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Italian Renaissance Style Tempera on Gold Ground Panel Painting the Annunciation
Located in Firenze, IT
contemporary Florentine painting trends of Renaissance period. The gold ground in this painting is used both
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19th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Italian Renaissance Style Tempera on Gold Ground Panel Painting the Annunciation
Located in Firenze, IT
contemporary Florentine painting trends of Renaissance period. The gold ground in this painting is used both
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Nude Figures, Metallic Gold Ground, African American Artist - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Hollingsworth intertwines faces and figures along in black and red on a metallic ground. There are
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1970s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

18th Century Japanese Painting of Red and White Peonies on a Gold Leaf Ground
Located in Prahran, Victoria
rendered painting in exquisite detail, its color fresh and vibrant despite its antiquity. It dates from the
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Two Stacked Cups in Green, White and Gold on a Gray Ground"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, teapots, and dishes, but there is something humorous and provocative about these paintings that belies
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Four Stacked Blue, White, and Gold Cups on Ground with Lavender Flowers"
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, plates, teapots, and dishes, but there is something playful about these paintings. Stacked teacups are
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Art Nouveau Vase with Butterfly" Vase on Lavender/Blue Ground with Gold/Silver
By Olga Antonova
Located in Wellesley, MA
, plates, teapots, vases and dishes, but there is something playful about these paintings Stacked teacups
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Egrets in Japanese Red Pine with Gold Ground
Located in Hudson, NY
Seven graceful Egrets perched upon very vibrant pine. Representing strength, luck, and longevity. A harmonious balance in nature. Mineral pigments on Mulberry paper with dark brown ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Lacquer, Paper

LARGE FRENCH MODERNIST SIGNED OIL PAINTING - NUDE FIGURE SEATED FROM BEHIND
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
behind. Medium: oil painting with some mixed media (gold ground) on board, unframed, . Size: painting
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens Edo Period Vignettes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
vignettes, poems, and paintings in various formats over a dramatic gold leaf square ground. The paintings
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Kano School Bird Waterscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
dramatic gold leaf square ground. The painting showcases vibrant green tones in a flowing landscape with
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Grounded II
Located in Charlottesville, VA
In Grounded II, Susan McAlister interest in Abstract Expression and en plein air painting is
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Grounded II
Grounded II
H 36 in W 36 in D 2 in
Odalisque
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
but also stretches back to Warhol, Matisse, Botticelli, and the gold ground paintings of the early
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Lacquer, Linen, Oil

Untitled (Honey, painted)
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic design, Arabic tiles and mosaics
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Graphite, Lacquer, Linen

The Fabled Fragrance so Elusive It Took a Generational to Capture (Possession)
By Karen Mainenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
** Photos of our works in the series provided for reference. Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope
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2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

We Dare You to Run These Panties (Spun-Lo)
By Karen Mainenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn is proud to present, "Message in a Bottle," by Gowanus
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2010s Feminist Nude Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

If Nature Didn't (Warners Will)
By Karen Mainenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn is proud to present the solo exhibition, "Message in a
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2010s Byzantine Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Loveable Spandex Girdles
By Karen Mainenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn is proud to present the solo exhibition, "Message in a
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2010s Byzantine Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Untitled (the veil with Ai Weiwei's crabs)
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
, black and white, figurative, gold, nautical, crabs, censorship, China, black veil, ropes, tall painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

Kate Arches
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
, Matisse, Botticelli, and the gold ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Oil, Paper

Gardening, Silver
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic design, Arabic tiles and mosaics
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Oil, Paper

Untitled (Berlusconi's muse)
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic design, Arabic tiles and mosaics
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Lacquer, Linen, Oil Pastel, Paper

Honey Flora
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
but also stretches back to Warhol, Matisse, Botticelli, and the gold ground paintings of the early
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Oil, Paper

