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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1910s
Set of Four 18th Century Romantic Italian Paintings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here is a set of four 18th century Italian paintings depicting various romantic dramas. All four painted in old world style and presented in the original stretchers and frames. Findi...
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18th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
FINE 18th CENTURY OLD MASTER CHALK DRAWING - ROMANESQUE FIGURES INTERIOR SCENE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: Classical figures within an interior.
Medium: chalk on paper, mounted.
Size: drawing: 11.5 x 13.5 inches
Provenance:...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
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18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
18th C. Portrait of the 4th Earl of Sandwich a View of Constantinople Beyond
Located in London, GB
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
(13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792)
Attributed to George Knapton (1698-1778)
Dressed in the Turkish manner, stand...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with figures - Original Oil Paint On Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with figures is an original oil on canvas realized in the XVIII Century by a Venetian School Master.
Original oil painting on Canvas.
The painting represents a beautiful...
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Modern Priscilla, Magazine Cover, 1916
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pencil and Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
The Modern Priscilla Magazine Cover, June 1916.
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Pencil
Rococo Painting, The Brunette Odalisque, Nude Woman, Studio of Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Greven, DE
A voluptuous woman lies prone on a divan, bearing her backside and turning her head flirtatiously to the viewer, though averting her eyes slightly, as if to maintain a coy demeanor. Surrounded by lush fabrics of deep blues, the creamy tones of her skin and dressing gown are thrown in sharp contrast, making the figure glow luminously. The whole painting is ordered by folds - of flesh, of fabric, of cushions, of the rug - inviting the viewer's eye to look closely across the topography of the canvas.
One of Boucher's cabinet paintings (that is, paintings made for private collectors rather than official exhibition at the Salon), the open eroticism of this work invites a voyeuristic gaze. Although it was created for a private audience, it was later displayed at the Salon of 1767, where the critic Denis Diderot found it shocking and lascivious. Nonetheless, Boucher would later paint another iteration of this reclining pose, this time using Marie-Louise O'Murphy, a favorite mistress of King Louis XV, as his model, suggesting that the provocative composition was a stock figure for Boucher's private commissions.
"The Brunette Odalisque" (French: L'Odalisque or l'Odalisque brune) is a painting of c. 1745 by François Boucher, now in the Louvre in Paris. He later produced two other works in the odalisque genre, both known as "The Blonde Odalisque".
The present painting is another version of Bouchers painting which differs in minor details. The quality of the paint is very fine and the whole technique and style allows a dating to c. 1750. As Boucher's Painting was very famous there were several copies and versions which were made by his studio. The present painting can be attributed to the close circle of Boucher.
The Painting is framed in a golden frame which was built in the Rococo style in c. 1990.
Both the title of Boucher's painting and the objects found in the interior fix the subject as an odalisque, a concubine within the harem of the Ottoman sultan. The sumptuous textiles and exotic, decorative objects suggest early traces of Orientalism, although the figure appears European. Odalisque paintings...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Who Can Spell Cream of Wheat?" Advertisement, Saturday Evening Post, 1917
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Saturday Evening Post, October 27, 1917, "Who Can Spell Cream of Wheat?" Advertisement.
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Conference on the Mound, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left
Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1912
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Johann Seligmann: Engravings of Parrots After George Edwards, 1770, Framed
Located in Richmond, GB
"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
18th Century, Antique Oil Painting, Old Master. Portrait of Mother with child.
Located in Berlin, DE
18th century, antique painting, oil on canvas, old master. Mother with child.
Relined canvas.
Stretcher frame also renewed.
Artist unknown.
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Valencian Flower Pickers ", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by José Mongrell
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ MONGRELL
Spanish, 1870 - 1937
VALENCIAN FLOWER PICKERS
signed “J. Mongrell” lower left
oil on canvas
29-1/4 x 45 inches (74 x 114 cm.)
framed: 42-3/...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Fisherman with a hat
By Pieter van der Hem
Located in Brookville, NY
This detailed charcoal and pastel of a fisherman with a tall black hat, blue eyes and a details coat, depict the hardships of a fishermans life. The artist, Pieter van der Hem...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
French 18th Century Old Master oil painting of a soldier departing from his home
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of Jean-Baptiste Francois Pater (French, 1695-1736)
Le depart du convoie
Oil on canvas
36.1/2 x 39.3/4 in. (92.8 x 101 cm.)
