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"Camera Obscura", Oil Painting

"Camera Obscura", Oil Painting

By Heather Neill

Located in Denver, CO

Heather Neill's (US based) "Camera Obscura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an old fashion camera with an open bird cage as steam from a teacup swirls around the o...

Category

2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, 2002
Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, 2002

Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, 2002

By Abelardo Morell

Located in Miami, FL

Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, 2002 Offered for sale is an Abelardo Morell (Cuban, born 1948) camera obscura silver gelatin print titled "Image of El V...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Paper

Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, signed, 2002
Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, signed, 2002

Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, signed, 2002

By Abelardo Morell

Located in Miami, FL

Abelardo Morell Camera Obscura Silver Gelatin Print, Signed, 2000 Offered for sale is an Abelardo Morell (Cuban, born 1948) camera obscura silver gelatin print titled "Image of Haba...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Paper

Colette, Paris

Andre KerteszColette, Paris, 1930

$8,000Sale Price|20% Off

Colette, Paris

By Andre Kertesz

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Provenance Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to private collector.

Category

1930s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Circus

Andre KerteszThe Circus, 1920

$8,000Sale Price|20% Off

The Circus

By Andre Kertesz

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Provenance: Camera Obscura Gallery (Denver) 1980s to private collector.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ron Arad I.P.C.O. Hanging Lamp
Ron Arad I.P.C.O. Hanging Lamp

Ron Arad I.P.C.O. Hanging Lamp

Located in New York, NY

Red fiberglass "I.P.C.O." (Inverted Pinhole Camera Obscura) Works like a inverted pinhole camera, tiny holes act like lenses and project the light onto its surroundings.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Fiberglass

Rare City View of London and Westminster, Showing Many Battles Ships, 1804
Rare City View of London and Westminster, Showing Many Battles Ships, 1804

Rare City View of London and Westminster, Showing Many Battles Ships, 1804

Located in Langweer, NL

Title: The Cities of London & Westminster, accurately copied from the table of the Camera Obscura in the Royal Observatory at Greenwich This is a rare plate from a serie of 22 landm...

Category

Antique Early 1800s Prints

Materials

Paper

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Bucket

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Bucket

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz -  The Date

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Date

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Lazio Scenery

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Lazio Scenery

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cochiti Lake

Cochiti Lake

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Pinhole

Old Mine Road No. 1

Old Mine Road No. 1

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Preservation
Preservation

Preservation

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Bartender

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Bartender

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Boker Tov

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Boker Tov

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Shabbat Shalom

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Shabbat Shalom

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Village

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Village

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Forest

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Forest

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - No Where to Go

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - No Where to Go

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Peaceful Mind

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Peaceful Mind

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Life is Crazy

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Life is Crazy

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wedding Portrait

Wedding Portrait

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

At Sea

At Sea

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Pinhole

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - She

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - She

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Greek Island

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Greek Island

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - She

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - She

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Hydra Greece

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Hydra Greece

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Sailed Boats

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Sailed Boats

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura

Unavailable

H 53 in W 23 in D 20 in

Camera Obscura

By Valle Nieto

Located in Cathedral City, CA

An assembled sculpture by Valle Nieto from 1992.

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Abstract Obscura
Abstract Obscura

Estelle AsmodelleAbstract Obscura, 2023

Unavailable

H 65.75 in W 84.65 in D 1.58 in

Abstract Obscura

Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW

The idea behind the artwork is taken from, camera obscura, being a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing ...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad
Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad

Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad

Unavailable

H 21.66 in Dm 31.5 in

Ceiling Light Object "I.P.C.O." 2001 by Ron Arad

By Ron Arad

Located in Vienna, AT

LIght Object "Smartie Light" "I.P.C.O." (Inverted Pinhole Camera Obscura) by Ron Arad manufactured by Studio Ron Arad 2001 for The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht limited edition of 50...

Category

Early 2000s English Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Fiberglass

orbs, Beaver Pond, archival photograph unframed

orbs, Beaver Pond, archival photograph unframed

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

After experiencing the inverted image reflected in the glass cloche knobs (cloche suite) she thought she would like to have an orb that she could hold in her hand and use as a lens t...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Orbs, Twin Pines, archival photograph, framed

Orbs, Twin Pines, archival photograph, framed

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

After experiencing the inverted image reflected in the glass cloche knobs (cloche suite) she thought she would like to have an orb that she could hold in her hand and use as a lens t...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cloche III

Penelope StewartCloche III, 2010-2019

Unavailable

H 40 in W 32 in

Cloche III

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

The placement in the forest and the photographic process itself suggested trace and apparition while the glass knob on the top functioned as a lens creating an upside down reflection...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Cloche II

Penelope StewartCloche II, 2010-2019

Unavailable

H 40 in W 32 in

Cloche II

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

The placement in the forest and the photographic process itself suggested trace and apparition while the glass knob on the top functioned as a lens creating an upside down reflection...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Cloche I

