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Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter) /// Antique Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edmond Firey (French, 19th Century-20th Century)
Title: "Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter)"
*Signed by Firey lower left
Circa: 1880
Medium: Original Oil Painting on C...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
John White, The Big One, Oil Painting
By John White
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist John White (1851-1933) depicts a boy fishing in a stream with the sea beyond.
With his line taut, he leans back and looks opti...
Category
English School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century China Trade Tea Clipper in full sail at Sea, sailing
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century China Trade Tea Clipper at Sea in Full Sail.
Owning in a 19th-century China Trade portrait of a tea clipper at full mast at sea offers a captivating glimpse into a pivo...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Violinist in an Interior - British Impressionist 19thC art musical oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British Impressionist 19th century oil painting is by noted artist William Christian Symons. Painted circa 1880 it is a figurative interior composition of a musical event...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Robert von Steiger (1856-1941) Portrait Dutch Officer A. v. Steiger 1884 Holland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Johann Ludwig Robert von Steiger
(Swiss, * 8th of January, 1856, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; † 1st of June, 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Portrait of Karl Alfred Arthur von Steiger
Lie...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Dunkerque, le vieux bassin by Eugène Boudin - Figurative water scene
Located in London, GB
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Dunkerque, le vieux bassin by Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)
Oil on canvas
46 x 65.2 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marie Louise Bion (1858-1939) – Portrait of a Young Woman – 19thC Oil Painting
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Marie Louise Bion
(Swiss, *1858 ; † 1939)
• Portrait of a young Woman
• Oil on canvas
• Stretcher ca. 56 x 46 cm
• Original 19thC frame ca. 68 x 59 cm
• Signed and dated ‘ 7/85 ’ ...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study of an actor, ca 1880 dramatic oil young man staring into fire 19th Century
Located in Norwich, GB
A dramatic, one of a kind oil study. Certainly not your run of the mill 19th Century portait! Depicted is a young man, whose face is brightly lit from what is likely is an open fire....
Category
Academic 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Class Clown
Located in Milford, NH
A fun genre painting with students in a classroom being students by American artist George Henry Story (1835-1923). Story was born in New Haven, CT, and after studying a year in Euro...
Category
American Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of Alexandre Blanchard from Amiens
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ
(Paris 1822 - Paris 1882)
Portrait of Alexandre Blanchard, teacher at the Amiens high school (1851-?)
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
H. 50 cm; L. 44 cm
Signed and...
Category
French School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Laid Paper
Yport, the cliff of Amont - Normandy
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Alexandre DEFAUX
(1826, Bercy - 1900, Melun)
Yport, la falaise d'Amont
Oil on panel
59.5 x 38.5 cm
Signed and located lower right
Pupil of Corot, Alexandre Defaux is a fairly famous...
Category
French School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Robert Duflos de Saint-Amand (1812-1894) French consul
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Portrait of Robert Duflos de Saint-Amand (1812-1894), Consul of France
Oil on canvas
H. 91 cm; W. 72 cm
From a family of the Parisian bourgeoisie, Robert Duflos de Saint-Amand was ...
Category
French School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
Located in Woodbury, CT
Antique 19th century English fishing vessels In the English Channel
William Henry Williamson was a gifted, London painter of coastal scenes, ...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS, Far From The Madding Crowd
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This spellbinding late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS (1848-1910) depicts a young woman wearing...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le repos des le moissonneurs - Barbizon Figurative Pastel by Leon Lhermitte
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape pastel on canvas circa 1885 by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts two children resting beside a large haystack in farmland...
Category
Barbizon School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
19th century English Fishing boat at sea with Sun rise or Sunset
Located in Woodbury, CT
Adolphus Knell
19th century English fishing boast at Sea.
