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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artist French Rose Madone New Artwork Nature earth colors
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of A...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media

French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Manequins
By Claudine Picard
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
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2010s Realist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ABSTRACT Painting Landscapes Grey Gold Pau Escat Spanish Artist
By Pau Escat
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Still life at tea time
By Henry Meylan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Still life at tea time This captivating still life presents a harmonious arrangement of everyday objects on a wooden table. To the left, a finely detailed glass carafe...
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1920s Continental Europe - Paintings

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Oil

"Autumn light" Original impressionistic landscape. Autumnal landscapes
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I've embraced the fluidity of impressionism to capture the ephemeral grace of nature. The gentle play of light through the trees, the warmth of the fallen leave...
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2010s Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Présence" Collection - N°2 by Gilbert Pauli - Acrylic on Jute - 110x150 cm
By Gilbert Pauli
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Jute

Landscape With Mill at Sunset by Swedish Artist Mauritz Lindström
Located in Stockholm, SE
The small yet stirring painting "Landscape With Mill at Sunset" showcases the remarkable talent of Swedish painter Mauritz Lindström. He was a resp...
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Early 1900s Realist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Adoration of the Shepherds by Gillis Mostaert (1534 - 1598) Flemish Renaissance
Located in Knokke, BE
Gillis Mostaert Hulst 1534 – 1598 Antwerp Flemish Painter 'Adoration of the Shepherds' Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: image size 38,5 x 46,5 cm, frame size 54 x 62 cm Provenance...
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16th Century Renaissance Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous painting by Oscar Lycke captures a tranquil sunset scene deep within a Nordic forest. The warm, golden light of the setting sun filters through the dense spruce trees, ...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tribute to Cezanne : 14 Apples - Original oil on canvas, Signed
By Pierre Garcia Fons
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre GARCIA FONS Tribute to Cezanne : 14 Apples, 1964 Original oil painting Signed upper right corner Signed and titled on the back On canvas 50 x 50 cm (c. 20 x 20 inch) PROVEN...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Luna - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting by Italian artist Daniela Astone
By Daniela Astone
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Italian artist Daniela Astone lives and works in Florence. She enjoys working with live models and paints her works from observation, the classical appr...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Forever (surreal painting vintage couple man woman blue Grey monochrome)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Forever delivers a striking blend of surrealism and vintage aesthetics, reinforcing his thematic exploration of fragility and disintegration. The figures—a well-dresse...
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2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Wooden Assemblage, 1951, A Mid-century Post-war Abstract Relief Sculpture
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This unique black wooden assemblage from 1951 is a captivating example of mid-century post-war abstract relief art. Signed with an illegible signature, the piece carries a mysterious...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Continental Europe - Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Tableau n°60 by Jean Krillé - Oil on paper and canvas 50x70 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
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1980s Expressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal
Located in Paris, FR
French school late 18th Century Portrait of a young man oil on metal 10.2 x 7.7 cm Framed under glass : 24.4 x 21.8 cm This small portrait painting, quite original in its technique...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mixed Colors Composition - Mixed Media by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
By Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed Colors Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020. Mixed media in tempera and watercolor on paper Hand-signed and dated by the artist o...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor, Paper

Azure Vine 1 by Mathieu Piffeteau - Abstract painting, color gradation, illusion
Located in Paris, FR
Azure Vine 1 is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Mathieu Piffeteau, dimensions are 61 × 50 cm (24 × 19.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes w...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Christmas ducks" Original animalistic painting. Large square.
Located in Oslo, NO
This flock of ducks lives near the mother-in-law of the artist and every Christmas visiting her , according to tradition, ducks are visited and fed . The picture shows a moment in th...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Caravaggist Italian painter - 17th century figure painting - Saint Jerome
Located in Varmo, IT
Caravaggesque painter (17th century) - Saint Jerome. 47 x 73 cm. Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame (not signed). Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conserva...
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ox- tongue in a Ginger Jar - 21st Century Dutch Still-life painting
By Ingrid Smuling
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ingrid Smuling Ox- tongue in a Ginger Jar 20 x 20 cm olieverf Framed size! 28 x 28 cm ( Frame is included) Oil on wood panel Ingrid Smuling, the Grand Lady of Still life painting ...
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2010s Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Little Landscape 08 - Modern Abstract Landscape, Nature Painting, Framed
By Grzegorz Wójcik
Located in Salzburg, AT
This painting is signed on the back A few words of the artist about his art: When i painting landscapes, I usually choose simple geometric arrangements, contrasts of verticals and ...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

