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The Return Of The Four, All Around Magazine Cover
The Return Of The Four, All Around Magazine Cover

The Return Of The Four, All Around Magazine Cover

By Newell Convers Wyeth

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Wyeth Catalouge Raisonne 2008 This rare pulp painting by Wyeth was originally published as the cover illustration for "The Return of the Four" by Edwin Bliss, All Around Magazine, D...

Category

1910s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp Vibration
Pulp Vibration

Pulp Vibration

By Rachel AR

Located in Barcelona, CT

In this work we can see many very bright colors that make up a beautiful flower with a very colorful background.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine
The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine

The Complete Detective Cover, Pulp Magazine

By Harry Lemon Parkhurst

Located in Miami, FL

Harry Lemon Parkhurst American, 1876–1962 was a pulp illustrator for crime and detective stories. The works depicts an art thief caught at a peak moment drama when he is dist...

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pulp Paperbacks (All the Way)

Pulp Paperbacks (All the Way)

By Holly Farrell

Located in Lincoln, MA

acrylic and oil paint on board

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Sexy Blond Falls from Window - Noir Pulp Art
Sexy Blond Falls from Window - Noir Pulp Art

Sexy Blond Falls from Window - Noir Pulp Art

By Harry Barton

Located in Miami, FL

The main point about the Harry Barton painting is not that it graced the cover of a campy Noir Pulp paperback, but that its composition is acutely complex and masterfully designed.

Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for Lady Chatterley's Daughter
Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for Lady Chatterley's Daughter

Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for Lady Chatterley's Daughter

By Raymond Johnson

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Raymond Johnson (1915-1997). Cover Illustration for Lady Chatterley's Daughter by Patricia Robins, 1962. Gouache on illustration board, image measures 15 x 18 inches. Beautiful an...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir

Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir

Located in Miami, FL

It's not that it's a commissioned artwork for a men's 60s pulp adventure magazine depicting the instant a soldier is shot.

Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

contemporary pop art "Adrenaline, Pulp Fiction" Acrylic on Panel, red
contemporary pop art "Adrenaline, Pulp Fiction" Acrylic on Panel, red

contemporary pop art "Adrenaline, Pulp Fiction" Acrylic on Panel, red

By Mikael Takacs

Located in New York, NY

It is said that Marbling (his painting technique) originated in Japan in the 12th Century. Mikael has been able to reinvent the technique existing for more than hundreds of years li...

Category

2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere  Pulp Paperback Book Cover
Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere  Pulp Paperback Book Cover

Sexy French Cabaret Dancers - Folies Bergere Pulp Paperback Book Cover

Located in Miami, FL

Campy and sexy illustration of two French chorus girls for the mid-century Avon paperback Les Girls. Story of the Folies Bergere Unsigned and unframed. George Ziel was a prolific il...

Category

1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olson
Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olson

Pulp Fiction Art "Before the Races" by Victor Olson

Located in Redding, CT

He is famous for his racy pulp fiction art. One of Mr. Olson's paintings of the founder of Sikorsky Aircraft, Igor Sikorsky's portrait, belongs to the Smithsonian Institute Air and S...

Category

Vintage 1950s North American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Rajah of Sarawak -  Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
Rajah of Sarawak -  Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine

Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine

By Mort Künstler

Located in Miami, FL

Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11 June 1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago made him...

Category

1950s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red
Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red

Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid century pulp art portrait of a somber clown with a yellow shirt, red hair and a red nose, holding a scepter in a dramatized space with a candle and green circle in the background...

Category

1960s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Crime Romance Noir Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for If Hate Could Kill
Crime Romance Noir Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for If Hate Could Kill

Crime Romance Noir Pulp Fiction Cover Illustration for If Hate Could Kill

By Raymond Johnson

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Raymond Johnson (1915-1997). Cover Illustration for If Hate Could Kill, 1960. Gouache on illustration board, image measures 13 x 21 inches. Illustration board measuring 19.5 x 26 ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Woman in Black Dress Pulp Art Portrait/Couple Dancing Figurative, 2 sided
Woman in Black Dress Pulp Art Portrait/Couple Dancing Figurative, 2 sided

Woman in Black Dress Pulp Art Portrait/Couple Dancing Figurative, 2 sided

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful two-sided mid century pulp art figurative painting of a woman at party in black evening gown and formal gloves, and on verso couple dancing by unknown artist, circa 1960s.

Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic, Cardboard

Woman in Yellow Evening Dress, Mid Century Modern Pulp Art Figurative Portrait
Woman in Yellow Evening Dress, Mid Century Modern Pulp Art Figurative Portrait

Woman in Yellow Evening Dress, Mid Century Modern Pulp Art Figurative Portrait

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful pulp art figurative portrait of a brunette woman in formal yellow evening gown with gloves by unknown California artist, circa 1960s. Unsigned. Acquired as part of Women wi...

Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

3-D Pop Art Framed Pixel Artwork, Contemporary Pixels, 18x22" Pulp Fiction
3-D Pop Art Framed Pixel Artwork, Contemporary Pixels, 18x22" Pulp Fiction

3-D Pop Art Framed Pixel Artwork, Contemporary Pixels, 18x22" Pulp Fiction

By Pappas Parlor

Located in New York, NY

3-D hand made artwork using Perler beads and mixed media in a found painting in a vintage frame the artist lives and works out of Sweden and is represented by Krause Gallery in NYC

Category

2010s Pop Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post

By Paul Rabut

Located in Miami, FL

Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single image is harder than doing it in episodes. "'That police officer knows you are here' J...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Nancy Cohen "Disturbance" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Disturbance" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper

By Nancy Cohen

Located in New York, NY

Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Dangle" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper
Nancy Cohen "Dangle" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Dangle" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper

By Nancy Cohen

Located in New York, NY

"Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or p...

Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Make Visible" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Make Visible" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper

By Nancy Cohen

Located in New York, NY

Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper

"Touches Me, Touches You", Abstract, Mixed Media Sculptural Wall Relief
"Touches Me, Touches You", Abstract, Mixed Media Sculptural Wall Relief

"Touches Me, Touches You", Abstract, Mixed Media Sculptural Wall Relief

By Joan Hall

Located in New York, NY

Touches Me, Touches You by Joan Hall Handmade paper, pulp painting, collagraph and relief printing, acrylic, glass pins Joan Hall creates large-scale works and sculptural installati...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Glass, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Topography of the Body" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Topography of the Body" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper

By Nancy Cohen

Located in New York, NY

Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper

Acrylic Painting in Hyperrealism "Just Bananas..." by Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2020
Acrylic Painting in Hyperrealism "Just Bananas..." by Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2020

Acrylic Painting in Hyperrealism "Just Bananas..." by Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2020

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

And it seems that you feel the heaviness of the banana, the tenderness of its pulp and sweet taste. This painting has been created in my personal original technique.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Varnish

Boy Astronaut
Boy Astronaut

Boy Astronaut

By John Howitt

Located in Milford, NH

Meantime, he traveled North America, painting landscapes. He also became well known for his painting of pulp magazine covers, working for Street and Smith, Adventure, and Popular Det...

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street Violinist Figurative
Street Violinist Figurative

Street Violinist Figurative

Located in Soquel, CA

In 1930 he began to draw interior story illustrations for Street & Smith's western pulp magazines. In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paintings to pulp magazines, such as Detec...

Category

1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Gods of Voodoo
The Gods of Voodoo

The Gods of Voodoo

By Harold McCauley

Located in Fort Washington, PA

In this offering a dancing pin up girl levitates oblivious to the black magic and darkness that lurks in the background where a goat is about to get sacrificed in a voodoo ritualisti...

Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Secret Pattern I
Secret Pattern I

Secret Pattern I

By Ken Polinskie

Located in Surfside, FL

Hudson, NY 2005 Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Ken Polinskie: Then and Now, Hudson, NY 2002 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1996 Rensellaer County Council for the Arts, The Art...

