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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Minimalist
Georgian Elegant Family in Grand Interior Playing Game of Cards Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'A Game of Cards'
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) British
signed watercolor on board, framed
framed: 10 x 11 inches
board: 9.5 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Engla...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th century English River landscape with man fishing by the riverside
Located in Woodbury, CT
David Bates
19th century English River landscape, with fisherman by the river side.
David Bates was born in Cambridgeshire. He spent most of his early life in Worcestershire, where he became apprenticed at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works. A painter in both oils and watercolours, Bates visited North Africa, before returning to paint landscapes mostly of Wales and Scotland. He shows the influence of Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923), Joseph Thors and S.H. Baker.
David Bates also made small oil sketches of hedges and plants, which were usually inscribed on the reverse. The artist’s works display considerable technical virtuosity, ranging from the serene landscape, to the uneven swagger of his later works, which were noticeably less colourful.
Although Bates was more than capable of producing refined landscapes, he was equably as capable of painting detailed...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Scottish Signed Oil Fishermen Bringing in their Catch Boats at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sorting the Catch
John C Gray (Scottish, 1880-1951)
oil on canvas, framed
signed and dated 1914
framed: 18 x 22 inches
canvas: 13 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, Scotland...
Category
1910s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alone at the Ferry
Located in Hillsborough, NC
'Alone at the Ferry' is signed by British artist A.F. Patten (Alfred Fowler Patten 1826- 1889 or after). This is a fine oil on canvas painting of a young Victorian woman waiting for ...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Victorian Oil Painting Fisherfolk on Windswept Beach Choppy Seas & Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Beach Scene With Figures
George William Mote (1832-1909) British, signed
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 28 inches
canvas: 22 x 27 inches
provenance: private collectio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century genre landscape oil painting of women picking flowers
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Thomas Brooks
British, (1818-1891)
Picking Flowers on a Coastal Path
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1878
Image size: 15 inches x 10 inches
Size including frame: 20 inches x 15 inches...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century English marine seascape, with fishing boats in the North Sea
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Thornley was a painter of coastal scenes whose work is very similar to Hubert and Charles Thornley, who may have been members of the same family. He painted scenes of genre, architecture, and landscapes as well. A number of the landscapes were of Belgium, Holland, Italy, and Norway. However, it is for his seascapes that he is best remembered.
Thornley’s works are beautifully detailed and show a masterful understanding of the moods of both weather and sea. They are often small in size and put together with fine detail and great artistic merit. Thornley’s fishing scenes are spirited and similar in style to those of “Jock” Wilson, and are often painted in pairs. Thornley’s works have always been popular when they appear on the art market.
He was believed to have first exhibited marines at the Royal Academy in 1859 from an address in Paddington, London and also at the British Institution from 1861 until it closed in 1867. He continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1898.
Thornley also exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Salon of French Artists, receiving an honorable mention in 1881 and a third-place medal in 1888.
William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hazy Summer Meadow Children with Fishing Nets by River Signed English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rural Landscape
Les Parson (b.1945)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 22 inches
canvas: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection
cond...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine British Victorian Oil Painting Country Cottage Young Family with Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
George William Mote (1832-1909) British
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 28 inches
canvas: 22 x 27 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound co...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tranquil Rural River Landscape Figure Walking Through Meadows Signed English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rural Landscape
Les Parson (b.1945)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 22 inches
canvas: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection
cond...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
No title
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
1950s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Figure Walking Riverside Pathway in English Landscape, Victorian Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 19th century, with name plaque to frame: 'W. Richards"
Title: The Riverside Pathway
Medium: Oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13 x 21 inches
canva...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Spanish Signed Oil Children & Mother Playing in River Summer Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother and children playing by the edge of a river
J. Giralt Lerin (b.1907) Spanish
signed oil on canvas ,framed
canvas: 24 x 36 inches
framed: 29.5 x 41.5 inches
the painting is in ...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Victorian Signed Oil Painting Figures by Waterfall Capel Curig Wales
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
British School, 19th century
Figures by Waterfall, Capel Curig, North Wales
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 27 x 23 inches
canvas: 22 x 17 inches
provenance: private collectio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 19th century English landscape, Watermill, trees, mountain by a stream
Located in Woodbury, CT
R.Ellis
English late 19th-century landscape of a Watermill by a Stream and a bridge.