DRAWING OF NAKED MAN
By Gennaro Luciano
Located in Napoli, IT
DRAWING OF NAKED MAN - Study of light by Gennaro Luciano, Naples, 1920, with ebony frame. Cm.65x48.
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1920s Old Masters Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Minimalist Geometric Abstract Painting in Pink Minimal Tones by Carolin Kreutzer
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At our gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Auth...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Preparing for ballet classes
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've captured the quiet intensity and discipline of ballet practice. The focus and dedication of the dancers are rendered through soft, precise strokes, reflect...
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2010s Realist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

BIRCHES - 3 Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape, Modern Painting
By Grzegorz Wójcik
Located in Salzburg, AT
It is possible to purchase the entire diptych. Please see my other items and offers. Birches IV, Part 3, acrylic, modeling paste on canvas Please ask me about shipping costs becaus...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Paste

Precious Moments - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract swimmer painting
By Katharina Hormel
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

2023 I – 15 by Christiane Maurer - Textile art, line, colour, vivid, handwoven
Located in Paris, FR
2023 I – 15 (combination of 2023 I – 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) is a unique textile (double weave, handwoven cotton stretched on frame) artwork by contemporary artist Christiane Maurer, d...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

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Textile, Cotton

#124, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
By Joachim Schmeisser
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Pigment

"Sun at home" Large figurative painting. Horizontal for interior
Located in Oslo, NO
This work is dedicated to my favorite girls, my twin sister Vera and our common cat Masya .It's a long story ... In my work, I wanted to convey this atmosphere of love, peace, harmon...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

French Painting Interior Church Saint Germain Charonne in Paris Troubadour 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Charles BULTEAU Active in the 1870s and 1880s View of the interior of the church of Saint Germain de Charonne in Paris Oil on panel 29 x 24 cm (50 x 48 cm with the frame) Very beauti...
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19th Century Romantic Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reticulum - Oil Painting by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2024
By Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Canvas realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2024. The work is the combination of two paintings, to create a single bigger reticulum. Hand signed and dated.
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

#220, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
By Joachim Schmeisser
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Pigment

Blue and Red Marine Flora, Coral Reef Diptych, Illustration Biomorphic on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
“Blue and Red Marine Flora" is a dynamic mixed media diptych inspired by the vivid biodiversity of underwater ecosystems. Layered with expressive texture and vibrant pigment, this pi...
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2010s Naturalistic Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

A couple - Contemporary Figurative Acrylic Painting, Abstraction, Nude
By Michał Bajsarowicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
MICHAL BAJSAROWICZ (born in 1963) He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, achieving his diploma in 1992 at the studio of prof. B. Wegner. His mainly works in painting, ...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Nude. Vintage 1” Original figurative painting.Nudes across mediums
Located in Oslo, NO
The artwork features a seated nude figure in a graceful and expressive pose, elegantly perched on a sheer, fabric-like platform or pedestal. One hand gently holds a circular hoop tha...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Planeta S VI - contemporary modern mixed media sculpture painting relief
By Eliza Kopec
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Planeta S VI is a unique small size round contemporary mixed media wall sculpture relief by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. This relief is part of a body of work that conti...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media

