20th Century Roses Still Life Painting by Italian Arturo Tosi

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...

A stunning pair of antique Italian trompe l’oeil still life paintings, a pair of 18th century oil on canvas vision jokes, false still life paintings known as deception paintings by a follower of Cristoforo Munari (Reggio Emilia 1667- Pisa 1720) of Italian origin, dating back to the first half of 1700s. These 18th century Italian Baroque trompe l'oeil paintings depict an abundance of objects are arranged on a table. The background of the disordered compositions consists of a wooden board wall with hanging sketches and other objects. Both still life compositions are painted in soft ocher tones and have the same unseen source illuminating the display from the left, creating a dark shadow on the right side of both paintings. Biscuits, a glass vase of flowers, earthenware pots, a wooden instrument...

Still Life Of Peonies Airoldi 1924 oil painting on canvas depicting a composition of flowers, of pink peonies within a vase, signed and dated lower right B. Ajroldi 1924. A flashy ...

African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame. It is a large battle painting...

Still life painting in carved and giltwood frame. Signed Donald Seely, 1966.

A rare large-scale painting of a still life of flowers, roses, purple lilies and red poppies in a round copper urn, using the sfumato technique to create soft contrasts between tones...

A modernist cubist embossed painting of faceted forms of a wine bottle in papier-mâché and oil on wooden surface, signed «A . Duparc» Frame 81 x 69.5 cm depth 4 cm Without frame 6...

Italian Neo-classic style (20th Century) still life oil painting of a glass bowl housing two goldfish and reflecting the room's windows above an array of fruits placed atop plates and fringed cloths, and a barely visible checkered floor...