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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"Catwalk, Handaxes", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting
"Catwalk, Handaxes", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting

"Catwalk, Handaxes", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Pigmented flax, embossed pulp painting referencing early stone tools on their discovery site; artist-made paper, pulp painted and embossed, created following a residency in Nairobi a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

"Rib Cage 2", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting
"Rib Cage 2", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting

"Rib Cage 2", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Pigmented flax, embossed pulp painting of fossils from our early ancestors; artist-made paper, pulp painted and embossed, created following a residency in Nairobi and Olorgesailie, K...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

"Windy Night, Olorgesailie",  Pigmented flax and Eembossed Paper Pulp Painting
"Windy Night, Olorgesailie",  Pigmented flax and Eembossed Paper Pulp Painting

"Windy Night, Olorgesailie", Pigmented flax and Eembossed Paper Pulp Painting

Located in Brooklyn, NY

- Lynn Sures Pigmented flax, embossed pulp painting of a site where early humans lived; artist-made paper, pulp painted and embossed, created following a residency in Nairobi and Ol...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

"Layered Earth", Abaca Paper Pulp Painting on Canvas

"Layered Earth", Abaca Paper Pulp Painting on Canvas

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Sara Garden Armstrong is a visual artist whose decades-long practice embraces a wide range of scales and techniques, from large site-specific sculpture to hand-held artist’s books, a...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Pigment

"Murmuring Landscape 1.4", Abaca Paper Pulp Painting on Canvas

"Murmuring Landscape 1.4", Abaca Paper Pulp Painting on Canvas

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Sara Garden Armstrong is a visual artist whose decades-long practice embraces a wide range of scales and techniques, from large site-specific sculpture to hand-held artist’s books, a...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Pigment

Phenomenal Space II
Phenomenal Space II

Helen FrederickPhenomenal Space II, 2016

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H 42 in W 120 in

Phenomenal Space II

By Helen Frederick

Located in Washington, DC

Pulp paintings, 4 panels each 42" x 30"

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper

Bewilderment

Helen FrederickBewilderment, 2015

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H 42 in W 24 in

Bewilderment

By Helen Frederick

Located in Washington, DC

Mixed media and pulp painting

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Two Birds

Helen FrederickTwo Birds, 2015

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H 42 in W 24 in

Two Birds

By Helen Frederick

Located in Washington, DC

Mixed media and pulp painting

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Green Plant

Donald BaechlerGreen Plant, 1997

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H 29 in W 25 in

Green Plant

By Donald Baechler

Located in New York, NY

Donald Baechler's sage green and white handmade paper pulp painting depicts one of the artist's recurring icons--flowers--in an edition of 22.

Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Handmade Paper

Reclaim, Contemporary Pulped Clothing Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Reclaim, Contemporary Pulped Clothing Painting, Abstract, Minimalism

Reclaim, Contemporary Pulped Clothing Painting, Abstract, Minimalism

Located in Austin, TX

Reclaim by Jenn Hassin was created using pulped Vietnam veterans medical uniform, blue jeans and a holy t-shirt on panel and measures 30 inches wide by 30 inches tall. This unique wo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Panel, Handmade Paper

Sci-Fi Pulp Paperback Style Painting
Sci-Fi Pulp Paperback Style Painting

Sci-Fi Pulp Paperback Style Painting

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H 12 in W 16 in D 2 in

Sci-Fi Pulp Paperback Style Painting

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Signed "R.G." Untitled Portait of an Alien Female With Yin Yang Symbol circa 1945 oil on canvas board 12 x 16 inches (Frame: 23.5 x 20 inches) excellent condition

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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Rainbow Snake, Contemporary Pulped Clothing Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Rainbow Snake, Contemporary Pulped Clothing Painting, Abstract, Minimalism

Rainbow Snake, Contemporary Pulped Clothing Painting, Abstract, Minimalism

Located in Austin, TX

Rainbow Snake by Jenn Hassin was created using pulped military and children's clothing and a porcelain pistol on panel and measures 30 inches wide by 30 inches tall. This unique work...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Panel, Handmade Paper

Master Detective Pulp Cover Art
Master Detective Pulp Cover Art

Master Detective Pulp Cover Art, 1953

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H 25 in W 21 in D 1 in

Master Detective Pulp Cover Art

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Two squared jaw toughs slug it out as a pretty red haired, green eyed damsel in distress looks on in this classic action-packed pulp cover painting. This work is unsigned but was cre...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover
Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover

John HilkertTen Story Detective Pulp Cover, 1942

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H 29.25 in W 25.25 in D 1 in

Ten Story Detective Pulp Cover

By John Hilkert

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This original painting by John Hilkert, which appeared as the cover of the Canadian edition of 10-Story Detective Magazine in January 1943, provides an intriguing window into little ...

