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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
Pietro Krohn (Attributed), Interior With Woman Knitting, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting attributed to Danish artist Pietro Krohn (1840-1905) depicts a gently lit interior with a woman knitting before a statue of the Venus de Milo. It’...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape Original oil painting on Linen 1956 Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from Tony Watson, son of the ar...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960 Classical portrait of a young boy ad his guitar by Angeli, an unknown Italian painter (Italy, 20th Century). Roc...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Antique Scottish Oil on Canvas Painting Tantallon Castle Ruin East Lothian 1850
By Horatio McCulloch
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & important Scottish oil on canvas painting; a landscape of Tantallon Castle in East Lothian, by Horatio McCulloch (1805-1867) R.S.A. The painting circa 1850. This very hands...
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1850s Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gospel Scene on Sunrise Jesus Passing Peter 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gospel of Apostle Luke, Chapter 22: 61. and the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

The Easter Bonnet - Romantic Portrait Oil Painting by Gustave Jean Jacquet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel portrait circa 1890 by French Romantic painter Gustave Jean Jacquet. The work depicts a young redheaded woman wearing a red velvet jacket lined with white fur. On...
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1890s Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Wood Panel

Mercury Leading Psyche to Heaven
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Henri-Léopold Lévy (23 September 1840, Nancy - 29 December 1904, Paris) was a French painter of Jewish ancestry, known primarily for mythological and Biblical subjects. He was the s...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames
Located in Woodbury, CT
English River landscape, with Church and River at Sunset, Abingdon on the Thames. England Wonderful scene of Abingdon on the Thames by one of Englands best known landscape painters....
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Diana Nemorensis - 19th Century NeoClassical Oil Painting of Roman Goddess
By Max Nonnenbruch
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...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Scene de Souk
Located in Jacksonville, FL
After Napoleon introduced Europe to the different and exotic life of the Middles East, it was Delacroix who was the first to return. He brought back vivid images to an unbelieving pu...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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1890s Barbizon School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fine 19th Century Scottish Oil Painting Panoramic Loch Scene Listed artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Loch by Charles Leslie (British 19th century) signed lower corner oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 27 inches canvas: 12 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria Wonderful original antique painting of a thatched cottage in Cambria by Thomas Noelsmith (English, 1840-1900), c...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

