Oil Paintings

Bidsquare is an online auctions platform that presents an impressive array of antique and vintage artworks, specifically oil paintings, allowing enthusiasts and collectors to immerse themselves in the captivating world of artistic expression. Oil painting, a centuries-old technique, has a rich history that speaks to the evolution of artistic methods and the mastery of artists throughout time.

Despite having a long history that goes back to ancient civilizations, oil paintings had a huge increase in popularity during the Renaissance. Famous artists who used oil painting as a versatile and vibrant technique for capturing light, colour, and texture on canvas include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. The process includes combining oil, usually linseed oil, with pigments to produce a rich, luminous quality that enables intricate details and vivid hues.

The popularity of antique and vintage oil paintings in the auction industry is grounded in their timeless appeal and enduring beauty. Oil paintings' depth and intricacy, as well as its capacity to evoke emotion and tell a story through brushwork and composition, appeal to collectors and art aficionados. Each oil painting is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece since it bears the individual handwriting of the artist.

Bidsquare's online live auctions provide an engaging platform for individuals to explore and acquire a diverse selection of antique and vintage oil paintings. The virtual nature of these auctions transcends geographical boundaries, enabling participants from around the world to engage in real-time bidding. Bidsquare's commitment to featuring a wide range of artworks ensures that collectors can explore various styles, subjects, and artists within the realm of oil painting.

Throughout these online auctions, the legacy of oil paintings' beauty and artistic mastery resonates as participants immerse themselves in the intricate details and emotive qualities of each artwork. From landscapes that transport viewers to another world to portraits that capture the essence of human emotion, each oil painting is a testament to the enduring power of visual storytelling.

Bidsquare's online auction platform serves as a gateway to the world of antique and vintage oil paintings, where the legacy of artistic expression is preserved and celebrated. The fusion of technique and emotion within these artworks ensures their lasting significance. As the world of online auctions continues to evolve, oil paintings remain a symbol of artistic ingenuity and the timeless ability of art to capture the human experience.

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  • John Kaufman (1870-1949) Watercolor On Paper, “Scout”
    Estimate
    $250 - $500

    John Kaufman (1870-1949) Watercolor On Paper, “Scout”

    Est.
    $250 - $500
    Annex Auctions
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $110
  • Cuzco School Archangel Oil Painting on Canvas
    Estimate
    $150 - $300

    Cuzco School Archangel Oil Painting on Canvas

    Est.
    $150 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $70
  • David Lupes oil landscape Lakeview
    Estimate
    $100 - $250

    David Lupes oil landscape Lakeview

    Est.
    $100 - $250
    Concept Gallery
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $200
  • T. Watson oil Negotiating with The Fishmonger
    Estimate
    $150 - $300

    T. Watson oil Negotiating with The Fishmonger

    Est.
    $150 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $80
  • Oil on Board Suffolk Paris 1911
    Estimate
    $80 - $150

    Oil on Board Suffolk Paris 1911

    Est.
    $80 - $150
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $40
  • Highwayman Painting by Alfred Hair
    Estimate
    $4,000 - $6,000

    Highwayman Painting by Alfred Hair

    Est.
    $4,000 - $6,000
    Brunk Auctions
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $2,800
  • Italian School Painting, Laundresses
    Estimate
    $600 - $900

    Italian School Painting, Laundresses

    Est.
    $600 - $900
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $300
  • William Gropper Two Men Oil on Canvas
    Estimate
    $200 - $400

    William Gropper Two Men Oil on Canvas

    Est.
    $200 - $400
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $150
  • British School Landscape Painting
    Estimate
    $500 - $700

    British School Landscape Painting

    Est.
    $500 - $700
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $250
  • Italian School Painting, Selene and Endymion
    Estimate
    $500 - $700

    Italian School Painting, Selene and Endymion

    Est.
    $500 - $700
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $250
  • Al Jackson Still Life with Apples Oil on Canvas
    Estimate
    $150 - $300

    Al Jackson Still Life with Apples Oil on Canvas

    Est.
    $150 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $80
  • 19th Century European Lake Landscape painting
    Estimate
    $40 - $80

    19th Century European Lake Landscape painting

    Est.
    $40 - $80
    Concept Gallery
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $30
  • Flemish School Painting, Busy River Landscape
    Estimate
    $800 - $1,200

    Flemish School Painting, Busy River Landscape

    Est.
    $800 - $1,200
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $400
  • Hugo Lohr Summer Landscape with Haybales 1907 Oil on Canvas
    Estimate
    $300 - $600

    Hugo Lohr Summer Landscape with Haybales 1907 Oil on Canvas

    Est.
    $300 - $600
    Concept Gallery
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $325
  • Antique Painting of Children and Cupid signed by Wager
    Estimate
    $80 - $150

    Antique Painting of Children and Cupid signed by Wager

    Est.
    $80 - $150
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $50
  • Leonard Lieb Pittsburgh Worker on Break 1940 Oil on Board
    Estimate
    $80 - $150

    Leonard Lieb Pittsburgh Worker on Break 1940 Oil on Board

    Est.
    $80 - $150
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $50
  • Annabelle Wiles Mid Century Abstraction Oil on Canvas
    Estimate
    $60 - $100

