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Art For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
View of the ducal palace by Johann Baptist Kreitmayr
Located in Milan, IT
Johann Baptist Kreitmayr (1819 Munich -1879 Ebenda) View of the Doge's palace in Venice, 1848 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 28.5 cm - with frame, 47 x 40 cm The painting under consideration...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Hayfield - Haystacks"
Located in Cambridge, GB
Elliot Seabrooke was well travelled and very much a follower of Cezanne initially and then later much interested in the pointillism of Seurat. Seabrooke studied at the Slade under t...
Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

Antoine Louis Barye Bronze Dromadaire Harnaché D'Égypte Camel
Located in Dallas, TX
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1796-1875): A patinated bronze model of Dromadaire harnaché d'Égypte Signed 'BARYE' and stamped 'BARYE' by the Brame foundry Raised on naturalistic base...
Category

1870s Art

Materials

Bronze

Alphonse Mucha JOB Original Poster, 1898
Located in Dallas, TX
Alphonse Mucha 1898 "JOB" poster. Printed by: “Imp. F Champenois 66 Boul, St Michel, Paris” in 1898 Very good (A-) condition with toning throughout and less under matting. Linen b...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Art

Materials

Paper

Napoleonic Wars Cuirassier Horse, 19th Century
By Sir Edwin Landseer
Located in Blackwater, GB
War Horse, 19th Century after Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1872) Large 19th century Napoleonic Cuirassier War Horse scene, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition depicti...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Rose, 19th Century by Emma SANDYS (1834-1877)
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Rose, 19th Century by Emma SANDYS (1834-1877) similar to $70,000 Large 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite portrait of a young red haired girl holding a rose, oil on canvas by Emma San...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Anthony Thieme Mackerel Fleet
Located in Dallas, TX
Anthony Thieme, Netherlands (1888-1954). Titled: 'Mackerel Fleet' oil on canvas, Circa 1930 Signed lower right A, Thieme and on verso Anthony Thieme / 1803B Mackerel Fleet. Mounted ...
Category

1930s Aesthetic Movement Art

Materials

Paint

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647.
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647. Jumping a hurdle; bareback; rider, 105, nude; gray mare Pandora 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 5 7/8 x 17 ...
Category

1880s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Disegno figurativo allegorico italiano stile Decò della prima metà del XX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno in questione rappresenta una figura figura femminile nuda in piedi con le braccia alzate, in una posa solenne come fiero è il suo sguardo, ai cui piedi sta sdraiata una fi...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Muller Freres Luneville Hunters and Elephant Opalescent Glass Plate
Located in Oakland, CA
This stunning and extremely rare 1930s Art Deco opalescent glass presentation plate was manufactured by Müller Freres in Luneville, France. A gorgeous African theme echoes the design...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Glass

Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches canvas: 18 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very...
Category

19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s, crafted in the 1930s, stands as a testament to the artistic brilliance of the era. This extraordinary sculpture exudes ...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Nudes Sunbathing On A Beach, 19th Century circle of PHILIP WILSON STEER
Located in Blackwater, GB
Nudes Sunbathing On A Beach, 19th Century circle of PHILIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) Large 19th Century English beach scene with nudes sunbathing, oil on canvas. Excellent quality a...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Josephus Augustus Knip (1777-1847), Picturesque Landscape Of The Alps
Located in PARIS, FR
Josephus Augustus KNIP Tilbourg 1777 - Berlicum 1847 Picturesque landscape of the Alps with anthropomorphic rock Circa 1800 Watercolor, gouache and brown ink Signed lower left 47 x ...
Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

A Night At The Opera, 19th Century by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922)
By Manuel Cusi y Ferret
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Night At The Opera, 19th Century by Manuel CUSI Y FERRET (1857-1922) to $20,000 Large 19th century Spanish portrait of a lady at the theatre, oil on canvas by Manuel CUSI Y FERRE...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

On The Glaslyn, North Wales
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches Framed size: 25.25 x 35.25 inches Signed lower right
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Farm to the Donkey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GARAT Francis (1870 - NC) The Farm of The Donkey Oil on canvas signed and dated 1883 low right Frame guilded Size canvas : 50 X 76 cm - Size frame : 60 X 76 cm GARAT Francis (1870 -...
Category

