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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1930s
The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hans Burkhardt
The Artist's Wife (1930)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"
24" x 20 ½" x 1 ½" framed
Dated 1930 lower right recto. Annotated "To Elsa HB Louise Burkhardt 1930. HB" verso.
...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionistic View over Strandvägen, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Bernhard Oscarsson (1894-1977) is a captivating visual narrative of Stockholm's serene beauty. Oscarsson, a student of Caleb Althin's painting school and the Royal S...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Hendrick Govaerts Genre Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Oral Expertise by Lisa Greaves.
Hendrick Govaerts' work takes place between two centuries: between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Flemish by origin, his ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Baby Born in Stable Interior Fine Dutch 18th Century Golden Age Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The New Born Baby (a version of the Nativity?)
Dutch School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 18 inches
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, Europe
c...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) The Prophecy of Simeon Large Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian
Title: The Prophecy of Simeon
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Painting: 21.5 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century By Francesco Fontebasso Allegory of Vanity Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
With a "cassetta" frame in gilded and carved wood.
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Egidio Martini;
- G. M. Guidetti, in From Sacro to Profano. The Giorgio Baratti...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th-18th Century By Matteo Bonechi Marine Triumph Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Publications:
- Expertise by Prof. Sandro Bellesi;
- S. Bellesi, in Pittura e Scultura a Firenze (secoli XVI-XIX), Florence 2017, p. 111.
Matteo Bonechi (Florence, 1669 – 1756) wa...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Travelling Comic Theatre - Italian 18thC art figurative landscape oil painting
By Marco Marcola
Located in London, GB
This interesting Italian 18th century Old Master oil painting is by noted artist Marco Marcola, also known as Marco Marcuola. It was painted circa 1770 and has excellent provenance. ...
Category
1770s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century portrait painting of a boy playing with a spinning top on a terrace
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a young boy, full-length in a blue velvet coat and breeches, standing on a stone terrace in a park landscape, playing with a spinning top....
Category
1740s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Landscape Oil Painting Baroque Bamboccianti 18th Century Paolo Monaldi
Located in Roma, IT
Thepainting accompanied by an expertise drawn up by prof Ferdinando Arisi that wrote:
This pilgrims' stop is a typical work of Paolo Monaldi active in Rome be...
Category
1760s Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rococò Italian painter - 18-19th century figure painting - Mythological allegory
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th-19th century) - Allegory of Fortitude and Temperance.
59 x 75 cm without frame, 90 x 105 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved wooden fra...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique oil on canvas painting 18secolo Naples
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique oil on canvas painting depicting the mystical marriage of St. Catherine.
The scene takes place in the foreground, and the Madonna is seen holding the Child toward St. Cather...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Allegoric Painting Cherubs Playing with Cards Oil on Canvas 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas. The depicted scene is set in a closed environment with a wide window which provides a glimpse of landscape. Three cherubs are sitting on benches and they are playing w...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Fine 18th Century Italian Oil Painting Nude Figures in Classical Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Figures in Ancient Landscape
Italian School, 18th century
oil on panel,
painting: 9 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with hermitage on board painting spanish Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Juan Gil y Gil (1900-1984) - Landscape with hermitage - Oil on panel
Oil measurements 27x35 cm.
Frameless
Painter. He began his artistic training in Paris, which he later continued ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique oil on canvas painting 18secolo Naples
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique oil on canvas painting depicting The Immaculate Virgin and Jesus "Hunter."
Mary Immaculate is depicted with Jesus in her arms killing the serpent with the cross,indicating t...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Chinese painter - 18th century figure painting - Landscape Pagoda
Located in Varmo, IT
Chinese painter (18th century) - Oriental scene.
57 x 73.5 cm without frame, 66.5 x 82 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in wooden frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good conditio...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Scene with Faces casein tempera on canvas by Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Modernist painting by Vaclav Vytlacil of "City Scene with Faces". Signed and dated "Vytlacil 32" lower right.
Provenance: Estate of the artist #1584; Martin Diamond Fine Art
Exhibi...
Category
1930s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Casein, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady with Pendant - British Art Deco 30's portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This gorgeous Art Deco portrait oil painting is by British female artist Elsie March. Elsie was one of 9 siblings, eight of whom became artists. Although Elsie later went on to focus...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tlaloc and the Tiger oil painting by Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Tlaloc and the Tiger (1939)
Oil on panel
16" x 12"
23 ¾" x 18 ¾"x 2 ½" framed
Signed and dated (and inscribed) "de Diego 39" lower left.
Provenance: The artist; private collection Ch...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Antique Chinese painter - 18th century figure painting - Landscape Pagoda
Located in Varmo, IT
Chinese painter (18th century) - Oriental scene with pagoda.
