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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Photorealist
Fine Victorian British Oil Painting Elegant Figures in Sumptuous Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: David Wilkie Wynfield (1837-1887) British Title: Elegant Figures in an Interior Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed. Indistinctly Ins...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique 19th century English Victorian Waterfall scene landscape
By John Brandon Smith
Located in Woodbury, CT
John Brandon Smith, John Brandon Smith is an English landscape artist of some renown. He concentrated on the waterways of England, Scotland and Wales. He was particularly interested in the effects of cascading water. This led to his being given the moniker 'Waterfall Smith'. He was fascinated by the spectacle of rivers in spate. Many of his paintings concentrated on the rivers Conway, Llugwy and Lledr in North Wales but he also painted the rivers of England and Scotland. Some of his more celebrated works show The Swallow Falls and Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire. He used many shades of green and blue on his small, jewel-like canvases. He would occasionally introduce the figure of a fisherman to provide perspective. His themes are characteristic of the Renaissance of the European Romantic Movement. He exhibited twenty-two works at The Royal Academy between 1860 and 1874. He also exhibited at Suffolk Street. This is a very rare large example of the painters work. It is framed in an Antique English frame
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Sticky Bun" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Sticky Bun" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry topped with candied pecans and sticky glaze. Gregor...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Running the Rapids" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Running the Rapids" is a handmade, original oil painting that depicts a kayaker braving the whitewater current. Artist Statement a...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horse & Cart Travelling Up The Cobbled Bridge In Tresmeer Cornwall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1995 and inscribed verso Title - Tresmeer Cornwall, Roads To Grom Mill Road & Cottage Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

An Warm October Day At The British Manor Farm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley, inscribed verso Title - October Manor Farm Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Painting : 9.75 x 13.75 inches ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

LOUIS LOTTIER (1815-1892) French Antique Oil Merchants on Beach Ancient Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Louis Lottier (1815-1892) French 'Merchants gathered on a beach with a town beyond Medium: oil on canvas, unframed. Size of panting 8.5" x 15" inches overall good and satisfactory c...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Angler in Highland River Landscape, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson, British 1895-1950, signed with the artists pseudonym 'A. Pienne' Title: Salmon Fishing in the Highlands Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 23 x ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Summertime Landscape, Gathering Hay From The Hay Stacks Mannor Farm , Surrey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley and inscribed verso Title - Mannor Farm in Thames Ditton, Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Painting : 8.25 x...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Victorian Oil Painting "Mother and Child Rockpooling at Beach with cute dog"
Located in ludlow, GB
Frederick Thomas Charles Underhill British 1832 - 1896 London painter of genre, coastal scenes and biblical subjects. Born in Birmingham. Exhibited from 1851-75, at the RA between 1852-67. Titles at the RA including 'Sea Coast, 1852, 'The Gypsy Mother', 1855 and 'Hagar and Ishmael...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique oil on canvas, English beach scene, with sand dunes and people walking
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-painted English early 20th-century beach scene landscape Daniel Sherrin 1868-1940 signed L. Richards This is a framed original oil painting on canvas by the late British painter Daniel Sherrin who painted under the pseudonym of L Richards. It is signed and was painted circa 1910 and is in excellent condition. BIOGRAPHY Daniel Sherrin (1868-1940) Daniel Sherrin was the son of John Sherrin...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Red Velvet" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Red Velvet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red velvet donut dusted with a red topping. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, ...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Orange Cream" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Orange Cream" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut glazed with yellow and orange stripes. Gregory was...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Strawberry Glaze" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Strawberry Glaze" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pink glazed donut. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and moved t...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Cookie Monster" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Cookie Monster" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry decorated with blue icing to look like cookie mo...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

A Peaceful Afternoon With Swans By An Old Cottage Mill
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1995 and inscribed verso Title - The Afternoon By The Old Mill Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Swan and Boat Landscape By The Thames At Hampton Middlesex
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley dated 1994 and inscribed verso Title: By The Thames At Hampton Middlesex Medium: gouache/watercolour/ pencil on artist paper, unframed Painting : ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor, Gouache

"Cronut" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Cronut" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a flaky, golden cronut and cast shadow. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 an...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Cornish Spring Time Down By The Watermill , Tresmeer Cornwall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley ( British, 20th Century) and inscribed verso Title - Cornish WaterMill Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, unframed Painting ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

A Relaxing Afternoon Fishing and Rowing On The Thames Off Tagg’s Island
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th Century) dated 1989 and inscribed verso Title - The Thames Off Tagg’s Island , East Molesey Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ p...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

"Butterfingering" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Butterfingering" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped with butterfinger topping. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri,...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Historical genre oil painting of a couple eloping
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Jules Girardet French, (1856-1938) Le Coeur a des Raisons Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 41 inches x 33 inches Size including frame: 50.25 inches x ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Blueberry Jelly" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Blueberry Jelly" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut filled with Jelly. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and mo...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