French school Still Life Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Still Life from J Robert⬅️ 🟢Jacques Robert (1921–1997) was a French writer, journalist, and screenwriter. Born on June 27, 1921, in Lyon, France, he began his career in journalis...
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Early 20th Century Tonalist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Hibiscus Garden, Vertical Modern Still Life in Pastel Tones of Vivid Flowers
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Hibiscus Garden I" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina Mil...
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2010s Modern Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, India Ink, Paper

Narcissus. Original Oil Painting with Flowers by Irina Trushkova
Located in Zofingen, AG
These stunning spring narcissus are placed in a transparent vase. The bright yellow flowers create a vivid color contrast against the silvery blue background focusing the viewer's ey...
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2010s Realist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Lacquer

Untitled - Acrylic on Canvas by Laura Placa - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful abstract painting Untitled was realized by the artist Laura Placa, an Italian documentary director, street photographer, and abstractionist ...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Amela Rasi — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting in Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, guaranteeing its originality and provenance. We offer secure worldwide delivery to any address you specify, ensuring that your purchase arrives in pristine condition. If you require additional shipping options or a bespoke quote from our trusted network of carriers, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our team is here to help you find the best solutions for a smooth and secure delivery experience. Born in 1986 in Saarbrücken, Germany, Amela lives and works as a visual artist in Munich. As the daughter of migrants from former Yugoslavia, she grew up bilingual and her live had taken place between Germany and Bosnia. This experience has had a particularly strong influence on the content of her work. The paintings of Amela Rasi...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Linen, Oil, Acrylic, Pigment

Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Noletti known as the Maltese (Malta 1611-Rome 1654) Workshop/circle of Still life with musical instruments, toys, armour, textiles and precious objects Oil on canvas (52 x 78 cm. - in frame 71 x 102) This painting, of beautiful scenic effect, depicts a still life composed of a rich display of precious objects, arranged with an apparent disorder, one part on a table and the other on the floor, all theatrically behind a hanging drape from which tassels swing. Among the objects, our author has reproduced we can see parts of a parade armour with gold borders, jugs and plates...
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17th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Lanternes du Japon" Olio cm. 46 x 38 1910 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso quadro con mazzo di fiori arancioni su fondo verde
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1920s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Plywood

Still Life on a Table - Oil Painting on Canvas - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life on a Table is an original oil painting on canvas realized in the 20th Century. Good conditions (the painting has been restored in some parts). Frame included (83x108 cm).
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20th Century Modern Continental Europe - Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Quiet evening." Original painting by Spanish artist Liudmila Shabazova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting was painted in the Favism style, using traditional contrasts: red and green.At the same time, the work is also genre-specific. ...
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2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Still Life with Water Melone. Vertical, oil, bright, flowers, fruits, summer
Located in Oslo, NO
The still life with a watermelon was painted from nature in the artist's garden in the summer of 2020. Still life with flowers is one of Anna Shesterikova's favorite genres. The arti...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunrise Over A Fishing Port French Impressionist Art Nouveau period oil
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Norwich, GB
The 1903 painting by Henri Louis Ottmann (1877-1927) which is in the Musée d'Orsay depicts vast train station with all its dynamism. Our painting, created three years earlier, shows ...
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1890s Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Floreale N°2 " olio su tela cm. 37 x 58 1935
Located in Torino, IT
Futurista,Decò,Liberty ARTURO CIACELLI (Arnara, 1883 - Venezia, 1966) Florale n.2, 1935 Oil on canvas 58x37 cm Signed and dated lower left "Ciacelli - 35 -" On the reverse, cartou...
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1930s Futurist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary expressionist vivid still life painting on paper "Two blue vases"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant still life, “Two Blue Vases,” was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and forms part of her ongoing Still Life Series, where she explores the poetry found in the s...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Deposition Atala De Roussy-trioson Paint Oil on canvas 19/20th Century French
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
The deposition of Atala Follower of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (Montargis, 1767 - Paris, 1824) 19th-20th century Oil on canvas 47 x 65 cm. - Framed 67 x 84 cm The propos...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Landscape" Contemporary Art Made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape mixed media on canvas 50x50 cm 2018 Ready to Hang Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Aca...
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2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Enamel