    Annabelle Wiles Mid Century Abstraction Oil on Canvas

    Est.
    $60 - $100
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $40
  • Alfred Bryan Wall Landscape with Stream Oil on Board
    Estimate
    $200 - $300

    Alfred Bryan Wall Landscape with Stream Oil on Board

    Est.
    $200 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $100
  • Harry D. Froot River Canyon Oil on Canvas
    Estimate
    $60 - $100

    Harry D. Froot River Canyon Oil on Canvas

    Est.
    $60 - $100
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $40
  • Alfred Bryan Wall Landscape with Grazing Sheep Oil Ptg
    Estimate
    $200 - $400

    Alfred Bryan Wall Landscape with Grazing Sheep Oil Ptg

    Est.
    $200 - $400
    Concept Gallery
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $225
  • Study of Western Pennsylvania Hillside Oil on Board c.1900
    Estimate
    $60 - $100

    Study of Western Pennsylvania Hillside Oil on Board c.1900

    Est.
    $60 - $100
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $40
  • Tea Weintraub Sternklar Mid Century Modernist Abstract Oil on Board
    Estimate
    $50 - $80

    Tea Weintraub Sternklar Mid Century Modernist Abstract Oil on Board

    Est.
    $50 - $80
    Concept Gallery
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $40
  • Emily Hubbard Scott Abstract Oil on Canvas 1970s
    Estimate
    $100 - $200

    Emily Hubbard Scott Abstract Oil on Canvas 1970s

    Est.
    $100 - $200
    Concept Gallery
    3 Bids
    Current Bid
    $300
  • Lois McCune Oil on Canvas Still Life
    Estimate
    $150 - $300

    Lois McCune Oil on Canvas Still Life

    Est.
    $150 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $80
  • American School, Gentleman with Purse and Book
    Estimate
    $400 - $600

    American School, Gentleman with Purse and Book

    Est.
    $400 - $600
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $200
  • Philip Hermogenes Calderon
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000

    Philip Hermogenes Calderon

    Est.
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $2,600
  • John Frederick Kensett
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000

    John Frederick Kensett

    Est.
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $40,000
  • Jasper Francis Cropsey
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000

    Jasper Francis Cropsey

    Est.
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $15,000
  • Rae Smith Pastel on Paper A Secret Place
    Estimate
    $150 - $300

    Rae Smith Pastel on Paper A Secret Place

    Est.
    $150 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $80
  • 18th or 19th Century Half Length Portrait Man with Hand on Book
    Estimate
    $150 - $300

    18th or 19th Century Half Length Portrait Man with Hand on Book

    Est.
    $150 - $300
    Concept Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $70
  • August Henry Nordhausen
    Estimate
    $600 - $800

    August Henry Nordhausen

    Est.
    $600 - $800
    Brunk Auctions
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $350
  • Ernest Albert
    Estimate
    $800 - $1,200

    Ernest Albert

    Est.
    $800 - $1,200
    Brunk Auctions
    3 Bids
    Current Bid
    $850
  • Peter Gentling
    Estimate
    $300 - $500

    Peter Gentling

    Est.
    $300 - $500
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $150
  • William Bradford
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000

    William Bradford

    Est.
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $6,000
  • Peter Gentling
    Estimate
    $400 - $600

    Peter Gentling

    Est.
    $400 - $600
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $200
  • Thomas Pope
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $8,000

    Thomas Pope

    Est.
    $5,000 - $8,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $2,600
  • Allen Butler Talcott
    Estimate
    $1,800 - $2,800

    Allen Butler Talcott

    Est.
    $1,800 - $2,800
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $900
  • Eliot Candee Clark
    Estimate
    $800 - $1,200

    Eliot Candee Clark

    Est.
    $800 - $1,200
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $400
  • Wolf Kahn
    Estimate
    $18,000 - $24,000

    Wolf Kahn

    Est.
    $18,000 - $24,000
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $9,000
  • Follower of Henry Raeburn, A Pair of Large Portraits
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000

    Follower of Henry Raeburn, A Pair of Large Portraits

    Est.
    $500 - $1,000
    Brunk Auctions
    4 Bids
    Current Bid
    $500
  • Ferdinand Leeke, The Three Graces
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000

    Ferdinand Leeke, The Three Graces

    Est.
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $500
  • Follower of Thomas Gainsborough
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000

    Follower of Thomas Gainsborough

    Est.
    $500 - $1,000
    Brunk Auctions
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $250
  • Eliot Candee Clark
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000

    Eliot Candee Clark

    Est.
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $500
  • William Skilling
    Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000

    William Skilling

    Est.
    $3,000 - $5,000
    Brunk Auctions
    2 Bids
    Current Bid
    $1,800
  • Follower of Michael Dahl
    Estimate
    $500 - $700

    Follower of Michael Dahl

    Est.
    $500 - $700
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $250
  • Peter Moran
    Estimate
    $800 - $1,200

    Peter Moran

    Est.
    $800 - $1,200
    Brunk Auctions
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $400
  • Eliot Candee Clark
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000

    Eliot Candee Clark

    Est.
    $1,000 - $2,000
    Brunk Auctions
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $500