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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1920s
Period: Early 1900s
English Caricature Watercolour Painting, Victorian, 1902
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An English Caricature Watercolour painting signed with the artists monogram & dated 1902 .
A beautiful painting of a tamp playing a trumpet on a winters day , outside a house that i...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Neo-Romantic Surrealist Painting "Circus" by Kristians Tonny
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Kristians Tonny
(French, born Holland; 1907-1977)
Circus
Oil on prepared board, 16 1/2 x 13 inches
Framed: 22 x 19 inches (approx.)
Inscribed on reverse: (in pencil) "cadre noir/ave...
Category
1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nocturne - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil Painting by Charles Lacoste
By Charles Lacoste
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figure in landscape oil on board by French impressionist painter Charles Lacoste. A truly stunning piece with depicts a nighttime view of a Parisian street with a single woman dressed in a black coat and hat standing in the centre of of dark square which is being dimly lit by the street lights overhead. The outline of trees and the city's buildings can be seen in the distance.
Signature:
Signed and dated 1904 lower right.
Dimensions:
Framed: 24.5"x31"
Unframed: 18.5"x25"
Provenance:
Wildenstein & Co - New York "Charles Lacoste: A Forgotten Nabi" 2002
This work is accompanied by the catalogue published to accompany the exhibition “Charles Lacoste: A Forgotten Nabi” held at Wildenstein in New York from January 30 to March 2, 2002
The son of a Bordeaux accountant and a creole mother, he met in high school the future poet Francis Jammes and Gabriel Frizeau the legendary art collector. He taught himself to paint and from 1894 to 1897 he made several important contacts: André Gide, Arthur Fontaine...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Devil - Battle of Good and Evil - Nude woman Like Hieronymus Bosch
Located in Miami, FL
Will good ultimately triumph over evil?
Or is it a perpetual tug of war?
WPA Artist Leonard Lopez paints a complex figural work addressing the theme of "the fight between good and e...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative oil painting titled Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961)
Oil on canvas
100 x 56 cm (39 ⅜ x 22 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, G. Manzana 1905
This work is accompanied by...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jules Gouillet, Architectural and Floral Composition, Oil on Canvas, 1907
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Jules Gouillet (1826-), France, 1907. Architectural and floral composition. Measurements : with frame: 113x87 cm - 44.5x 34.3 inches, without frame: 73x60 cm - 28....
Category
Early 1900s Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cute Children's Book Illustration British Female Illustrator - Teddy Bears
Located in Miami, FL
A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it l...
Category
1920s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
La rue du village
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Léopold SURVAGE (1879-1968)
La rue du village
Oil on canvas
Size: 50 x 61 cm
Signed lower right
Provenance: Private collection in Normandy.
Oil on canvas in good condition.
Small...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lovers
Painting on canvas / frame
Charles Léandre
Circa 1925
Signature lower right
L 81 cms x h 115 cms
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English River landscape, with Swans on the Thames at Temple Lock near London UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames. England
Wonderful scene of Abingdon on the Thames by one of Englands best known landscape painters....
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"AFTER GLOW" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL W/DOLL (1926-2019) Arizona / California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 11 x 13
Frame Size: 18 x 20
Medium: Gouache Study
"After Glow" Indian Girl with her...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE.
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed upp...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Silent Night (Stilla natt), 1921, Large Moonlight Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Silent Night, 1921" by Gottfrid Kallstenius is a wonderful painting that captures the beauty of the Swedish archipelago in moonlight. In our opinion, we think that this painting is ...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset - Venice 1902 - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Joseph Clavel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, dated and inscribed oil on canvas landscape by French pre-impressionist painter Marie Joseph Leon Clavel Iwill. The work depicts a sil...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lumier et neige fondante - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a nighttime view of Pontarlier, a commune in eastern France near the Swiss b...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century Scottish beach landscape with waves on the shore and fishing boats
Located in Woodbury, CT
Peter Macgregor Wilson RSA RSW (1856-1928) was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art as well as in London and Antwerp. He travelled widely, working in America, Ind...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pêcheur sur la Cure by Paulémile Pissarro - Landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
Pêcheur sur la Cure by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Watercolour and ink on paper
23 x 30 cm (9 x 11 ³/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Paulémile-
Executed circa 1920
This work is ac...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Winter Snow - Gstaad - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a view of the town of Gstaad in Southwestern Switzerland. The buildings and ...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871-1950) Portrait of Lady, oil sketch signed
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950)
Portrait of a lady, a sketch
signed lower right
Oil on canvas transfered on cardboard
25 x 18 cm oval
Framed : 31 x 24.5 cm
This port...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madame Guillaumin et sa fille à Pontcharra, la Courrerie by Armand Guillaumin
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE.
Madame Guillaumin et sa fille à Pontcharra, la Courrerie by Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927)
Oil on canvas
81 x 65 cm (31 ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loading Flax on the Barges - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Modest Huys
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed divisionist landscape oil on canvas by Belgian post impressionist painter Modest Huys. This stunning piece depicts workers on the bank of a river loading flax onto barges.