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Attributed to C. W. E. Dietrich, Pendant Window Paintings, Oil on Wood
Located in Greding, DE
Pendant window pictures attributed to Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, called Dietricy (1712 Weimer - 1774 Dresden).
Typical genre depiction of two pretty young ladies leaning out of arched windows. Both ladies are shown open-hearted with white blouses. One painting shows a lady with a red hair band and red cheeks leaning on a low railing and looking at the observer with a slightly glassy gaze. The window opening is framed with vine tendrils and a Mediterranean potted plant on the left edge of the painting.
The other painting shows a young beauty with flowers in her hair, leaning loosely out of a window opening with a relief depiction of putti and the same green vine leaves. A red velvet...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Late 18th Century English Family Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
English family portrait from the late 18th century. The canvas is aged accordingly with newsprint from October 1847. The painting is framed in a decorative gold frame with an open ba...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with Figures and Herd - Original Oil On Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with figures and herd is an original oil on canvas realized in the 18th Century by a School Master of Central Italian School.
Original oil painting on Canvas.
The painti...
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Unlucky Boy, 1716-1797
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Dancers Begin" & "The Dancers Finish"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
One is Signed Lower and the Other is Signed Lower Right
Louis Kronberg (1872 - 1965)
Kronberg, often referred to as "the American Degas,"was born in Boston on December 20, 1872. He displayed artistic talent in his elementary school years and while he was only fifteen years old, his brother, who had become an impresario, made it possible for Louis to copy portraits of stage and concert celebrities backstage. Louis came to know Ignaz Paderewski, Boris Chaliapin...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Canvas
Antique American Ashcan School Modernist Circus Scene Signed PA Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist circus scene by Ann Taube Goodman (Born 1905). Oil on canvas, circa 1925.
Signed. Displayed in a modernist fra...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figure Ice Skating In Hyde Park, 18th Century Philip Jakob II DE LOUTHERBOURG
Located in Blackwater, GB
Figure Ice Skating In Hyde Park, 18th Century
Philip Jakob II DE LOUTHERBOURG (1740-1812)
Fine huge 18th century Old Master morning frozen winter landscape of figures skating at Hyde Park, oil on canvas. Stunning large scale superb quality and condition winter scene with figures skating on the frozen water. Though unsigned the style and detail is unmistakably De Loutherbourg with a very similar composition currently held in the UK Government Art Collection (Whitehall & Downing Street...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fadeaway Girl, Good Housekeeping Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 28.00" x 19.00", Framed 37.00"x 28.00"
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
'Nuns Gathering Flowers', Munich School, Figural Oil, Karlsruhe Convent, Lilies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Friedrich Fehr' (German, 1862-1927), inscribed 'Karlsruhe' and dated '1918'.
Friedrich Fehr first attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (1878-84) where he st...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Arcadic Landscapes - J.F. Van Bloemen (follower of) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Two Arcadic Landscapes are a couple of original oil paintings by a follower of the Flemish artist, Jan Frans Van Bloemen (1662-1749).
These old master's original paintings represen...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Exceptional Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers 18th century
Located in Rome, IT
- ANNA CATERINA GILLI or
GILLI Anna Caterina Turin 1729- 1751
Her paintings recorded in Turin as a decorative artist for the Royal Palace and the Stupinigi,
working in a simil...
Category
Mid-18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93
What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history painting following the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, this is a question which is rarely posed and one which is not easily answered. Examination of surviving Royal Academy exhibition catalogues reveals a profusion of artists’ names and titles, few of which remain immediately recognizable, whilst endeavours to explain the impact of exhibition culture on painting - such as the 2001 Courtauld show Art on the Line - have tended to focus on the first and second generation of Royal Academician, rather than young or aspiring artists in the early nineteenth century. This makes the discovery and identification of the work under discussion of exceptional importance in making sense of currents in English painting around 1800. Executed by Edward Dayes...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Large 18' Century French Oil Paintings after Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing works of the genre scene, dates to the late 18th century. After the famous French artist Francois Boucher, who was the court painter to King Louis XV.
It is in its origina...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1700's Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Elegant Court Figures Musical Soiree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, early 1700's.
Title: Elegant Court Figures at a Musical Soiree.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
Size: painting: 40 x 49.5 inches
Provenanc...
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915.
Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection.
Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood.