Investing in a 19th-century English fishing boat captured at sea circa 1880 by Adolphus Knell, with the sun rising or sett...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
José Jiménez Aranda, Hussars at Rest
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ARANDA
Spanish, 1837 - 1903
HUSSARS AT REST
signed, located and dated “Jz. Aranda. / Paris 1884.” (lower left)
oil on wood panel
21 x 26-5/8 inches (53.5 x 67.5 cm)
fram...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Love Letter
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and dated '1884' lower right
Category
Academic 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Feria de Sevilla
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ CAÑAVERAL
Spanish, 1833 - 1894
FERIA DE SEVILLA
signed "JCañaveral / Sevilla 1881." (lower right)
oil on canvas
29-1/3 x 19-1/2 inches (74.5 x 49.5 cm.)
framed: 38-1/2 x 29-1/2 ...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gardeuse de Moutons - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Julien Dupre
By Julien Dupré
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas figure and animals in landscape by French painter Julien Dupre. The work depicts a shepherdess resting on a log as her sheep graze in the green mea...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 19th Century Italian
By Alessandro La Volpe
Located in Beachwood, OH
Alessandro La Volpe (Italian, 1820-1887)
View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 1883
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
29.5 x 52.5 inches
39 x 62 inches...
Category
Italian School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Halmstad Harbour Seen From the North, 1889
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting "Halmstad Harbour Seen From the North" by Oscar Ohlson is a captivating snapshot of daily life and historical architecture, frozen in time from the year 1889. With a meticulous eye for detail, Ohlson has rendered approximately 25 boats in the harbor, each brimming with the quiet bustle of daily chores. The painting invites viewers to step into a moment where people converse, work, and seek respite from the sun under shared umbrellas, while wisps of smoke subtly rise from several boats, suggesting the presence of life and activity beyond the canvas.
In this vibrant scene, a man carries a sack, perhaps fresh merchandise from one of the docked vessels, while others engage in conversation, highlighting the social tapestry of the harbor. Ohlson's masterful use of light reflects on the water, creating a shimmering path that leads the eye to the majestic Halmstad Castle, which adorns the right side of the painting. This historic building, beautifully situated by the Nissan river and not far from the sea, is a testament to Halmstad's past as a Danish territory. Constructed in the early 17th century during the reign of King Christian IV, the castle stands as a reminder of the town's rich history and cultural heritage.
The first building to the right, once part of this historic tableau, has been removed to accommodate modern necessities, replaced by a road that now runs through its former site. This juxtaposition of past and present is a poignant commentary on the evolution of cities and the sacrifices made in the name of progress.
Halmstad itself, a town that straddles the Nissan river, retains much of its early 20th-century character in its city core. Low brick and half-timbered houses, some dating back to the 17th century, dot the landscape. The town center on the west side of Nissan is bordered by remnants of early 17th-century fortifications, including the 1600s castle, Norre Port from 1601, and King Charles XI's path along the old fortress wall. At the heart of the town is Stora Torg with Carl Milles' Europa and the Bull fountain from 1926, and the town hall built in 1938. The city layout, influenced by Renaissance planning, converges at Stora Torg, which is also home to the town's sole medieval building, the brick hall church of St. Nikolai from the 14th century.
Oscar Ohlson (1847-1912), a native of Linneryd, Småland, was a multifaceted individual. Beginning his career with a legal degree from Uppsala University in 1870, Ohlson's passion for the arts led him to pursue music studies before dedicating himself to art under the guidance of Alfred Wahlberg...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Wonderful original antique painting of a thatched cottage in Cambria by Thomas Noelsmith (English, 1840-1900), c...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Impressionistic Summer Landscape with Road Painted 1889
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson's "Summer Landscape with Road" is an exquisite landscape that encapsulates the serene beauty of the Swedish countryside. Painted in 1889, the same year Johansson showcased his work at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, one can't help but wonder if this very painting was among those displayed at the fair.