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp n°07 page 3

Stefania FersiniPulp n°07 page 3, 2015

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H 23.5 in W 17 in

Pulp n°07 page 3

By Stefania Fersini

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Stefania Fersini (Italian, b. 1982, lives in Torino) creates hyperrealistic oil paintings of crumpled pages from fashion magazines.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp Fiction Paperback Cover Illustration of Alfred Hitchcock
Pulp Fiction Paperback Cover Illustration of Alfred Hitchcock

Pulp Fiction Paperback Cover Illustration of Alfred Hitchcock

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Unsigned Alfred Hitchcock's Murder on the Half Skull 1970 Oil, tempera on board 16 x 10 inches (Frame: 25 x 18 inches) excellent condition archivally framed Illustrated: Cover...

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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Study for Flowryder Pulp Cover, 1931

Study for Flowryder Pulp Cover, 1931

By Matthew Benedict

Located in New York, NY

Study for Flowryder Pulp Cover, 1931 2015 gouache and pencil on paper 39 1/4 x 27 1/2 in/100 x 70 cm

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Gouache, Paper, Pencil

"Shaanbei Ghost Story", Handmade Paper Sculpture Artist Book
"Shaanbei Ghost Story", Handmade Paper Sculpture Artist Book

"Shaanbei Ghost Story", Handmade Paper Sculpture Artist Book

Located in Brooklyn, NY

The handmade abaca paper with reddish pulp painting was created during the Dieu Donne Workspace program in 1993.

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wax, Handmade Paper, Soot, Jute, Linen

TOMOO GOKITA - Dance Party ED35 (Japanese art, Monotone)
TOMOO GOKITA - Dance Party ED35 (Japanese art, Monotone)

TOMOO GOKITA - Dance Party ED35 (Japanese art, Monotone)

By Takashi Murakami

Located in Tokyo, JP

Artist: Tomoo Gokita Title: Dance Party Year: 2016 Edition: 35 Size: 22.34 x 18.14 in / (57.8 x 46.4cm) (sheet size) Medium: Stenciled paper pulp painting with pochoir Tomoo Gokita ...

Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

The Broken Angel
The Broken Angel

Mel HunterThe Broken Angel, 1958

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H 20.5 in W 16 in D 1 in

The Broken Angel

By Mel Hunter

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A ghastly and macabre pulp cover painting by Mel Hunter for the January, 1958 edition of "Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine", this loosely illustrated a story by Floyd Mahannah titled "T...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Cartoon Humor Sled Ride
Cartoon Humor Sled Ride

Earle K. BergeyCartoon Humor Sled Ride, 1948

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H 24 in W 19 in D 1 in

Cartoon Humor Sled Ride

By Earle K. Bergey

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Grapefruit Moon gallery recently purchased seven 1940s pulp cover paintings from an east coast collection belonging to a former employee of the publisher.

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glenn Barr, "Hot Rails to Hell", Lithograph, 2018
Glenn Barr, "Hot Rails to Hell", Lithograph, 2018

Glenn Barr, "Hot Rails to Hell", Lithograph, 2018

Located in Detroit, MI

With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, comics and animation, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.

Category

2010s Surrealist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pulp Illustration

Pulp Illustration

By H.W. Kiemle

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Kiemle wrote a published pulp novel, entitled "No Place For Any Man," which appeared in the April 1955 issue of Western Action Magazine, and he also wrote several short stories and e...