Penelope StewartCloche I, 2010-19

Unavailable

H 40 in W 32 in

Cloche I

By Penelope Stewart

Located in Toronto, Ontario

The placement in the forest and the photographic process itself suggested trace and apparition while the glass knob on the top functioned as a lens creating an upside down reflection...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

C Print

Utopia 7, 2014, hand coated albumen print

Utopia 7, 2014, hand coated albumen print

By Jennifer Schlesinger

Located in Santa Fe, NM

[abstract tree] Jennifer Schlesinger has approached her fine art photography with an interest in the historical development of photography as an artistic medium - having influences...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Utopia 6, 2014, hand coated albumen print

Utopia 6, 2014, hand coated albumen print

By Jennifer Schlesinger

Located in Santa Fe, NM

[snow and sky] Jennifer Schlesinger has approached her fine art photography with an interest in the historical development of photography as an artistic medium - having influences ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Utopia 2

Jennifer SchlesingerUtopia 2, 2013

Unavailable

H 6 in W 8 in D 0.1 in

Utopia 2

By Jennifer Schlesinger

Located in Santa Fe, NM

[abstract tree] Jennifer Schlesinger has approached her fine art photography with an interest in the historical development of photography as an artistic medium - having influences...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Other Medium

Victorian Silver "Castle-Top" Card Case Brighton Chain Pier Nathaniel Mills 1849
Victorian Silver "Castle-Top" Card Case Brighton Chain Pier Nathaniel Mills 1849

Victorian Silver "Castle-Top" Card Case Brighton Chain Pier Nathaniel Mills 1849

By Nathaniel Mills

Located in Sittingbourne, Kent

The pier was primarily intended as a landing stage for packet boats to Dieppe, France, but it also featured a small number of attractions including a camera obscura. An esplanade wit...

Category

Antique 1840s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

"Sprats" Dutch Still-Life Painting of Sprats, Fish
"Sprats" Dutch Still-Life Painting of Sprats, Fish

"Sprats" Dutch Still-Life Painting of Sprats, Fish

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Unique Collection of Forty-Nine Light-Box Framed Lantern Slides of WWI Interest
Unique Collection of Forty-Nine Light-Box Framed Lantern Slides of WWI Interest

Unique Collection of Forty-Nine Light-Box Framed Lantern Slides of WWI Interest

By Doe & Hope

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The magic lantern is the forerunner of the slide projector, and it is one of the most popular inventions of the marvellous world of optical illusion, alongside the Camera Obscura, th...

Category

Vintage 1910s English Shadow Boxes

Materials

Smoked Glass

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost
Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost

By Henry Fuseli

Located in New York, NY

He received but little education, and for a time followed the trade of a cooper; but, possessing great natural abilities, he invented an ingenious camera obscura, and later took up e...

Category

1790s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost
Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost

By Henry Fuseli

Located in New York, NY

He received but little education, and for a time followed the trade of a cooper; but, possessing great natural abilities, he invented an ingenious camera obscura, and later took up e...

Category

1790s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura
Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura

Abelardo Morell, 'Houses Across the Street from Our Living Room' Camera Obscura

By Abelardo Morell

Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Abelardo Morell, Coban/American b. 1948. 'Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street from Our Livingroom, 1991' Silver gelatin print.

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

Camera Obscura: St. Louis View, Looking East, in Building Under Construction

Camera Obscura: St. Louis View, Looking East, in Building Under Construction

By Abelardo Morell

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print (Edition of 30) Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Abelardo Morell was born in...

Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print
Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print

Abelardo Morell "Central Park..." Gelatin Print

Located in Astoria, NY

Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) Camera Obscura, "Central Park looking northwest in office", Gelatin Silver Print, 1999, edition 3/15, with Michael Hoppen gallery label to verso and accompa...

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Prints

Materials

Plastic

Cylinder Pinhole Ring

Cylinder Pinhole Ring

By Nissa Kubly

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box, which is known as the camera obscura effect. These cameras can take nea...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver, Brass

Tree ( Pinhole) Necklace

Tree ( Pinhole) Necklace

By Nissa Kubly

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box, which is known as the camera obscura effect. These cameras can take nea...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver, Brass

Engine, Frankfurt Airport, Abstract Silver Gelatin Print by Vera Lutter
Engine, Frankfurt Airport, Abstract Silver Gelatin Print by Vera Lutter

Engine, Frankfurt Airport, Abstract Silver Gelatin Print by Vera Lutter

By Vera Lutter

Located in Long Island City, NY

To capture this image, Lutter transported her shipping container-turned-camera obscura to the Frankfurt Airport staging area, where she was able to safely capture this ephemeral image.