"Summer Landscape with Road" offers a glimpse into the idyllic Swedish countryside through its masterful depiction. The scene is bathed in the distinctive light of the sun positioned at 30 degrees north-northwest, a unique aspect of Johansson's artworks. The viewer's eye is drawn along a winding dirt road that meanders through a tranquil pastoral landscape. Birch trees, with their white bark and tender green leaves, stand tall and sway gently, marking the passage toward a distant homestead nestled beside a calm lake. The rustic wooden fences and the clear sky, dotted with soft, billowing clouds, evoke a sense of peaceful solitude.
Johansson's meticulous attention to detail and colour is evident in every brushstroke, from the lush greenery to the soft, earthy path leading to the horizon. The artist's signature use of light not only highlights the natural beauty of the North but also enhances the sense of depth and realism in the painting.
Johansson's early works, such as this one, are exceedingly rare, making "Summer Landscape with Road" not only a visual delight but also a collector's gem. The painting's magnificent gold frame enhances the bright, vivid colours of the small-format artwork, creating an impactful presence.
Carl Johansson's blue impressionistic depictions of Northern Sweden earned him the nickname "Ultramarine Johansson", and his paintings are celebrated in prestigious collections, including the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Kalmar Art Museum, and the municipality of Hudiksvall.
oil on canvas
signed and dated Carl Johansson . 89 .
unframed 27 x 39 cm
framed 41,5 x 53 cm
Provenance:
The previous owner bought it in 1988 at Åmells Stockholm...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Oil On Canvas 'a nude Bacchante' After William Bouguereau (1825-1905)
Located in Gavere, BE
A fine copy after "Une Bacchante" by William Bouguereau (1825-1905), oil on canvas, 115 x 185 cm. The original of "Bacchante playing with a goat", dating from 1862, is now part of th...
Category
Baroque 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting en plein air - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil by Charles Angrand
By Charles Angrand
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Charles Theophile Angrand. This wonderful and good-sized piece depicts an artist painting "en plain air" in a beautiful...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peniches sur la Seine - Impressionist Landscape Oil - Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The work depicts barges moored on the b...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Antique landscape with farmers harvesting in a field collecting hay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Victorian English Landscape, Haymaking near Hazlemere, Surrey
A Victorian English harvesting landscape by John Seymour Adams captures the essence of a bygone era, offering more than...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arcadian Landscape, Nude, Figurative, Impressionist
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Paris in 1836, Victor Gustave Cousin was a painter of landscapes and still lifes. He studied under Francois Edouard Picot (1786-1868), de...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Dancer at the Opera - Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Norbert Goeneutte
By Norbert Goeneutte
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated figurative oil on panel by French impressionist painter Norbert Goeneutte. The work depicts an elegant seated dancer getting dressed. She is wearing a dress with a black corset trimmed with yellow flowers around the bust and a white tuile skirt. A yellow flower contrasts against her dark hair.
Signature:
Signed upper right and titled and dated 1886 verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 9"x7"
Unframed: 8"x6"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Goeneutte studied under Pils and exhibited at the Salon from 1876 onwards. He was one of the organisers of the painter/engraver exhibitions ( Expositions des Peintres-Graveurs). His principal preoccupation lay in capturing scenes from everyday life in Paris, portraying its citizens and, above all, the women of the city. There is a discernible influence of Raffaëlli, although Goeneutte lacks the latter's expressive intensity. Examples of his work include Classroom, Boulevard de Clichy in the Snow, Arrival of the Wedding Party...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Realist french painting Fishermen wifes BILLET portrait costumes 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre BILLET
Cantin (North), 1837 – Cantin, 1922
Oil on canvas
38.5 x 28.5 cm (48 x 36.5 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “Pierre Billet”
Stamp of the canvas merchant "Tasset & Loth...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th-Century Danish School, Idyllic Landscape With Farm, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late 19th-century Danish oil painting depicts a picturesque rural view with a farm, wandering shepherd and trees.
Akin to a classical vision of pastoral bliss, this ma...