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp Cover

Pulp Cover

By Tracy Stuckey

Located in Bozeman, MT

Tracy Stuckey received his BFA in painting from Florida State University and his MFA from the University of New Mexico. He has exhibited his work extensively throughout the United St...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp Illustration
Pulp Illustration

Howard HastingsPulp Illustration

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H 32.25 in W 24.25 in

Pulp Illustration

By Howard Hastings

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 32.25" x 24.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Lawman, Western Pulp Cover
The Lawman, Western Pulp Cover

The Lawman, Western Pulp Cover

By Edgar Franklin Wittmack

Located in Fort Washington, PA

The Lawman holding a gun. Western pulp cover, 1929. Edgar Franklin Wittmack specialized in painting magazine covers.

Category

1920s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Butlers' Ball, Argosy pulp cover
The Butlers' Ball, Argosy pulp cover

The Butlers' Ball, Argosy pulp cover

By Paul C. Stahr

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 25.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Center Left Argosy Pulp Cover, June 28, 1930

Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Butlers' Ball, Argosy Pulp Cover
The Butlers' Ball, Argosy Pulp Cover

The Butlers' Ball, Argosy Pulp Cover

By Paul C. Stahr

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Approximate Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Center Left Dimensions: 25.00" x 22.00" Argosy Pulp Cover, June 28, 1930

Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover
Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover

Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover

By Peter Driben

Located in Miami, FL

Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover signed lower left foxing and toning throughout oil and mixed media on board work is framed

Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media, Board

Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist
Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist

Noir Pulp Magazine, Dead Man in the Snow, Mid Century, Latin Art Hispanic Artist

By Rafael DeSoto

Located in Miami, FL

His parents were Milagros and Domingo DeSoto, a noble Spanish banking family descended from the famous conquistador, Hernando de Soto - In 1932 he began to sell freelance cover paint...

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Passing of the Sky
Passing of the Sky

Passing of the Sky

By Richelle Gribble

Located in New Orleans, LA

Medium: kozo pulp and watercolor on handmade washi Pulp painting with hand-colored and pressed kozo pulp with watercolor.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Washi Paper

Growth by the River

Growth by the River

By Richelle Gribble

Located in New Orleans, LA

Medium: kozo pulp and watercolor on handmade washi Pulp painting with hand-colored and pressed kozo pulp with watercolor.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Washi Paper

Nancy Cohen "Hackensack Border" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper
Nancy Cohen "Hackensack Border" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper

Nancy Cohen "Hackensack Border" Paper Pulp on Handmade Paper

By Nancy Cohen

Located in New York, NY

"Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or p...

Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Handmade Paper

Serie Monocrome 1990 paper pulp, polyester resin  original painting
Serie Monocrome 1990 paper pulp, polyester resin  original painting

Serie Monocrome 1990 paper pulp, polyester resin original painting

By Jaume Plensa

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

Untitled 1 Etching original painting number 4 of an edition of 20 . Jaume Plensa Suñé (Barcelona, 1955) is a Spanish plastic artist, sculptor and engraver. Very versatile artist who ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Synthetic Resin

Acrylic Hyperrealistic Food Painting "One Persimmon...", 2021
Acrylic Hyperrealistic Food Painting "One Persimmon...", 2021

Acrylic Hyperrealistic Food Painting "One Persimmon...", 2021

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

And it seems that you feel the heaviness of persimmon, the tenderness of its pulp and sweet taste. The painting was painted in my personal author's technique in realism, photorealism...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Rain in the River

Rain in the River

By Richelle Gribble

Located in New Orleans, LA

Medium: kozo pulp and watercolor on handmade washi Pulp painting with hand-colored and pressed kozo pulp with watercolor.

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Watercolor, Washi Paper

A Duryea Wagon Wins the Race, Great Moments in Early American Motoring
A Duryea Wagon Wins the Race, Great Moments in Early American Motoring

A Duryea Wagon Wins the Race, Great Moments in Early American Motoring

By Robert Lougheed

Located in Fort Washington, PA

From there, Lougheed headed for New York, supported himself by doing cover paintings for the Pulp magazines and studied at the Art Students League under Frank Vincent DuMond.

