1890s Figurative Paintings

French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset George Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by European Impressionist painters. ...

Charles Jones Way (English, ∗ 25th July 1835 Dartmouth, Devon, England; † 13th of February 1919 Lausanne, Switzerland) Small stream above Ospedaletti, Italy • Oil on artist board, ...

Ada Stone, English Victorian landscape with Oak and Yes trees on a pathway. Ada Stone had a London address but was an East Midlands painter focusing her works on tranquil English river landscapes. She flourished between 1879-1904 and exhibited three works at the Suffolk Street, Society of British Artists. Ref: p.455 Dictionary of Victorian Painters (2nd Edition) by Christopher Wood. English Victorian oil on...

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...

JOAQUÍN PALLARÉS ALLUSTANTE Spanish, 1853 - 1935 PLACE DE LA CONCORDE signed & located "J. PALLARÉS / París." (lower right) oil on canvas 13-1/4 x 18-...

Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of the finest quality. This is...

Signed, lower right: Fantin Provenance: Gustave Tempelaere (1840–1904), Paris; possibly by descent to his son: Julien Tempelaere (1876–1961) and with F. & J. Tempelaere, Paris, prob...

Ada Stone, English Victorian landscape with Oak and Yes trees on a pathway. Ada Stone had a London address but was an East Midlands painter focusing her works on tranquil English river landscapes. She flourished between 1879-1904 and exhibited three works at the Suffolk Street, Society of British Artists. Ref: p.455 Dictionary of Victorian Painters (2nd Edition) by Christopher Wood. English Victorian oil on...

Impressionist watercolour on paper circa 1890 by French Neo-Impressionist painter Henri Edmond Cross. The work is a rear view study of three workers in standing and kneeling position...

Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller (1855 Amsterdam - 1925 ibid.), Late Summer River Landscape, oil on canvas, relined, 34 x 56 cm (inside measurement), 43 x 64 cm (frame), signed J[an] H[illebrand] Wijsmuller at lower right. - in good condition, the frame with isolated bumped spots - Realistic Impression - About the artwork The panoramic landscape format shows a river landscape, with the course of the river, which curves to the right, leading the eye into the depths of the picture and tempting it to continue the landscape in the imagination beyond the visible area. At the same time, however, the fact that the landscape is not visible through the bend in the river focuses our gaze on the entirety of the landscape depicted, without prompting us to focus on distant details. Accordingly, the brushstroke is not designed to render details with realistic precision. In the front left area of the river there is even a completely free brushwork, trained by Impressionism, which nevertheless remains committed to representational and convincingly suggests the movement of the water. Regardless of the distance of the observer, the entire picture is painted with the same broad brushstroke, so that the landscape is given as an impression. And yet this impression is not ephemeral, as in the case of French Impressionism, to put it exaggeratedly, but reveals to us the essence of the landscape in all its richness. This is why the Dutch variant of Impressionism is always also a realism, although the pictures appear less progressive, but still contain a dimension of landscape painting that is lost with progress. In the impression, the reality of the landscape is revealed, and this happens as we experience the landscape in the visual impression. Wijsmuller does not depict houses or people in order to allow the experience of the landscape to fully unfold. The experience is determined first and foremost by the river, which does not flow into the picture from our point of view, but towards us. Where the river begins to bend, the water is churned by a rapids. Toward us, the riverbed widens and the water comes to rest, covering the entire width of the foreground like a mirror. The stillness of the water corresponds to the evening mood of the late summer landscape, in which the warm tones of the evening light blend with the yellow and brown tones of the plants. A gentle, almost idyllic reality, carried by the brushstroke, yet animated by a liveliness that is also made visible by the brushstroke. The broad, dynamically placed brushstrokes evoke the movement of the treetops and animate even the immobile reeds, while the trunks on the right bank, executed in virtuoso white strokes that seem like markings, make the sunlight shine. On the other bank, a carpet of light also spreads out, its energetic effect again expressed in the brushstroke. The dynamic of the landscape is further enhanced by the complementary color contrasts between the greens, yellows, and browns on the one hand and the blue of the all-encompassing sky on the other. A contrast that is intensified by the reflection in the water. The evening coming to rest of the landscape is thus at the same time an all-encompassing contrasting and yet in itself harmonious movement. This reality becomes accessible to us as an experience in the impression of the landscape. About the artist Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller entered the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam in 1876 and studied under the innovative Professor August Allebé, who was famous for the Amsterdam Impressionism, also known as the Allebé School. In 1877, Wijsmuller transferred to the Hague Academy of Art, and thus to the Hague School, and then completed his studies at the Brussels Academy of Art. Returning to the Netherlands, Wijsmuller opened his own studio in Amsterdam. In 1883 he won the prestigious Young Artist Award, donated by Willink van Collen, which made Wijsmuller a well-known and sought-after artist. Wijsmuller was a member of the Societät Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam and the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. Wijsmuller belongs to the second generation of the Hague School. While Vincent van Gogh described the protagonists of the first generation to his brother Theo as "the great gray people," the second generation, and Wijsmuller in particular, used a much more colorful palette. His oeuvre makes him a major player in Dutch Impressionism...

