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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Minimalist
19thC. French Oil Ladies Praying to Madonna Statue South of France Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French Romantic School, 19th century. There is an artists label verso, "P. Grimaud, Toulon". Title: Ladies in Southern French landscape praying to a statue of the M...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Framed Oil Painting River Landscape Ferry Boats Old Church Abbey Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dutch School, late 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 32 x 43 inches canvas: 26 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK The painting is in very good and presentable c...
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20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1950's English Oil Mother & Daughter Horse Riding Lesson & Two Jack Russel Dogs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1950's The Riding Lesson oil on board, unframed 17 x 20 inches private collection, England The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. There is a...
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Victorian Oil Painting Children Collecting Wood in Rural Lane, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Robert John Hammond (British, exhibited 1882-1911), signed lower front corner. Hammond was a painter of landscapes, animals and rural scenes. Hammond was thought to ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Peaceful Afternoon With Swans By An Old Cottage Mill
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1995 and inscribed verso Title - The Afternoon By The Old Mill Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

19th century English landscape with man waiting for a plough team
Located in Woodbury, CT
John White was a Cornish painter from the 19th century. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and also at the British Institute, in London. His work is Victorian in its com...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Early 1800's Scottish Pastoral Landscape Ancient Castle Figures & Sheep
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Scottish School, early 19th century Title: a large panoramic Scottish landscape, with ancient castle standing to the centre, with various figures enjoying the landsc...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine British Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Society Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, indistinctly signed lower right, circa 1950's Title: Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady. The previous owner believed the sitter to be a member of the Q...
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Mid-20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figures on a frozen lake with castle, fishing boats, skaters, horses and a storm
Located in Woodbury, CT
Dutch Style scene of people on a frozen lake. Oils on canvas which has been laid down onto aboard. Framed in a Vintage American gold frame. Possibly an Italian painter working ...
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1970s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Study of a Woman artist painting by her easel in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very decorative oil on panel Painted on a mahogany panel and monogrammed L.B Well framed in a new English handmade gold leaf frame. The...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

19th Century seascape oil painting of Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
William Edward Webb British, (1862-1903) Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 21.5 inches x 37.5 inches Size including frame: 33 inches x 49 inches A busy quayside painting by William Edward Webb of Douglas Harbour on the Isle of man. Fishermen in boats can be seen preparing to head ashore as other figures make their way along the quayside. William Edward Webb was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1862 to William Benjamin Webb and Ellen Butler. His father was a printer and an artist and it is highly likely he received tuition from him. Following the death of his mother, his father remarried and moved the family to Manchester sometime after 1871. By the 1880’s, Webb had started working as an artist and later set up a studio at 30 Exchange Buildings in Manchester. He began exhibiting at the Manchester City Art Gallery from 1890, where he showed more than 60 paintings during his lifetime. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy and Walker Art Gallery Liverpool from 1892. He married Clara Foster in 1899 and the couple lived at 1 Sylvan Grove, Chorlton Upon Medlock in South Manchester with their daughter Florrie. He became friends with the artist Walter Emsley (1860-1938) who also lived in Manchester. Although he spent the rest of his life in Manchester, Webb travelled throughout the UK painting coastal and marine scenes around the main ports and harbours. He spent a great deal of time in the Isle of Mann painting numerous scenes along the coast including views of Peel and Douglas Harbour, subjects he frequently returned to. Webb painted in a highly distinctive style; loose and informal but which manages to retain the sense of perspective. He struggled with ill health and depression throughout his life which sadly led to his suicide 9 November, 1903. In 1974, a retrospective exhibition was held at The Old Customs House and Old Solent House in Lymington, which brought a new found interest in his work. His paintings are now highly sought after and are represented in many collections and Museums including the Astley Hall...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fine 19th Century Victorian Oil Painting Angler in Scottish Highlands Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Scottish School, 19th century, indistinctly signed lower corner Title: The Angler in the Scottish Highlands, beautiful landscape scene. Medium: oil painting on canv...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