19th Century genre oil painting of children gathering berries
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
William Bromley British, (1816-1890) Gathering Hawthorn Berries Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 27.5 inches x 35.5 inches Size including frame: 33.5 inches x 41.5 inches A love...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Cheese Danish" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Cheese Danish" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry with a fruit filling. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1986 and ...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Voodoo Bubble, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Voodoo Bubble" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pink glazed donut topped with bubble gum. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri,...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th century English Boats on a river with sailing, rowing and a paddle boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very pretty English 19th century River landscape with sailboats, a Paddle Steamer, and a crew rowing. Possibly a view on the Thames in London, this piece ...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

!9th century English Pub interior , with Huntsmen and figures drinking
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Randolph Caldecott, a well-known English painter, and illustrator of English Pub interior scenes. The scene is great fun, as we can see di...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Victorian Oil Painting Huntsman Talking to Milkmaid in Village Lane, Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Singleton Jowett (1878–1927), signed Title: Pausing for Conversation Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 24 x 20 inches Canvas: 2...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Black Cow", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Black Cow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and white cow with a yellow ear tag with a blue sky background. Abou...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Powdered Sugar" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Powdered Sugar" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a powdered donut with a white background. Gregory was b...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Huntsman Feeding The Ducks In A Peaceful Kentish Town Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley ( British, 20th Century ) dated 1993 Title: Feeding the ducks on a Kentish Farm Pond Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed Painting : 10 x 14 i...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

A Family Day Out Feeding The Swans By The River Mole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1993 and inscribed verso Title - Feeding The Swans By River Mole, Surrey Medium: gouac...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Autumnal River Bridge Landscape Refelection By The Mill Pond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley dated 1992 and inscribed verso Title: By The Mill Pond Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, unframed Painting : 12 x 16 inches...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

"Sky 54" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 54" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky.
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

19th Century genre oil painting of girls with geese
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
George Augustus Holmes British, (1828-1911) Letting out the Geese Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)69 Image size: 20.75 inches x ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Iced Cruller" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Iced Cruller" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry filles with ridges and translucent frosting. Gregory was born in Kansas City,...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"White Sprinkle, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "White Sprinkle" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white glazed donut with rainbow sprinkles. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missour...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

'His First Suit, ' a large Victorian oil painting, signed 'Fred Morgan'
Located in London, GB
'His First Suit,' a large Victorian oil painting, signed 'Fred Morgan' English, c.1899 Frame: Height 109cm, width 133cm, depth 8cm Canvas: Height 92cm, width 116cm, depth 2.5cm Executed in oil-on-canvas, and mounted in a carved giltwood frame, this beautiful English painting, titled 'His first suit,' is by the late Victorian artist Frederick Morgan, an artist working in a similar style to that of the more well known Arthur John Elsley...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Ring of Fire" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Ring of Fire" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a chocolate donut with a red topping in the center. Gregory...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Oreo" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Oreo" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped with Oreo cookie crumbles. Gregory was born in Kansas...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Old Dirty Bastard" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Old Dirty Bastard" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped with chocolate and peanut butter. Gregory was born in Kansas City,...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Iced Red Velvet" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Iced Red Velvet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped white frosting with crumbled red velvet cake. Gregory was born in Kan...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Sprinkle Stripe" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Sprinkle Stripe" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a chocolate donut toped with purple sprinkles and stripes. Gregory was born in Kansa...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

