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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
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Le Lever - Impressionist Figures in Interior Pastel by Jean Louis Forain
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist figurative pastel on board circa 1895 by sought after French impressionist painter Jean Louis Forain. The piece depicts a man asleep in a bed while a woman stands at the foot of the bed getting dressed. The room is dimly lit by the bedside lamp.
Signature:
Signed upper right
Dimensions:
Framed: 22"x26"
Unframed: 15"x19"
Provenance:
Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier
Jean Forain was the son of a painter and decorator and was apprenticed to a visiting card engraver. He studied briefly under Gérôme and Carpeaux at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly visited the Louvre, where he copied works by the masters. It is said that for a time he made a precarious living by selling small drawings in the style of Grévin. He went on to collaborate on various publications as a draughtsman and columnist, starting in 1876 on La Cravache and then collaborating on the newspapers Le Journal Amusant, Le Figaro and L'Écho de Paris. This introduced him to the diverse worlds of Paris society - the world of the theatre, of shows, and of literature - where he wryly noted the habits and shortcomings particular to each. This led him to follow a route very characteristic of this period, already seen in the work of Steinlen, Caran d'Ache and Toulouse-Lautrec in the journals La Pléiade, La Vogue and La Revue Blanche.
His work draws a picture of the society of the period, not in a strictly imitative fashion but in the form of the 'dessin-charge' or mild caricature. In 1880 he illustrated Parisian Sketches...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
American Folk Art Portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel British Inventor Engineer
Located in Rochester, NY
Early 19th century American portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel. Brunel was a well known British inventor and engineer. He is credit...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi by José Schneider
Located in London, GB
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi by José Schneider (1848-1893)
Oil on canvas
2 parts, 21.2 x 18.4 cm (8 ³/₈ x 7 ¹/₄ inches) each
Signed lower left on second panel, José Schneider
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Neapolitan Coast", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Artist William James Müller
By William James Muller
Located in Madrid, ES
WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER
British, 1812 - 1845
NEAPOLITAN COAST
signed "W. J. Muller" (lower right)
oil on canvas
23-5/8 x 35-3/4 inches (60 x 91 cm.)
...
Category
1830s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by Robert William Wright "Making the Easter Cross"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Robert William Wright "Making the Easter Cross" who exhibited 1871 - 1900 London painter of domestic genre scenes, regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy , Royal soc...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historical genre sporting oil painting of a gentleman holding a gun
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Adolphe-Alexandre Lesrel
French, (1839-1929)
The Sportsman
Oil on panel, signed & dated 1905
Image size: 10.75 inches x 7.75 inches
Size including frame: 19.5 inches x 16.5 inches
A beautifully detailed genre painting of a gentleman with a hunting rifle and smoking a clay pipe by Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel. The man, who is dressed in 17th century costume is seated next to a table containing game, a wine decanter and silver gilt standing cup with cover. All of the props including the 17th century wheel lock...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Set of Antique Chinese Pith Paintings Depicting Tea Production
Located in London, GB
Set of Antique Chinese pith paintings depicting tea production
Chinese, 19th Century
Panel: Height 21cm, width 33cm
Frame: Height 37cm, ...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Peaceful Waters
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 18.5 x 36.5 inches
Framed size: 23.75 x 41.5 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th C New Jersey Surfmen Rescuing Foundering Ship - GW Nicholson
Located in Exton, PA
Fine late 19th C oil painting on cradled wood panel by George Washington Nicholson. The painting is in very good cleaned condition and shows Surfmen rescuing a ship in distress. This...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
KPM Oil Painting Of An Exotic Maiden Washed Up On A Beach.
Located in Dallas, TX
Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain Plaque of a Woman
Late 19th century. Circa 1896
A very fine and detailed oil painting on porcelain by the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) depicting a...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Oil
Oil Painting by Alexander Davidson "Morning Sunshine"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Alexander Davidson "Morning Sunshine" Alexander Davidson 1838-1887 was a Glaswegian painter of domestic scenes, he exhibited at the ...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Soldiers' Charge, Carter's Monthly Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1898
Medium: Ink and Gouache on Paper Affixed to Board
Dimensions: 16.50" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Carter's Monthly, March 1898, cover illustration.
Decades lat...
Category
1890s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Board
This Will Hurt You More Than Me, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published March 28, 1931.
Gwendolyn Smithers is loudly singing to herself and disrupting the household. When Mrs. Smithe...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis Cabié (1853-1939) - Landes à Pessac - Gironde
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIE
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
Landes in Pessac - Gironde
Oil on panel
H. 31 cm; L. 55 cm
Signed lower right
Louis Cabié, re...
Category
1880s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait d'enfant
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower right: Geo
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
Japanese Festival Folding Screen, Paint on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This folding screen is a stunning example of Japanese artistry. Beautifully painted with delicate brushwork, the evocative screen depicts a lively festival during the Edo period (1615–1912). The raucous scene is full of life; within the dense crowd, you can make out people dancing...
