H. Keefe

H. Keefe - Mid 20th Century Oil, Coastal Cottage

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A wonderfully fun study of a group of children enjoying a day at the beach. They hold party balloons as some fly away in the wind. A large cable fills the background as seagulls swoop around the figures. Presented in a simple wood frame...

A charming countryside scene depicting a courting couple conversing at a gate. They stand beneath trees before a large park landscape. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with shell ...

A striking study depicting a child and man warming up by a brazier on a snowy winter's day. The artist captures the scene in an impressionist style, using an impasto technique to add...

Rendered in a impressionistic style, this stunning oil depicts two gypsy women churning butter before a river. The artist captures a feeding horse in the background, amongst lines of...

The Opium Smoker; The Opium Eater by N.C. Wyeth was created in 1913. The painting is signed upper right. Dedication lower left that reads "To Swayne / Fro...

'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'. Oil on canvas. +/- 1922 Signed lower right Measurements : 60 x 73 cm. This painting will be recorded in the second volume of the Catalogue Raisonn...

Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93 What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history painting following the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, this is a question which is rarely posed and one which is not easily answered. Examination of surviving Royal Academy exhibition catalogues reveals a profusion of artists’ names and titles, few of which remain immediately recognizable, whilst endeavours to explain the impact of exhibition culture on painting - such as the 2001 Courtauld show Art on the Line - have tended to focus on the first and second generation of Royal Academician, rather than young or aspiring artists in the early nineteenth century. This makes the discovery and identification of the work under discussion of exceptional importance in making sense of currents in English painting around 1800. Executed by Edward Dayes...

“Moving 5” is 60”x 48”. The vibrant yellow surface tones of this piece are broken in several places allowing random glimpses of Arnold’s dreamlike underpainting for a multi-dimension...