Category

1990s Conceptual Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Willows

Scott McMahonWillows, 2025

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H 18 in W 22 in

Willows

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Mine Road No. 2

Old Mine Road No. 2

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Observer
Observer

Scott McMahonObserver, 2025

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H 28.75 in W 24.25 in

Observer

By Scott McMahon

Located in Columbia, MO

During a recent, month-long residency in upstate New York, McMahon explored spaces and structures in an area that became the birthplace of Spiritualism in the United States starting ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Sailboat in Greece

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Sailboat in Greece

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Hidra

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Hidra

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Santorini, Summer Eve

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Santorini, Summer Eve

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Oranges
Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Oranges

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - The Oranges

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Red Anemone Fields

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Red Anemone Fields

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Mixed Flowers"
"Mixed Flowers"

Peggie Blizard"Mixed Flowers", 2016

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H 24.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.4 in

"Mixed Flowers"

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artists have always used the tools at hand and of their time. Camera obscura, compass, protractor, calipers, rulers, etc.

Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil, Photographic Paper

Windsor Nocturne

Henry PetherWindsor Nocturne

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H 30 in W 50 in

Windsor Nocturne

By Henry Pether

Located in London, GB

Here, Pether uses a personal technique, covering his canvas with blue before using a camera obscura to obtain exact shapes and perspective directly from real life.

Category

Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by John Linnell Royal Academy "Feeding Sheep"
Oil Painting by John Linnell Royal Academy "Feeding Sheep"

Oil Painting by John Linnell Royal Academy "Feeding Sheep"

By John Linnell (b.1792)

Located in Mere, GB

Linnell’s early work is highly descriptive and throughout his life he made use of the camera obscura, and then the camera as it developed.

Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

George Woodman (US 1932-2017) 'German Hero' Original Signed Photograph, 1993
George Woodman (US 1932-2017) 'German Hero' Original Signed Photograph, 1993

George Woodman (US 1932-2017) 'German Hero' Original Signed Photograph, 1993

Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Woodman’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico since the 1970s, including Patterning and Decoration, Museum of the American Foundation for the Ar...

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

Waterman by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
Waterman by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)

Waterman by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)

Located in Gent, VOV

Jansens also adopted the use of the camera obscura, an optical device that has been used by artists for centuries to project an image onto a surface, which she then meticulously trac...

Category

20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s
William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s

William Webber Signed Original Midcentury Oil Painting "Camera Obscura", 1950s

Located in Studio City, CA

A whimsical original oil painting by American artist William Webber titled "Camera Obscura", circa 1950s. The painting depicts five well-dressed gentlemen standing under a huge camer...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case
French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case

French Camera Lucida from the early 20th century. Original case

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

Wollaston in 1806-07, although there is some speculation that it is a reinvention of a device described by Kepler some 200 years earlier. The term camera lucida means 'light room' an...

Category

Antique 1880s French Industrial Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Two Horses, Italy

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Two Horses, Italy

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Jerusalem Hills 2

Israeli Contemporary Art by Dondi Schwartz - Jerusalem Hills 2

By Dondi Schwartz

Located in Paris, IDF

He studied photography at Camera Obscura School of Arts, Beit-Svi Film School in Tel Aviv and in Concordia University, Montreal.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Soldiers No. 5)

Untitled (Soldiers No. 5)

By Kobi Israel

Located in New York, NY

He then returned to Tel-Aviv for a four year program in Cinematography & Still Photography at Camera Obscura, the school of visual arts in Tel-Aviv, graduating in 2001.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Yellow Roses
Yellow Roses

Peggie BlizardYellow Roses, 2024

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H 24 in W 18 in D 2 in

Yellow Roses

By Peggie Blizard

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artists have always used the tools at hand and of their time …. Camera obscura, compass, protractor, calipers, rulers etc. ​

Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dance Erotica

Dance Erotica

By Eliaz Slonim

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial and critical studies at Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv and the Teffen Museum. In 2003 he had a major exhibition Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn in Germany.

Category

1980s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Parade, Metropolitan Opera
Parade, Metropolitan Opera

David HockneyParade, Metropolitan Opera, 1981

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H 49 in W 34.5 in D 1.5 in

Parade, Metropolitan Opera

By David Hockney

Located in Missouri, MO

His theory is that the mirror, the "camera obscura"*, and the "camera lucida"* were widely used by artists as early as the 1400s and that the introduction of photography in the 19th ...

Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad
I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad

I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad

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H 12.41 in Dm 31.5 in

I.P.C.O. Light Object by Ron Arad

By Ron Arad

Located in Vienna, AT

I.P.C.O. (Inverted Pinhole Camera Obscura) by Ron Arad, Studio Ron Arad 2001 for The Gallery Mourmans, Maastricht works like a inverted pinhole camera - tiny holes act like lenses ...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Chandeliers and Pendants

#138
#138

#138

By David De Biasio

Located in San Francisco, CA

It has become almost an evolved form of what Jan van Eyck, Leonardo, and Caravaggio did with the camera obscura. De Biasio’s experienced a visual revolution in the United States, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting
"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting

"Quail eggs on Chinese porcelain plate" Contemporary Dutch Still-Life Painting

By Sasja Wagenaar

Located in Utrecht, NL

The strong reflection on the dark background is a reference to the camera obscura. This dark room was used since the 16th century by Old Masters (such as Vermeer, as is presumed) to ...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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