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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Photorealist
19th Century genre oil painting of three gentlemen outside a house
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Walter Dendy Sadler
British, (1854-1923)
The Widow’s Birthday
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 23.5 inches x 33.5 inches
Size including frame: 30...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German oil painting, Figures in an interior/barn playing, 19th century, Antique
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of the finest quality.
This is...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Large Victorian Portrait of Country Gentlemen Squire Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artists, circa 1870
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 31 inches
canvas : 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall very good and pr...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th century Scottish Highland landscape, the Trossachs, Scotland
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a view of the Scottish highlands known as the Trossachs.
Sidney Yates Johnson was an active painter during the late Victorian pe...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Figures in Dramatic Highlands Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Scottish School, 19th century
Title: The Scottish Highlands
Medium: oil painting on board, framed
frame: 12.25 x 15.5 inches
canvas: 11.75 x 15.25 inches
Proven...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique English 19th century View of Venice with St.Marks and the Grand Canal
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Moltino (1818–1888) was a 19th-century English landscape painter. Most biographical accounts give his place of birth as Milan, Italy but this is incorrect. Francis Moltino was in fact born Frank George Owen Moulton in Norfolk and no doubt changed his name and reinvented himself in order to sound more exotic. Moltino married Elizabeth Nockold in 1834 and moved to London in the 1840s.
Between 1847 and 1867 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Royal Society of British Artists. Moltino specialized in atmospheric cityscapes of the river Thames and Victorian London, and in particular scenes of Venice in the style of J. M. W. Turner. Moltino died in Wandsworth, South London in April 1888.
This is a bright well-painted example of the artist's work and is framed in its original Antique English frame.
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1850s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the Fountain
Located in St. Albans, GB
Arthur Trevor HADDON
1864 - 1941
An excellent example of Haddon's work in its original frame. His finest pieces were painted during the time when he was living in Spain. Often they i...
Category
Early 1900s 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...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Canvas, Oil
Early 20th century Scottish Highland landscape, the River Usk , Scotland
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a view of the Scottish highlands and the River Usk.
Sidney Yates Johnson was an active painter during the late Victorian period ...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century French scene of Lovers walking in a Garden, in 17th century costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century French scene of Lovers walking in a Garden, in 17th century costume
original frame
Wonderful 19th century classical Genre scene, painted with great skill and delicasicy .
The artist has captured the meetiung of the two lovers...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Victorian English Romans Ready For Battle Horse & Cart Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English rural landscapes, with goats by a river and people
Located in Woodbury, CT
LESLIE E.B. SMYTHE
19th-century English rural landscapes, with goats by a river and people.
Smythe was an English painter who was active in paintings in both Scotland and England. ...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishermen with Boats on the Windswept Coastline Shore Antique English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, late 19th century
indistinctly signed
oil painting, framed
framed: 16 x 38 inches
painting: 13 x 35 inches
provenance: from a collection in England
condition: overal...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English rural landscapes, with goats by a river and people
Located in Woodbury, CT
LESLIE E.B. SMYTHE
19th century English rural landscapes, with goats by a river and people.
Smythe was an English painter who was active paintings in both Scotland and England. He ...
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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century genre oil painting of a French cobbler at work
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Émile Renard
French, (1850-1930)
Cordonnier à Jouy, Eure-et-Loir (Cobbler of Jouy)
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1883
Image size: 12.75 inches x 17.5 inches
Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 28.25 inches
A realist painting of a cobbler in his workshop by Émile Renard. The composition features an elderly shoemaker seated on a rickety chair next to a bench. The light from a window illuminates his work.