1880s Academic Art

Materials

Oil

Obersee by François Roffiaen (1820-1898) Oil on canvas
Located in Gent, VOV
The Watsman, a painted view between Obersee and Koningsee, Upper Bavaria. Study painted in 1856 by François Roffiaen. François Roffiaen (1820-1898): Biography François Roffiaen's f...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Terracotta Nubiens probably Goldsheider
Located in LA BOUILLE, FR
An exquisite set of a pair of North African orientalist/africanist terracotta sculptures of a man and female conveying water containers. Most likely by Goldsheider, incredibly molded...
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Terracotta

Mare - hunting horse by Josuë Dupon 1864-1935
Located in Gent, VOV
A beautiful large bronze sculpture of a proud standing mare. Old sand cast created during the artist Josuë Dupon's lifetime. Josuë Dupon (also Josué or Josue Dupon) was a Flemish sculptor and engraver. His work also includes painting and graphics. He received his training through evening classes at the academy of Roeselare and Antwerp (1884) and later at the National Institute of Fine Arts (1887). In 1891, he won a gold medal with the monumental sculpture group Samson kills the lion and was runner-up in the Prix de Rome for sculpture. From that year on, his work appeared regularly in exhibitions at home and abroad. His reputation was such, that he became one of a select group of sculptors allowed by King Leopold II to carve statues in Ivory, which was imported from the Congo, the Belgian colony. In 1893 his exceptionally refined ivory statue of Diana was bought by the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which also acquired his spectacular bronze Vulture defending its prey a year later. Working in every genre and mastering every technique and material, Josuë Dupon became best known as a sculptor of exotic animals. He was equally capable of faithfully expressing anatomical detail as of rendering the animals' nature. Josuë Dupon was a technically faultless realist, with a sense of the dramatic, a feeling for decorative complexity and a tendency towards idealizing. The placement of his camel driver and two bronze groups at the entrance to Antwerp Zoo confirmed this reputation as animalier. The career that Dupon subsequently built, brought him numerous important awards and an appointment as professor at the Antwerp Academy, a tenure he held between 1905 and 1934. Besides animals, he sculpted busts, war memorials and public monuments. For one of the largest sculptural monuments and the largest fountain in the city of Buenos Aires, called Monument of the Two Congresses, he collaborated with his good friend, the Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae. Josuë Dupon created several statues of mighty condors for this monument. At the start of his career his conception of art was strongly influenced by traditional 19th century artistic ideals. After the turn of the century his compositions and surface treatment changed and became more modern. He met Rembrandt Bugatti around 1905 or 1906 in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris and invited him to Antwerp. Bugatti began travelling to Antwerp in 1906 to observe and sculpt the inhabitants of its zoo, which was then considered the best in the world, and Dupon allowed Bugatti to stay with him during several of his early visits. As such Dupon became a friend and a bit of a father figure to Rembrandt Bugatti. Dupon did not play a very active part in artistic movements or associations. Dupon remains an important sculptor not only through his body of work but also because of the influence he exercised through interactions and collaboration with other sculptors such as Lagae, Bugatti and Bourdelle but also because he trained leading sculptors such as Albéric Collin (1886-1962), Willy Kreitz...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Four young English girls with flowers are shown in a line and moving from left to right. They are pushed forward on the picture plane as if they were on a stage with a simple indica...
Category

1890s Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hippolyte Leroy (1876-1943) - A view of Blankenberghe, 1873
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left: " Hip Le Roy, Blankenberghe, 1873," This painting captures the serene vista of Blankenberghe, inviting viewers into the essence of coasta...
Category

19th Century Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

City Scene with Faces casein tempera on canvas by Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Vytlacil 32" lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist #1584; Martin Diamond Fine Art Exhibitions: 1990 Graham Gallery, NYC (label verso) About this artist: B...
Category

1930s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Tempera, Casein, Canvas

Autumn Landscape with Boy Fishing
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. This painting was exhibited in the Christopher Pearse Cranch landscape exhibition in 2007 at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and published and illustrated in the cata...
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th-19th Century By Natale Schiavoni Portrait of the Sister Oil on Cardboard
By Natale Schiavoni
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Original frame in gilded wood and gilded pastiglia. Autograph dedication of the artist in the back of the painting. Natale Schiavoni (Chioggia (Venice), 1777 – Venice, 1858) wan a...
Category

