Christopher Baker

Christopher Baker - 20th Century Oil, Portloe, Cornwall

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With areas of impasto. Well presented in a modern wood frame. Signed and dated. On canvas board.

Boats sail across a crystal sea in this radiant painting of a sunny coastline finished with impasto detailing. The combination of scale, vivid blues, and passive brushwork create a ...

A wonderful coastal view by the artist Charles Grigg Tait. Most likely depicting an area of Maldon where Tait lived for many years. With expressive paintwork and bold use of colour t...

A dramatic sea rescue by an RNLI lifeboat. A man supports a woman as they both float in the water, their wrecked boat in the distance, as a lifeboat and its crew speed towards them t...

A striking oil of impressive size showing a view of Hong Kong harbor with junks and smaller fishing boats moving across the water that reflects the se...

Signed to the lower right-hand corner. The artist's name is inscribed on the reverse. Presented in a wooden frame with a gilt inner detail. On canvas board.

This romantic French 19th century allegoric oil painting on square canvas has a sky blue background, a fluffy cloud fills the central part of the painting where a woman is lying down playing the lyre, while a graceful cherub seems to twirl over her. This oil on canvas painting represents the allegory of music - with a woman dressed in classical clothes and a putto- a very popular theme during all the neoclassical age, with its lively scene inspired by the Rococo period. The composition creates a awesome trompe-l'œil effect thanks to the color palette scheme. Well painted white and gray shadings (chiaro scuro) that stands out from the light blue background in typical grisaille style. This painting originally was an over door frieze...

This beautiful Italian 18th Century old masters oil painting on oval canvas with giltwood frame is attributed to Solimena and features a religious scene. In this splendid oval-shaped painting are depicted Saint Dominic...

This huge Italian 19th century armorial painting features the coat of arms of Montini, a noble Italian family that has among its ancestors the Archbishop of Milan, later known as Pope Paul VI. The large oval canvas has a brown and red background, the latter shaped like a shield, in which six mountains (from the etymology of the surname) and three white fleur de lis are painted. This big scale palatial oil painting...

This Italian 19th century oil on alabastrer painting depicts an opulent interior in full ancient neoclassical Pompeian style with people festing. The figurative inner scene is painted on a rectangular alabaster slab and housed in a wonderful giltbronze frame resting on casted arrow feet. This is a single section of a bigger surtout de table. You can now use it as a decorative centrepiece on a table or on a console or turn it into a wall decoration. We can provide framing options in this case. The characters enjoy a rich banquet in an elaborate interior, the room renderings...

Everyday fishermen life is captured in this wonderful Italian impressionist late 19th century oil painting on thin board titled fishermen ashore. We love the neutral and natural colo...

“BS Trust” is 36” x 36”. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to last generations. Much of Frank Arnold’s work is sourc...