Original frame
oils on card
Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right.
Ellis was a la...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Zaporozhian Cossacks Write to the Sultan of Turkey Huge 1950's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Zaporozhian Cossacks Write to the Sultan of Turkey'
Continental School, circa 1950's, believed to be after the earlier painting by the Russian artist, Ilya Repin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Victorian English Oil Painting for Restoration Family Playing Games Outside
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School 18th/ 19th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 35 x 40 inches
canvas: 28 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: the painting requires ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Elisabeth, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is about dealing with the real world and above all using the images that surround us in everyday life. I often search for the unexpected. An ironic turn to images or things y...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique British Signed & Dated Oil Painting Mother & Child by Cottage Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape with figures in a cottage
signed by W.Greaves
oil on canvas, framed
dated 1909
framed: 10 x 19 inches
canvas: 9 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: ve...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of An Early 1900's Lady by Timoleon Marie Lobrichon
Located in New York, NY
A large and striking female portrait titled "Red Umbrella" by Timoleon Marie Lobrichon (French, 1831-1914) This darling young woman portrait wearing an early 1900's light pink and green satin dress. Her delicate and beautifully rendered hands reach into the light as her face and upper body are carefully shaded by the lush greenery around her. A half moon brooch...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Antique British Signed Oil Extensive River Landscape Hilly Views, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Winding River Valley
by George Mulready Freezor (British, 1865-1962)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 32 x 38 inches
canvas: 29 x 33 inches
provenance: private UK collection...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Drummer Boy
Located in St. Albans, GB
Drummers were often thought of as young soldiers, joining the Army as young as 12 years old. The idea of young boys marching into battle was loved by the Victorians, and several roma...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large Scottish Landscape Figure Walking in Highland Valley, 19th C Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Scottish School, early 19th century
Title: The Highland Valley
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Painting: 28 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condit...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victorian British Oil Horses Drinking Water Trough in Village Rural Country Lane
By Samuel Joseph Clark
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Plough Horses Watering
Circle of Samuel Joseph Clark (1841 - 1928) British
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 27.5 x 35 inches
canvas: 21 x 28 inches
provenance: private collecti...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Signed Oil Coastal Marine Seascape Fisherfolk on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century, signed lower corner
Title: Bringing in the Catch
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 17 x 29 inches
Canvas: 14 x 25.5 inches
Prov...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Mid 19th Century Oil Majestic Lake District Mountain Valley Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Langdale Pikes, The Lake District
English School, mid 19th century
Circle of Samuel Bough, RSA (British, 1822-1878)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 12 x 15 inches
canvas: 9 x 11 inch...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Irish/ American Signed Oil Painting Shipwreck at Sea dated 1883
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John T. LeMon, Irish 1866-1941
Born in Belfast in 1866, LeMon emigrated to the U.S. in 1898 and practised as an artist in San Francisco. He worked in oils and pastels, and depicted l...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Traditional Fishing Boats Beached on Shore Signed English Oil Painting
By J. Hardy
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century)
signed oil painting on board, framed
board: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: overall very good
Category
2010s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Oil Portrait of Lady in black dress with lace bonnet, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Portrait of a woman, half-length, wearing a black dress with lace bonnet and collar'
Carl Fiebig,
German / Danish 1812-1874
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 27 x 21 inc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century British large oil painting, portrait of a young sailor
By James Sant
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
James Sant (British, 1820-1916)
The young sailor
Oil on canvas
Signed with monogram `JS’ (lower right)
50 x 30 in. (127 x 76.2 cm.)