Fine Large Victorian Signed Oil Fisherman in Highland River Landscape1880's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman in Highland Landscape by James Mudd (English, 1821 - 1906) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 28.5 x 41 inches painting: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, En...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"A Pompeiian Love Song" 19th Century Realism Antique Oil on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Sold: Jackson's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Cedar Falls, Iowa, December 8, 2009, Lot 4 A Pompeiian Love Song" by Antonio Rivas (Spanish, 1845-1911) transports viewers back ...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"A Surprising Visit" 19th Century Antique European Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A Surprising Visit" by Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) invites viewers into a sumptuous journey through 19th-century European luxury. Eduardo León Garrido, a distinguished Spanish artist born in 1856 and leaving an artistic legacy until 1949, displayed a remarkable ability to capture the essence of his time through his brushstrokes. This antique masterpiece, rendered in oil on panel and measuring 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches, unveils a world of opulence within a Royal European...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Taking Tea" 19th Century Orientalism Portrait Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"Taking Tea" by Jan-Baptist Huysmans, an accomplished Orientalist painter of the 19th century, unveils a captivating world in his oil painting on panel. Born in 1826, Huysmans was re...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Mom in Love" 19th Century Academic Realistic French Oil Painting on Canvas
By Emile Munier
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Émile Munier, a French academic artist born in 1840, was renowned for his exquisite depictions of children and domestic scenes during the late 19th century. "Mom in Love," a masterpi...
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19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century Dutch / European school, man out in a landscape with his dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century Dutch / European oil on mahogany panel, landscape with a man out walking his dog. Wonderful painting, circa 1870, painted on one sheet...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Abundance by Johannes Rosierse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Johannes Rosierse 1818 – 1901 | Netherlands Abundance Signed “J. Rosierse” (lower right) Oil on canvas Captivating and mysterious, this dynamic painting by Johannes Rosierse demon...
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19th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset
Located in Woodbury, CT
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by European Impressionist painters. The i...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Chess Game By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert 1848-1923 Belgian The Chess Game Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right) Oil on panel This oil on panel by Belgian artist Georges Croegaert is a rich and...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Kindling Gatherers, 1890 (knighted Royal Academy member, Antique Landscape)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Alfred East was both a full member of the Royal Academy and president of the Royal Society of British Artists, so his pedigree is impeccable. He be...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th Century French Oil Painting Algeria - Capture of the Smalah of Abd el Kader
Located in London, GB
Circle of Emile Jean Horace Vernet (1789-1863) The Capture of the Smalah of Abd el Kader oil on canvas 48 x 55 1/2 in; 121 x 141 cms (including magnificent contemporary carved frame) Provenance Private collection, United States This important and impressive work records the historic skirmish in 1843 between a cavalry unit lead by the duc de Aumale and the Arab chief Abd el Kader during the French military campaign in Algeria. The painting is attributed to Horace Vernet, and relates closely to a major work of the same subject by Vernet now in the Musée de l'Histoire de France in Versailles. The work is a classic example of French Orientalist painting...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1820's French Portrait of a Gentleman Signed & Dated 1824 Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a French Gentleman French School, indistinctly signed dated 1824 inscribed verso oil on canvas, unframed painting: 22 x 19 inches provenance: private collection, France c...
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Early 19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Emanuel Oberhauser “Mermaids and Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Emanuel Oberhauser (Austrian 1854 - 1919) “Mermaids, Neptune and Sea Water Nymphs” An Exceptional Oil on Canvas Painting painted circa 1885. Mas...
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19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Jean-Baptiste Degreef, 1852 – 1894, A Pond in the Park – Chateau of Val-Duchesse
Located in Bruges, BE
Val Duchesse Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Hertoginnedal) is located in the municipality of Auderghem, in the south of Brussels (Belgium), on the edge of the Soignes Forest. The Val Duchess...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Victorian Marine Oil Painting Sailing Choppy Seas Three Masted Ship 1800's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing on High Seas British School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 40 inches canvas: 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and soun...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Place de la Republique - Le Soir - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Edouard Cortes
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape circa 1950 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts an evening scene of the Place de la Republique square in Paris...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Very Large 1820's English Portrait Dapper Young Gentleman Period Drama Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dapper Young Gentleman English School, circa 1820's period oil on canvas, framed framed: 40 x 34 inches canvas: 32 x 27 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: ...
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1820s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

F. Guarana (Venetian painter) - 19th century Venice view painting - Rialto
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (c. 1880) - View of the Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in Venice. 50 x 70 cm without frame, 58 x 78 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in a wooden frame. Work sign...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

19th-Century Dutch School, River Landscape With Inn & Windmill
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine mid-19th-century Dutch oil painting depicts a gentle view with a windmill, inn, horseback rider and figures. As the sun sets, illuminating the sky with a golden glow, a we...
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1870s Dutch School Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" classical religious
By (After) Giampietrino
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caterina d'Alexandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria)" is an original oil painting on wood panel, likely painted by Italian artist Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli). The painti...
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19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Located in New Orleans, LA
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco Signed (center right) Oil on canvas In this important oil on canvas, French Orientalist painter Charles Landelle captures the engaging visage of a young Moroccan woman in a moment of tranquil contemplation. Seated on the floor of what is almost certainly an opulent riad, the young woman wears an intricately embroidered Moroccan kaftan and headdress. The sumptuous patterns on the floor and in the background lend an additional warmth to the strikingly vivid red hues which dominate the composition and are a hallmark of Landelle’s work. The symbols behind the young woman may represent either the Jewish Star of David or the Islamic Seal...
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Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Early 19th Century British Oil Painting Moonlit River Landscape with Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Moonlit River English School, early 19th century circle of Sebastian Pether (1793-1844) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 8 x 11 inches provenance: private collection, Berkshire, E...
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Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Education of Achilles by Auguste-Clément Chrétien
By Auguste-Clément Chrétien
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron Signed and dated "A.C. Chrétien 1861" (lower right) Oil on canvas A masterpiece of French N...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique 19th Century Portrait of a Man in Pensive Thought Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pensive Man English school, late 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 18 x 15 inches provenance: private collection condition: basic good condition but with so...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Wedding of Rebecca and Isaac - Oil Painting by E. Savini - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Wedding of Rebecca and Isaac is an oil painting realized by Enrico Savini (1832-1869), in the mid-19th Century. Artist's name on the bottom plate. ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