San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen niña - óleo sobre cobre.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela española; siglo XVIII. San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen Niña. Es un Óleo sobre cobre anónimo y buena calidad pictórica. Medidas de la obra: 69 x 87 cm. Medidas del marc...
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18th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beautful sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I captured the vibrant essence of the ocean's spirit. Using oil paints, I melded expressionism with realism to convey the raw, untamed beauty of the sea. The stroke...
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2010s Expressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

Beautful sea
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Saint Michael Archangel López 18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Spanish school
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
18th-century Spanish Colonial School Attributed to Juan Pedro López (Caracas, Venezuela, 1724 - 1787) Saint Michael the Archangel Oil on canvas 91 x...
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18th Century Old Masters Continental Europe - Paintings

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Oil

Venice. XVI century. Madonna with child with St. John. Attrib. Marco Bello.
Located in Firenze, IT
Sacred Conversation: Madonna with child with St. John with idealized landscape background with mountains. Early XVI century. Oil on wooden panel of Venetian conifers. Marco Bello, attributed. (Venezia, 1470 - 1523, Udine), pupil and follower of Giovanni Bellini. Venetian school. Madonna with child with St. John with idealized landscape background with mountains. Dimentions: 57cm x 68cm x 6cm Beautiful late Renaissance frame...
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16th Century Renaissance Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Tulips Red 3
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Tulips Red 3" bursts with life, a vivid floral painting where passion blooms in every detail. Red tulips take center stage, their vibrant hues energized by touches of blue, yellow, ...
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2010s Expressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper

"Morning Serenity" - impressionistic painting with flowers on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness." — Eckhart Tolle Morning Se...
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2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Napoleon III-Review by Edouard Detaille - Tempera - signed lower right
By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille
Located in PARIS, FR
This artwork might be one of two versions, the other one being in the Museum in les Invalides Paris. Note. This version has a more accomplished academic style. Dimensions with original gold frame 107 x 87 cm Conditions Excellent overall, supported by an original frame withan antique glass. EDOUARD DETAILLE The emperor is accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Colonel Castelnau, and Marshal Canrobert. In a gilded wooden frame, under a Marie Louise blue background. Life and time Born in 1848 into a close-knit bourgeois family, Édouard Detaille, the eldest of eight children, displayed early talent in drawing. “He was a prodigy,” notes François Robichon. By the age of thirteen, he exhibited an astonishing surety of hand and a phenomenal sense of composition. His father, connected to Horace Vernet, encouraged him. At seventeen, after passing his baccalaureate, he entered Meissonier’s studio. This relationship, which developed into mutual affection, spared Detaille the academic detour through the École des Beaux-Arts. Rather than dictating an official art style, Meissonier, at the peak of his fame, traveled with his students, introducing them to the nuances of Titian, Rembrandt, and Rubens in Brussels and Lille. In 1867, the Paris of “free trade” dominated the world through the technological revolutions of the Universal Exhibition, and the amiable young man, striking in appearance, discovered the salon of Princess Mathilde and the theater of Dumas fils. He even approached the Empress, noting in his journals, “Not bad, the Empress.” This observation encapsulated Detaille: he had no doubts about his talent, cultivated panache, enjoyed the company of beautiful women, and aimed to conquer the circles of power without sacrificing his freedom. From childhood, he listened to his calling: “Before I could read, I could guess the subjects of battles, the names of famous generals, the weapons of officers and soldiers from the images I admired in the books of Norvins and Laurent de l'Ardèche.” He mingled with collectors and regularly attended military reviews on the Champs-Élysées. His first painting exhibited at the Salon in 1868, “La Halte de tambours,” was praised by critics who immediately recognized “a remarkable truth of observation and simplicity of effect.” The purchase of this work by Princess Mathilde, cousin of Emperor Louis-Napoleon, made Detaille, at twenty, an envied celebrity known to Sainte-Beuve, Théophile Gautier, the Goncourt brothers, and Flaubert. The young artist’s humanistic vision contrasted with the compositions of his predecessors, depicting soldiers in maneuvers, contemplative and resigned as war loomed. **The Combatant’s Vision** The Siege of Paris, where he nearly lost his life in 1870, and the deaths of two brothers in that defeat darkened his outlook. From 1871 onward, Detaille no longer concealed the cruelties of war: German riflemen mowed down by machine gun fire, cavalrymen and panicked horses caught in ambushes, fields plowed by shells strewn with dead animals. The unvarnished tragedy: “It is an absolute fact that no painter has ever rendered a battlefield covered with corpses as it is,” commented Jules Claretie. The fallen bodies still bear the appearance of life in their frozen rigidity. Detaille’s testimony of the devastating defeat and the catastrophic effects of the first total war in history was not a celebration of heroism but a lament, a “lesson in darkness.” “From war, once considered the supreme effort of human genius, we now see only melancholy and horrors,” judged one writer in response to his canvases. “Detaille experienced the reality of combat at a young age during a war that foreshadowed the two world conflicts of the 20th century,” explains François Robichon. With great realism, Detaille painted war from the perspective of the combatant. He introduced a humanity and a critical lucidity regarding the evolution of warfare. His works intensely captured the violence and firepower of new weapons like machine guns. Before he turned thirty, Detaille had become a chronicler of these painful years. He exhibited, as a critic noted, a “striking portrait of modern war” that both French civilians and soldiers had experienced firsthand. He embodied a youth humiliated and eager for revenge. Yet this scrupulous artist also remembered, in his expansive landscapes—from the chalky plateaus of Île-de-France to the Russian plains—the lessons of Corot and Courbet. Manet was not far off. “I wouldn’t want my art to be reduced to mere patriotic art,” he asserted. “A system I often employ and love is to first execute the landscape, very effective, very tight, based on nature…” Echoing Meissonier’s advice: “Always nature, always nature!” Detaille remained close to this father figure, constructing a grand townhouse next to his mentor’s studio at 129 boulevard Malesherbes at the age of 26, having purchased 425 m² of land from the Pereire brothers. He even chose the same architect as Meissonier: Paul Boesvilwald. A bachelor and incorrigible seducer, the painter welcomed his conquests, including Valtesse de la Bigne, amidst his collections, having built his studio in the courtyard. Diplomatic Actor As Detaille’s fame grew, his Malesherbes townhouse quickly became a gathering place for foreign princes, politicians, and heads of state, where Juliette Adam, Léon Gambetta’s muse, offered him valuable advice. The Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, developed a genuine friendship with the painter. “This fervent patriot, friend of Déroulède, was extraordinarily open to the world,” recounts François Robichon. In just a few years, he gained considerable social, cultural, and international stature. Received at Windsor, at the English court, he was close to Tsar Alexander III and a great friend of Félix Faure. In this capacity, Detaille played a decisive role in the Entente Cordiale, signed in 1904 between England and France, and in the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894, thereby contributing to the Triple Entente among the three powers. An engaged witness of his time—associated with the birth of the “Ligue des Patriotes” alongside Alphonse de Neuville...
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Late 19th Century Academic Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Iris 1
Located in Zofingen, AG
This captivating artwork features a mesmerizing floral composition at its center, showcasing intricately detailed petals of pastel purples and soft yellows, exuding elegance and vita...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

PaperLandscape – Original Mixed Media Painting on Canvas, one of a kind
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Description: PaperLandscape is an original mixed-media painting by Italian artist Marilina Marchica, created in 2025. Through the use of collage and layered paint, the work explores ...
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2010s Minimalist Continental Europe - Paintings

Materials

Enamel

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