Category
19th Century Edo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
Children Feeding the Horse
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This captivating artwork, titled "Children Feeding the Horse", is masterfully executed in rich tones. It depicts two children tenderly feeding a gentle white horse against a familiar...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Belle Epoque Bride in White Dress
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Belle Epoque Lady in White dress, presumably a Bride by Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer (1839-1902). Oil on Canvas, circa 1860's, signed lowe...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative painting female portrait Tuscan Macchiaioli 1930s
Located in Florence, IT
This small portrait, oil on panel 24 x 17 cm, is signed and dated in the upper right corner in openna cursive "Valentino Ghiglia 1934." It depicts a maiden with cropped hair and a so...
Category
1930s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Oil Painting, 19th Century. Interior Scene with Family and dog. "The Alcoholic"
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil Painting, 19th Century. Interior Scene with Family and dog. "The Alcoholic"
Antique oil painting in museum quality. With a royal seal. Early 19th centu...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Bed Canopy Painting of Peonies and Pheasants, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The experience of art itself can be an intimate one, and this bed canopy, hand-painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted pheasants...
Category
19th Century Qing Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel
Pair of 19' century Chinese Reverse-Painted Mirror Pictures
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of Chinese reverse glass painting representing women and a child in a garden pavillion. Original "Chinese Chippendale" framing.
China for expor...
Category
Early 19th Century Qing Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Paint
"Love and Lotus Boys, " Ink on Linen Panels, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawn with a fine line and fresh, sketched quality, this folk hanging unites two scenes of lucky hoho lotus boys circumscribed in frames punctuated with fruits such as pomegranate, symbolic of prosperity and good fortune. On top, the two explore the natural wonders of the world...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Wood, Ink
Large view of Treignac in Corrèze - France
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Robert DESSALES-QUENTIN
(Brantôme 1885 - 1958)
Large view of Treignac - Corrèze
Oil on wood
H. 82.5 cm; L. 123 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private collection, Périgueux
Rober...
Category
1930s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butcher’s Apprentice, Late 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Depiction of a butcher's apprentice against an undefined brown background. He is balancing a large wicker basket filled with ham on his head. He wears a cap with a red tie, brown ves...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Motor Magazine Cover - April 1932
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Rustlers of Silver River, " Story Illustration for Country Gentleman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
See Here Rollins
1929 Story, The Rustlers of Silver River by Zane Grey. Country Gentleman Magazine, Jan...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Conversando", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Artsit Ángel María Cortellini
Located in Madrid, ES
ÁNGEL MARÍA CORTELLINI
Spanish, 1819 - 1887
CONVERSANDO
signed "Cortellini" (lower right)
oil on canvas
13-1/4 x 11 inches (33.5 x 28 cm.)
framed: 17-1/4 x 15 (44 x 38 cm.)
Ángel María Cortellini. Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), 27.09.1819 – Madrid, 1887. Painter.
Ángel María Cortellini was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 27, 1819, to an Italian father and a Spanish and Sanlúcar mother. Contrary to family opinion, he decided to dedicate himself to painting and already, at the age of nine, he was enrolled in a drawing academy in his hometown. They soon sent him to Seville, where he was a disciple of Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer...
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tasting the Soup: a work on paper by 19th century British artist Gustav David
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gustave David
(British, 1824-1891)
Tasting the Soup
Oil on paper, mounted; 9 1/2 x 7 inches
Signed at lower left: "G. David"
Inscribed on verso: "GUSTAVE DAVID 1824-1891"
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Duck, Duck!---Geese! - Farm Children looking at Geese
Located in Miami, FL
signed in orange along lower right of image
Illustration for Women's World magazine, published October, 1937
Condition is good. 4.5 inch, unobtrusive vertical crease running from top down into center of image
Maginel Wright Enright Barney was the sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the illustrator of several children''s books, including those of L. Frank Baum...
Category
1930s Feminist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Gouache on Board Painting Titled "Barbecue Stand", by Aaron Bohrod, circa 1935
By Aaron Bohrod
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
""I Had Tried Several Times to Meet Dawn Woman" Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "Beaver Woman's Vision" by James Willard Schultz, published in The American Boy, July 1935, pg. 5 The White Buffalo Robe, Schutz, pg. 30
Literature:
Schoono...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reiner Pynenborg, Pynenburg, Portrait of a young Dutch Lady. Oil on canvas.
Located in Berlin, DE
Portrait of a young Dutch lady. Oil on canvas.
Signed top right. Dimensions are without frame.
frame damaged.
Including certificate of authenticity.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by Anders Montan, "In the Forge, Smithery, Blacksmith" 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Very decorative oil painting by Anders Montan, in the forge, 19th century
Signed lower right. Famous Swedish artist.
Dimensions with frame: 104 cm x 11...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H.J. Heinz Company Advertisement, Dec. 16, 1939
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Advertisement published in the December 16, 1939 issue of The Saturday Evening Post
Signed Lower Left
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loading the Crop
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches
Signed and dated ' 1902' lower left
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A pair of paintings, dancing ladies. Around 1900. Oil on wood. Signed.
