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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
Fille de Fleur de Concarneau - 19th Century Oil Painting of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Fille de Fleur de Concarneau' by François-Alfred Delobbe (1835-1920).
The painting – which depicts a girl selling peonies in Concarneau on the coast of Brittany in North-West Franc...
Category
1890s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century English Large Oil Painting Figures in Woodland Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing the Woodland Pool
English School, very early 1800's
circle of George Morland *see notes below
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31.5 inches
board : 25 x 30 inches
provenance:...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting of an Orientalist Harem Woman by Vincent Stiepevich
Located in New York, NY
An eastern beauty reclines against the wall of an interior space in an ornately decorated islamic home, containing beautiful examples of islamic archetectual ornamentation incruding ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boats repairs, Monterey Dock
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Boats Repairs, Monterey Dock" 1933 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Veda Fero Carnahan Dayton, 1891-1983. It is signed at the lower left...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red-breasted Merganser
Located in PARIS, FR
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste THEUVENOT
(Port-sur-Saône, 1834 – Paris, 1882)
Red-breasted Merganser
Oil on canvas
Signed at the bottom
78 x 56 cm
Born in 1884 in Port-sur-Saône (Haute-S...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Captain
Located in Columbia, MO
F. CLEVEROT
Captain
1898
Oil on panel
18 x 14 inches
Framed: 28 x 24 inches
Hand signed lower right recto
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Self Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The bearded man
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden molded wooden frame
60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Connoisseur By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
The Connoisseur
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right)
Oil on panel
A Cardinal peers through a magnifying glass at gilded treasures in...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique Dutch painter - Pair of 19th century figure paintings - Interior Tavern
Located in Varmo, IT
Dutch painter (19th century) – Interior of a tavern with smokers.
21 x 18 cm without frames, 31 x 28 cm with frames.
Pair of antique oil paintings on canvas, in black lacquered woo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century Venice view painting - Oil on panel
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (late 19th century) - Venice, view of the Riva degli Schiavoni with carnival masks.
30 x 40 cm without frame, 46 x 53 cm with frame.
Oil on panel, in a carved and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Romance in Havana
Located in MADRID, ES
Fantastic and rare motive Oil on canvas,
Old relined.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Landscape with characters spanish original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Marsillach i Codony (1905-1986) - Landscape with characters
Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x55 cm.
Frame measures 69x78 cm.
Marsillach Codony, Joaquim. Olot (Gerona), 22.V.190...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young lady
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Brown wooden frame
53 x 48 x 5.5 cm
Category
1950s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study of a Breton shepherdess
Located in PARIS, FR
Théodore VALERIO
(Herserange, 1819 – Vichy, 1879)
Study of a Breton shepherdess
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Bears the sale stamp at the bottom
31 x 22 cm
Provenance: Sale o...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Figures signed and dated 1951
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An early American Abstract Mixed media / Ink on woven paper of four abstract figures . American abstract artist Lester Epstein (1919 -1963 ) signed and dated 1951 .
Professionally ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Saul asking the Pythoness of Andor to summon the ghost of Samuel
Located in PARIS, FR
Circle of Fulchran Jean HARRIET (Paris, 1776 – Rome, 1805)
Saul asks the pythonisse of Andor to call the ghost of Samuel
Oil on canvas
31 x 42 cm
Around 1800
The episode is taken ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bord de mer animé
Located in Columbia, MO
Eugène-François Deshayes (1808–1875) was a French artist known for his landscape and marine paintings. He was born in Paris and initially trained as a lawyer, but his passion for art...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fine Large 19th Century Rural Traditional Landscape Signed Oil Painting Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country lane
by Frans Hopfner (1840-1893) German
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23.5 x 41.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Barbizon school Barn landscape - Oil painting Signed
Located in Sempach, LU
Landscape from 1892
Typical farm with thatched roof from Brittany from Henri Catrou (1855-1938). He was a "plein air" painter from Barbizon school, who the most famous painters wer...
Category
1890s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Head Portraits of a Young Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hippolyte Roques (active 1838-1864)
Three Head Portraits of a Young Girl
Oil on grey wove paper, c. 1850
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Shepherd Galle...
