Tea Time - Museum Ludwig Cologne
Linda Moufadil
Painting - 31 x 61 x 1.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 24 x 0.6 inch
€1,600
Figurative Paintings
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You, Me and a Pollock vibe
Jo Beer
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,194
Botox Forbidden Fruit
Ben Frost
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.8 inch
€2,850
Qui se ressemble s'assemble
Jean-François Rousselot
Painting - 60 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,200
Verdure printanière - Paysage valloné semi figuratif
Suzanne Vaucelles
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€150
Still Life with Ribbons
Gianni Cacciarini
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
Lavandière bretonne
Marguerita Pillini
Painting - 40 x 24.5 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,716
Brilliant accompany
Won Chin Tong
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,520
Nature morte aux lys
Janebé Weber
Painting - 50 x 35.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 14 x 0.2 inch
€1,048
Varech et autres formes de vie I
Ben Brotherton
Painting - 122 x 78 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch
€4,200
Nature morte gourmande n°1
Michel Petiot (Micha)
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
Paysage de campagne
Christian Zwahlen
Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 14 x 10.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,003
Femmes au foin
Clemente Pugliese-Levi
Painting - 55 x 82 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 32.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,538
Cultivos Manchegos
Ulpiano Carrasco
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
€9,900
Broken But Beating
Stella Zachariassen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,450
Ils nous regardent - série représentation félins
Brigitte Haler
Painting - 20.5 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.1 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€200
Halo of Blooms
Clement Mmaduako Nwafor
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€4,369
La lecture du journal du matin
Lino Umberto Salini
Painting - 71 x 50.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch
€2,051
Paysage de campagne avec arbre fruitier en fleurs
Furlani
Painting - 34 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€958
Conker the Squirrel
Remco Schakelaar
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.63 x 2 inch
€1,500
Nature morte au modèle de Voilier
A. Séchaud
Painting - 28 x 38 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 15 x 0.1 inch
€892
Dame au parapet
Giuseppe De Santis
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
Femme cubiste au chapeau
Jean-Luc Beaufils
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
Suite en négatif, bégaiement en noir et rouge
Daniel Nadaud
Painting - 76 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0 inch
€350
Between Light and Darkness
Penuel Heber Madeira Heber Madeira
Painting - 84.1 x 60.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.8 x 1 inch
€3,640
La abuela y sus bolillos
M. J. Carmezim
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€2,052
What doesn't kill you is dead
Paulina Halasova
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,685
Vue sur le lac dans les hauteurs de Vully
William Victor Aubert
Painting - 75 x 100.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,649
Through the Fog
Stephanie Blaess
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€3,400
Cristo
Josep Serra I Santa Serranta
Painting - 140 x 105 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch
€120,000
Promenade d'automne
Edouard BAUD
Painting - 38.5 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.2 x 12 x 0.2 inch
€1,114
Portrait 1, Garçon au regard clair - Série portrait, univers de l'enfance
Fabienne Octobre
Painting - 24 x 16 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
€315
La guerrière aux fleurs de l'Eden
Jean-Jacques François
Painting - 103 x 103 x 2 cm Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Community II
Felix Treadwell
Painting - 182.2 x 121.5 x 2.54 cm Painting - 71.7 x 47.8 x 1 inch
€31,857
La Fille au Coq ou Belarus
Svetlana Maksimenko
Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
€2,475
Paysage lacustre automnal
Arthur Amez-Droz
Painting - 65.2 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,271
Enfants jouant en bord de rivière
Baldo Gulberti
Painting - 46 x 54 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,950
Jeune fille assise, ca.
Constantin Terechkovitch
Painting - 59 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€9,500 €8,550
En attendant le jour
Xavier Jallais
Painting - 55 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 2 inch
€1,450
Le Fauteuil Bleu
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
The third boat
Moses Nyawanda
Painting - 111.5 x 83.5 x 2 cm Painting - 43.9 x 32.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Holy Trinity
Frank E Hollywood
Painting - 130 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
€13,500
Sunset Whispers
Adán López Alemán
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€6,900
L'éternelle fragilité
Thomas Mainardi
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,300
Santorini Patio
Vladimir Shulakov
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 2 inch
€3,277
Noblewoman (The Red Glove)
Eliano Fantuzzi
Painting - 44 x 48 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.3 x 18.9 x 0 inch
€3,500
La clémentine - Monde animalier et nature
Clara Nomdedeu
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€440
Dear Sister 2
Boluwatife Victoria Lawal
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€4,551
Sounds of friendship
Switzin Twikirize
Painting - 130 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€3,641
Destiny of a Young Man
John Ayobamidele
Painting - 104.9 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.3 x 29.5 x 1 inch
€3,641
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Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€2,230
Impossible behaviour - 9
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,600
lueur rouge, lithographie originale
Christophe Hohler
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
€660