42 x 73 cm without frame, 52 x 80 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, in wooden frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sam's Breaghy Co Donegal - Scottish Impressionist 30's art oil painting Ireland
Located in London, GB
This stunning Impressionist oil painting is by Scottish artist Thomas Campbell Mackie. Painted shortly prior to 1934 the view is a street nocturne in County Donegal with a cart and h...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Allegoric Painting Cherubs' Game Oil on Canvas 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas. In the depicting scene, three cherubs are play-acting: one of them is wearing a smiling mask and is trying to scare his mate, while the last one is dressed up like a p...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Presumed portrait of Baron de Vennac
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Marianne LOIR
(Paris 1705 – Paris 1783)
Presumed portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac (?-1781)
Oil on oval canvas
H. 54.5 cm; W. 46 cm (around 90 cm hig...
Category
1770s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dipinto Ester al Cospetto di Assuero, fine XVIII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola centro-europea della fine XVIII secolo.
La scena racconta un episodio biblico ampiamente riproposto nell'arte pittorica, tratto dal libro di Ester: la giovane i...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuzco School 18th Century Oil - The Madonna
Located in Corsham, GB
An interesting 18th century study of the Madonna in oil, painted in the Cuzco School style. Unsigned. On tin.
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
St. Michael expelling the Rebel Angels
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This representation of Saint Michael fighting Satan shows a dynamic composition enriched by the special use of color together with an intense chiaroscuro that serves to give the work a special atmosphere. Areas of intense color are created together with darkness, light and reflections that highlight poses, bodies, as well as flying forms or intense glows.
On the central axis that organizes the composition, the triumphant figure of the archangel about to beat a figure, incarnation of evil, stands out. Represented using a sotto in su view, that is, from the bottom up, Miguel's triumphant pose stands out while leaving no doubts about the defeated attitude of the demonic being who appears naked lying on the ground.
The formula makes possible to clearly highlight the outcome of the fight, his triumphant figure unfolds occupying a large part of the work, showing a clear attitude of combat, endorsed with the sword that he brandishes in his right, and the shield and armor that cover him. His person is further energized with the great cape that flies, highlighting the pose of his body arched and thrown forward to attack the representatives of Evil.
The work, with its color, its chiaroscuro, and its dynamism, is an interesting sample of the neo-Baroque expressions of the 18th Century, the period in which Jacopo Cestaro...
Category
Mid-18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 18th Century French Old Master Oil Painting The Penitent Magdalene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Magdalene
French School, 18th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 30.5 x 25 inches
framed: 39 x 33 inches
condition: exc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Presumed portrait of Princess de Conti, Marie-Anne de Bourbon
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Nicolas de LARGILLIERRE
(Paris 1656 – 1746)
Portrait of a woman, presumed to be Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Princess of Conti (1666-1739)
Oil on oval canvas
H. 80 cm; L. 61 cm (107 x 91 c...
Category
1730s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Russian Officer
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed oil painting on canvas portrait of an unidentified Russian officer, dating to the 18th or 19th century, unsigned, and housed in a spectacular museum quality reprodu...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PONCHARTRAIN Louisiana New Orleans Beach AMUSEMENT PARK Ferris Wheel CARNIVAL
By Laurence Edwardson
Located in New York, NY
Laurence Edwardson (1904-1995) was a prolific artist born in New Orleans
He painted modernist landscape, figures and portraits. His work includes many Louisiana landscapes, portrai...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Neapolitan oil on canvas painting depicting the allegory of summer.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
This important eighteenth-century painting can be attributed to the exquisite production of the Neapolitan school of the first half of the eighteenth century.
Indeed, the splendid w...
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Nude, " Arnold Blanch, Woodstock School, WPA, Figurative
Located in New York, NY
Arnold Blanch
Nude
Signed lower right
Oil on board
20 x 16 inches
Provenance:
G. David Thompson Collection, Pittsburgh
Private Collection, New York
Bo...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Antique oil on canvas painting depicting Venus and Adonis coveted "Boucher." France
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique oil on canvas painting depicting Venus and Adonis.
The painting depicts in a sublimated atmosphere the death of Adonis, the young man loved by Venus, who was mortally wounde...
Category
Mid-18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hunting Scene, 18th century
By Philipp Peter Roos (Rosa di Tivoli)
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Northern European school of the 18th century.
The large scene, set in a northern landscape of dense vegetation under blue-blue impervious peaks, depicts the climax of ...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Bonfire, Jubilee Night by Orovida Pissarro - Egg tempura painting, 1936
Located in London, GB
Bonfire, Jubilee Night by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968)
Egg tempura on linen
86 x 111 cm (33 ⁷/₈ x 43 ³/₄ inches)
Signed and dated lower left
Executed in 1936
Provenance
Private co...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Egg Tempera
Catalan peasant oil on canvas painting spanish
By Luis Graner Y Arrufi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil mesures 36x23 cm.