Category
Romantic 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Artist workshop
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis Joseph POTTIN
(Le Mans 1849 – Paris 1930)
The artist's studio
Oil on canvas
H. 38 cm; L. 46 cm
Signed lower left
Painter with varied talents, Louis-Joseph Pottin was a student...
Category
French School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
James Hayllar RBA, Sunday Go-To-Meeting Togs, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist James Hayllar (1829-1920) depicts an elderly woman standing by a flight of stairs while brushing a top hat. It was shown at an e...
Category
English School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carriage ride in the countryside on a summer's day c 1880 Impressionist painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A sunny but temperate summer's day in the countryside: it's the perfect time and place to go for a stroll or a ride. This fresh and idyllic composition makes us, the viewers, feel li...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drawing of a cherub
Located in East Grinstead, GB
British painter born in 1830. Leighton was well known for painting and drawing scenes of biblical, historical and classical nature.
Untouched and unrestored piece, in it's original ...
Category
1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Classical French TURKISH Orientalist Beauty Painting of a Woman w/ Mandolin
Located in New York, NY
Francois Martin-Kavel (1861 - 1931) was active/lived in France. He was a profiling painter of woman, especially orientalism
His auction records have exceeded over $20,000
Such a ...
Category
Academic 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pre-Raphealite Neoclassical Reclining GRECIAN Girl holding a BIRD
Located in New York, NY
Oliver Rhys (1876-1893) was an important English 19th century Pre-Raphealite Academic painter known for paintings of Grecian woman.
His paintings have sold in sothebys and Christie’...
Category
Academic 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil On Canvas Family Portrait After Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Family Portrait After Sir Anthony Van Dyck"
After Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish painter, 1599-1641), Group of three young girls with a bust of Mercury Oil on canvas (doubled),
probably end 19th century, with French wax seal...
Category
Baroque 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century Fall English landscape with figures on a path in the highlands
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Autumn/Fall landscape by one of Englands finest landscape painters.
Born as Benjamin Williams, the artist added the surname Leader (his Father’s middle name) to distingui...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1896 American Impressionist ORIENTAL Lady Hammock William Merritt Chase Quality
Located in New York, NY
The painting up for sale is probably one of the nicest first tier paintings any collector can purchase on firstdibs!
The quality and the detail of this painting is in the same leagu...
Category
1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"the Madonna Of Justice" Oil On Canvas Early 19th century Italian School
Located in Gavere, BE
"the Madonna Of Justice" Oil On Canvas Work From The Early 19th Italian School"
the history:
No doubt painted for the ducal palace of Genoa Genoa, ducal palace, Sala dei Sindacatori...
Category
Baroque 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Glen Cloy Arran - Scottish Victorian art Landscape oil painting man and dog
Located in London, GB
This superb Victorian Scottish landscape oil painting is by noted landscape artist John MacWhirter. Painted circa 1880 the location is Glen Cloy, Arran, a very popular walking and holidaying destination along with the Fairy Glen. The composition is a stream in the foreground with a man and his dog approaching. Either side of them are rolling hills giving way to cloud enveloped mountains in the background. The palette of greens and brown of the flora and fauna is so rich and varied. An excellent example of Scottish Victorian art and of MacWhirter's work.
Signed lower right.
Provenance. Sotheby's 26.8.86 lot 694.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 38 inches by 24 inches unframed, in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a gilt swept frame, 50 inches by 37 inches in good condition.