Category

Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The Watchers, Dakota Indians
The Watchers, Dakota Indians

Nick Eggenhofer The Watchers, Dakota Indians

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H 14.7 in W 19.7 in D 2 in

The Watchers, Dakota Indians

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

He painted in a detailed, realistic style but with choppy strokes, often of pure color, giving the paintings a somewhat impressionist quality. He estimated that he made about 30,000 ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Secret Pattern I
Secret Pattern I

Ken PolinskieSecret Pattern I, 1986

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H 27 in W 21 in D 1.5 in

Secret Pattern I

By Ken Polinskie

Located in Surfside, FL

Hudson, NY 2005 Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Ken Polinskie: Then and Now, Hudson, NY 2002 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1996 Rensellaer County Council for the Arts, The Art...

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Secret Pattern I
Secret Pattern I

Ken PolinskieSecret Pattern I, 1986

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H 27 in W 21 in D 1.5 in

Secret Pattern I

By Ken Polinskie

Located in Surfside, FL

Hudson, NY 2005 Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Ken Polinskie: Then and Now, Hudson, NY 2002 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1996 Rensellaer County Council for the Arts, The Art...

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Acrylic Hyperrealistic Food Painting "One Persimmon...", 2021
Acrylic Hyperrealistic Food Painting "One Persimmon...", 2021

Acrylic Hyperrealistic Food Painting "One Persimmon...", 2021

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

And it seems that you feel the heaviness of persimmon, the tenderness of its pulp and sweet taste. The painting was painted in my personal author's technique in realism, photorealism...

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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Acrylic

Acrylic Painting in Hyperrealism "Just Bananas..." by Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2020
Acrylic Painting in Hyperrealism "Just Bananas..." by Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2020

Acrylic Painting in Hyperrealism "Just Bananas..." by Nataliya Bagatskaya, 2020

By Nataliya Bagatskaya

Located in Zofingen, AG

And it seems that you feel the heaviness of the banana, the tenderness of its pulp and sweet taste. This painting has been created in my personal original technique.

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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Acrylic

Glenn Barr Michigan Avenue 2004 Signed Pop Surrealism Lithograph 24/400 Framed
Glenn Barr Michigan Avenue 2004 Signed Pop Surrealism Lithograph 24/400 Framed

Glenn Barr Michigan Avenue 2004 Signed Pop Surrealism Lithograph 24/400 Framed

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, comics and animation, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.

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Early 2000s Prints

Materials

Paper

Glenn Barr Heart Aflame 2005 Signed Contemporary Silkscreen 29/50 Framed
Glenn Barr Heart Aflame 2005 Signed Contemporary Silkscreen 29/50 Framed

Glenn Barr Heart Aflame 2005 Signed Contemporary Silkscreen 29/50 Framed

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, comics and animation, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.

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Early 2000s Prints

Materials

Paper

Glenn Barr Demon Girl Bust Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture 1/40 Signed, 2000
Glenn Barr Demon Girl Bust Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture 1/40 Signed, 2000

Glenn Barr Demon Girl Bust Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture 1/40 Signed, 2000

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, comics and animation, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.

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Early 2000s Busts

Materials

Ceramic

1970's Brazilian Pop Culture Mixed Media Flag TV Cowboy Mixed Media Advertising
1970's Brazilian Pop Culture Mixed Media Flag TV Cowboy Mixed Media Advertising

1970's Brazilian Pop Culture Mixed Media Flag TV Cowboy Mixed Media Advertising

Located in Norfolk, GB

A documentary film directed by Eduardo & João Calvet was produced in 2010, and in 2012 an exhibit with 68 paintings featured his pulp art at the Murilo La Greca Museum in Parnamirin,...

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1970s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Mixed Media

Glenn Barr Personality Crisis Portfolio 30/200 Set of 8 Prints Signed 2012 w COA
Glenn Barr Personality Crisis Portfolio 30/200 Set of 8 Prints Signed 2012 w COA

Glenn Barr Personality Crisis Portfolio 30/200 Set of 8 Prints Signed 2012 w COA

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, comics and animation, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.

