Camille MAGNUS

Camille Magnus, Forest Landscape With Cattle, Oil Painting

c. 1890

This charming 19th-century oil painting by Danish artist Christian Berthelsen (1839-1909) depicts a village scene with storks nesting atop a timber-framed dwelling. Is it simply a gentle portrayal of idyllic family life? Or does it allude to a sinister fairy tale by a well-known Danish author? Berthelsen was born on the small picturesque island of Føhr, where most families worked the land and lived in villages peppered with quaint thatched cottages. Amid these rural communities, children became familiar with various folk stories including those told so menacingly by the author Hans Christian Andersen. In 1839, the year Berthelsen was born, Andersen published ‘Storkene’, a typically macabre tale involving a family of storks. It begins: "On the last house...

This fine mid-19th-century oil painting by British artist Edmund Bristow (1787-1876) depicts a farmhouse with a saddled white mare taking water while a cockerel looks on. An older ma...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Rosa Müller (1822-1914) depicts the Moel Siabod mountain in Snowdonia, from the winding River Llugwy. Two children play on the r...

This charming late 19th-century French School oil painting depicts a forest view with deer. Stylistically, it fits with the approach taken by the Barbizon school of artists who were...

This early 20th-century oil painting by French artist Charles Clair (1860-1930) depicts numerous sheep feeding in a stone barn. Hailing from the picturesque rural area of Mars-sur-A...

This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Michael Therkildsen (1850-1925) depicts a rural landscape with a standing bull, resting cattle, chickens and thatched buildings. It’s skillfully rendered and demonstrates the artist’s keen understanding of anatomy. The cottage in the upper right, which is nestled into trees, is also a charming addition. Hans Michael Therkildsen was an accomplished Danish painter of landscapes, rural scenes, interiors and animals. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and later under Laurits Tuxen and Frans Schwartz...

Very beautiful old artwork of the end of the 18th century ,after Jean Baptiste Oudry " Loup pris au piege ", an example of which is exhibited at th...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 67 x 100 x 4.5 cm

The Argument French School, 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 20 x 16.5 inches board: 18 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound con...

Alfred Ste. Marie 1825 - 1890 Canvas Size: 32 x 26" (82 x 66cm) Outside Frame Size: 41 x 35" (104 x 89cm) Oil on Canvas A fantastic example of a Portuguese pointer from the middle o...

Eugene Pechaubes 1890 - 1967 Canvas Size: 24 x 43" (61 x 109cm) Outside Frame Size: 33 x 51" (84 x 130cm) Signed Bottom Left. Free shipping Born on 24th June 1890 and died on 2 Fe...

Gaston Le Sargeant De MONNECOVE Oil on Canvas Picture Size : 18 x 24" (46 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 32" (66 x 81cm) A classic example of De Monnecove's work capturing French hunting art...