19th century French, Surrender of the French at Huningen Fort to the Austrians
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful French period copy of the famous painting by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille, which the original is now in a museum in Paris. This piece came from a private collection in New Jersey where it had been since it was purchased in France back in the 1950s. The previous owner was an Art dealer in NYC during the 1950s-70s and she kept some of her favorite paintings, this being one of them. The piece was re-framed in the 1990s In 35 years of dealing in paintings, I have never seen another example of this scene, it is very rare.! History of the scene: In the Siege of Hüningen (27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797), the Austrians captured the city from the French. Hüningen is in the present-day Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Its fortress lay approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the Swiss city of Basel and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of the spot where the present-day borders of Germany, France, and Switzerland meet. During the time of this siege, the village was part of the Canton of Basel City and the fortress lay in an area contested between the German states and the First French Republic. The siege occurred within the French Revolutionary Wars during which Revolutionary France ranged...
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1880s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bords du Loing by Alfred Sisley - Oil, landscape painting
Located in London, GB
*THIS PRICE INCLUDES 5% IMPORT DUTY APPLICABLE IF THE WORK REMAINS IN THE UK ONLY. Bords du Loing by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) Oil on canvas 46.1 x 55.7 cm (18¹/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches) S...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge Victorian Oil Painting by Famous Artist Portrait Country Girl in Harvest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gleaner by Charles Sillem LIDDERDALE (British, 1831-1895) signed & dated 1890 oil painting on canvas, framed in what we believe to be the original frame framed: 51.5 x 37.5 inch...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Spanish School 19th Century Oil - A Musical Romance
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite oil study depicting a young couple by the open window of a villa. The woman plays a guitar while lovingly looking at the man behind her. The pair wear beautiful traditio...
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

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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
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Italian Vanitas painter - 19th century figure painting - Memento Mori
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Memento Mori. 43 x 67 cm without frame, 48.5 x 72.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden frame. Condition report: Original can...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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 ...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Dolly Varden, Victorian Figurative Signed Oil Painting, William Powell Frith RA
Located in London, GB
William Powell Frith 'Dolly Varden' signed and dated 'W.P.Frith, 1876' (lower left) oil on canvas Provenance Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Billinghurst, 19 May 1999, lot 783. With The Bour...
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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century British Oil Painting Angler in River Landscape Rising Hills & Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Quiet Day on the River British School, 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 15.5 x 17 inches board: 12 x 13.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good an...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large Japanese Wood Board Ema Namban Depicting a Portuguese Ship Edo period
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Ema is a votive plaque people hang in a "dedication area", at a Shinto shrine, with their wish to the gods. Wishes usually would revolve around health, love, career, prosperity, a...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Tempera, Wood Panel, Egg Tempera, Wood

Antique figurative oil painting, Landscape, Riverscape, French art
By Pierre Garnier
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique French landscape oil painting/figurative oil painting of a woman at the edge of the water by Pierre Garnier, signed in the bottom left...
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1890s French School Figurative Paintings

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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 ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

" on vacation" Oil cm. 36 x 29 , 1959
Located in Torino, IT
Painter, vacation, summer, impressionism, picnic, 1950s Russia,Green
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Evening in a Rocky Landscape with Torrent. Romanticism was painting. 19th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Evening in a rocky landscape with mountain river. Romanticism period painting. 19th century. Oil on canvas. Wooden frame with gilding. The evening light, colored with pink and lilac ...
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1820s Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 ( ...
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Late 19th Century Gothic Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel

British highlands Loch on Sunset 19th century Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lakeland scene - stunning example of late British Romanticism, with the vibrant colors of the sunset reflected on the mountain ridges and the calm waters of the loch. The artist perf...
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil

19th Century British Oil Painting Fisherfolk on Shore with Boats Signed original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherfolk on the Shore British School, late 19th century indistinctly signed and inscribed oil on board, framed framed: 15.5 x 17 inches board: 12 x 13.5 inches provenance: private ...
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century French painting - Fisherman retuning home in a sunset landscape
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century French oil painting depicting a Fisherman returning home in a peaceful countryside landscape This lovely painting depicts a charming French countryside landscape at dus...
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19th Century Impressionist 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.

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