James Sant was a painter specialising in portrai...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Scottish Flower Girl with a Doe
Located in St. Albans, GB
Canvas Size: 30 x 30" (76 x 76cm)
Outside Frame Size: 37 x 37" (94 x 94cm)
Unsigned
Provenance: Christies
REUBEN Thomas William SAYER(S)
1815 - 1888
British Painter born in 18...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century genre oil painting of a woman & child in a Welsh cottage
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Alfred Provis
British, (1818-1890)
By the Fireside
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1869
Image size: 10.5 inches x 15.5 inches
Size including frame: 21.5 inches x 26.5 inches
This charming cottage scene by Alfred Provis features a woman preparing supper by a fire with her young daughter. As the mother peels the turnips and places them in the pot, the girl’s attention is drawn to the kitten feeding from a saucer. The dress and hat of the woman bears a similarity to those found Provis’s other scenes of Welsh cottage interiors. The artist was known to have visited North Wales around the time this painting was produced. In 1869, he exhibited a work entitled ‘Interior of a Welsh Farmhouse’ at the Royal Society of British Artists. Given the level of detail in the painting and the fact that it is in such an impressive original frame, it is possible this is the same painting as the one exhibited.
Alfred Provis was a genre painter born on 18 February, 1818 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. He was the son of John Provis, a timber merchant and his second wife Ann Banks. He spent time in London being tutored by the historical and portrait artist John Wood (1801-1870) before returning to Chippenham. He began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1843, continuing to exhibit there regularly until 1886. He made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1846 with a work entitled ‘A Cottage Door...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Playing in the Hazy Summer Meadows Original British Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rural Landscape
Les Parson (b.1945)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 22 inches
canvas: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection
cond...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A French Chasseur a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale, drinking outside a Inn or Pub
Located in Woodbury, CT
A French Chasseur a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale, drinking outside an Inn or Pub.
Frank Moss Bennett was born in Liverpool, England on 15 November 1...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Canvas, Oil
Traditional British Landscape Figures Gathering the Harvest Oil in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gathering the Harvest
English School, 20 th century, painted in an earlier style
oil painting on board, in moulded gilt frame
framed: 14 x 16 inches
board: 8.5 x 10 inches
provenanc...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1870’s Victorian English Portrait of Country House Lady Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
English artist, circa 1870’s
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 31 inches
canvas : 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: over...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family 2 - Contemporary Minimalistic Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Beach
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victorian Oil Painting Scottish Highland Landscape Figure by Stream & Sheep
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Scottish Landscape
By J.Green (19th Century)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 14 x 24 inches
canvas : 12 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, England
...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coffee Peloton XXXV, Cycling Art, Sports Art, Figurative Painting, Bright Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXV is an original coffee on paper drawing by artist Eliza Southwood. This piece is a part of Eliza's coffee peloton series which combines the love of cycling with th...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Huge 1900's European Fine Oil Painting Elegant Figures Dining Lakeside Terrace
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant figures drinking a toast
by Hans August Lassen (1857-1938) Danish
oil on canvas, framed and signed
dated 1909
canvas: 21.75" x 39.75", (55 x 101cm)
plus the frame
condition...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English Oil Painting Tranquil River Cottage in Landscape signed painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson, British 1895-1950, signed
Title: The River Cottage
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 15 x 23 inches
Painting: 12 x 20 inches
Provenance: priv...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
House 3 - landscape painting, minimalist painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful landscape painting by Olga is part of her recent body of works.
Olga is mostly engaged in painting and illustration. She likes breaking the rules of proper reflecting of nature with the use of unexpected elements from another universe. Her works are minimalistic in the form, simply elegant and gracefully colorful.
Olga Szczechowska (born 1987, Radom, Poland) — graduate of Painting and Cultural Studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland); lives and works in Warsaw...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fine 19th Century British Oil Painting Fishing Boats Choppy Seas leaving Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing boats leaving port
Millson Hunt (Late 19th Century) British
signed oil on canvas ,framed
canvas: 18 x 13.5 inches
framed: 22 x 18 inches
the painting is in overall very good...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Very Fine Victorian Scottish Signed Oil Painting Panoramic Loch Scene Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Charles Leslie (British 19th century), signed and dated 1875
Title: The Panoramic Loch. Beautiful and majestic Scottish Highlands loch scene with figures walking alo...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
House 1 - landscape painting, minimalist painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful landscape painting by Olga is part of her recent body of works.
Olga is mostly engaged in painting and illustration. She likes breaking the rules of proper reflecting of nature with the use of unexpected elements from another universe. Her works are minimalistic in the form, simply elegant and gracefully colorful.