Peacock Pair by Cliffs
By Araki Kanpo 1
Located in New York, NY
back to a long tradition of peacock paintings on gold ground, such as those created by the Maruyama and
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Peacock Pair by Cliffs
Peacock Pair by Cliffs
H 76.78 in W 75.75 in D 0.99 in
Objects of Desire Scroll
By Karen Mainenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn is proud to present the solo exhibition, "Message in a
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2010s Feminist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dresden Potpourri with Two Paintings of Lovers and Two Flower Bouquets
By Dresden Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
a gold ground. The hand painting is very well done and quite eye-catching, as you can see in the
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Antique Early 1900s German Romantic Vases

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Porcelain

A Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain vase c.1810
Located in Exeter, GB
Jukes in 1799. The combination of this attractive salmon and gold ground and topographical painting
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Antique Early 19th Century European Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

A ceramic and bronze vase
Located in New York, NY
are ground for delicate gold painting of imperial eagles, crowns, and honeybees. Marked "France".
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Early 20th Century French Vases

A ceramic and bronze vase
A ceramic and bronze vase
H 12.5 in Dm 3.5 in
Grapevine on bronze ground botanical oil painting by master italian painter
By Margherita Leoni
Located in Milan, IT
The artist has an elegant mark of nature, and the experience of working en plein air allows her to capture emotions that would otherwise not be possible. She is considered Italy's ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Bronze

"Morning Sun" Geometric, Minimal, 23 Karat Gold Leaf Circle on Turquoise Ground
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
geometric and minimal abstraction in brilliant gold leaf on a ground of sage green/pale blue. The background
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Geese Flight Over Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
pigments over a gold toned ground. The painting is set in a black lacquered wood frame with a silk brocade
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20th Century Korean Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Gold Ground Six Panel Japanese Paper Screen
Located in London, GB
Large Gold Ground Six Panel Japanese Paper Screen decorated with white Cranes perching on a tree
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Wood

Japanese Six Panel Paper Screen on Gold Ground, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Highly decorative Japanese six-fold paper screen. With a gold leaf background, and a flock of
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Paper Screen, Cherry Tree in Blossom on a Gold Ground, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
leaves on a beige background with gold flecks throughout. Finished with a simple brown lacquer frame
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Lacquer, Paper

Untitled (stripes)
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic design, Arabic tiles and mosaics
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

Juine
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
, Matisse, Botticelli, and the gold ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Oil, Paper

Juine
H 72 in W 36 in
Fire Breather
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic design, Arabic tiles and mosaics
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media, Oil, Paper

Untitled (Spin Cycle)
By Ellen Ball
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
, Matisse, Botticelli, and the gold ground paintings of the early Renaissance. The work references graphic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Linen, Oil, Paper

Northern Italian Madonna & Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful painting of a Madonna & Child attended by angels on a gold ground. This painting is
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Early 20th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Northern Italian Madonna & Child
Northern Italian Madonna & Child
H 39.5 in W 27 in D 2.5 in
Japanese Painted Fusuma Door Panels
Located in Seattle, WA
An exceptional pair of Japanese painted fusuma (opaque paper doors) with gold leaf (kinpaku) ground
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Japanese Painted Screen with Bamboo & Sparrows
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese three panel folding screen or byobu, with gold leaf (kinpaku) ground and polychrome
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

Comfort is a Family Affair (Spun-Lo)
By Karen Mainenti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery in Park Slope, Brooklyn is proud to present, "Message in a Bottle," by Gowanus
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2010s Feminist Interior Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

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Gold Ground Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate gold ground painting for your needs in our varied inventory. Find abstract versions now, or shop for abstract creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Making the right choice when shopping for a gold ground painting may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a gold ground painting to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gold, brown, gray, black and more. There have been many interesting gold ground painting examples over the years, but those made by Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co., Margot Glass, Jean-Gabriel Domergue and Ben Eine are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and metal — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Gold Ground Painting?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a gold ground painting in our inventory may begin at $72 and can go as high as $610,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,589.
Questions About Gold Ground Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024
    Yes, Gustav Klimt used real gold in some of his paintings. Specifically, Klimt applied gold leaf to his works. One of the early examples of this technique is found in Judith and the Head of Holofernes, which he painted in 1901. Find an assortment of Gustav Klimt art on 1stDibs.