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Art For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Impressionist
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Dawn from an Airplane, Abstract Aerial Diptych, Giclée, Blue Gradient Skyline
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world of digital art. Drawing inspiration from the ethereal beauty of nature, Fontaine's artistic journey has taken her on an imaginative exploration of space, depth, and emotion through the medium of large digital prints.
Her signature style is characterized by the use of vast, immersive gradients that seem to stretch infinitely across space. These gradients evoke a sense of enigmatic calmness, inviting viewers to lose themselves in the expanse of her visual landscapes. Her ability to create a feeling of boundless depth and space within her pieces, combined with subtle minimalist compositions, is a testament to her mastery of the digital medium.
Fontaine’s pieces resonate with audiences seeking a connection to the sublime, offering a window into a world where colors blend seamlessly and boundaries dissolve. Her work can be found in several private collections throughout Europe and the United States. She currently lives and works between Barcelona and Lausanne.
Details:
Title: Dawn from an Airplane...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Giclée, Archival Pig...
X - Factor, long exposure, monochrome photograph, long exposure, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 20. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to ord...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Porto Miggiano Colony - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Tory and Anny waiting for travel. Harbour. Boats. Large oil painting . Frame
Located in Oslo, NO
In creating this oil painting, I channeled the stirring energy of the sea and the anticipation of journeys yet begin. I employed expressionist strokes and impressionist light to capt...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Au Jardin" 20th Century French Oil Painting Figures in a Garden Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
A stunning oil painting depicting figures in a garden picking flowers executed in the 20th Century. Duteurtre was known for his charming intimate figurative scenes portraying life in Europe. He was active, picking up subjects from the markets, beaches, parks, restaurants, and home life. This painting comes housed in a stunning carved giltwood frame. Signed lower left.
Art measures 20 x 24 inches
Frame Measures 26 x 30 inches
Pierre Eugene Duteurtre...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Map of Days
Located in London, GB
Silk scarf framed with museum-grade 92% UV-resistant glass.
90 x 90 cm / 35 7/16 x 35 7/16 inches
103 x 103 cm (incl frame) / 40 9/16 x 40 9/16 inches (incl frame)
edition size unknown
Map of Days is an intricate work that serves as a self-portrait of the artist's identity and psyche. Drawing inspiration from medieval maps...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silk, Screen
Portrait Head
By Lucian Freud
Located in New York, NY
Lucian Freud
Portrait Head
2001
Etching on Somerset Textured White paper
28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; 72 x 57 cm
Edition of 46
Initialed and numbered in graphite (lower recto)
Frame available upon request
Published by Matthew Marks Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
French Impressionist Alpine View, Gouache, Trees in a Fauvist Landscape
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Fauvist gouache and watercolour landscape on craft paper by Georges Ricard-Cordingley. The painting is signed bottom right and is presented in a fine Montparnasse gilt wood ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Doraemon Let's Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine with Master Fujiko F
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph
Edition of 300
Signed and numbered on the front
Mint, as issued
Sold in the original Kaikai Kiki box
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Dancing Flying Woman at Dusk - Vibrant Gradient Landscape, Acrylic on Paper
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This dynamic acrylic painting by Gozo portrays a woman dancing and seemingly taking flight against a radiant dusk sky. Set within a vibrant gradient landscape of red, purple, and gre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Canaletto
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2024. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75.
Hand...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Pink Tulips - 3"x5" - Small Artwork On Paper, Framed, Pastel Flower Landscape
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Pink Tulips - Small and intimate, this original artwork on watercolour paper captures a glimpse of pink tulips dancing in an open field. Layering of acrylic and oil pastel with intui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
'Woodland Landscape', Paris, NAD, Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Dearth' for Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918) and dated 1892.
Provenance: Collection of George A. Hearn.
Exhibite...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swan Vase, Peach Pink Flowers, Canary Yellow Tea Set, Pine Trees Lake Landscape
Located in Kent, CT
A light and inviting interior scene with an arrangement of pale pink flowers in a clear glass vase next to canary yellow and green and white painted tea cups on a blue and white tabl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Shower - Original Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces.
Very good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Dan Baldwin, Untitled
By Dan Baldwin
Located in Manchester, GB
Dan Baldwin, Untitled
Original artwork
57 x 77 cm (22.44 x 30.31 in)
Hand-signed by the artist
About the artist
Sinister yet beautiful, the work of contemporary artist Dan Baldwi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
H2O VI - large format photograph of sun reflections - Homage to David Hockney
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format Panorama photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Christo, 'The Gates Collage', Lithograph, 1990
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Christo (1935 - 2020)
Title: The Gates Collage
Size: 39" x 27" inches
Type: Lithograph Poster
Hand Signed
Christo was born in 1935 in Gabrova, Bulgaria. (He would drop his J...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Empresses: Theodora, Limited Edition by Damien Hirst (H10-3)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Hong Kong, HK
The Empresses: Theodora (H10-3 )
Laminated Giclée print on aluminum composite, screen printed with glitter.