Émile Henry...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shepherd in Rural Pastoral Lane with Sheep, Traditional Victorian English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 19th century, with name plaque to frame
Title: The Tranquil Landscape
Medium: Oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13 x 21 inches
canvas : 10 x 18 in...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rural Harvest Scene Gathering Hay Farming Landscape 19th Century English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest
English School, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 38 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private collection, Suffolk, England
condition: very goo...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winter Cottage Rural Lane Victorian English Oil Painting Antique Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter Scene
English School, 19th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 13.5 x 19 inches
board: 6 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: good and sound conditi...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique German Oil Painting Portrait of a Family Group - Restoration project
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Family Group
German School, late 19th/ early 20th century
oil on board
board: 17.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: sound condition but with various surface ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Victorian 1870’s English Oil Painting Lady Walking on Country Path framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'A Lady on a Country Path'
C. Ward (19th-20th Century) British
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
dated 1877
framed: 16 x 24 inches
canvas: 12 x 20inches
provenance: private coll...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Scottish Highlands Loch Landscape Figure by Cottage signed oil
By Joel Owen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Loch Keepers Cottage
by Joel B. Owen (British, signed and dated 1918)
oil painting on canvas: 20 x 30 inches
original antique gilt frame: 23 x 33 inches
condition: overall very g...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early English Romantic Oil Painting Farmers with Horse & Cart crossing Stream
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Horses Watering in a River,
Early 19th Century English School
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 28 inches
canvas: 17 x 22 inches
provenance: priv...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1880’s Irish Signed Oil Cottage & Figure in Highland Mountain Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Cottage
Irish School, 19th century
signed and dated 1888
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 50.5inches
provenance: private collec...
Category
1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century landscape oil painting of cattle in a lane
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Charles Collins
British, (1851-1921)
Off to Pasture
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1895
Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches
Size including frame: 30 inches x 40 inches
This landscape painting by Charles Collins depicts cattle and figures on a country lane. A herder and a woman with a basket accompany the animals, passing a village church on their way to the pasture.
Alfred Charles Jerome...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Scottish Highlands Oil Painting Figures Fishing the Loch & Signed British Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch
by Andrew Grant Kurtis (British contemporary)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 16 x 20 inches
board: 13 x 17 inches
provenance: private collection, Engl...
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Italian townscape coastal oil painting of Livorno, Gulf of Genoa
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Arthur Joseph Meadows
British, (1843-1907)
Livorno, Gulf of Genoa
Oil on panel, signed & dated (18)98, with signed & inscribed label on reverse
Image size: 9.75 inches x 11.75 inches
Size including frame: 17.75 inches x 19.75 inches
An attractive townscape depicting fruit sellers at the port of Livorno, Italy by Arthur Joseph Meadows. The scene shows the view looking across from the harbour wall to the church of Santa Caterina...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Cavaliers in Tavern Interior Playing Cards Fine Victorian Watercolor Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'A Game of Cards'
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) British
watercolor on board, framed
framed: 10 x 11 inches
board: 9.5 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Cond...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Antique Signed Oil Tavern Cook Plucking Bird Flirting with Cavalier, Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, indistinctly signed/ inscribed
dated 1890's
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 30 inches
canvas: 15 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, France
the painting is ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Moment
By Jose Borrell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
By infusing his works with elements of portraiture, the surreal, and the classical, Jose Borrel...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Where You Touched Me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Where You Touched Me... Flowers Bloomed. The painting represents a woman and her feelings. It makes us think about our actions and how they affect others. :: Painting :: Photoreal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ANTIQUE FRENCH OIL PAINTING 19TH CENTURY SOLDIERS MAKING CAMP - MUSIC & DOG
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century
Title: The Soldiers Camp
Medium: oil painting on thick wooden panel, with a bevel edge
Size: painting: 12...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Traditional English Oil Painting Rural Workers by Lake in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Country Landscape Scene With Figures
Andrew Grant- Curtis (20th Century British working in the Victorian style)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 19 x 23 inches
canvas: 1...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th Century French Romantic Oil Family Camp Fire Dogs & Sticks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: F Bedo 19th Century European - dated 1878
Title: A Resting Place
Medium: signed oil on canvas, framed
Size: 18 x 14 inches, plus the frame
Provenance: private col...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Selfie (triptych), Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Janos Kujbus
Located in Yardley, PA
Original work - 3 big paintings (triptych) in contemporary pop art style from hungarian artist Janos Kujbus. Story about artwork: "Sometimes I feel we live a strange life. We d...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Before the ball
By Charles Baxter
Located in St. Albans, GB
A perfect example of Charles Baxter's work. Two beautiful ladies , one holding a flower, dressed in their best finery. Despite being unsigned, the paint...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Highland Crofters Daughter in Kilt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Crofters Daughter
Scottish School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condit...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unrestrained
By Jose Borrell
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery.
