Maurice Chabas

'Bathers' Impressionist Figurative Landscape from the early 20th Century

'A Gallant Salute' is an extremely impressive work by Samual Edmond Waller, signed and dated 1894. Figurative 19th Century painting of three great noble royalty members dressed in period clothing riding out from their castle in the background. Flanked by hounds and various household members. The colours are vibrant and bold. Samuel Edmond Waller was born in Gloucester, UK in 1850 and was a painter of genre pictures. Waller was educated at Cheltenham College with a view to the army, but showing artistic inclinations he was sent to Gloucester School of Art and later went through a course of architectural studies following in his father’s footsteps. At eighteen he joined the Royal Academy schools and in 1871 he had his first exhibition at Burlington House...

'The Harvest' is a stunning pastoral scene by Victor Gabriel Gilbert. Victor Gabriel Gilbert was born in Paris, 13th February 1847. He studied for a perio...

'Trouville Sur Mer' is a gloriously warm painting of late summer in Trouville, France. To watch Dyf paint was entrancing. Even as an old man, he would stand rather than sit before the easel, working with extraordinary vigour and intense concentration. His palette was a rainbow of fresh colours and his hand continually darted back and forth from the canvas. At intervals he would step back or consider briefly another picture before returning to the easel, his eye refreshed. Usually he sketched straight onto the canvas, which he set up on his travelling easel...

'Wading in the River' by Benjamin Williams Leader. A 19th century landscape painting of figures and baby wading in a river. Surrounded by lush greenery. This highly detailed painting...

'La Feria' a very busy figurative middle eastern market scene with various characters. Jewellery seller, women, children and animals. John Haynes-William...

'Boats in the Harbour' Colourful 20th Century Figurative Painting of Fishing Boats in a harbour. Blues, reds and oranges. William Lee Hankey was born in Chester. Married to Mabel Lee Hankey and then Edith Garner. Studied at Chester School of Art under...

Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techniques, with the weft of the canvas often still visible. The reliefs are quite thin, the painting often spread out, with frank touches ...

"The First Night Of The Red Dress" is a painting by Bulgarian Eleonora Droumeva. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, si...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "In a Croatian Village - Last Moments of Sunset" is an oil painting that depicts the architecture of a small Croatian village, all caught in the light of...

"Plowing the Fields" is an early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape by Pennsylvania Academy graduate and teacher Henry McCarter. The 20" x 24...

A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water with sailboats as kids play in the dista...

Impressionist piece depicting the famous and ancient Carnivale in the Piazza di San Marco di Venezia. The scene is set before the iconic Basilica di San Marco, the chief basilica of ...