Limited Edition: Edition Number 154/3315
Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy, black and white photography, fine art, landscape
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - cityscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fashion, Equestrian, Single White Horse with Braided Tail Against Black Backdrop
By Drew Doggett
Located in US
"Align III"
This award-winning image features the braided tail of a white horse.
The print series Equus: Light & Form focuses on the details of some of the world’s most elite jump...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"N.Y." Contemporary Abstract Pink and Orange Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink and orange abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Enamel
"Untitled (Nr. 1546)" Nude Photography 24" x 18" Edition 2/20 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled (Nr. 1546)" Nude Photography 24" x 18" Edition 2/20 by Rowan Daly
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culmination ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
A Magic Carpet Ride, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Blending tradition with imagination, artist Jennifer Ross portrays a horse standing on a kilim rug, draped in another as a blanket. The animal moves through tim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media
French Contemporary Art by Aude de Voc - Le Corail
By Aude de Voc
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Aude de Voc is a self-taught contemporary painter born in 1978 who lives and works in Paris, France. Desiring to transform, confront and mix materials, her work is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Jesus With Follower" Religious Oil On Board
Located in New York, NY
Medium: Oil On Board
Painting Size: 24.25 x 16.25 inches
Frame Size: 29.75 x 21.75 inches
Condition: This artwork is in good overall condition for its age.
Signature: Signed
Artist...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
'La Taverne Pausset, Paris', Salon d'Automne, Salon des Independants, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931), titled, 'Paris' and painted circa 1880. Titled with inscription, verso, on old backing, ''Taverne Pausset', grands boulevards a Paris".
A fine and detailed, cabinet-size oil painting showing an elegant Parisian cafe and bar, the interior lit by luminous, floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and filled with fashionably-dressed patrons drinking and socializing beneath a haze of pipe and cigar smoke. A minor, period masterpiece, providing an animated view of the city's fin-de-siècle nightlife, and characterised by finely observed and fully-realized figures showing an unusual degree of both social commentary and psychological penetration.
Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880's, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the Museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891.
In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting, 'A Cheese Shop', for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, 'The Cream and Cheese Market...
Category
1880s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Postcard
Early Marks No. 4
Located in Columbia, MO
Lita Kenyon was born in Marinette, Wisconsin. She attended Columbia College for her BFA, and earned her MA from Northern Illinois University 1982. She’s been featured in Empty Mirror...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Charcoal, Wood Panel, Archival Paper, Acrylic
Last Comes the Raven
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Beth Moon is an American-born photographer. She has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints.
This portfolio focuses on totem-like beliefs ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Platinum
Traces, Abstract Oil Paint, Contemporary Art, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Traces
Mixed media on Canvas
50x40 cm
2017
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Oil
Presences - Vintage Offset After Franco Fontana - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Coloured poster after a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933), one of the italian most famous contemporary photographers. Titled at the bottom. Very good conditions.
Fontana s...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art
Materials
Offset
Arrangement - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Pink Tulips Flowers Vase, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on canvas, a dark brown vase on a table holds a bouquet of coral pink anemone flowers with pink tulips and light green stems and leave...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mill Creek
By Fern Isabel Coppedge
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board
Circa 1930 -1935
Signed verso and dedicated to JF (possibly John Folinsbee, fellow artist and neighbor). Overall size encased in custom 22K gold leaf frame wit...
Category
1930s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Lobster Dinner, Nude, Fine Art Photography
Located in München, BY
Images size 55 x 70 cm
Limited Edition of 12
Platinum Print
Framed with Wengé and Passepartout
Framed Size 92 x 112 cm
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange's work celebr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Platinum
The Under Dog
By Craig Alan
Located in London, GB
hand embellished canvas
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
edition of 95
Craig Alan is a contemporary artist renowned for his innovative and captivating "Populus" series, where ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas
Embers in the Shallows
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler’s dazzling contemporary water reflection acrylic paintings bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet with a little di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Into the Water
Located in Burlingame, CA
Warm Waters is a beautiful abstract painting in clear blue, with touches of warmth, that references color through water, with a quiet yet complex surface of layered oil paint over st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"River Road New Hope" Bucks County PA Midnight Snow Landscape Scene with Stars
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a colorful quaint home by the river. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much fee...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse by the Sea - Original Watercolor on Paper
Tranquil landscape of a seaside farmhouse on the sand surrounded by coastal plants, in soft neutral watercolors. A distant ocean s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"OLD PATH HOME" TEXAS LANDSCAPE CIRCA 194Os HEAVEY IMPASTO.