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2010s Prints

Materials

Paper

Batuz Painting on Paper Pulp
Batuz Painting on Paper Pulp

Batuz Painting on Paper Pulp

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H 45.5 in W 50.5 in D 3.5 in

Batuz Painting on Paper Pulp

Located in New York, NY

Stunning large scale painting by renowned artist Batuz (1933) created on hand made paper pulp and painted shades of red and green with an intersecting line to expose the ‘Interrelati...

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Vintage 1980s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Pulp Art -- Woman in Red Dress with White Gloves
Pulp Art -- Woman in Red Dress with White Gloves

Pulp Art -- Woman in Red Dress with White Gloves

Located in Soquel, CA

Portrait of a woman in a red dress at a gala event by an unknown California artist. There is a second, unfinished painting of a belly dancer on verso. Acquired as part of Women with ...

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1960s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

Pulp Art -- Woman in a Yellow Dress with Black Gloves (Two Sided)
Pulp Art -- Woman in a Yellow Dress with Black Gloves (Two Sided)

Pulp Art -- Woman in a Yellow Dress with Black Gloves (Two Sided)

Located in Soquel, CA

Portrait of a woman in a yellow dress at a gala event by an unknown California artist. There is a second, unfinished painting of a nude woman in front of a painting on verso. Acquire...

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1980s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Pulp Art -- Woman in a Blue Dress with White Gloves (Two Sided)
Pulp Art -- Woman in a Blue Dress with White Gloves (Two Sided)

Pulp Art -- Woman in a Blue Dress with White Gloves (Two Sided)

Located in Soquel, CA

Portrait of a woman in a blue dress at a gala event by an unknown California artist. There is a second painting of a woman in a yellow dress on verso. Acquired as part of Women with ...

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1960s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Pulp Art Figurative, Women at Party in Evening Dresses with Black Gloves 2 sided
Pulp Art Figurative, Women at Party in Evening Dresses with Black Gloves 2 sided

Pulp Art Figurative, Women at Party in Evening Dresses with Black Gloves 2 sided

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful mid century pulp art figurative two-sided painting of brunette women in formal yellow dress with black gloves, and on verso women in turquoise dress with dog at party by un...

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1960s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Fiberboard

A Beautiful Lady in White
A Beautiful Lady in White

A Beautiful Lady in White

Located in St. Albans, GB

By 1940, he had created more than 160 cover paintings for Western pulp magazines. During the summers, Mitchell continued to paint in the American Southwest and often invited his ment...

Category

1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Glenn Barr Twins Pop Surrealism Signed Lithograph 4/30 Framed
Glenn Barr Twins Pop Surrealism Signed Lithograph 4/30 Framed

Glenn Barr Twins Pop Surrealism Signed Lithograph 4/30 Framed

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, comics and animation, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.

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Late 20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

The Scarlet Sinner
The Scarlet Sinner

The Scarlet Sinner

By Peter Driben

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This large scale, menace themed pulp painting appeared as the cover for the December 1941 issue of Expose Detective True Crime Cases.

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1940s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wanton By Night
Wanton By Night

Wanton By Night, 1950s

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H 26.5 in W 22 in D 1 in

Wanton By Night

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A feisty redhead is caught in a private moment in this voyeuristic and menacing published pulp painting that was used as the cover of Ecstasy Books #15 "Wanton By Night."

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spawn of Doom
Spawn of Doom

Lloyd BirminghamSpawn of Doom, 1961

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H 23.5 in W 18.75 in

Spawn of Doom

By Lloyd Birmingham

Located in Minneapolis, MN

This original sci-fi pulp painting by Lloyd Birmingham appeared on the cover of the December 1961 issue of Fantastic Stories of Imagination.

Category

Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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By Camille Pissarro

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Paysage avec batteuse a Montfoucault (Landscape with Thresher at Montfoucault)" is a pastel by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The artwork is signed lower right, "C. Pissarro...

