Fine Mid 19th Century Victorian Oval Oil Painting Terrier Dogs in Barn Interior

Chasing the Rat! by Frank Cassell (British 1862-1908) oil on canvas, framed framed: 14.75 x 19.75 inches canvas : 12 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very go...

Terriers Ratting by Frank Cassell (British late 19th century) oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 18 x 23 inches canvas: 12 x 16 inches provenance: pr...

The Young Puppy British School, 19th century indistinctly signed with a monogram oil on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 21 inches canvas: 14 x 16 inches provenance: private collection,...

Jack Russell Terrier Dogs English artist, signed and dated 1913 signed oil painting, framed framed: 15 x 18 inches painting: 12 x 15 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condit...

An animated and richly detailed 19th-century oil on canvas depicting three terriers in the midst of a hunt, this genre scene is attributed to British painter George Armfield (c.1850)...

A wonderful & whimsical 19th century oil on panel painting of puppies in a farm stable, by the celebrated artist George Armfield (1820-1893), the painting circa 1860. This lovely oil...

19th Century Oil on Canvas (relined) Painting by Frank Cassell, depicting a Group of Terriers Engaging in Ratting (rat hunting) inside a rustic barn. Cassell was known for his animal...

An oil painting of two rustic dogs fighting over a piece of food. It is painted on an oak panel. Signed top left. The signature is a bit faded, it's a monogram J.S. by Joseph Stevens. He often signed with a monogram. In a gilded frame frame with gesso moldings. Dimensions frame: 41 x 47 cm Dimensions painting: 17 x 23 cm. Joseph Stevens is the older brother of the very well-known artist Alfred Stevens. In the book 'The Belgian Art Book' by J. de Geest, it is written that Joseph Stevens has given a new dimension to painting animals. Joseph Stevens is an early representative of realism and social art. While Eugene Verboeckhoven has royal dogs pose on a beautifully embroidered cushion, Joseph Stevens already has an eye for the dark side of animal existence: exploitation by man, who in turn is a victim of society. His first successful painting, Brussels in the morning, shows how miserable dogs and poor people suffer the same fate. In the Sandman, Stevens shows a joint effort of man and dog, in which the viewer cannot ignore the social conditions: exhausting labor at dawn in some suburb. The gray sky and monochromy of the suburb add to the sinister atmosphere. Joseph Stevens was one of the first artists to take the urban proletariat as his subject. Stevens enjoys a very high reputation in his Parisian years. His brother Alfred writes: 'I am of this time, but you, Joseph, you are of the race, and thus you are of all times.' French critics agree. Stevens' works are a source of inspiration for the literature of the time. For example, Beaudelaire writes a poem about Stevens' dogs. Joseph Edouard STEVENS. Belgium, 1819-1892 Stevens was a painter, etcher and engraver. Brother of the gifted painter Afred Stevens. Education at the Academy in Brussels (1834-1835). Debuted at the Salon in Brussels in 1842. Continued his career in Paris in 1852. He was primarily the painter of canvases depicting domestic animals (dogs, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This realism, of which he was one of the pioneers, earned him the interest of critics and intellectuals. His approach was defined by this contemporary realism that eschewed idealized depictions of animals as heroic emblems of nobility. Rather, Stevens emphasized the ordinary animals of everyday life, with a particular focus on working dogs, stray dogs and all of the mutts that wandered the streets of Brussels. Museums and public collections, including' Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels, Ghent, Hamburg, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts. Stuttgart, State Gallery. King Leopold...