Located in San Antonio, TX
E.G. Edward Eisenlohr
(1872 - 1961)
Dallas Artist
Image Size: 11 x 14
Frame Size: 14 x 18
Medium: Oil
"Old Path Home"
Biography
E.G. Edward Eisenlohr (1872 - 1961)
Edward Gustav Eise...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Conversations- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting of a man
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis
Conversations
20 x 20 cm framed (included in price) 23 x 23 cm
Oilpaint on wood panel
Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Saint Tropez" large sailboat rests at sea amongst other sailors
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Linen, Raw Linen, Oil
Mini Glass Water Bag - Hyperreal glass sculpture
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal mini water bag glass sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez.
Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hot sculpted glass hand-molded entirely by the artist. The p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass
Future Relic no.3 (Clock)
Located in London, GB
Daniel Arsham
Future Relic no.3 (Clock), 2015
Plaster and broken glass
comes with the original box
some minor wear to the box.
14 × 12.7 × 6.4 cm
Edition of 400
Daniel Arsham is a c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Plaster
Nude Figurative art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Figurative art
Title: Nude
Size: 16" x 12" x 0.1'' inch...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Still Life with Roses and Fruit" Impressionist Oil of Canvasboard Painting
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical depiction by Martha Walter of an interior morning scene of white and pink roses arrangement in a glass vase on top of a table, and fruit on a decorated plate. In the background, the window overlooking the backyard, with the use of bold colors and strong contrasts makes Walter's work so striking and captivating. The flowers are executed with bold petals and exciting colors and this depiction is a wonderful scene done in her home. As an acclaimed American Impressionist painter and one of the premier female artists to be recognized within the fine arts community of the time, she was known for her bright plein-air beach scenes and domestic portraits. Martha Walter studied under William Merritt Chase and was greatly influenced by the then-established French Impressionists Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and Eugène Boudin. Walter's works took on a looser style; she also used black paint, a color often excluded by other Impressionists. The painting is on canvasboard with the Martha Walter Estate stamp on the reverse, and it comes housed in an antiqued champagne color...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
ARCA B by Ramon Enrich - Contemporary painting, landscape, architecture, ochre
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
ARCA B is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 120 × 140 cm (47.2 × 55.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
FAMILY IN BLUE Signed Lithograph, Black Family Portrait, Azure Blue, Warm Brown
By Geoffrey Holder
Located in Union City, NJ
FAMILY IN BLUE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the Trinidadian-American artist, Geoffrey Holder an actor, dancer, choreographer...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art
Materials
Lithograph
My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, wood, orange
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Wood Panel, Illustration Board, Graphite
Irish Coastal Landscape Cliffs & Ocean Glen Head County Donegal Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glen Head, County Donegal Ireland
by William Henry Burns (1924-1995)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 25.5 x 35.5 inches
Canvas : 20.5 x 35 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Surely I Will Fly - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Bird, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Surely I Will Fly” is a vibrant and hopeful expression of the human spirit's innate desire for freedom and transcendence. This painting represents the moment when we spread our wing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twelve Gondolas, Venice, black and white panorama photograph, limited edition
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Black and white fine art long exposure waterscape - landscape photography. Archival pigment ink print as part of a limited edition of 9. All Gerald Berghammer prints are made to orde...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment
c1900 French Orientalist Oil Painting The Fruit Seller portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Fruit Seller
French Orientalist artist, circa 1900
oil on canvas, framed in antique wooden frame.
framed: 19.5 x 22.75 inches
canvas: 15 x 18 inches
provenance: private collecti...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
"Autumn Landscape" Bruce Crane, Bright Orange, Luminous, Tonalist Fall Scene
By Bruce Crane
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Crane
Autumn Landscape
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
16 x 24 inches
Bruce Crane Was born in New York City, he studied with Alexander H. Wyant before attending the Art Stud...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
IN THE SHADE OF THE TREES.EDGAR VINTERS 1914_2014 impressionist
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Born in Riga, Edgars Vinters was the only child of the facade and decoration painter Hermanis Vinters (1874–1939) and his wife Anna, née Kalniņa, (1879–...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
Large Leopard Black White Landscape Photograph Nature Wildlife Cat Forest Kenya
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper
53" x 36" unframed (134.62 cm x 91.44 cm) 2022
Edition 1/10
*Should you wish the photographs to be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Antique American School Pointillist Still Life Signed Exhibited Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American exhibited pointillist still life oil painting by Katherine Kavanaugh Cahill (1884 - 1962). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L.
Art...
Category
1910s Impressionist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joshua Tree Portrait Mojave Desert California Landscape Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Joshua Tree American Desert photograph from Richard Heeps' series, Dream in Colour. The iconic Joshua Tree stands proudly silhouette against the magical rich layered hues of the dese...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
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