A large French oil on canvas portrait of a dignitary from the Caucasus by Théophile Paul Marie Bérengier. The painting is signed and dated b...

Head Portrait of a Terrier Dog by W. Mitchell (English, late 19th Century) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 12 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and ...

Stately portrait circa 1900 of a woman in dark clothing with a green collar which is a copy of a similar portrait by Frank Duveneck 1875-1879. The woman i...

R.Ellis English late 19th century landscape of a Watermill by a Stream Original frame oils on card Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right. Ellis was a landscape painte...

W. Mitchell (late 19th Century) oil on board, unframed board: 12 x 10 inches inscribed verso dated 1893 after Sir Edwin Landseer provenance: private collection, England condition: ve...

Circle of Fred MORGAN (1847-1927) c1890 A sensitively painted portrait, possibly a study for a larger work, of a young country girl. Indistinctly signed ** Morgan, possibly Fred. Unfortunately Fred signed in a number of different ways depending on the grandeur of his work. However, a consistent element was the colour, a reddish brown similar to the colour of the signature on this painting. I can offer no provenance with this painting, so I am selling at as circle of Morgan rather than actually by him. “Frederick Morgan ROI was an English painter of portraits, animals, domestic and country scenes. He became known for his idyllic genre scenes of childhood. Morgan was born in London to John Morgan and his wife, Henrietta Hester Clare. His father was a successful genre artist sometimes known as 'Jury Morgan' (after one of his paintings The Gentlemen of the Jury). At the age of 14, he was taken out of school by his father who then tutored him in art. At the age of 16, while still studying with his father, his first picture, The Rehearsal, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and, after a hiatus of several years, his paintings were shown there regularly. For a while he worked as a portrait artist for an Aylesbury photographer; this training proved to be crucial as it "taught him how to observe closely and to give the greatest attention to detail." Eventually he turned to other subjects for his art, in particular idyllic genre scenes of country life and childhood. For many years, starting in 1874, Thomas Agnew & Sons' purchased all the work he produced. Although an excellent portrait artist, Morgan had problems in depicting pets and barnyard animals - he enlisted the aid of either Arthur John Elsley...

R.Ellis English late 19th-century landscape of a Watermill by a Stream and a bridge. Original frame oils on card Signed and dated on the reverse and lower right. Ellis was a la...

A beautiful signed and dated 1893 oil on board by Auguste Grass-Mick, the French impressionist painter who was friends and worked with Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. He pain...

Work on canvas Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood 59 x 49.5 x 5 cm

An antique American oil painting in its original period frame. This tonalist work features a stunning luminescent quality of the sun reflecting off a lake surrounded by trees. Thi...

Literature: Manuel Carrera, “Una ritrattistica manciniana nelle collezioni della Gnam,” Belle-Arti 131, no. 2 (2013), p. 44 (color illus.)

FRANCISCO DOMINGO MARQUÉS Spain, 1842 - 1920 REST IN THE TAVERN signed, located & dated “Domingo / PARIS / 1890” (lower left) oil on wood panel 9-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches (24 x 26 cm.) Francisco Domingo Marqués was a Spanish painter born in Valencia in 1842. He was a self-taught artist who began his career as a decorative painter before turning to portraiture, genre scenes, and landscapes. Marqués gained recognition for his realistic depictions of everyday life and his ability to capture the essence of his subjects. In 1864, Marqués moved to Madrid and joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he studied under Federico de Madrazo. He quickly became a prominent member of the Madrid art scene and exhibited his works at numerous prestigious exhibitions, including the National Exhibition of Fine Arts and the Paris Salon. Marqués was known for his use of vibrant colors and his masterful handling of light and shadow. He painted a wide range of subjects, including religious scenes, still lifes, and landscapes, but he is perhaps best known for his portraits of Spanish royalty...

An antique American folk art painting in its original period frame. Featuring a man walking his dogs in the woods with a stunning s...

ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 VENETIAN CANAL signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower left) oil on canvas 11-1/2 x 19-3/4 inche...

Circle of Carlos ALONSO-PÉREZ (1882-1949) Flirtation c1893 I am selling this painting as circle of Alonso Perez. It is signed bottom right, A Perez and ...

A beautiful and rare example of a figurative work by the French post-impressionist Ferdinand du Puigaudeau

ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 CA' D' ORO, VENICE signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right) oil on canvas 11-1/2 x 19-3/4 ...

Signed coastal landscape oil on panel circa 1890 by French impressionist painter Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet. The piece depicts several women in ...