19th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Edinburgh From Carlton Hill, 19th Century Thomas Grant (19th Century, British)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Edinburgh From Carlton Hill, 19th Century Thomas Grant (19th Century, British) Large 19th Century view of Edinburgh at sunset from Carlton Hill, oil on canvas by Thomas Grant. Exte...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Broken Mast
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
It is subjectively proven that artistic inspiration strikes individuals in varied and unique ways. In this single painting, an appreciative audience may examine how the early luminou...
Category

1870s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

bejeweled
Located in Chicago, IL
The ethereal beauty of gems captured in this oil painting of an exquisite gold sewn bracelet featuring extravagant materials in content and paint - pearls, ruby, citron and aquamarin...
Category

Late 19th Century Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Pigment

Summer Morning, 19th Century French School, Impressionistic Landscape
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 8 x 10½ inches (20 x 27 cm) Contemporary frame This charming portrayal of a rustic house in the early hours of the morning is an excellent example of the e...
Category

19th Century French School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Evangeline: Tale of Acadia”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed with initials lower right The painting is one of the 4 illustrations that JWS did for the book “Evangeline: Tale of Acadia”, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...
Category

1890s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Herkules Farnese, National Museum, Neapel
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): View of the back figure of Hercules Farnese in the large hall in the National Archaeological Museum, Museo Nazionale, Naples, c. 1880, albumen paper ...
Category

19th Century Art

Gouache on Board Painting Titled "Barbecue Stand", by Aaron Bohrod, circa 1935
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod, 1907-1992 Barbecue Stand, circa 1935 Gouache on board Signed Lower left: “Aaron Bohrod” Inscribed and signed on verso Bohrod-1 Provenance: Private estate, Rhode Island...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Gouache

"Char De L'aurore " The Chariot of Aurora AUGUSTE MOREAU (FRANCE, 1861-1906)
Located in New York, NY
"Char De L'aurore " The Chariot of Aurora Artist: AUGUSTE MOREAU (FRANCE, 1861-1906) Medium: Bronze, Brown and gilt patina Signed with partial TIFFANY mark and titled on base.
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

The Lledr Valley - 19th Century Summer Landscape Oil Painting of Snowdonia Wales
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘In the Lledr Valley’ by Robert Gallon (1845-1925). The painting - which depicts a mother and child outside a Welsh cottage on a summer’s day - is signed by the artist and hangs in a...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Art

Materials

Oil

Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Children Playing Of A Hillside, Near Cape Curig, Wales, 19th Century by Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886) Large 19th Century view of children playing in a hillside near Capel Curig...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tuscan Mythological Allegory Drawing 19 century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing represents a group of putti depicted while they are intent in studying together the "quadrivium". The quadrivium consisted of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Art

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Ballerina, early 20th Century by Marcel BLOCH (1882-1966) Large early 20th Century French Impressionist portrait of a ballerina, oil on canvas by Marcel Bloch. Good q...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fifth Avenue Houses, #4, 6, 8, New York City
Located in Detroit, MI
Signed in pencil on mount. the image date is 1936, printed 1980
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Trajan Wallis (1794-1892): Study of a robe on a female figure in back view
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Study of a robe on a female figure in back view, 19th century, Pencil Technique: White heightened Pencil on Paper Date: 19th century Description: Watermark: Shield of arms with initials "AGC Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Verso: numbered: 26"" Keywords: Back view, female garment, drapery, academy study, garment study, antique garment...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper

An Amusing Thought by Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert 1848-1923 Belgian An Amusing Thought Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower left) Oil on panel This oil on panel by Belgian artist Georges Croegaert is a rich ...
Category

19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Italian landscape with fortified town
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
George Augustus Wallis (1761 Merton (London) - 1847 Florence): Italian landscape with fortified town, 19th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Date: 19th century Descriptio...
Category

19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper

Vesuvius. Vast lava rock landscape
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Wide lava rock landscape with posing person Vesuvius, Campania, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print Inscription: Lower midd...
Category

19th Century Art

Sketching Among the Irises by George Herbert McCord (American: 1848-1909)
Located in New York, NY
"Sketching Among the Irises" by George Herbert McCord (1848-1909) is oil on canvas and measures 20 x 16 inches. The painting is signed by the artist at the lower left.
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William Bodfish Oil Painting Titled "The Sister's Visit", Dated 1888
Located in New York, NY
Two figures in 19th century dress sit at a table in a cafe. Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey Originally based in New York City, William Bodfish was a talented artist who gained recognition for his illustrations and cartoons in the late nineteenth century. A painter of genre scenes, he also created detailed illustrations of hunting, whaling and fishing adventures for such magazines as Harper's Weekly. In the years following the Civil War, he traveled to the American West, joining the legion of journalists and illustrators who recorded the development of the new frontier. He was considered by historians to be one of the most “able cartoonists” to tackle the West. During his lifetime, Bodfish exhibited work at the National Academy of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago. Likely created after the artist’s departure from New York, The Sister’s Visit records a quiet moment between two siblings. Seated before a lovely spread of luncheon items, including a bowl of oranges...
Category