Reference:
Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Abolishing of Death, Cosmopolitan commission, 1919
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right: F X Leyendecker
Medium: Oil on Board
Sight Size 18.75" x 24.75;" Framed 33.75" x 39.75"
RELATED LITERATURE:
B. King, "T...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Oil painting after 'Marina del Porto' by Salvator Rosa
Located in London, GB
This exquisite painting is based on the famous 17th-Century work, ‘Marina del Porto’ by Salvator Rosa. This beautiful version was created in the 18th Century.
The scene depicts the ...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Politician, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1916
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, November 4, 1916
Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, November 4, 1916, illustrated on the ...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Female Bather”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a fine example of the artistry of the American artist, Norwood Hodge MacGilvery. Oil on canvas board. Signed lower right. Circa 1915. Condition is very good. Framed in a ...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of antique reverse glass paintings
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique reverse glass paintings
Continental, 18th Century
Frame: Height 46cm, width 40cm, depth 3.5cm
Glass: Height 38cm, width 32cm
T...
Category
18th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures .
18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames.
This pair is an exce...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
Located in Miami, FL
Charming portait with Modernest colors.
Provenance: Christie's
Mercedes Matter, daughter of the artist, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York. Private Collection. Sale: Skinner, Inc...
Category
1910s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law - Tempera on Cardboard
Located in Roma, IT
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law is a superb and colorful tempera on cardboard, realized in 1766 by an anonymous artist of ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"A Successful Man" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1919
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"A Successful Man," by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, from book Poems of Optimism (1919).
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Mediator, 1913
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
R. Norton, The Mediator, New York, 1913, cover illustration.
Douglas Duer (1887-1964) was a member of New York's Society of Illustrators w...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hercules and Omphale - Oil Painting on Canvas - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hercules and Omphale is an original painting realized in France between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th Century.
Original oil painting on canvas. Dimensions: 73 x...
Category
Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailor with Eagle and Dove, Life Magazine Cover, January 1914
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Cover for Life Magazine, January 1, 1914
Caption: "Which Bird?"
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Sunshine and Water”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very finely painted in muted pastel colors is an original oil on canvas board painting by the American artist, Norwood Hodge MacGilvery. Signed lower right. Titled verso along with ...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
People in the Woods, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
By Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884 - 1983)
Title: People in the Woods
Year: 1917
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 39 x 30 i...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Dance - Original woodcut - Signed
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Paris, FR
Raoul DUFY
The Dance, c .1910
Original woodcut
Signed with stamp of the artist's studio
Numbered on /220
Titled in the board
50.5 x 65.4 cm (c. 19.6 x 25.5 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
Antique Rococo Oil Painting, around 1800, "Royal Dance in the Garden"
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Rococo Oil Painting, around 1800, Royal Dance in the Garden
Oil on canvas.
Canvas relined. Stretcher renewed.
Dimensions are without fra...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, Easter Edition
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Mounted to Archival Board
Signature: Unsigned
Sight Size 17.625” x 14.375;" Framed 23.063” x 20.125"
Custom Gilt Framing: Thanhardt Burger (formerly Newcomb Mac...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
Thanksgiving, The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 12, 1910
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Panel
Signature: Signed Lower Right
The Saturday Evening Post cover, November 12, 1910
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Church Gardens - French Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Stunning signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by sought after French post impressionist painter Victor Charreton. A wonderful and colourful depiction of a green church garden la...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mural Study for "The First Settlement on Manhattan Island"
By Howard Pyle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
This is a study for the very large Howard Pyle mural now in the historic County Courthouse in Hudson County, New Jersey. It was commissione...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Child Sewing with Dog
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Original illustration for March 1918 Pictorial Review Magazine.
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lucky Bag Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Hand Painted Fine Print
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Couple Sitting Among Lanterns, Cover for Vanity Fair
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel, Gouache, and Black Crayon on Paperboard
Sight Size 22.88" x 17.50", Framed 31.75" x 26.50"
Signature: Signed EVERETT SHINN and Dated
Vanity Fair Cover...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Gouache, Board
Good Scrap in Sawdust Town
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right
'Big Flat' by Henry Oyen: Appeared in Country Genteman, January 25th, 1919.
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Late Afternoon at Brighton Beach"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Martha Walter (1875 - 1976).
Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followe...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vaso di Anemoni (Red Anemones) - 1910s - Arturo Noci - Oil on Canvas
By Arturo Noci
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated lower right "Arturo Noci 1912". In excellent conditions.
Includes wooden frame: 63x78 cm.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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