John MacWhirter RA (27 March 1839 in Slateford, Edinburgh - 28 January 1911 in London) was a Scottish landscape painter. John was the third of four children. One of his elder sisters, Agnes MacWhirter was also a noted artist of still lifes. He attended a school in Colinton, and after his father's death was apprenticed to Oliver & Boyd, booksellers in Edinburgh. He stayed there for only a few months and then in 1851 enrolled at the Trustees Academy under Robert Scott Lauder and John Ballantyne (1815–97). He spent long periods sketching and studying nature outdoors. His first painting to be exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy at age 14, was 'Old Cottage at Braid'. In 1880, he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Exploring and painting abroad he visited Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Norway and the U.S.A. - the Alps being a great inspiration. Of a drawing of wildflowers, Ruskin wrote i have never seen anything like it. Some of these sketches were later purchased by Ruskin and bequeathed to the Ashmolean, Oxford. He moved to London in 1867 and on 4 May 1893 was elected a Royal Academician. MacWhirter specialised in romantic landscapes with a great fondness for trees, spending much time in the hilly countryside of Perthshire. Initially, under the influence of John Everett Millais, he experimented with the detailed images of the Pre-Raphaelites, but later adopted a more sweeping style. His friendship with William McTaggart shows in his freedom of brush. With John Pettie...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1885 Signed Antique 19th century oil painting on canvas, Portrait of a Lady
Located in Framingham, MA
Up for sale is a beautiful Antique 19th-century original oil painting on canvas depicting a female portrait.
The young woman gazes directly at the viewer with an air of quiet confi...
Category
Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Utrecht, A Day on St. Gertrude's Place (1880) by Pieter Cornelis Dommershuijzen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pieter Cornelis Dommersen, also known as Pieter Cornelis Dommershuijzen (1833 - after 1913) was renowned for his 'capriccio' paintings, where imagination melds with reality, Dommerse...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
An English Cottage scene with pony, ducks and chickens being fed, in Cornwall.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Collins, as he was known, was born in Hampstead in 1851. He began painting pictures at a very early age starting with landscapes with cattle and figures. He studied at the We...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Beekeeper's Daughter oil painting by Henry Bacon
By Henry Bacon
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Henry Bacon 1881" lower right.
Provenance: private collection
About this artist: A figure painter in the conservative tradition of the late 19th century French, H...
Category
Hudson River School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sewing By The Hearth: interior scene w/ cat by Thomas Anshutz, student of Eakins
By Thomas P Anshutz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Pollock Anshutz (American, 1851-1912)
Sewing by the Hearth, c. 1884
Original frame
Oil on canvas, 17 x 24 inches; Framed: 34 x 27 inches
Label (handwritten in ink) on stretcher verso: “Artist Thos Anshutz”
Label on backing verso: (printed) “PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART”; [...] (typewritten) “Thomas Pollock Anshutz/American, 1851 1912/INTERIOR/oil on canvas/stretcher: 17 x 23 15/16 inches/not signed/COLLECTION OF MRS. NORMAN B...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English River landscape with man fishing by the riverside
Located in Woodbury, CT
David Bates
19th century English River landscape, with fisherman by the river side.
David Bates was born in Cambridgeshire. He spent most of his early life in Worcestershire, where he became apprenticed at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works. A painter in both oils and watercolours, Bates visited North Africa, before returning to paint landscapes mostly of Wales and Scotland. He shows the influence of Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923), Joseph Thors and S.H. Baker.
David Bates also made small oil sketches of hedges and plants, which were usually inscribed on the reverse. The artist’s works display considerable technical virtuosity, ranging from the serene landscape, to the uneven swagger of his later works, which were noticeably less colourful.
Although Bates was more than capable of producing refined landscapes, he was equably as capable of painting detailed...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1880’s Irish Signed Oil Cottage & Figure in Highland Mountain Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Cottage
Irish School, 19th century
signed and dated 1888
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 50.5inches
provenance: private collec...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beautiful Woman Arranging Flowers in Atrium Conservatory Greenhouse PARIS 1884
By Christian Henri Roullier
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Christian-Henri Roullier was born in Lyon, France, in 1845, and was an infant when his parents arrived in gold-rush San Francisco. After much difficulty, Roullier senior found employment at the White House, a pioneer department store owned by a popular and successful French businessman, Raphael Weill. From then, the Roulliers' life took a prosperous turn. Christian-Henri resided with his family in San Francisco at the beginning of his career. During the Franco-Prussian War he was listed, with other members of the city's French community, as a local subscriber to a French patriotic fund. He subsequently traveled to Paris to study painting with Jean-Leon Gerome the leading teacher of the day. He also studied sculpture with W. E. Fremiet and explored both media throughout his life.
