art market and Rigsby hard, however, and although he continued to create new works of art, major exhibitions were difficult to come by. In 1987, Rigsby decided to leave Denver and spent six months in Barcelona, Spain. It was an electrifying trip for him. Rigsby wrote of that time: "The streets alone are a visual feast, and the additions of museums from Saarinen, Picasso and Miro to 12th century icons produced artistic indigestion. My paintings are always about the way things look and feel. Barcelona was a time machine extending those sensory and emotional concerns back to the Middle Ages. I felt the need to reduce my work to essential elements of color, scale, drawing and format. The [resulting] color studies speak eloquently for themselves, and in doing so, redefine all of the work I've done in the past 35 years of painting." Rigsby completed over a hundred paintings while in Barcelona - color studies, street portraits of the characters he encountered on a daily basis, and a number of dark landscape paintings. He found time to run with the bulls in Pamplona, and began writing stories about his adventures that were later published. Upon his return to Denver in 1988, Rigsby continued to explore the alter egos of the color studies - he concentrated on a series of dark paintings, all prominently featuring back. He commented about these black paintings that he " decided it was time to explore the perception of the eye and physical space as defined by low -light conditions…I find these paintings elegant, joyous and light-filled, with no feeling of heaviness at all." In mid-1988, Rigsby moved permanently to Houston, Texas, where he would spend the last five years of his life. Once in Houston, Rigsby made a discovery that would serve as the inspiration and material for some of the last works of his career. In 1989, he discovered a salvage yard filled with scrap rubber, and he began working on black rubber sculptures, as well as paintings with rubber elements incorporated. He made strong connections in the Houston alternative arts scene, and became a regular contributor and art critic for a local weekly newspaper, The Public News. From 1989 through 1992, he exhibited his sculptures and paintings at Houston's Brent Gallery, Fountainhead Gallery, and Blaffer Gallery. He also produced an installation of his rubber sculptures on the roof of the Diverse Works Gallery in Houston. 1992 also marked Rigsby's return to Denver when he exhibited his sculptures at the Payton-Rule Gallery in Denver, leading to an Absolut Rigsby commission by Carillon Importers. The 1990s were a tremendous struggle for Rigsby, with financial crises compounded by physical trauma (he accidentally sawed off the top joint of the index finger of his left hand while working in his studio). Although his work was being shown, it wasn't selling, and the tremendous financial pressure he felt weighed heavily upon him. He spent an increasing proportion of his time going to flea markets and garage sales, rehabilitating and repairing the things he bought there, and then re-selling them simply to raise enough money to keep a roof over his head. He had little time to paint or sculpt, the things in life that had always, no matter what the circumstances, brought him joy. Rigsby's final works were a series of intricate paintings and drawings on used books that he purchased at the flea market. Most of these drawings, which he referred to as sculptural form drawings, were executed on page after page of science texts, music books, and a Korean bible and fill hundreds of pages. Additionally, Rigsby created an exquisite book he titled 28 de los Angeles, in which his twenty-eight simple and elegant drawings of angels resonated with the influence of Rembrandt he had so admired in his early days. In a sense, Rigsby's final works, art created on used books which were the only materials he could afford, brought his work and life full circle from his childhood days. Rigsby's life, though begun and ended in adversity, was nonetheless illuminated and enriched by the irresistible impulse he had to create art and beauty. John David Rigsby was killed in a one-car accident in Colorado in August, 1993. Biography from the Archives of askART Following is a review by Michael Paglia of the artist's July 2004 retrospective at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. It was submitted by John Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. There's a magnificent retrospective at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art devoted to the work of the late John David Rigsby, who was a major powerhouse in Colorado's art scene. "Dots, Blobs and Angels" surveys more than forty years' worth of the remarkable artist's paintings and sculptures. The year 1993 was strange, and by that I mean terrible. Many of the city's galleries closed because of bad economic times, and then the artists started dying. In a matter of a few months, Denver lost three significant artists: Rigsby, experimental photographer Wes Kennedy...

Wonderful expressionist treatment of a maritime seascape Oil painting is by Henri Joseph Pauwels and features ships in the Belgium port of Ostend circa 1930s Henri Joseph Pauwels (19...

This opulent still life by artist Helen Oh gets its richness from a deep teal blue background as well as the soft pearl coloring of the nautilus shell. Painted on a wine crate panel...

Joshua Tree National Park desert landscape painting that captures the beauty and grandeur of this iconic park. Nice texture on board with th...

Rare Portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia (1709-1762) 18th Century Signature Signed by court painter Magnificent oil on canvas depicting Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1709-1762),...

Early 20th century pair of Chinese ancestral paintings in custom frames. Nice antique pair with vibrant colors in wood and gilt frames, in...