Hand-Painted Wall-mounted Sculptures

Antique Danish mangle board (clothing and bedding press) dated 1803. It is made from oak wood which is hand carved with a rich decoration of geometric blossoms. Painted in the colou...

A very important early work by Bertil Vallien b. 1938. Unique and monumental wall sculpture, hand painted and contour sawn wood. Made in Sweden 1966. One of a kind! The sculpture is depicting fishes in the water. It was commissioned by an optician in 1966. That is why the eyes are made of oval glass mirrors. They are also hiding the holes where you screw the sculpture to the wall. The sculpture would be great in a fish restaurant or in an indoor pool area. It will certainly make a statement wherever it will hang! A photograph depicting the artist in front of the sculpture is included (see image)! Fully signed and dated 1966 (see image). The sculpture is in 3 parts. The upper part is in one piece. The lower part is in 2 pieces. There are no problems hanging this on the wall. It is heavy but not that heavy. Measurements: The upper part, Lenght 226cm, height 68cm, 7cm deep. The lower part, Lenght 245cm, height 75cm, 7cm deep. As mounted as in the pictures: length 304cm, height 120cm. Total length if one put these pieces after one another, circa 475cm. You can put this sculpture on the wall with different combinations and variations. In 2017 Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan bought the "One million Dollar Boat". They paid one million dollars for the mixed media sculpture "Passage" made by Bertil Vallien. BERTIL VALLIEN EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1963 - ongoing Freelance designer for Kosta Boda glassworks, Sweden 1963 - ongoing Independent artist/designer 1961-63 Studies in USA and Mexico 1961 University of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA HM de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA Yokohama Art Museum. San Francisco, USA Imagine Museum, FL, USA The State Hermitage museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Düsseldorf Museum of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA The Art Institute, Chicago, USA National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden VIDA Museum, Sweden, permanent wing Everson Museum, NY, USA Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, Wa, USA JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA The Prescott Collection at Pacific First Centre, Seattle, USA Detroit Art Institute, Detroit Il, USA Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, NC, USA Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico Musée des Art and Design, The Louvre, Paris, France The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL, USA Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, USA National Museum, Edinburgh, UK Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA AWARDS (SELECTED) Prince Eugen´s medal for outstanding achievement in art, conferred by the King of Sweden (1998) Gold medal, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden (2005) GAS Visionary Award (2020) Honorary doctorate, Växjö University, Sweden (2002) Artist of the future Award, Imagine Museum, FL, USA (2020) Visionaries Award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (2001) Medal for exhibition “Nine Rooms” at the 13th Biennale in Venice given by Instituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti (2012) Young American award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (1961) Award in recognition of the promotion of Glass Art in the world, Museo del Vidrio Monterey, Mexico (2004) The Libensky Award, Seattle, WA, USA (2008) The Wilson Award, GAS, New Orleans, USA (2005) Urban Glass Award for >>Outstanding Achievement in Glass<< NY, USA (1998) Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany (1985) BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Drawings, Ceramics, Glass, Staffan Bengtsson, Kosta förlag, Sweden 2012 Bertil Vallien, Nine Rooms, Publisher Marsilio, Italy 2008 Staven, Gunnar Lindqvist, Kamras/ Kamras förlag 2007 Transperent Bounaries, Ulla-Britt Edberg, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2006 Vallien, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2002 Somna Vakna, Matthew Kangas, University of Washington Press, London 2002 Fiat Lux, Johan Unger Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1998 Glass eats light, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1997 Headbook, Niclas Rådström, Publisher, Kamras/Kamras 1995 Anod, Peter Nilsson, Nordstedts förlag, Sweden 1990 Bertil Vallien, Gunnar Lindqvist, Carlson Bokförlag 1983 Sandcast, Ulf Thomas Moberg, Moberg Publisher EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Vida Museum, Öland, Sweden 2019 Habatat gallery, Detroit, USA 2019 Schantz Gallery, Stockbridge-MA, USA 2018 Leger Gallery, Malmö, Sweden 2017 Gallery Schantz, Stockbridge, MA, USA 2017 Art Miami, Schantz gallery, Miami FL, USA 2017 Spritmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden 2016 Hawk Gallery, Columbus. OH, USA. 2016 Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden 2016 Millesgården, Stockholm, Glasstress, Sweden 2016 Edsvik Konsthall, Edsvik, Sweden 2016 SOFA, Navy pier Chicago IL- USA 2015 Galleri Berengo, Muranoi, Italien 2014 Palazzo Guinigi, Lucca, Italien 2013 Gallerie Azur, Spa, Belgien 2011 Marina Barovier Galleria, Venedig, Italien 2011 Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH, USA 2009 Imago Gallery, Palm Springs. CA. USA 2008 Etienne gallery.Oisterwijk, The Netherlands 2007 Heller Gallery, NYC, USA 2007 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il, USA 2006 Prince Eugen´s Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 Landkrona Konsthall, Landskrona, Sweden 2005 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden 2004 Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico 2003 Rockford Art Museum, IL, USA 2003 Glass Museum, International Centre for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, USA 2002 Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon, France 2002 >>In Transit<< Gävle Museum 2002 Eremitaget, St. Petersburg, Ryssland 2002 The state Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2002 Konstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway 2001 Riihiimäki Museum, Finland 2000 Traver gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland 1999 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel 1998 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1998 The Bullseye Gallery Portland, OR, USA 1998 Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden 1997 Museum of Arts, Indianapolis, USA 1997 Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA 1969 Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy PERFORMANCE 2012,18,19, 20 Rainshower, Kosta glassworks, Sweden 2007 Diamonds and Ashes, Music: Tomidas, Midnight session at Åfors glass...