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of paintings, dancing ladies. Around 1900. Oil on wood. Signed. Unknown artist. Good condition.
Dimensions Including frame.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Amours sur des Nuages Jouant avec des Colombes
By (After) Francois Boucher
Located in Milford, NH
A fine grisaille oil painting on canvas of putti in the clouds, unsigned, labeled on verso BOUCHER (genre de Francois), titled “Amours sur des nuages jouant avec des colombes ” (literally translated “cupids on clouds playing with doves”), dating to the 19th century, unframed. French artist Francois Boucher (1707-1770) was well known for Rococo portrait, landscape and mythology painting...
Category
19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers
By Marius Vasselon
Located in Paris, FR
Marius Vasselon,
1841-1924
"Bouquet de Fleurs dans un Vase "
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower left
Canvas: 29 1/2" high x 23 5/8" wide
Frame: 36 1/4" high x 29 7/8" wide
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Church courtyard at Siena, oil on canvas
By German artist
Located in Gent, VOV
German school.
Name and date lower left "Siena Juli (18)83".
Illegible signature lower right (monogram) "A.S. ou J.S.".
Provenance: A private collection from the Rhineland.
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Riders and Bedouins walking on a path near a cliff, Oil on panel by Honoré BOZE
Located in Gent, VOV
Cavaliers et bédouins marchants sur un chemin près d’une falaise.
(panneau 32 *20 cm)
Honoré Boze est un peintre orientaliste français, né à l'île Maurice...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Courtship by Orientalist School
Located in New York, NY
A fine oil painting of a man courting a woman.
Artist: Orientalist School (19th/20th century)
Date: 19th century
Origin: French
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35.5 in. x 20 in.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique Christian Painting of the Vision of Saint Francis
Located in London, GB
A large antique Christian painting of the vision of Saint Francis
French, 19th Century
Frame: height 168cm, width 125cm, depth 5cm
Canvas: h...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Easter Candle, Ladies Home Journal, 1931
By Henry Soulen
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Ladies Home Journal Story Illustration, April 1931
"The Easter Candle" by Dagvar
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Ladies Sewing
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Young Ladies Sewing" by Francis Blackwell Mayer is a charming portrayal of domestic life in the 19th century. Painted by the American artist known for his genre scenes and historica...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Charity Bazaar
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 27.00" x 21.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Date: 1930s
Probable magazine cover, 1930-1935.
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fishing, Field and Stream Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1935
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artwork Dimensions: 25.25" x 18.25"
Framed Dimensions: 30.75" x 23.75"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of June 1935 issue of Field and Stream...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, "Young woman at the well"
Located in Berlin, DE
Painting, 19th century, oil on canvas, "Young woman at the well"
Signed, B. Kern.
Dimensions with frame 61cm x 75cm
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Josef Mathauser, 19th Century, Hunting Scene in a Wintry Forest, "The Wolf Hunt"
Located in Berlin, DE
Josef Mathauser, 19th century, dramatic hunting scene in a wintry forest
Decorative oil painting by the well-known Czech artist Josef Mathauser. Signed lower right.
Magnificently fr...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers at the Fountain - Italian 19th Century Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Rome, IT
Amanti alla Fontana - Lovers by a fountain, painting oil on canvas,
Signed left sight.
Measures: cm 70 x 100 frame 118 x 145
Faustini Modesto. Brescia, 27 maggio 1839 - Roma, 23 m...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Oil on Canvas Painting Coat of Arms in Gold Leaves Panel and Black Frame
Located in Firenze, IT
This huge Italian 19th century armorial painting features the coat of arms of Montini, a noble Italian family that
has among its ancestors the Archbishop of Milan, later known as Pope Paul VI.
The large oval canvas has a brown and red background, the latter shaped like a shield, in which six mountains
(from the etymology of the surname) and three white fleur de lis are painted.
This big scale palatial oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Wood
Study for Collier's Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1890s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gathering Kindling on a Country Road
Located in Milford, NH
A fine oil painting of a mother and her children gathering kindling on a country road, with artist placard lower center “Wm Shayer, 1788-1879,” most likely painted by a follower or p...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
KPM Porcelain Plaque of a young Madonna Worshiper
Located in New York, NY
This plaque depicts a quintessential 19th century Northern European woman with blonde hair, blue eyes and modest European fashions. She holds a bushel of fresh flowers as an offering and to decorate the small stone statue of Mary and a young Jesus before...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
Alleyway Looking at Tryol, Austria
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Alleyway Looking at Tyrol, Austria" by Henry T. Cariss captures a quaint yet vibrant scene set in the picturesque region of Tyrol. The painting features a narrow dirt alleyway that s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amazing Stories, Book Cover
By Leo Morey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1934
Medium: Gouache on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 11.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Amazing Stories, Pulp Cover, August 1934
Exhibitions: A...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
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Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
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