Josep Borell was born in Alcoy (Alicante) on January 25th, 1969. He was born into a family without a tra...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cocker Spaniel & Two Dogs Friends Antique English Dog Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Three Friends
English artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: The painting is in overall very...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucky Packs
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary painting, botanical art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Linen Board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:20 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
Lady in White Dress Dancing in Garden Beautiful Impressionist Oil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Northern European Busy Town Scene at Dusk Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Continental Town Scene
Felice Auguste Rezia (1857-1906)
signed oil on canvas, framed
dated 85'
framed: 17 x 23 inches
canvas: 12 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, England...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scottish Highlands Antique Oil Painting Figure by Cottage Loch Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Crofter Cottahes
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed, lower corner with pseudonym "W. Richards"
titled verso to canvas
oil painting on canvas, unframed
framed: 23 x 30 inches
canvas: 16 x 24 inches
Fine quality antique oil painting by the much admired and celebrated British artist F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950). The painting is signed by Jamieson to the lower right corner with his favoured pseudonym, "W. Richards".
F. E. Jamieson (1895-1950)
We are extremely fortunate to have been handling the works of the enigmatic British artist, F. E. Jamieson since the year we began art dealing, 1989.
Over this time, coupled with our love of the Scottish landscape, we have bought and sold many hundreds of his paintings, in all their various guises and subjects and are considered by many to be a leading authority on the artist and his work. We are also in the early stages of publishing the Catalogue Raisonne for this artist, of which this painting will be featured.
Mr. Jamieson was largely a painter of Scottish landscapes and loch scenes. Born in 1895, Jamieson lived on the south coast of England and was contracted to a large department store to supply them with his paintings. He was an ambitious man and keen to sell more works than through just one shop. In order to do this, he started to sign his works with pseudonyms other than his own name, in order that he could sell his work to a wider audience. It worked and it is considered that Jamieson at least 15 different pseudonym names on his paintings.
In addition to selling through furniture shops, Jamieson would travel door to door offering his paintings to housewives and private buyers. In our years of researching the artist, we heard one story related to us by an old customer who remembers that Jamieson started selling door...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline
19th Century School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 39.5 x 3...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Cavaliers Rest Fine Large Antique English Oil Horses & Dogs Village Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavaliers Rest
English School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 30 inches
painting: 20 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: over...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Reclining Nude in Green" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Reclining Nude in Green" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 11.5 in H x 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, 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 ...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Al Pasino, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Al Pacino is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. The portrait is painted in oil on linen canvas. Realism. It is varnished, the sides are painted in the color of the painti...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge Traditional British Oil Painting Fishing in the Highlands Autumnal Loch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch
by Andrew Grant Kurtis, British 20th century
signed to the lower front and stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 54 inches
canvas: 24 x 48 inche...
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20th Century 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...
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1910s 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
Original frame
oils on card
Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right.
Ellis was a landscape painte...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French 19th century Victorian Shipping scene at Sunset
By N. Pauman
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful late 19th-century oil on panel of wood depicting shipping at a sunset. Pauman was from either Belgium or France and his works are held in private collections in both countr...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Victorian British Oil Three Men Standing in Village Chatting, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'The White Horse'
Attributed to Thomas J. Purchas (1855-1930)
oil painting on board, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 14 x 8.5 inches
board: 12 x 7 inches
provenance: private collectio...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
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1880s 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
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.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
Browse an extensive collection of figurative paintings on 1stDibs.