Beautiful antique hand carved solid wood Italian mirror with exceptional scrolling vine motif , hand painted . Actual mirror size :17”.7...

Beautiful and rare vintage wall decoration made by Heibi Keramik, a large Italian tile hand painted in Germany, West Germany space age period, 60s. This ceramic tile has a glazed fl...

"Icon VII" by Elena Rousseau. The sculptural canvas is molded together with gesso, wax, marble paste, green earth, Italian dark ochre, ash, and acrylic on board. It is painted with ...

Crimean war commemorative prattware decorative Lid. Prattware decorative lid from turn of the century in original ebonized frame with rare Crimean War comm...

Pair of original Baroque wooden putti / winged cherubs. We were told that they originate from a church in the French Pyrenees. We suppose they are from...

A stunningly beautiful 18th century French gold gilt barometer is a weather instrument with mercury-filled glass thermometer still in working order...

Wonderful and LARGE terracotta wall plaque by Italian ceramist Giovanni de Simone. Weighing approximately 30 pounds, the plaque measures 22.25" high, 20.63" wide and 1" deep. The ha...

Original Alexander Gore oil on canvas painting. Beautiful abstract texture colors .signed by the artist.

Fabulous 10 x 21 reverse painted glass Coca Cola sign from the twenties. In excellent vintage condition with a bit of fixing on the upper right corner. Made by the Price Bros. from C...

Fine Regency tray showing the four corners of the British Empire and a large central scene, illustrating many symbolic undertones.

A pair of beautiful Baroque style polychrome carved wood wall decors depicting deer and ibex figures. Painted in brown, green, red, and golden c...

A group of eight Russian and Greek Orthodox icons painted over gold leaf and gesso laid on a wooden board. These are mounted on a Lucite panel and ...

Pair of asymmetric porcelain plates, for putting over table or hung on a wall. Fabricated in West Germany in 1962. Hand-painted kitsch mediterranean mid-century drawing motifs. Marke...

Here we present an unusual find of a french antique shop sign, circa 1920. Shaped steel, painted with applied lettering in french which reads 'antiques and secondhand goods'.  The d...

Set of three Polychrome transfer ware plates, made by Copeland Spode in England in the early to mid 1800's. Vibrant blue flowers over an umber background are hand painted over the gl...

17th century Italian hand-painted ecclesiastical architectural element adorned with carnelian pebbles, gold-plated crystals, blue and yellow raw agate, and b...

Maritime scene prattware decorative lid. Prattware decorative lid from turn of the century in original ebonized frame with maritime scene in perfect con...

18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved wood tabernacle door with natural forming baroque pearls and tangerine quartz crystal points. This door onc...

This is a rare and much sought-after model. The stylish young woman is wearing a green polka dot scarf and another around her neck. Her lips and cheeks are dabbed with blush .She has...

Antique Wine Barrel End Cap that was repurposed into an unusual piece of Wall Art that would be ideal for a Wine Room. The painting itself is of the old town of Eguisheim, France whi...

18th century Italian fragment with tangerine quartz crystal points on a hand painted gallery 1-inch canvas. The canvas is distressed with gold powders...

Nicely carved and framed pair of high relief carved and painted panels. Subtle colors with age appropriate worn finish carved depicting cranes (birds) amongst flowers standing in wat...

A 19th century French Desvres faience wall pocket, or cone shaped flower holder, with hand-painted floral decoration and ribbons. Makers mark on back: Fourmaintraux Courquin. Minor w...

20th Century Mask God of the Undersea World by Stanley Clifford Hunt Signed A striking, graphic mask in the immediately identifiable North West Coast tradition.. The mask is expert...

Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded fragment artifact with phantom quartz and mounted on raw agate. The piece originally comes from a historical church ...

Sculptural canvas relief with a 17th century Italian Florence fragment titled "Torch IV" by Elena Rousseau. The sculpted canvas is molded together with...

A stunning abstract painted sculpture on wood by American Artist Byron Lacy. Lacy is a Texas artist that has exhibited his art all across the United States in museums and art galleri...

A 19th century northern Chinese sign of honor presented to an esteemed scholar on his 80th birthday. The large characters in the center read (from right...

Sculptural canvas with a 17th century Italian giltwood fragment and 24k gold leaf. The sculpted canvas is molded together with gesso, gilding wax, marble paste, green earth, Italian dark ochre, and ash on board. The original 17th century Italian fragment is molded into the sculptural canvas to create a dynamic relief sculpture. It is painted with 24 karat gold leaf. The piece was created by the artist Elena Rousseau for Interi. Together all the elements create a romantic, elegant, and contemporary yet classic work...