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1870s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Board

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Monumental Painting -- After The Storm

Monumental Painting -- After The Storm

Located in Milford, NH

An exceptional impressionist beachside scene with figures and powerful clouds by American artist Augustus B. Koopman (1869-1914). Koopman was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, initi...

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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent

La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent

By John Singer Sargent

Located in New Orleans, LA

John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...

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19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Batterie de Cote Engagee' - A Naval Battle with Admiral Nelson. Oil on canvas
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'Batterie de Cote Engagee' - A Naval Battle with Admiral Nelson. Oil on canvas

Located in St. Albans, GB

Francois Tattegrain Canvas Size: 185 x 295cm Outside Size: 220 x 330cm This painting is named and listed in Benezit It was painted for the Paris Salon in 1911 and then sold in auc...

Category

Early 1900s French School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The White Peacock
The White Peacock

The White Peacock

By Jessie Arms Botke

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Jessie Arms Botke. "The White Peacock" is a wildlife impressionist painting, oil on canvas in a palette of whites, blues, and browns by female, American artist Jessie A...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

By William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Located in New Orleans, LA

William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 French Jeune mère contemplant deux enfants qui s'embrassent (Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children) Signed “W-Bouguereau” (bottom ...

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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890
104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890

104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Big Flats, NY

Magnificent historic Tiffany Studios framed window, "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after the 1460 work by Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Incorporating a harm...

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Antique Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Windows

Materials

Stained Glass

Exquisite Baccarat "Elephant" 'Cave A Liquor' - Exposition Universelle 1878
Exquisite Baccarat "Elephant" 'Cave A Liquor' - Exposition Universelle 1878

Exquisite Baccarat "Elephant" 'Cave A Liquor' - Exposition Universelle 1878

By Cristalleries De Baccarat

Located in Long Island City, NY, NY

The Magnificent Baccarat Elephant Cave A Liquor: A Majestic Exploration of a Timeless Masterpiece from the Exposition Universelle of 1878. The Baccarat Elephant Cave A Liquor, (Tant...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Barware

Materials

Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu

Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret

Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret

By Pierre Auguste Renoir

Located in Los Angeles, CA

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footn...

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1860s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old Fountain
Old Fountain

Old Fountain

$19,200

H 60 in W 66 in D 38 in

Old Fountain

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

This old French Limestone fountain was hand carved and installed in a French countryside home. The piece has been well preserved throughout the years and was recently reclaimed by ou...

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Antique 18th Century French Rustic Flooring

Materials

Limestone

Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865
Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865

Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865

Located in New Orleans, LA

A complete boiseries from the French country estate: "Chateau de Quatres Barbes." The antique 19th century French Louis XVI style grand oak paneled salon room or "boiseries" from the...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Panelling

Materials

Marble

17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas
17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas

17th-18th Century By Louis Cretey Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas

By Louis Cretey

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Louis Cretey (Lyon, France, 1635 - 1702) Title: Saint Sebastian Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: with frame 91 x 75 x 5 cm - without frame 77 x 60.5 cm Not signed With a "cassetta...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Moonlight
Winter Moonlight

George William SotterWinter Moonlight

$206,250

H 30 in W 34 in D 2 in

Winter Moonlight

By George William Sotter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

signed lower right

Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Fille Du Pêcheur By William Bouguereau
La Fille Du Pêcheur By William Bouguereau

La Fille Du Pêcheur By William Bouguereau

By William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Located in New Orleans, LA

William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 French La fille du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Daughter) Signed and dated “W-Bouguereau-1882” (middle right) Oil on canvas William Bouguereau's...

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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke
The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke

The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke

Located in London, GB

The Triumph of Bacchus, a large oil painting by Ferdinand Leeke Oil-on-canvas, German, 1918 Frame: height 175cm, width 227cm, depth 10cm Canvas: height 148cm, width 200cm, depth 3cm ...

Category

1910s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

First Long Suit, Post Cover
First Long Suit, Post Cover

First Long Suit, Post Cover

By Joseph Christian Leyendecker

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Signed by Artist Lower Right The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 18, 1937 One of the most prolific and sought-after artists of the Golden Age of Illustration, J.C. Leyendeck...

Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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