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![Painting, Dreams pink, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203656_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Good time for a love song, Peter Kilb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193365_1_grid.jpg)
Good time for a love song
Peter Kilb
Painting - 64 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,466
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![Painting, Abstract 22140, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1763049_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Finding the answers, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1338828_1_grid.jpg)
Finding the answers
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$500
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![Painting, Un instant de bonheur, Rita Vandenherrewegen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1290654_1_grid.jpg)
Un instant de bonheur
Rita Vandenherrewegen
Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch
$437
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![Painting, Abstrait Le circuit, Françoise Danel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/750090_1_grid.jpg)
Abstrait Le circuit
Françoise Danel
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,718
![Painting, Le Jardin en Fleur, Volodymyr Kolesnyk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191544_1_grid.jpg)
Le Jardin en Fleur
Volodymyr Kolesnyk
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$5,718
![Painting, Honey Buns, Hal Mayforth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188078_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, There's a Pelican in My Soup, Hal Mayforth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188076_1_grid.jpg)
There's a Pelican in My Soup
Hal Mayforth
Painting - 58.4 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23 x 31 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Painting, It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, Hal Mayforth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188074_1_grid.jpg)
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Hal Mayforth
Painting - 55.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 22 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
![Painting, Lonesome Whistle, Hal Mayforth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180577_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 14, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068050_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Memory wreckage in mental space, Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1286721_1_grid.jpg)
Memory wreckage in mental space
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$1,440
![Painting, Dreams, Ana Hefco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135311_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Gauthier Bruel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365162_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Dream Night II (Stretched), Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168904_1_grid.jpg)
Dream Night II (Stretched)
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,691
![Painting, Big heart (Stretched), Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168898_1_grid.jpg)
Big heart (Stretched)
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,709
![Painting, Be kind (Stretched), Nikolaos Schizas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168894_1_grid.jpg)
Be kind (Stretched)
Nikolaos Schizas
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,709
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Galactic explosion
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
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![Painting, Raconte moi une histoire (Tell me a story), Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054304_1_grid.jpg)
Raconte moi une histoire (Tell me a story)
Emily Starck
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,390
![Painting, Spring mood, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054301_1_grid.jpg)
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Extase, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Emily Starck
Painting - 81.3 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 32 x 32 x 2 inch
$1,850
![Painting, Waiting for Summer, Emily Starck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054274_1_grid.jpg)
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Leader and followers
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
$1,550 $1,395
![Painting, Metropolitan Rhythm, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017176_1_grid.jpg)
Metropolitan Rhythm
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Mystery of Horizons, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017164_1_grid.jpg)
Mystery of Horizons
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Love goes on, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945779_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Water Rebirth, Anastasia Vasilyeva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1617933_1_grid.jpg)
Water Rebirth
Anastasia Vasilyeva
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$897
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Blue Galaxy 1702023
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
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Abstraction of a dark blue square No. 1
Kat Zhivetin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,230
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![Painting, Immersion 3, Fortunée Noël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1681752_1_grid.jpg)
Immersion 3
Fortunée Noël
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,381 $4,843
![Painting, Immersion 2, Fortunée Noël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680231_1_grid.jpg)
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Heart-XVII
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,682 $1,513
![Painting, Abstract 50, Fortunée Noël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822170_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract 50
Fortunée Noël
Painting - 103 x 103 x 3 cm Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 1.2 inch
$8,969 $8,072
![Painting, Immersion 1, Fortunée Noël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687098_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Immersion 14, Fortunée Noël](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1928754_1_grid.jpg)
Immersion 14
Fortunée Noël
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$4,484 $4,036
Abstract expressionism
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