Frameless.
Restored.
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Board, Oil
Figurative mythological painting Emilian school of the eighteenth century oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
Mythological-themed painting (unframed 35.5 x 28 cm) depicting the episode of Diana and Actaeon from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The goddess is depicted sitting in discreet attire, the bow...
Category
1780s Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1700's Venetian Old Master Ink Drawing St. Marks Lion Angelic Figures Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lion of St. Mark
Venetian Old Master, mid 18th century
circle of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venetian, 1696-1770)
ink and watercolour drawing on paper mounted on a card frame, unf...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn Attributed to Justus Juncker, Oil on Panel
Located in Stockholm, SE
Justus Juncker (1703-1763, Germany) Attributed to
Scholar Sharpening His Quill Penn
Expertise: We would like to thank Dr. Fred G Meijer for his valuab...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel
Antique oil on panel painting depicting Pentecost. Lombardy 18th century
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique oil on panel painting of the Lombard school depicting Pentecost.
This lively 18th-century painting depicts in a very scenic way the Gospel episode of Pentecost, or the Desce...
Category
18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board
Mother and Child Bathing - British Slade School 30's Art Deco nude oil painting
Located in London, GB
An intriguing 1930's Art Deco Slade School oil on canvas painting. The work depicts a mother and child bathing, surrounded by other bathers. It possibly has religious overtones. This...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Frolic - British Post Impressionist 30's art nude oil painting Slade Sch
Located in London, GB
This charming Post-Impressionist Art Deco oil painting is by noted British prolific Royal Academy exhibitor and Royal Academician William Dring. It is possible that our painting was ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
R.B. FELTRAP, Oil on canvas, Nude, 1937
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas signed R.B.FELTRAP, France, 1937. Nude. With frame : 101.5x82.5 cm - 40x32.5 inches ; without frame : 92x73 cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. Format 30F. Signed and dated "R.B.Fe...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baroque Dutch painter - Late 18th century figure painting - Inn Interior - Oil o
Located in Varmo, IT
Dutch painter (18th-19th century) - The spanking.
60 x 99 cm without frame, 67 x 106 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, without frame.
Condition report: Wooden support s...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
18th Century Cavalry Military Battle Encampment Soldiers on Horseback French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Military Encampment
French Old Master, circa 1700
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20 x 27 inches
canvas: 17.5 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very goo...
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Death of the Young Men 1938 - British art figurative Surrealist oil painting
By Jack Sassoon
Located in London, GB
An oil on canvas painted by Jack Sassoon which was certainly a premonition of what was to come. Entitled Death of the Young Men and dated 1938, it depicts men in gas masks and a woma...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Entombment - British art 30's oil painting religious landscape Jesus angels
Located in London, GB
A huge British adaptation of The Entombment. Oil/Tempera on panel by E G Tucker. The scene depicts Jesus being wrapped whilst the angels look on. The work was executed for The Roma...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Forgotten Journey, 20th Century British Artist, Signed and Dated 1939
By Harold Yates
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and ink on paper, signed and dated '1939' bottom left and entitled on the reverse
Image size: 18 x 9 inches (45.75 x 23 cm)
Original frame
This is a wonderfully moving w...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Felice Boscarati (Venice) - 18th century figure painting - Paesan portrait Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Felice Boscarati (Verona 1721 - Venice 1807) - The noble weaver.
71 x 52 cm without frame, 80 x 62 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved wooden frame.
Conditi...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial "Pawns" 16 x 20 inches,. Oil on board, c. 1930’s. Signed lower left.
Stowell Sherman...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Manner of Francois Boucher - 18th Century Oil, Lovers in Autumn
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic oil study depicting a couple resting on a woodland floor feeding each other fruit. The scene appears to be a play on the Four Seasons series by François Boucher where the...
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a gentleman in red military uniform
By David Morier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
David Morier (1705-1770)
Portrait of a gentleman in red military uniform
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 32 x 24 in
Framed Size - 39 1/2 x 31 in
Provenance: Sale, Christie's London, 21s...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Les Anémones, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947)
Les Anémones, a bouquet of anemones
signed upper right
oil on canvas
38 x 46 cm
Label of the exhibition Maurice Asselin at the Galerie Schmit in february...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 18th Century British Oil Painting Dusk Landscape Figures Boat & Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dusk Landscape
British School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 32 x 41 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful 1930's French Signed Oil Portrait Lady Purple Dress Blue & Pink Back
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in Purple Dress against a Pink and Blue Wallpaper background
French School, circa 1930's
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
p...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century Old Master painting - Allegory of Justice - truth demons skeleton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Late 17th, early 18th century old master oil painting depicting an allegory of Lady Justice holding demons at bay
Our painting, likely a sketch for a much larger work,, conveys a pr...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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