Category
1850s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape Oil Painting View Of Pantheon Rome Italian School Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
an impressive view of Pantheon in Rome an Italian School landscape oil painting of late 19th century; the artist made a perfect storytelling and give the opportunity to the observer ...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Thames nr Runnymeade - 19th Century Exhibition Oil Painting River Landscape
By Henry Dawson
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Thames near Runnymede’ by Henry Dawson R.B.A. (1811-1878).
The painting – which depicts an angler fishing on the riverbank under a spectacular evening sunset – is signed by th...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Guinevere - 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting of King Arthur Queen Legend
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English mediaeval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lo...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishermen on River Idyllic Scandinavian Landscape 19th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The scene of this landscape unfolds with a tranquil river nestled between rolling hills, its heavily wooded banks casting a serene backdrop. In the center of the composition, two fis...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Children Playing on a Boat, likely New York/Brooklyn/Flatbush Area, c. 1895
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charles Lewis Fussell
(American, 1840–1909)
Children Playing on a Boat
Oil on canvas, 11 x 16 3/4 inches
Framed: 19 x 25 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower left: “C.L. Fussell”
Charle...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait French Girl Paris
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venice (Canal View Along the Fondamenta S. Giuseppe)
Located in New York, NY
Francis Hopkinson Smith paints a colorful and detailed scene of Venice in his artwork entitled, Venice (Canal View Along the Fondamenta S. Giuseppe).”
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
19th century impressionist painting - Summer in the Countryside , a shepherdess
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century impressionist painting, capturing a beautiful day in the countryside.
A young girl can be seen standing in front of her flock in the lush and beautiful countryside. A s...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fair scene with actors
Located in PARIS, FR
French school circa 1815
Fair scene with actors
Painting, oil on wood
Unsigned
Painting: 20 x 27 cm
Period frame: 30 x 36.5 cm
Very good condition
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Grand Tour Venice - 19th Century Venetian Oil Painting St Mark's Sq & Canal
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Grand Tour, Venice’ by Josef Carl Püttner (1821-1881).
The painting – which depicts a group of 19th century Grand Tourists on the Riva degli ...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Pastoral Landscape Meeting on Bridge Early 19th century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Summer rustic scene depicts an idyllic picture of country life in which harmony and happiness reign. The muted, slightly blurry colors convey the artist's inner world and mood, while...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
News from the Front - 19th Century Royal Acade Oil Painting Victorian London War
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904).
The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Oil Painting Young Boy being Read to by Elderly Man 1800's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lesson
French School, early 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vale of the Conwy, Snowdonia - Large 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting Wales
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vale of the Conwy’ by Samuel Lines (1778-1863). The painting – which depicts a single female figure in Welsh dress walking with a goat in an extensive mountain landscape – is signed...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 19th Century Country Cottage Interior Young Family Enjoying Meal Together
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Family Meal
German School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 10.75 x 11.75 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Summer Fashion. Young Victorian Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alice Anne Renshaw.
English ( b.1849 - d.1900 ).
Young Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat
Watercolor & Gouache on Artist's Board ( An embossed stamp in the top left hand corn...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
19th Century Original Scottish Loch Painting in the style of Alexander Nasmyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid 19th Century Original Oil Painting of Fishing on Scottish Loch in the Style of Alexander Nasmyth
Gorgeous 19th Century landscape painting of a Scottish loch with fisherman and castle ruins in the style of Alexander Nasmyth (Scottish, 1758 - 1840). This painting features the rough-hewned nature of Scotland's landscape while juxtaposing the peacefulness of a fisherman casting his line into the loch. Adding interest is the castle ruins on the cliff's edge with a sailboat beneath. There is something new to see with each viewing of this picture.
Signed: Illegible monogram lower left corner. (See image)
Framed: Presented in rustic giltwood frame of the period.
Condition: Good
Canvas size: 18"H x 24"W.
Framed Size: 22"H x 28"W x 3"D
Alexander Nasmyth was a painter, illustrator, landscape gardener and engineer. Alexander Nasmyth's style appears to have been molded principally on that of Claude Lorrain in arrangement, color and mood, and on Jacob van Ruysdael...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Diana Nemorensis - 19th Century NeoClassical Oil Painting of Roman Goddess
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Diana Nemorensis’ by Max Nonnenbruch (1857-1922).