A Warm September River Overlooking Cattle At Kentish Farm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th Century) dated 1992 and inscribed verso Title - September Pastures On Arentish Farm Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artis...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Fine Antique French Oil Elegant Ladies in Sunlit Woodland, Superb Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century Title: Elegants in Woodland Medium: oil on canvas in period antique gilt frame Framed: 24 x 33 inches Canvas: 15 x 20 inches Provenanc...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century French Barbizon Oil Painting Figure in Woodland by Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century, inscribed verso Title: The Woodland Cottage Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, framed Framed: 19 x 24 inches Painting: 16 x 20.5 i...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Victorian Oil Painting, Milk Maid & Dog Walking Through Wooded Valley
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Edward Robert Smythe (British 1810-1899), signed and dated (1858?) lower centre. *artists bio below, please scroll down. Title: Walking through the Woods Medium: oil on canvas, framed Size: framed: 27.5 x 22 inches canvas: 22 x 17 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. Edward Robert Smyth[e], was born at Berners Street, Ipswich in 1810 and baptised St Nicholas Church, Ipswich on 10 February 1815, son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his wife Sarah Harriet née Skitter (1783-1845), who married at Norwich on 14 June 1811; James was an accountant with bankers Bacon, Cobbold, Durningham & Cobbold in Tavern Street, Ipswich who added a final 'e' to his surname. Edward attended the school of Robert Burcham Clamp at Ipswich and had a liking for a military career but his love of art took his fancy. Elected a member of the Ipswich Society of Professional and Amateur Artists on 1 March 1832 and attended his first meeting on 18 November the same year and was probably working under Henry Davy and where he met many local artist members. In his younger days he had a studio in the Old Shire Hall, Ipswich where he painted with artists such as Samuel Read, Wat Hagreen, Frederick Brett Russel and Robert Burrows. About 1840, he moved to Norwich to study the Norwich School of Painters where he became acquainted with Robert Ladbrooke’s son, Frederick Ladbrooke and is said to have worked with John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), but returned to Ipswich some five years later, taking a house in Bramford Road. He married at Ipswich on 15 March 1848, Ellen Burman (1827-1879) of Ipswich and where his first child Edward Robert, jun. was born the following year. Edward was of Berners Street, Ipswich when declared insolvent at Ipswich on 13 September 1850 and in 1851, giving his age as 32, was living at Elmswell, Suffolk with his 24 year old wife Ellen and son but later that year moved to 3 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s, where he kept company with his friend Fred Ladbrooke. By 1861, still at Angel Hill, they had further children born at Bury St Edmund’s, Francis (Frank) Rowland 1852, Ellen Kate 1854 and Mary Emily 1856, their daughter Louisa Jane, died at Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s on 7 April 1861, aged 3 years and 7 months. Smythe exhibited at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at the New Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' Institution, Ipswich in August 1850, several oil paintings including 'Chapel Viaduct, Colne Valley', 'A Group of Animals', 'A Sketch Ploughing', 'Ponies and a Dog' and 'A Landscape', and a watercolour 'The Ruling Passion strong in Death' and was also a member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Fine Art Club 1886-1898 and in 1889 at the Woodbridge Art Exhibition at the Assembly Room, Bull Hotel, Woodbridge had several oil paintings on display including 'Horses at Marsh', 'Donkeys' and 'Early Morn'. He also exhibited five works at the Royal Academy including 'View in the Colne Valley at Chappel, Essex' and exhibited five works at the British Institution including 'Pony and Boy' and 'The Village Blacksmith'. In 1865, Edward was living at 98 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s, and his wife died at 69 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s in 1879, aged 52. By 1891 he had moved in with his married daughter Ellen Kate, who had married at St Matthew’s church Ipswich on 10 May 1886, George Robert Chilvers, a tobacco manufacturer, at Burlington Lodge, 30 Burlington Road, Ipswich where he died on Wednesday, 5 July 1899, aged 88, and was buried in Ipswich cemetery three days later. Five of his painting were on show at the Centenary exhibition of the Ipswich Art Club in 1974, a pastel 'Crossing the...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Warming by the Fire
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on panel, measures 17" x 21" painting and with frame 24" x 27.5". Signed and dated 1885 lower left. Charles Green studied at Leigh’s School of Fine Art and under the engraver, J W Whymper, before quickly establishing himself as a painter and illustrator. Specialising in genre pieces, he joined the Langham Sketching Club and was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (ARI 1864; RI 1867). His elder brother, Henry Towneley Green, was also a member. His contribution of contemporary subjects to the early numbers of The Graphic were admired by Van Gogh, but he was best known for his depiction of period settings and for his illustrations to The Old Curiosity Shop...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Tranquil British Scene In East Molesey Surrey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) and inscribed verso Title - A relaxing day by the river Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Pa...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Large scale 19th Century historical genre oil painting of a group of musicians
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Robert Alexander Hillingford British, (1828-1904) The Duke’s Musicians – A Reminiscence of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 40 inches x 59 inches Size including frame: 47.5 inches x 66.5 inches Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883, no. 844 Exhibited at the Yorkshire Institute A large-scale Royal Academy painting...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Apple Fritter" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Apple Fritter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry with a white background. Gregory was born in Kan...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Coconut Cream" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Coconut Cream" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry dotted with a textured topping. Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Cherry Time" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Cherry Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a chocolate and red glazed donut topped with a cherry. Gregory was born in Kansas City, ...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

"Pure Gold" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Pure Gold" is a handmade, original oil painting that depicts the white and golden flowers of a yucca plant blossoming. Artist Stat...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Panel, Oil

19th century English cottage landscape with mother and child feeding chickens
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English/British cottage landscape with mother and child feeding the chickens. Walter E. Ellis, was born and christened Erasmus Walter Ellis, although he must have preferred Walter to Erasmus, as he signed his paintings Walter E. Ellis, as on this painting, or W. E. Ellis. Erasmus Walter Ellis was born in Birmingham in 1848, the son of William Ellis...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"B&W Old-Fashioned" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "B&W Old-Fashioned" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped with chocolate and powdered sugar. G...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Chocolate Coconut" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Chocolate Coconut" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a chocolate donut covered with coconut shavings. Gregory was born in Kansas City, ...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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