A successful artist, Roullier exhibited widely in France. His work was included in most Paris Salon exhibits between 1878 and 1914. He exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association and the Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco in 1883, suggesting that he had returned to San Francisco, perhaps working with Jules Tavernier, whom he depicted in buckskin and knee-high boots in an oil entitled Tavernier Painting. Roullier probably joined the gregarious Tavernier in Monterey as well. Among his portraits, he executed two of Josiah Stanford, now in the collection at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.
When in France, Roullier and his sister Blanche spent half of their time in Paris, the remainder at a beautiful property the family bought in the small town of Saint-Nizier sous Charlieu, some ten miles from Roanne. Blanche became a successful pastellist who also exhibited at the French salons and received several awards. Like his friend and fellow-painter Armand Charnay, Roullier painted rustic, local scenes of his native region, except for a few canvases of Tunisia done in colors reminiscent of his California work. He died in Paris on July 25, 1926. A retrospective exhibit of his work was held at the 1926 Paris Winter...
Category
French School 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century Northern European Busy Town Scene at Dusk Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Continental Town Scene
Felice Auguste Rezia (1857-1906)
signed oil on canvas, framed
dated 85'
framed: 17 x 23 inches
canvas: 12 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, England...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French painting 19th 18th costumes guitare romantic Oil canvas Elegant scene
Located in PARIS, FR
Georges DEVY (Active at the end of the 19th century) Oil on canvas 86 cm x 65 cm (96 x 76 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower left "G. Devy / 1883" Very good condition with a f...
Category
Realist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alone at the Ferry
Located in Hillsborough, NC
'Alone at the Ferry' is signed by British artist A.F. Patten (Alfred Fowler Patten 1826- 1889 or after). This is a fine oil on canvas painting of a young Victorian woman waiting for ...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century French, Surrender of the French at Huningen Fort to the Austrians
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful French period copy of the famous painting by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille, which the original is now in a museum in Paris.
This piece came from a private collection in New Jersey where it had been since it was purchased in France back in the 1950s. The previous owner was an Art dealer in NYC during the 1950s-70s and she kept some of her favorite paintings, this being one of them.
The piece was re-framed in the 1990s
In 35 years of dealing in paintings, I have never seen another example of this scene, it is very rare.!
History of the scene:
In the Siege of Hüningen (27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797), the Austrians captured the city from the French. Hüningen is in the present-day Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Its fortress lay approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the Swiss city of Basel and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of the spot where the present-day borders of Germany, France, and Switzerland meet. During the time of this siege, the village was part of the Canton of Basel City and the fortress lay in an area contested between the German states and the First French Republic.
The siege occurred within the French Revolutionary Wars during which Revolutionary France ranged...
Category
Victorian 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Apparition - Large, Fine 1884 French Oil Painting - MAKE OFFER
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunningly dramatic and well-rendered oil on canvas painted by French artist Antoine Marie Roucole in 1884. With the ornate antique gilt plaster frame, and with its size, it has t...
Category
Academic 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Femme à la promenade
By Albert Andre
Located in Washington, DC
Large and historically significant post-impressionist painting by Albert André.
Exhibition:
Exposition Post et Néo-Impressionniste, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, 10–31 March 1899, n...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman with a Fan
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed portrait of a beautiful young woman with a fan by Franco-German artist Carl Ernst Von Stetten (1857-1942). Stetten was a Franco-German portrait and genre painter who worked in France. He came from the wealthy Stetten banking family. He began his studies on October 16, 1876 in the class of antiquities at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich. He then left for Paris in the 1880s to study under Jean-Léon Gérôme. He attended the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger, Gustave Courtois...
Category
1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil