Poplar Figurative Paintings

John Wilson Ewbank (1799 - 1847) Shipping in the Harbour, South Shields Oil on canvas 39.5 x 58 inches unframed 47.75 x 66.5 inches framed Provenance: Christie's October 2002; Lot 11. Fine Art Society; Private Collection This marvellous up to scale Ewbank is full of light and warmth and almost certainly his greatest work of the sort rarely - if ever - seen on the market. John W. Ewbank (4 May 1799–28 November 1847), was an English-born landscape and marine painter largely operational from Scotland. The Humber river is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. Life Ewbank was born at Darlington on 4 May 1799, the son of Michael Ewbank, an innkeeper. He was adopted as a child by a wealthy uncle who lived at Wycliffe, on the banks of the River Tees, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Intended for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he was sent to Ushaw College, from which he absconded. In 1813 Ewbank was apprenticed to Thomas Coulson, an ornamental painter in Newcastle. In around 1816 he moved with Coulson to Edinburgh, where he had some lessons with Alexander Nasmyth. He found work both as a painter and a teacher. He was nominated in 1830 one of the foundation members of the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1833 he is listed as living at 7 Union Street on the eastern fringe of the New Town in Edinburgh. Works His sketches from nature were especially admired, and a series of 51 drawings of Edinburgh by him were engraved by W. H. Lizars for James Browne's Picturesque Views of Edinburgh (1825). He also made a reputation with cabinet pictures of banks of rivers, coast scenes, and marine subjects. As an illustrator he illustrated some early editions of Scott's Waverley Novels and one edition of Gilbert White...

Artist: Adriaen van Stalbemt (Stalbempt) 1580-1662 Title: Abraham and the Sacrifice of His Son Isaac “Das Opfer des Abraham” According to the Old...

The Card Players Flemish Old Master, 17th century based on a version (in reverse) of a painting by Cornelis de Vos (Flemish 1584-1651) oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 39 x 62 inches ...

Painting of Mountain Path by Lake in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist Art measures 16 x 9 inches Frame measures 24.5 x 17.5 inches A beautifully atmospheric mid 20th century Ir...

Gerard ter Borch The Cards Game Oil on canvas 14 x 15.5 inches unframed 19 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches framed Gerard ter Borch (Dutch; December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg, was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu...

Gerard Thomas (Antwerp 1663-1720) Attributed to The Artist's Studio Oil on canvas (99 x 115 cm - in frame 70 x 86 cm) This fascinating painting, depicting the interior of an ar...

This enchanting night landscape in oil on canvas was painted by an Unidentified, presumably German, master "P. JHNEN" or "P. IHNEN", in the late 19th century, and is imbued with a ro...

This intimate interior by Henrik Nordenberg demonstrates the artist's remarkable ability to transform an ordinary domestic setting into a scene of quiet beauty and contemplation. Exe...

Wonderfully painted early 19th-century English rural landscape with cattle in a cowshed. Very similar to the work of Edward Williams who was a very well-known English landscape pai...

Caravaggesque painter active in Rome in the 17th century A group of musicians in an inn Oil on canvas 74 x 99 cm. - Framed 93 x 121 cm. The scene depicted belongs to a subjec...

Francesco Fontebasso (Venice 1709 – Venice 1769) Alexander the Great Shows Mercy to the Persians Oil on canvas 108 x 153 cm. - Framed 120 x 164 cm. Highly captivating due to ...

Michelangelo Cerquozzi (Rome 1602–1660) circle Battle Scene oil on canvas 38 x 48 cm. with frame 55 x 66 cm. The compositional and stylistic characteristics of this delightf...