The painting – which depicts the Goddess Diana of the Woods beside Lake Nemi – is signed by the artist and presented in a fine gol...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian Original Oil Painting Portrait of Little Red Riding Hood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Little Red Riding Hood
by John Talbot Adams (1827-1909)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 50 x 40 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition hav...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Before Glyder Fawr - Large 19th Century Welsh Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
By John Syer
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Before Glyder Fawr’ by John Syer RBA RI (1815-1885).
The painting – which depicts the famous Welsh mountain in Snowdonia – is signed by the artist and dated 1876.
Academy Fine P...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Othello & Desdemona - 19th Century Oil Painting of Shakespeare Play Venice Italy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Othello recounting his adventures to Desdemona and Brabantio’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts Shakespeare’s Venetian general, his lover D...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Enchantress - 19th Century Belle Epoque Oil Painting Portrait French Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Enchantress’ by Nathaniel Sichel (1843-1907). This large fine 19th century oil on canvas, depicting a dark-haired beauty wearing a crown of holly, is signed by the artist and ha...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vue de la Côte Normande by Claude-Émile Schuffenecker - Landscape painting
By Claude Emile Schuffenecker
Located in London, GB
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Vue de la Côte Normande by Claude-Émile Schuffenecker (1851-1934)
Oil on canvas
58 x 69 cm (22 ⁷/₈ x 27 ¹/₈ inches)
Sig...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carnevale di Venezia - Large 19th Century Oil Painting of Venice Carnival Italy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Carnevale di Venezia’ by James Holland RWS (1799-1870).
The painting – which depicts an extensive view of the Grand Canal with hundreds of masked revellers before the Ducal Palace ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mount Snowdon - 19th Century Royal Academy Welsh Mountain Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Llyn Gwynant and Mount Snowdon’ by Edward Charles Williams (1807-1881).
The painting – which depicts figures seated on the lake shore before the iconic Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) i...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Day in the County - Large 19th Century Royal Academy Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865).
The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century European School Original Oil Painting -- Soldiers at Rest
Located in Soquel, CA
18th Century European School Figurative and Landscape Painting of Soldiers at Rest
Evocative Dutch School painting of soldiers resting at end of day in old ruins, signed J. Kamp (D...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
" on vacation" Oil cm. 36 x 29 , 1959
Located in Torino, IT
Painter, vacation, summer, impressionism, picnic, 1950s
Russia,Green
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
John White, The Big One, Oil Painting
By John White
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist John White (1851-1933) depicts a boy fishing in a stream with the sea beyond.
With his line taut, he leans back and looks opti...
Category
1880s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Meditation" Dutch Woman Sewing Interior Genre Home scene Fruit Flowers on Table
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Bernard de Hoog was born in Amsterdam in 1866. He studied under J.F. Hulk and J.C. van Essen at the Quellinus School in Amsterdam. Mainly a genre and portrait painter, he occupies ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Joni" - Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Girl in Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Joni" - Portrait of a Girl in a Yellow Dress in Oil on Canvas
Skillful portrait of a young girl by Morris Zirlin (American, 1913-1990). A young girl with wide brown eyes poses for ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Biccherna Style Siena Tuscany
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Icilio Federico Joni.
Italian ( b.1866 - d.1946 ).
Painted Gesso, Gilt and Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding in the Sienese Biccherna Style
Book Cover size 11 inches x 8.1 inches ( ...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel
1800's Old Master Oil Painting Portrait of the Madonna & Christ Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child
Eastern European artist, circa 1800's
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 31 x 27 inches
board: 26 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, London
condition...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Day in Venice, 1892
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating painting by Axel Axelson (1854-1892), titled "A Day in Venice, 1892" illustrates a moment from Venice in the year of 1892. Within the compact dimensions of 24 x 14 c...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 19th Century English Oil Painting Portrait of Country Squire in Yellow Waist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Country Squire
English School, mid 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 26 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: basic good condition tho...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastoral Country Landscape Travelers on a Forest Road 19th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Brass plate leads to Russian artist Pavel Pavlovich Dzhogin (1834 - 1885). This 19th century oil painting beautifully captures a serene rural scene with travelers on a cart traveling...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
Figurative Paintings for Sale
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
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