Sculptural canvas with a 17th century Italian giltwood fragment and 24k gold leaf. The sculpted canvas is molded together with gesso, gilding wax, marble paste, green earth, Italian dark ochre, and ash on board. The original 17th century Italian fragment is molded into the sculptural canvas to create a dynamic relief sculpture. It is painted with 24 karat gold leaf. The piece was created by the artist Elena Rousseau for Interi. Together all the elements create a romantic, elegant, and contemporary yet classic work...

Standout pair of antique chinoiserie carved wood wall plaques with classic form, having carved floral crests, paint decorated with male and female figures against a silver leaf backg...

An old, Greek Roman terracotta plaque! It feels very Mediterranean with warm earthy terracotta hues layered against aged crisp-white & oceanic blues. It’s a bit nautical without fee...

Sculptural canvas relief with a 17th century Italian Florence fragment by Elena Rousseau. The sculpted canvas is molded together with fresco plaster, g...

Unique mechanic's tool cabinet, closed with a glass door and hand painted tool shaped with hooks. Can be used as a display case for actual tools or just "as is" as art.

"Peasants Plaque" in patinated and engraved bronze and pewter with hand enamel cloisonne by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960's (signed front bottom center "Kelvin + Philip LaVe...

Wall Decoration Stardust with all structure in hand-carved solid mahogany wood. Hand-crafted in gold leaf finish. Also available on request in: L 90 x D 20  x H 87cm, or in L 120 x ...

Wall sculpture in painted wood. Numbered and signed by the artist A. G. Bertolio on the back: A. G. Bertolio - 2003 - Opera 2255

Earnest Thomas (African American, 20th century) "Life Reflected" acrylic and aluminum painting Fantastic original abstract mixed media painting by noted contemporary African Ameri...

Made in Italy, 1960s. This beautiful beech piece is carved and painted by hand. It is signed. The panel is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be consi...

Extremely large, hand molded, painted, and majolica-glazed, relief sculpture "Tondo" (meaning "art in the round") after famed Renaissance artist, Andrea della Robbia...

Pair of English Regency style (19th Century) red and gold painted horizontal dragon wall plaques (PRICED AS Pair).

This antique 17th century Louis XIV period Italian architectural altarpiece fragment is made of a masterfully sculpted rectangular solid wood panel...

Antique Wine Barrel End Repurposed as Wall Art with a beautifully executed painting of Dambach-la-ville, France. Dambach-la-Ville is a small area in the Alsace Region in North-East France. Dambach-la-Ville is known for its high- quality wines and we would assume that this wine barrel has had plenty of use. The Wine Barrel Art...

Large pair of African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These art piec...

Mid-20th century rural decorative wall porcelain of a girl looking through window made by Trevir from Vincenza, Italy By: Trevir Material: ceramic, paint Technique: molded, pressed,...

An adorable set of four wooden pictures depicting scenes of cute children in Four Seasons. Masterfully hand carved and hand painted. South-Tyrol, 1980s. Dimensions (one picture): he...

Monumental Stratocaster style guitar made in Belgium, mid 1980s. Just over 8 feet tall. Very heavy. Approximately 180 pounds. Hand painted with artificial wear and tear. All of the scuffs, marks and dirt are actually hand painted on to the guitar and smooth to the touch. Metal wire for strings. Excellent details throughout. Fantastic piece of giant pop art sculpture...

Fabulous 1986 Margie Hughto original one-of-a-kind summer fragments glazed ceramic wall sculpture artwork. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front and titled on ...

This is one of Pierre Olofssons important works. It was created in 1964 for the Post Office in Kiruna, North of Sweden. The wall sculpture covered a long wall at the office and consi...

The experience of art itself can be an intimate one and this bed canopy, hand painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted birds...

Pair of vintage signs, from a local in the Langhe in Piedmont (Italy), a hilly wine-producing area, this structure had both hotel and tavern, very beautiful and with a historic flavo...

After oxen were introduced to Guinea Bissau by Portuguese sailors in the 15th century, its strength, aggression, and nobility quickly became integrated i...

Two Gien hand painted ceramic wall decorations. Stamped and signed at the back. One of the pieces has a small restoration of the front top part. France, circa 1890.

Coral branches iron wall sculptures, completely handmade by a Tuscan sculptor more than 20 years ago. The large coral branche may be used as a candle holde...

Porcelain sculpture inspired by spectacular traditional African masks. Handcrafted in porcelain, this creation combines the magic of African masks, the striking presence of a powerfu...

Unique mechanic's tool cabinet, closed with a glass door and hand painted tool shaped with hooks. Can be used as a display case for actual tools or just "as is" as Art.

Pair of large decorative and impressive circa 19th century Swedish baroque wooden carvings of swirling acanthus and scrolls. Painted in deep ochre colour with traces of underlying gi...

Unique mechanic's tool cabinet, closed with a glass door and hand painted tool shaped with hooks. Can be used as a display case for actual tools or just "as is" as art.