French school end of 19th century Landscape by the river oil on paper 29 x 49,5 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 33,5 x 53.5 cm

Drummers were often thought of as young soldiers, joining the Army as young as 12 years old. The idea of young boys marching into battle was loved by the Victorians, and several roma...

A gorgeous novecento animalier painting, depicting a curious colt and.a white rabbit, by Gaetano Jerace (1860-1940) Gaetano Jerace was born in Polistena in Calabrian into a dynasty of artists: his brothers Francesco (1894-1937) and Vincenzo (1862-1947) also became painters. Gaetano moved to Naples as a young man, where a attended the Academy of Fine Arts, studying with Francesco Lojacono...

Louis Adolphe TESSIER (Angers 1858 – Angers 1915) Portrait de femme sous une treille et au panier de pêches Pastel H. 115 cm ; L. 75 cm Signé en bas à droite et daté 1890 Peintre a...

"Mending the Bank" 1899 - English Pastoral Oil on Linen by David Bates. Highly detailed country landscape with farmers and animals by a riverbank by D...

Antique American Impressionist painting by Hugh Ditzler (1871-1949) dated 1893. Painting is an original oil on canvas depicting the 1893 Columbian Exposit...

Nils Hans Christiansen (1850-1929) Denmark Winter Landscape With an Old Tree oil on canvas late 19th century signed canvas dimensions 15.94 x 12.79 inches (40.5 x 32.5 cm) frame 2...

An interesting homage to the issue of rank amongst the crews and officers of all vessels, a captain is carried to his ready command by one of his subordinates through the ocean surf ...

ALEXANDER FRENZ "BACCANALE IN THE FOREST" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED GERMAN, C.1900 39 X 33 INCHES Alexander Frenz 1861-1941 He was born in 1861 in ...

Outstanding late 19th century English Impressionist landscape, with a horse and cart in a village. Described in 1893 by George Moore as "our greatest living landscape painter," Will...

19th Century Dutch

Exhibited: Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, Paris, 1893 (as Jeune Fille arrosant ses fleurs) Literature: Michel, Jean Pierre, François Guiguet (Corbelin, France, 1996), p. 102 (n...

Woman in a Field Oil on canvas, 1894 Signed and dated 1894, lower right corner Unframed A major exhibition work by this American Expatriate painter. From the linear descendants of th...

French school end of 19th century Seaside with two characters, oil on paper 27 x 49 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 35 x 57 cm

Pensive in thought sitting at a wood-slat stern bench of a departing vessel in New York Harbor, the prominent grandeur of the Statue of Liberty recently passed, a woman and her loyal...

Two Early Massachusetts Paintings Boy fishing "Beaver Pool" - "The Conway" 1897 Pair of early Massachusetts paintings on walnut wood pane...

"Straw Barge" on the Thames (after) Edward Duncan Oil on Linen 1898 Well executed study of E. Duncan's Straw Barge circa 1881, painted by Richard Hayley Lever...

Imperial Forums and Coliseum on the background is an artwork realized in 1899. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Titled and date on the lower margin. Unreadable monogram. Good...

Attributed to Randolph Caldecott, a well-known English painter, and illustrator of English Pub interior scenes. The scene is great fun, as we can see di...

Outstanding English Impressionist landscape with figures strolling under trees with the sea beyond. Joseph Vickers de Ville was a son of the farmers Joseph and Mary Deville. He was...

'His First Suit,' a large Victorian oil painting, signed 'Fred Morgan' English, c.1899 Frame: Height 109cm, width 133cm, depth 8cm Canvas: Height 92cm, width 116cm, depth 2.5cm Executed in oil-on-canvas, and mounted in a carved giltwood frame, this beautiful English painting, titled 'His first suit,' is by the late Victorian artist Frederick Morgan, an artist working in a similar style to that of the more well known Arthur John Elsley...

Beautiful signed and dated divisionist oil on canvas portrait by sought after French post impressionist painter Henri Martin. The depicts a side view the artist's wife who is wearing...

Beautifully painted sunset on the river with a single figure in a punt and cattle crossing by the American artist, George Riecke. Most likely a New Orlea...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Artist: Henry John Yeend King (English, 1855-1924) Title: "Fetching Water by the River" *Signed by King lower left Circa: 1890 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Frame...

Soren Emil Carlsen (1848 - 1932) A Man in His Garden, 1893 Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: The artist [1848-1932] Macbeth Gallery, New ...

Landscape oil on panel circa 1890 by French Post Impressionist painter Louis Hayet. The cityscape depicts elegant figures and horses and carts in Les Grands Boulevards in Paris, France. Signature: Signed lower right and titled verso Dimensions: Framed: 12.25"x15.5" Provenance: The collection of Andre Metthey...

Oil Painting Pair by Alessandro Sani "Flirtation" 1856 - 1927. Italian painter of domestic and historical scenes and professor of Art. Based in Flore...

19th century English impressionist scene of the Barbizon forest, near Paris France, with a river, cows, and trees. Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by E...