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Paintings For Sale
The Pond of Flowers
Located in London, GB
'The Pond of Flowers', oil on canvas, by Marie-Lucie Nessi-Valtat (circa 1960s). This exquisite oil painting captures the tranquil beauty of a serene pond, its delicate surface refle...
Category
1960s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring flowers (set of 2) Pocket Paintings set, Still life, Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Set of 2 paintings by Dani Humberstone
Crocus Purple Pink Pocket Painting
Pocket Striped Bellona Tulip
Pocket Purple Pink Crocus is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century French Mixed Media Village Scene With River and Autumn Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century French Mixed Media Village Scene With River and Autumn Trees
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 9.5 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Abstract Seascape Oil Painting on Wood "Sea"
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Abstract seascape oil painting on wood panel titled "Sea" by contemporary artist Sula Repani. This evocative abstract seascape artwork c...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
View Over Häggvik, Nordingrå. A UNESCO World Heritage-listed Area
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson (1863–1944) was a Swedish painter renowned for his evocative landscapes, particularly those capturing the striking natural beauty of northern Sweden. His works reflect...
Category
1910s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Incredible Luminous Sunset Landscape Framed 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American 19th century luminous landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 27 by 37 inches overall and 20 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...
Category
1880s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Mid Century Figural Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 22 by 28 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Country side Sunset" Colorful Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed much feelin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Landscape
Located in Wien, 9
Nikolai Iwanowitsch Chrustatschow war ein russischer Maler und Grafiker, der vor allem für seine Landschafts-, Porträt- und Stilllebenmalerei bekannt ist. Er stammte aus einer Künstl...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Janet Thurston Newbold
Located in Milford, NH
A fine full length portrait of Janet Thurston Newbold by Russian American artist Ossip Perelma (1876-1949). Perelma was born in Odessa, Russia, studied at the Imperial Academy in Pet...
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas Painting -- Snow Den
Located in Troy, NY
This is an abstract oil on canvas painting that has great
appeal due to its selection of colors, composition, and size. The top of the painting shows light colors associated with th...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bottlebrush Grass-original modern abstract oil painting- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Bottle Brush Grass" by Antoinette Ferwerda is an original abs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Copper
Naturalistic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Mountains view
Located in Varmo, IT
European Painter (dated 1925) - Mountain landscape.
62 x 41 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, without frame.
- Work signed indistinctly lower left.
- Autograph inscriptions and dat...
Category
1920s Naturalistic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1965 Mid-Century Modern Expressive Landscape Oil Painting - Twilight Fjordscape
Located in Bristol, GB
TWILIGHT FJORDSCAPE
Size: 58 x 68.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A moody and atmospheric mid-century landscape painting that captures the rugged beauty of a mountainous fjord s...
Category
1960s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Gentleman shooting in a landscape with a horse and spaniels
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Francis Sartorius (1775-1831)
A Gentleman shooting in a landscape with a horse and spaniels
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 11 1/2 x 16 in
Framed...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bucket of Champagne
Located in Nashville, TN
Bucket of Champagne, is a vibrant and dynamic painting that combines abstract expression with a hint of realism. The composition features a rich palette of reds, blues, yellows, and ...
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
English Naive 19th Century - Cow in a stable interior
Located in London, GB
The English Naive school of the 19th century works are characterized by a simple, direct, and unschooled approach to painting. While not a formal “school” with organized membership, ...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Divine Wind
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arleen Joseph
Evoking a sense of place, a heightened sense of atmosphere and cultural influences, my paintings are an allusion to landscape, a suggestion of place based on color and...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bajo tierra (Underground)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Bajo tierra (Underground), 2024
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 30 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars. Extern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Red Bridge In Park" - 2005 Original Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
"Red Bridge In Park" - 2005 Original Acrylic on Board
Vibrant landscape depicting a red bridge in a park by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). A red brid...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Large Antique Italian Baroque 18th Century Still Life Fruit Oil Canvas Painting
Located in Portland, OR
An exceptional & large antique Italian baroque still life oil on canvas painting, attributed to Carlo Magini (1720-1804), a still life scene of a table setting with bowls of fruit, c...
Category
1780s Italian School Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Seascape of Capri, Amalfi Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Luminous early 20th Century seascape of Capri on Amalfi Coast by Albert Wenk (German, 1863-1934), 1913. Signed and dated lower left corner. Cond...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Vibrant plein aire landscape by Thomas Bradshaw (American, b. 1972). This landscape was complete on site, ...
Category
1990s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Smugglers Cove In A Moonlit Landscape, 19th Century Abraham PETHER (1756-1812)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Smugglers Cove In A Moonlit Landscape, 19th Century
Abraham PETHER (1756-1812)
Large 19th Century Moonlit coastal landscape of smugglers at a cove, oil on canvas attributed to Abra...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with citrus-original realism oil painting for sale- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into a moment frozen in time with "Still Life with Citrus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brigham Harbour, Evening, circa 1920 by HARRY HARVEY CLARKE (1869-1948)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Brigham Harbour, Evening, circa 1920
by HARRY HARVEY CLARKE (1869-1948)
Large circa 1920 evening view of sailing boats in Brixham Harbour, Devon, oil on canvas by Harry Harvey Clar...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Camellia - original realism still life oil painting modern floral study artwork
By Martha Nairn
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. The original realism painting by Martha Nairn is framed and rea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wave & Particle #2
Located in Nashville, TN
"Wave and Particle #2" is is an encaustic-on-panel piece by Charles Ivey from his "Wave and Particle" series. Ivey uses the encaustic process of combinin...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Wax, Encaustic, Wood Panel
Uneasy truce, hands three figures friendship monochromatic abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This acrylic painting on paper can be framed or displayed easily by hanging with magnets.