1880s Art

Materials

Oil

A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN PLAQUE, THE PRODIGAL SON
Located in New York, NY
Finely painted after Rembrandt with a self-portrait of the artist and his spouse, Saskia, in a tavern, in the guise of the Prodigal Son LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCE...
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Porcelain

Boy with Apples
By Georg Cornelius
Located in Lincoln, GB
This portrait of a young boy with an apple is a beautiful piece by Georg Cornicelius.
Category

Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Luigia Orsi Drawing view of the Koln cathedral 19 century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing represents a lateral view over the Cathedral of Koln that doesn't want to be a faithfull copy from real but It's pervaded with a nostalgic and decadent feeling proper of...
Category

Early 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Flower Arrangement - Original 19th Century Painting
By Achille Théodore Cesbron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Achille Théodore CESBRON (1849-1915) Flower Arrangement Oil on oval canvas signed low right Framed by Gault (Paris - Fbg St Honoré) Dim canvas : 63 X 48 cm Dim frame : 79 X 64 cm Achille Théodore CESBRON (1849-1915) French school 19th-20th century Born the 5th of November 1849 in Oran (Algeria). Dead the 4th of January 1915. Painter of genre scene, portraits, still life, flowers, pastel. Pupil of Bonnat and Cormon, he regularly exhibited at the « Salon des Artistes Français », whose he became shareholder in 1883, getting several rewards and medals from 1882 to 1886. He has got the Marie...
Category

1880s Academic Art

Materials

Oil

The Funeral Procession, circa 1820 Chinese School
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Funeral Procession, circa 1820 Chinese School Large 1early 19th Century Chinese School Funeral procession landscape, oil on canvas. Good quality and condition unusual landscap...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Figures In A Landscape, River Rhine In The Distance, dated 1869 Adolphe Malherbe
Located in Blackwater, GB
Figures In A Landscape, River Rhine In The Distance, dated 1869 by Adolphe Malherbe Huge 19th Century German River Rhine landscape with figures working ...
Category

Early 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Golden House Palace, Venedig
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century) Circle: Ansicht des Palazzos Casa d'Oro am Canal Grande Venedig, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print, mounted on Cardboard I...
Category

19th Century Art

French Mythological Kiss Terracotta statue 19 century
Located in Florence, IT
This terracotta represents a mythological scene, in which we can see a centaur kissing with passion a lady, while a man is playing the Pan flute. On the back...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Art

Materials

Terracotta

Portrait Of A Red Haired Holding Flowers, circa 1900
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Red Haired Holding Flowers, circa 1900 English School signed JM Circa 1900 English School portrait of the young girl holding flowers...
Category

Early 19th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Courtship and The Shepherd's Family (a pair)
Located in Washington, DC
19th Century Dutch
Category

1860s Academic Art

Materials

Oil

Arch of Janus, Rome
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Fratelli Alinari (19th century): Arch of Janus in Rome Arc de Triomphe, architectural photography, hist Buildings, early travel photography, c. 1880, ...
Category

19th Century Art

"Belem´s Tower, Lisbon", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by Enrique Atalaya
By Enrique Atalaya
Located in Madrid, ES
ENRIQUE ATALAYA Spanish, 1851 - 1913 BELEM´S TOWER, LISBON signed "ATALAYA" (lower right) oil on wood panel 6-1/4 x 8-1/8 inches (15.8 x 20.5 cm.) fram...
Category

1890s Realist Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Walls of the Arena of Verona
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
V. Florianello (19th century): In front of the walls of the Arena in Verona With passers-by, guides and city dwellers, c. 1880, albumen paper print Technique: albumen paper print I...
Category

19th Century Art

Portrait of a Melancholic Woman, a Drawing signed by Léon Bonnat
Located in PARIS, FR
This drawing by Léon Bonnat, the greatest portrait painter of the Third Republic, shows a woman of indeterminate age, caught in a melancholic pose. 1. Léo...
Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Art

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Cardboard

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