English 19thC Victorian Shipping scene with fishing boats in the English Channel
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 honourable mention in 1881 and a third place medal in 1888. William Thornley also went by the names Georges William and William...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Early 20th Century French Siged Oil Two Figures Autumn Landscape by Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 20th century, signed Title: The Autumn Landscape Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 18 x 25.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Fr...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Scottish Oil Painting Circus Lady Performer, original antique oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Thomas Bromley Blacklock (Scottish, 1862-1903), signed and inscribed. The son of the English teacher at Kirkcudbright Academy...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique 19th century English Victorian Waterfall scene landscape
By John Brandon Smith
Located in Woodbury, CT
John Brandon Smith, John Brandon Smith is an English landscape artist of some renown. He concentrated on the waterways of England, Scotland and Wales. He was particularly interested in the effects of cascading water. This led to his being given the moniker 'Waterfall Smith'. He was fascinated by the spectacle of rivers in spate. Many of his paintings concentrated on the rivers Conway, Llugwy and Lledr in North Wales but he also painted the rivers of England and Scotland. Some of his more celebrated works show The Swallow Falls and Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire. He used many shades of green and blue on his small, jewel-like canvases. He would occasionally introduce the figure of a fisherman to provide perspective. His themes are characteristic of the Renaissance of the European Romantic Movement. He exhibited twenty-two works at The Royal Academy between 1860 and 1874. He also exhibited at Suffolk Street. This is a very rare large example of the painters work. It is framed in an Antique English frame
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Lilac Eve, Jorunn Mulen, Original Figurative Portrait Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Lilac Eve by Jorunn Mulen [2020] original Acrylic paint on wood Image size: H:40 cm x W:30.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:30.5 cm x D...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

El Gran Verde
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired b...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Negation Scratch #6, Female, Minimalist, Oil, Figurative, Statement, Painting
Located in Riverdale, NY
Negation - Scratch #6, Oil and Charcoal on wood panel by San Francisco artist Jeffrey Palladini. It is 30x40. The painting is part of a new series based on the conceptual basis of ...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel

A Family Day Out Feeding The Swans By The River Mole
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1993 and inscribed verso Title - Feeding The Swans By River Mole, Surrey Medium: gouac...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Cornish Fisherwoman with Net, Victorian Painting by D.W. Haddon
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late Victorian period painting by British artist, David W. Haddon, active (1884-1914). The canvas measures 20 x 14 inches and is signed low...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Horse & Cart Travelling Up The Cobbled Bridge In Tresmeer Cornwall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1995 and inscribed verso Title - Tresmeer Cornwall, Roads To Grom Mill Road & Cottage Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Fine Large Victorian Signed Scottish Oil Painting Figures by Loch & Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Charles Leslie (British 19th century), signed and dated 1881 Title: The Highland Loch Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 19 x 27 inches Provenance: priva...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

`19thC French/ Italian School Oil, Cherubs Playing in Landscape, Wild Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Continental School (19th Century) Title: Cherubs In Garden Setting Medium: oil on canvas, framed in beautiful gilt frame. Frame...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Victorian British Oil Painting Elegant Figures in Sumptuous Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: David Wilkie Wynfield (1837-1887) British Title: Elegant Figures in an Interior Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed. Indistinctly Ins...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

SIGNED VICTORIAN ENGLISH OIL PAINTING - CHILDREN PLAYING WATERMILL STREAM DUCKS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th century, signed lower corner. Title: The Watermill. Medium: oil painting, on canvas. Size: frame: 21 x 27 inches painting: ...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

An Warm October Day At The British Manor Farm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley, inscribed verso Title - October Manor Farm Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Painting : 9.75 x 13.75 inches ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Surrey Farmyard Of Farmers At Work - British Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley and inscribed verso Title - Between Two Haystacks - Mannor Farm in Thames Ditton, Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unfr...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Ink

1930's French Signed Oil Portrait of a Statue outside Church Courtyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930, signed lower left corner Title: Study of a stone sculpture statue standing in what looks to be a church courtyard . Medium: oil on canvas...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Tranquil British Scene In East Molesey Surrey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) and inscribed verso Title - A relaxing day by the river Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Pa...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Snowy Woodland Sun Rise With Observant An Small Fox
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th Century) dated 1994 and inscribed verso Title - Snowy Woodland Sunrise Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, unfra...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Fine Victorian Pair of Original Oil Paintings Figures Scottish Highland scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Robert John Hammond (British, exhibited 1882-1911) Hammond was a painter of landscapes, animals and rural scenes. Hammond was thought to be based in and around Birmi...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

20th century Harvest River landscape with horses, farmers, a church and village.
By J.Hohenberger
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful 20th century German landscape with harvesters working on the farmland, bringing in the harvest. Hohenberger was landscape painter from the middle to latter part of the 20...
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1960s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century French Signed Oil, Fishing Folk on the Shore at Sunrise by Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century, indistinctly signed lower right corner. Title: Sunrise on the Beach Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. framed size: 18 x...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century coaching oil painting
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
John Charles Maggs British, (1819-1896) Bristol, Bath & London Coach Outside The Crown Inn, Bath Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1882 Image size: 17.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size includ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Historical genre oil painting of a couple eloping
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Jules Girardet French, (1856-1938) Le Coeur a des Raisons Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 41 inches x 33 inches Size including frame: 50.25 inches x ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Summertime Landscape, Gathering Hay From The Hay Stacks Mannor Farm , Surrey
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley and inscribed verso Title - Mannor Farm in Thames Ditton, Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, unframed Painting : 8.25 x...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