Tatana Kellner’s work is rooted in social issues. She has been exhibited in numerous venue...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
At full gallop, James Clark (19th century), signed
By James Clark
Located in London, GB
A beautiful painting showcasing 3 horses in an open landscape at full gallop. This oil on canvas signed painting is by James Clark (1858–1943) who was a provincial English painter bo...
Category
19th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
High contrast abstract composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Vibrant scene composed of abstract shapes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Macaw Jungle Collection Pocket Painting, Nature, Animal, Bird Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Macaw Jungle Collection is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Mid 20th Century Pastel of Lakeside Landscape with Red Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid 20th Century Pastel of Lakeside Landscape with Red Boat
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 19.5 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink and Wash Cityscape with Palm Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink and Wash Cityscape with Palm Tree
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Ink and watercolour on unframed p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 12.5 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Dandelion Drip - Colorful Abstract Figurative Sculptural Contemporary Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nebraka-based Jamie Burmeister is a sculptor known for his original small bronze figures, standing at just 4 inches tall. His unique figurative sculptures have been showcased in gall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Pastel Landscape of the Vosges Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Pastel Landscape of the Vosges Mountains
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Pilgrim No. 37 by Doris Marten - Oil on vinyl, music, orange, abstract, hypnotic
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Pilgrim No. 37 is a unique oil on vinyl painting by German contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 30 × 30 cm (11.8 × 11.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - original painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Abstract Composition, original painting by Pierre Coquet (1926 - 2021)
Oil on canvas
Fram with a natural oak floating frame
33 x 41 x 2,5 cm ( 38 x 46 x 3,5 frame inclued )
Painti...
Category
1970s French School Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moonlit Tranquility: Hugo Carlberg’s Atmospheric Nocturne, c. 1910–1913
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and poetic nocturne by Swedish artist Hugo Carlberg, Moonlight evokes the hushed stillness of a moonlit landscape. Silvery reflections shimmer across the water as tall trees c...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Home Away From Home - Original Atmospheric Earth Tone Abstract Landscape Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Original Oil painting on canvas, seascape, Sailing Ship in the Ocean, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas depicting a vessel in the stormy ocean. Beautifully done, with great gentle blue and green colors.
Presented in a wood frame.
Framed m...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Green Horizon, Quite Coast, Surreal Landscape on Paper, Pastel Tones Shoreline
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful landscape painting by Alexandra Czierpka. By reducing color and form to their essentials, she invites the observer to contemplate the harmony between humans and n...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
The Cornish Fisherman Signed Antique Oil Painting Portrait Old Sea Salt Sailor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cornish Fisherman
Signed by David W. Haddon (British, flourished end of the 19th century)
Oil on board, framed
framed: 13 x 11 inches
board: 10 x 8 inches
Provenance: Private col...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Nude Lady on Beach Superb Quality Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Place Privee'
by Danie Gruau ( 20th Century French School)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 76'
canvas: 15 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very goo...
Category
20th Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Snowdrops. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Snowdrops are the first flowers that appear in my garden. Their fragility and incredible tenderness are amazing. The various shades of white color of the flower, the reflections of t...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper
Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper
Size: 21.5 x 30 cm
Conditi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Evening Sail – Sunset Reflections by the Swedish Coast
Located in Stockholm, SE
This charming marine painting by Swedish artist Ludvig Richarde captures a lone sailboat gliding across calm waters, bathed in the delicate light of dusk. The palette is rich in soft...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait Of A Lady, Stilte Family, 17th Century by Jan Cornelisz VERSPRONCK
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady, Stilte Family, 17th Century
by Jan Cornelisz VERSPRONCK (1597-1662)
Large 17th Century Dutch Golden Age portrait of a lady identified as a member of the Stilte family, oil on cradled panel. Excellent quality and condition portrait of the lady wearing a ruff and cap with elaborate lace work and a gilded embroided dress...
Category
17th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Warm Light Behind" Contemporary Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Warm Light Behind" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Marshall Noice, depicting a vibrant forest scene with tall, slender trees set against a vivid orange-pink background. The fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin Scottsdale Bulldog Canyon
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
In the Canyon
oil/canvas laid to panel
image 8 x 10
Purchased from the artist in 2003. This is a beautiful plein air painting done in Scottsdale at Bulldog Canyon. This is one of two...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thomas Kinkade Paris, Eiffel Tower 18" x 27" Framed S/N #98/2750 Canvas Painting
Located in Palm Coast, FL
A City of Lights II is a popular Thomas Kinkade's series. This large painting titled "Paris, Eiffel Tower, 27” x 18” edition size is limited in Standard Numbered to 2750 S/N on c...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Village Way Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism,
Title: Village Way,
Size: 12" x 13.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BILL DEAN ROI 1932 English IMPRESSIONIST landscape oil painting STUBBLE BURNING
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Bill Dean ROI WG (1932-) British
TITLE: "Stubble Burning"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 29cm x 39cm inc frame
CONDITION: very good...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coast is Clear
Located in Manchester, GB
Werner Bronkhorst, Coast is Clear, 2024
Acrylic gel and acrylic on canvas
Framed Size: 33 x 43 cm (13 x 16.93 in)
Unframed Size: 31 x 41 cm (12.2 x 16.14 in)
About
Werner Br...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Huge 1940's Circle of Fernand Leger Figurative Portraits Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Portraits
French School, illegibly signed and dated 47'
circle of Fernand Leger (French 1881-1955)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 38 x 58.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Journey Unknown - Original Abstract Impasto Nature Rural Landscape Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Italian still-life with flowers, fruits and game
Located in Aartselaar, BE
This opulent 17th-century Italian still-life captures the abundance and refinement of the Baroque era, presenting a feast for the senses. The composition features an array of ripe, s...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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