Si...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Cardinal's Visit
Located in Madrid, ES
SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ BARBUDO
Spanish, 1857 - 1917
THE CARDINAL'S VISIT
signed, located and dated "Barbudo / ROMA 1902" (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 33-2/3 inches (55.5 x 85.5 cm.)
...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative portrait interior oil painting Women and child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique post impressionist Art Deco figurative oil painting by French artist Bernard Py. This large size animated interior painting of two wom...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Demonstrators - Impressionist Oil, Figures in City Landscape by Andre Devambez
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Wonderful figures in night landscape oil on canvas circa 1904 by French impressionist painter and illustrator Andre Devambez. The piece depicts demonstr...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting
A fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen
Fine Impressionist American School Oil on Canvas; Family Picnic or Outing, 1925
Located in Baltimore, MD
This lovely impressionist painting portrays what appears to be a family outing or picnic. There are many beautifully dressed women with their children in a park setting. Oddly, wha...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegante au Parc - French Impressionist School, Figure in Landscape
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A simply beautiful French Impressionist School oil on canvas of an elegant woman wearing a white blouse and black skirt and hat seated in a chair reading. Her parasol rests against t...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique European Young Italian Boys With Dog Figurative Oil Painting 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3756 Oil painting on canvas of Italian boys having a feast
unframed
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
On Stage: Art Deco Diva in Red, Paris Theatre, geometric modernist decor
Located in Norwich, GB
There is a great exhibition on in Paris at the Petit Palais at the moment, entitled "Modern Paris/Le Paris de la Modernité 1905-1925" . Here is a painting that would fit into the exh...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Jute, Oil
20th Century Spanish Seaside Village (Cadaques Catalonia), Cleveland School
By Rolf Stoll
Located in Beachwood, OH
Rolf Stoll (American, 1892-1978)
Spanish Seaside Village (Cadaques Catalonia)
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
28 x 38 inches
Exhibited: The 11th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1929
Rolf Stoll, a painter of figure subjects, landscapes and floral still lifes, was an important member of the Cleveland art scene during the second quarter of the century. He was also an influential teacher, as well as one of Ohio’s foremost portrait painters.
Rolf Stoll was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1892. As a boy, he attended a military academy, during which time he developed an interest in art. He received his early formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City. A decade later, after studying at the school of the National Academy of Design and supporting himself by working as a commercial artist, Stoll decided to leave New York. Upon the recommendation of Warren Pryor, one of his teachers, he decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio. After arriving in Cleveland, Rolf Stoll continued to work as a commercial artist. However, in 1926, he joined the faculty of the Cleveland School of Art, where he taught drawing. Two years later Stoll was appointed head of the school’s portrait painting department. A talented portraitist, Stoll’s sitters included industrialists, community leaders and many prominent members of Cleveland and Ohio society, as well as over twenty faculty members from Case Western Reserve University. Stoll also gave portrait classes at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute from 1926 to 1953. In his male portraits especially, he was admired for his ability to convey the dignity of his sitter’s professional position without sacrificing individuality. As noted by one contemporary reviewer, Stoll was a “master of rich color, a searching student of human types, a forceful portrayer of all that the face reveals of the mind and the soul.” In addition to his activity as a portraitist, Rolf Stoll painted figure subjects and floral still lifes. He was also known for his views of the Ohio countryside and Canada. Stoll also painted views of Spain and depictions of Spanish peasants, inspired by an extended trip to that country (1926), during which time he was entertained by the famous Spanish portrait painter, Ignacio Zuloaga. Moving easily between oil and watercolor, Stoll worked in an direct realist style, combining his characteristic firm draftsmanship with the use of simplified forms and decorative color.
Rolph Stoll was a member of the Cleveland Society of Artists, the Cleveland Print Club...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Seine a Herblay - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Charles Guilloux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas riverscape by French impressionist painter Charles-Victor Guilloux. The work depicts a view of the houses of the commune Heblay-sur-Seine lining the ba...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Oranges and Apples', Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting
Located in London, GB
'Oranges and Apples', oil on canvas, still life by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). A magnificent study of fruit and light painted with a deft touch and a delicate brushstroke. The evi...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
King Charles 1st Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Famous British Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Charles I
British artist, early 20th century
signed with initials
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 29 inches
canvas: 32 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
conditio...
Category
Early 1900s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
John Henries, N.Y. '09, Playful Young Boys and Older Tradesman With Horse
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Henries N.Y. '09 Playful Young Boys and Older Tradesman With Horse
Oil on canvas
24.5 x 31.5 unframed
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boats on the beach oil on cardboard painting impressionism spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Landscape - Oil cardboard
Oil measures 14x10 cm.
Frame measures 25x20 cm.
Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957)
Joaquim Terruella Matilla,...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Portrait of a lady
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Burgundy wooden frame
75.5 x 65 x 4 cm
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mediterranean Sea, Original Impressionist Large Watercolor, French Painter
Located in PARIS, FR
*Dimensions include the frame
Adolphe Gaussen's watercolor presents a vibrant coastal scene, employing light and color in a manner that is reminiscent of the Impressionist masters. ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Sankt Matteus Church in Stockholm, 1907
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting we have for sale, executed by Swedish artist Erik Tryggelin on May 3rd, 1907, presents an atmospheric and dynamic view of Sankt Matteus Church in Stockholm. This piece i...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Summery terrace scene by the German paintres Gabrielle Daube from Hamburg
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Charming summery terrace scene dominated by an elegant lady with a white hat and green gloves, next to her a suitor drinking wine and smoking a cigarette. At the table another elegant lady with red hair. A waiter and a man on a neighboring table look on how the romance will unfold. A blue- turquoise and white sun screen...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Italian Cobbler Figurative Oil Painting by L. Colli 1920
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-112 Italian oil on canvas
Displayed in custom wood frame
Image size 10.5x13.5"
Signed A. Colli
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Horse and Seated Rider Painting on wood Titled The Sentinel 1908
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3882
Antique equestrian with seated rider oil painting on wood panel
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Portrait of an Eagle in a mountain landscape oil
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait In a Mountain landscape of a standing Eagle, in the Alps.
Bauer painted animals often running , flying or standing in their natural setting. Always with a great deal of qua...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Flower Seller - French Realist Figurative Watercolor by Victor Gilbert
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative watercolour on board by French realist painter Victor Gabriel Gilbert. The work depicts a flower seller at her market stall selling beautifully coloured bouquets of...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Watercolor
Impressionist painting of a house in the sun (1920s) by Rudolph Wytsman
Located in Oostende, BE
Rodolphe Wytsman (1860-1927) was a Belgian impressionist painter. He trained at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, and was one of the founding members of Les XX, a group...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Fox hunting scene with huntsman jumping with hounds in a field
Located in Woodbury, CT
Tom Ivester Lloyd 1871-1942 was a fine artist who worked mainly in water colour but was also very accomplished in oils.
He served in the first war and produced pictorial records which are now in the army museum. He was a keen hunting man and was Master of the Sherrington Foot Beagles.
He was a great hound man and wrote and illustrated a book on hounds.
Acquiring an early 20th-century English fox hunting...
Category
1920s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Small Painting Called First Snow by Swedish Artist Arvid Mauritz Lindström
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this charming painting "First Snow" Mauritz Lindström captures the fleeting moment where autumn's vibrant hues meet winter's gentle embrace. Known for his atmospheric landscapes, ...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A view from the Pont Neuf - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Charles Guilloux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas riverscape by French impressionist painter Charles-Victor Guilloux. This beautifully painter piece shows a view from the Pont Neuf looking towards the ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Scandinavian Female Figurative Oil Painting of A Bather
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4032 Scandinavian painting of a female bather on cut out wood applied to a painted backround
Set in a wood frame image size 8.5x10.5"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1909
Oil on panel
Signed and dated lower right, titled verso
8.5 x 10.5 inches
13.75 x 16 inches, framed
Impress...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Courtyard With Elegantly Dressed Couple, Original Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting, "Courtyard With Elegantly Dressed Couple" by the Swedish artist Carl Johansson, is a vibrant illustration of life at the turn of the 20th century. Dating bac...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Arthur Ellis, Children In A Cornfield, Oil Painting
By Arthur Ellis
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful early 20th-century oil painting by British artist Arthur Ellis (1856-1918) depicts children in a cornfield before a distant view of the sea.
Ellis was first and forem...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter in Paris, Original Vintage Oil on canvas, French Impressionist Style
Located in PARIS, FR
The artwork possesses several characteristics that align it with the oeuvre of famous French Impressionists like Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. The brushwork is loose and appears...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique French Impressionist Winter Snow Landscape Oil Painting 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2997 Winter Snow,a 1920's oil painting on canvas depicting the isolation and beauty of a fresh fallen snow.Displayed in a gilt wood frame.Artist unknown
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Characterful Portrait French Man with Hat & Pipe Signed & Dated 1903 Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man with a Hat holding a Pipe
French School, signed and dated 1903
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21.75 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: s...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Pont de Charenton - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Nathan Grunsweigh
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 but Polish painter Nathan Grunsweigh. The work depicts a view of the bridge over the River Seine in Paris. A beautifully...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Boy with Lantern'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a study for the 1926 Christmas issue of The Saturday Evening Post. December 25, 1926
Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visu...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Harvesters - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Charles Frechon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas by French post impressionist painter Charles Frechon. The work depicts two woman harvesting a field on a sunny summer's day. One woman is resting against a hay bale.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 27"x31"
Unframed: 20"x24"
Provenance:
Private collection - Rouen
Charles Fréchon joined the Académie de Peinture et de Dessin in Rouen in 1879 and met Joseph Delattre and Charles Angrand. He then went to Paris and in 1881 enrolled at the Académie Colarossi. When he returned to Rouen he painted mainly from life.Fréchon painted landscapes in an Impressionist style and was one of the instigators of the so-called School of Rouen. The School took its name from the fact that painters such as Joseph Delattre, Léon Jules Lemaître...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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