Girl with Black Hair (Fille aux Cheveux Noirs)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$584
Figurative Paintings
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La cantatrice
Anne-Marie Torrisi
Painting - 93 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$17,882
Moon in a box IV
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 35 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,389
Untitled (From People Series)
Elene Melikidze
Painting - 23.5 x 19 x 3 cm Painting - 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$215
Untitled (From People Series)
Elene Melikidze
Painting - 23.5 x 19 x 3 cm Painting - 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.2 inch
$215
Tea time, Sweet Home series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 49.5 x 29.5 x 2 cm Painting - 19.5 x 11.6 x 0.8 inch
$536
Dedicated to Botticelli - Dittico
Olga Marciano
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$536
Voiles au soleil levant
Stéphane Cantin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Let your soul glow
Tanya Aubut
Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$2,264
La Strangolatrice
Francesca Miotto
Painting - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,027
Holey Smokey Batman
Frank E Hollywood
Painting - 130 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$11,325
The Misunderstood (l'Incomprise)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$352
Bright (Lumnineuse)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$352
The Magician (Le Magicien)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$352
Evening Dream (Rêve d'un Soir)
Alain Rigollier
Painting - 55 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$584
In Frame Series: Relax At Home
Suanjaya Kencut
Painting - 104.14 x 88.9 x 2.54 cm Painting - 41 x 35 x 1 inch
$15,000
Spring III
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 102 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 40.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$6,795
Fashion Essentials I
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 97 x 71 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$8,106
Roses are Red
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 97 x 71 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$8,106
Twenty Shades of Sunlight
Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Painting - 140 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$9,060
Argèles sur mere. Ville. França
Ramon Aguilar Moré
Painting - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,749
De cendre et de rouillle
Bernard Ambielle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,983
Cerámica (1)
Francesc Casademont
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,153
Athéna sagesse - Dior - Déesse - Mucha - Klimt
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 29 x 29 x 5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 2 inch
$477
The city at sunset - France Paris painting & frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$626
Betrayal of the Queen
Arto Mkrtchyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$450
Boat-people au soleil couchant
Damien Berrard
Painting - 33 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$179
Not all dreams come true
Djénina Hagenburger
Painting - 122 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$5,722
Ondular Movements #1 and #2. From The Geometric Head Series
Almo
Painting - 59.9 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
$3,200
Stillness and movement
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 48 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,092
12 series - Estuary twilight
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 45 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,086
L'Oiseau Damoclès (Étude)
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 45 x 28 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 11 x 1.2 inch
$544
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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
$2,450
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
$1,907
lueur rouge, lithographie originale
Christophe Hohler
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$787