Olga Szczechowska...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fine Large Victorian Oil Painting Scottish Loch Scene & Mountains at Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 19th century, signed
Title: Sunset in the Scottish Highlands
Medium: oil on canvas
Framed: 25 x 35 inches
Canvas: 20 x 30 inches
Provenance: ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fine British Sporting Art Oil Painting Huntsman on Horseback with Hunting Hounds
By Reginald Llewellyn Harvey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Huntsman with his Hounds
by Reginald Llewellyn Harvey (British 1888-1973)
signed lower front
oil on canvas, framed
13 x 15 inches
10 x 12 inches
private collection, UK
the painti...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Ladies in Grand Drawing Room Interior, Fine 19th Century British Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: David Wilkie Wynfield, (British 1837-1887)
Title: Elegant Ladies in a Drawing Room interior scene
Medium: oil on panel, framed
Framed: ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Victorian English Oil Painting Lady by Old Tree Trunk Rural Landscape framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artist, second half 19th century
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 20.5 x 27 inches
board: 14 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall ver...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Marine Oil Painting Continental Harbour Merchants & Fishermen Trading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
D.Lucas
Classical Italianate Landscape
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 21 x 27 inches
board: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Yorkshire
condition: overall very go...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large Oil Painting Napoleonic Wars Ship Anchored in the Sunrise Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
War Ship at Sea
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 33 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, England
The painting is in very go...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Coffee Peloton XXXIV, Figurative Sports Painting, Cycling Painting, Coffee Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXV is an original signed coffee painting on paper by Eliza Southwood featuring a group of cyclists racing. This piece is a part of Eliza's coffee peloton series whic...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Coffee
Vintage Nostalgic English Oil Painting Family at Steam Engine Train Station
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Waving Goodbye
Colin Impey (20th Century), British
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 2014
canvas: 16 x 20.5
the painting is in overall very good and s...
Category
2010s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charming Victorian interior scene of a blacksmith enjoying a drink
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very characterful image of a farrier or blacksmith enjoying a drink in an interior.
Alfred H Green (working 1844-1878)
A farrier in an interior enjoying a drink
Signed
Oil on boar...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sunset Scottish Highland Loch Scene with Cottage Antique Signed Oil
By Henry Cooper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset in the Scottish Highlands
By F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
Signed with the artist’s pseudonym “Henry Cooper”
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 33 inches...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Traditional Rural English Signed Oil Cow with Baby Calf Chickens & Farmer & Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The New Arrival
Colin Impey (20th Century), British
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 2018
canvas: 16 x 20.5
the painting is in overall very good and ...
Category
2010s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Classic British Sporting Art Oil Painting - Racehorse with Jockey Up
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Jockey Up'
English School, 20th century
oil painting on canvas
canvas: 25 x 27 inches
framed: 30 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, Dorset, England...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ophelia, Victorian 19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Image size: 33 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches (85 x 143 cm)
Original gilt frame
Provenance
With the artist's son, Millie Dow Stott Esq., until 1912.
Artist's Studio Sale, Christies, November 1913.
Private Collection
Exhibitions
London, Royal Academy, 1895, no. 679.
Paris, Societe de la Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1896, no. 1179.
Berlin, VII Internationale Kunstausstellung 1897. no. 3533.
Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1912, no. 339.
In the 1890s William Stott exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, mainly highly decorative works with subjects derived from classical mythology and literature. This painting was Stott's 1895 entry to the Royal Academy and was subsequently exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1896 and then on to the Berlin, VII Internationale Kunstausstellung 1897. Shakespeare was a favourite source for Victorian painters, and the tragic romance of Ophelia, from Hamlet, was an especially popular subject, featuring regularly in the Royal Academy exhibitions.
The most popular and iconic image of Ophelia's death was, and is to this day, John Everett Millais's 1851 painting showing the confused and tragic Ophelia floating downstream on her back in a state of mad ecstasy, arms raised in a gesture of inevitable submission. However, although Stott chose not to pastiche this image, it seems highly likely that he was prompted to take up this subject, which had almost become a 'rite of passage' among Victorian painters, by the fact that in 1894 Millais's Ophelia was presented to the National Gallery of British Art by Sir Henry Tate.
It appears that Stott was much influenced by John William Waterhouse...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
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.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
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