LOUIS LOTTIER (1815-1892) French Antique Oil Merchants on Beach Ancient Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Louis Lottier (1815-1892) French 'Merchants gathered on a beach with a town beyond Medium: oil on canvas, unframed. Size of panting 8.5" x 15" inches overall good and satisfactory c...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Dark Fishing Day With Bridge Over Placid Water
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley ( British, 20th Century) dated 1996 and inscribed verso Title - Tranquil Bridge Landscape Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on thin board, un...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Minimalist Watercolor Painting of Orientalist Dancer
Located in New York, NY
Gypsie Dancer by Federico Fernandez y Giminez (1846-1873) Watercolor on paper, signed 'F. Fernandez Giminez' lower right. Diffused and hazy brushwork defines this work as the woman sits in a gestured garden depicted in stark contrast to her detailed clothing and jewelry. Instead of crafting an intricately detailed background similar to the famous Jean-Léon Gérôme, Giminez pins our focus on the figure, providing soft atmospheric gestures of background elements, hi lighting the details of oriental clothing...
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19th Century Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Victorian Oil Painting "Mother and Child Rockpooling at Beach with cute dog"
Located in ludlow, GB
Frederick Thomas Charles Underhill British 1832 - 1896 London painter of genre, coastal scenes and biblical subjects. Born in Birmingham. Exhibited from 1851-75, at the RA between 1852-67. Titles at the RA including 'Sea Coast, 1852, 'The Gypsy Mother', 1855 and 'Hagar and Ishmael...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Angler in Highland River Landscape, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson, British 1895-1950, signed with the artists pseudonym 'A. Pienne' Title: Salmon Fishing in the Highlands Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 23 x ...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Victorian Oil Figure in Rowing Boat at Sunset on Scottish Loch in Highlands
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Joseph Horlor (1809-1887) British A Figure in a rowing boat at dusk on a mountain lake, Scottish oil painting on canvas, signed lower right: 9 x 14 inche...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Relaxing Afternoon Fishing and Rowing On The Thames Off Tagg’s Island
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th Century) dated 1989 and inscribed verso Title - The Thames Off Tagg’s Island , East Molesey Surrey Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ p...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

!9th century English Pub interior , with Huntsmen and figures drinking
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to Randolph Caldecott, a well-known English painter, and illustrator of English Pub interior scenes. The scene is great fun, as we can see di...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rainbow Cacti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, ...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Autumnal River Bridge Landscape Refelection By The Mill Pond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley dated 1992 and inscribed verso Title: By The Mill Pond Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, unframed Painting : 12 x 16 inches...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Warming by the Fire
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on panel, measures 17" x 21" painting and with frame 24" x 27.5". Signed and dated 1885 lower left. Charles Green studied at Leigh’s School of Fine Art and under the engraver, J W Whymper, before quickly establishing himself as a painter and illustrator. Specialising in genre pieces, he joined the Langham Sketching Club and was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (ARI 1864; RI 1867). His elder brother, Henry Towneley Green, was also a member. His contribution of contemporary subjects to the early numbers of The Graphic were admired by Van Gogh, but he was best known for his depiction of period settings and for his illustrations to The Old Curiosity Shop...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine Victorian Oil Painting Huntsman Talking to Milkmaid in Village Lane, Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Singleton Jowett (1878–1927), signed Title: Pausing for Conversation Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 24 x 20 inches Canvas: 2...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'His First Suit, ' a large Victorian oil painting, signed 'Fred Morgan'
Located in London, GB
'His First Suit,' a large Victorian oil painting, signed 'Fred Morgan' English, c.1899 Frame: Height 109cm, width 133cm, depth 8cm Canvas: Height 92cm, width 116cm, depth 2.5cm Executed in oil-on-canvas, and mounted in a carved giltwood frame, this beautiful English painting, titled 'His first suit,' is by the late Victorian artist Frederick Morgan, an artist working in a similar style to that of the more well known Arthur John Elsley...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Huntsman Feeding The Ducks In A Peaceful Kentish Town Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley ( British, 20th Century ) dated 1993 Title: Feeding the ducks on a Kentish Farm Pond Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed Painting : 10 x 14 i...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Cornish Spring Time Down By The Watermill , Tresmeer Cornwall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley ( British, 20th Century) and inscribed verso Title - Cornish WaterMill Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artist paper, unframed Painting ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Pandemic 53 (seasonal series) - landscape painting, minimalist painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful landscape painting by Olga is part of her Pandemic series she did during the Covid 19 pandemic. As oppose to the chaos the world is experiencing due to the pandemic, h...
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2010s Minimalist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Swan and Boat Landscape By The Thames At Hampton Middlesex
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley dated 1994 and inscribed verso Title: By The Thames At Hampton Middlesex Medium: gouache/watercolour/ pencil on artist paper, unframed Painting : ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor, Gouache

19th Century French Barbizon Oil Painting Figure in Woodland by Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century, inscribed verso Title: The Woodland Cottage Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, framed Framed: 19 x 24 inches Painting: 16 x 20.5 i...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Warm September River Overlooking Cattle At Kentish Farm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th Century) dated 1992 and inscribed verso Title - September Pastures On Arentish Farm Medium: gouache/watercolour/ ink/ pencil on artis...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Mother & Daughter Walking Coastal Pathway, Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, late 19th/ early 20th century Title: Mother & Daughter walking along the coastal path, with the sea beside them. Medium: oil painting on canvas, f...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Victorian Oil Painting, Milk Maid & Dog Walking Through Wooded Valley
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Edward Robert Smythe (British 1810-1899), signed and dated (1858?) lower centre. *artists bio below, please scroll down. Title: Walking through the Woods Medium: oil on canvas, framed Size: framed: 27.5 x 22 inches canvas: 22 x 17 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition. Edward Robert Smyth[e], was born at Berners Street, Ipswich in 1810 and baptised St Nicholas Church, Ipswich on 10 February 1815, son of James Smyth (1780-1863) and his wife Sarah Harriet née Skitter (1783-1845), who married at Norwich on 14 June 1811; James was an accountant with bankers Bacon, Cobbold, Durningham & Cobbold in Tavern Street, Ipswich who added a final 'e' to his surname. Edward attended the school of Robert Burcham Clamp at Ipswich and had a liking for a military career but his love of art took his fancy. Elected a member of the Ipswich Society of Professional and Amateur Artists on 1 March 1832 and attended his first meeting on 18 November the same year and was probably working under Henry Davy and where he met many local artist members. In his younger days he had a studio in the Old Shire Hall, Ipswich where he painted with artists such as Samuel Read, Wat Hagreen, Frederick Brett Russel and Robert Burrows. About 1840, he moved to Norwich to study the Norwich School of Painters where he became acquainted with Robert Ladbrooke’s son, Frederick Ladbrooke and is said to have worked with John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), but returned to Ipswich some five years later, taking a house in Bramford Road. He married at Ipswich on 15 March 1848, Ellen Burman (1827-1879) of Ipswich and where his first child Edward Robert, jun. was born the following year. Edward was of Berners Street, Ipswich when declared insolvent at Ipswich on 13 September 1850 and in 1851, giving his age as 32, was living at Elmswell, Suffolk with his 24 year old wife Ellen and son but later that year moved to 3 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s, where he kept company with his friend Fred Ladbrooke. By 1861, still at Angel Hill, they had further children born at Bury St Edmund’s, Francis (Frank) Rowland 1852, Ellen Kate 1854 and Mary Emily 1856, their daughter Louisa Jane, died at Angel Hill, Bury St Edmund’s on 7 April 1861, aged 3 years and 7 months. Smythe exhibited at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at the New Lecture Hall of the Mechanics' Institution, Ipswich in August 1850, several oil paintings including 'Chapel Viaduct, Colne Valley', 'A Group of Animals', 'A Sketch Ploughing', 'Ponies and a Dog' and 'A Landscape', and a watercolour 'The Ruling Passion strong in Death' and was also a member and exhibitor at the Ipswich Fine Art Club 1886-1898 and in 1889 at the Woodbridge Art Exhibition at the Assembly Room, Bull Hotel, Woodbridge had several oil paintings on display including 'Horses at Marsh', 'Donkeys' and 'Early Morn'. He also exhibited five works at the Royal Academy including 'View in the Colne Valley at Chappel, Essex' and exhibited five works at the British Institution including 'Pony and Boy' and 'The Village Blacksmith'. In 1865, Edward was living at 98 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s, and his wife died at 69 Risbygate Street, Bury St Edmund’s in 1879, aged 52. By 1891 he had moved in with his married daughter Ellen Kate, who had married at St Matthew’s church Ipswich on 10 May 1886, George Robert Chilvers, a tobacco manufacturer, at Burlington Lodge, 30 Burlington Road, Ipswich where he died on Wednesday, 5 July 1899, aged 88, and was buried in Ipswich cemetery three days later. Five of his painting were on show at the Centenary exhibition of the Ipswich Art Club in 1974, a pastel 'Crossing the...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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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.

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