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Period: 19th Century
Danish School Late 19th Century Oil Painting.
Located in Holywell, GB
Danish School 19th Century
A typical Scandinavian composition showing a woman heading towards a gate. This genre of painting is designed to intrigue the viewer and ask the question,...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Tranquil Coastal Scene with Weathered Fishing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Coastal Scene
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For more any ...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Romantic School, 19th Century, Manly head of bearded man, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School
19th Century
Manly head of bearded man
oil on canvas
46 x 37.8 cm
In fairly good condition, some inpaintings visible under UV light, mainly in the backgrounds ...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jean Adolphe Boucé (French painter) - 19th century landscape painting - Hunt
Located in Varmo, IT
Jean Adolphe Boucé (1818 - 1875) - Deer Hunting.
33.5 x 43 cm without frame, 38.5 x 48 cm with frame.
Oil on paper applied on canvas, in a contemporary 19th century frame.
- Work ...
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Naturalistic 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paper
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, Paris with river and cows
Located in Woodbury, CT
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...
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Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'A Forest in Winter' by Hendrik Barend Koekkoek (Amsterdam 1849 – 1909 London)
Located in Knokke, BE
Hendrik Barend Koekkoek
Amsterdam 1849 – 1909 London
Dutch Painter
'Figures Strolling through a Forest in Winter'
Signature: signed lower right 'H B Koekkoek', c. 1882-1900
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: image size 76,5 x 64 cm, frame size 103 x 89,5 cm
Biography: Hendrik Barend Koekkoek, often signing as Hendrik Barend (H.B.) Koekkoek, in the realm of 19th-century art, emerges as a captivating painter born in Amsterdam on November 23, 1849. A scion of the esteemed Koekkoek family, he gained renown for his landscapes and woodland scenes, following in the artistic footsteps of his father, marine painter Hermanus Koekkoek.
Barend Hendrik Koekkoek’s life unfolds with a certain mystery, his artistic journey shaped by training from his father and, likely, his uncle Marinus Adrianus. In 1878, he tied the knot with Carolina Allardina Cornelia Pierson and ventured into the artistic scenes of Hilversum and Brussels, simultaneously opening an art dealership in Amsterdam.
Around 1882, the call of London beckoned, echoing the path paved by his brother Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger. In England, he painted landscapes near Guildford, akin to his cousin Pieter Hendrik Koekkoek. The latter part of his life remains shrouded in obscurity.
Barend Hendrik Koekkoek’s artistic style, steeped in the romantic tradition of the Koekkoek family, adorned canvases with landscapes, woodlands, and marine scenes. His London sojourn witnessed the creation of winter landscapes with towering trees, showcased in exhibitions across Dutch cities. He breathed his last in London before 1909.
His artistic legacy lives on in institutions like the Paul Tétar van...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 1800's Scottish Oil Painting, Figures in Highland Landscape Golden Light
By Patrick Nasmyth
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Circle of Patrick Nasmyth (1787-1831) British
Title: A Highland Landscape with Figures in the foreground,
Medium: Oil on Card, Inscribed on a label verso
Size:
car...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,243 Sale Price
30% Off
Signed French Impressionist Antique Oil Portrait of Man with Beard Paris Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed French School, Bouchet (19th-20th Century)
Title: Portrait of a bearded man
Medium: oil on board
Size: 11 x 8.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fran...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Falling Asleep While Spinning Yarn
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Falling Asleep While Spinning Yarn" by Louis Edwarmay is a captivating piece that beautifully captures the quietude and exhaustion of daily labor. The painting portrays a woman in t...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Naive School Early 19th Century Oil - The Farmstead
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming naive study of farmer and their animals at a feeding trough. Presented in a rustic gilt frame. On canvas.
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$684 Sale Price
20% Off
English Antique landscape with farmers harvesting in a field collecting hay
Located in Woodbury, CT
Victorian English Landscape, Haymaking near Hazlemere, Surrey
A Victorian English harvesting landscape by John Seymour Adams captures the essence of a bygone era, offering more than...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hyena head
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph Urbain MÉLIN
(Paris, 1814 – Avon, 1886)
Hyena head
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
40,5 x 32 cm without frame
65 x 57 cm with frame
1854
Born in Paris on Februar...
Category
French School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline
19th Century School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 39.5 x 3...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Woodland Landscape with River Figure Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Woodland Landscape
French Barbican School, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition...
Category
Barbizon School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19thC portrait of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th century watercolor of the Duc De Chartres and Louis Philippe with their horses out Fox hunting.
The piece is a fine quality watercolor, well framed in an Eng...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Shepherd Boy with Dog late 19th Century Framed Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This young shepherd clearly didn't want to pose for the artist, but something caught his attention, and in this expression and look, the artist masterfully depicted the whole range o...
Category
Realist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Renaissance Style Italian Old Master Painting Madonna & Child Tender Embrace
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th/ early 20th Century Italian School
Madonna and Child
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
Category
Renaissance 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English Boats on a river with sailing, rowing and a paddle boat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very pretty English 19th century River landscape with sailboats, a Paddle Steamer, and a crew rowing.
Possibly a view on the Thames in London, this piece ...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Waiting
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Excerpted from The Painter's Journey: The Art of William S. Robinson, The Cooley Gallery
Born in East Gloucester, Massachusetts, William S. Robinson became a talented and successful...
Category
American Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Baigneuses - Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil by Jean Louis Forain
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist figurative oil on canvas circa 1890 by sought after French impressionist painter Jean Louis Forain. The piece depicts bathers in a dark landscape.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Framed: 32"x37"
Unframed: 24"x29"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Jean Forain was the son of a painter and decorator and was apprenticed to a visiting card engraver. He studied briefly under Gérôme and Carpeaux at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly visited the Louvre, where he copied works by the masters. It is said that for a time he made a precarious living by selling small drawings in the style of Grévin. He went on to collaborate on various publications as a draughtsman and columnist, starting in 1876 on La Cravache and then collaborating on the newspapers Le Journal Amusant, Le Figaro and L'Écho de Paris. This introduced him to the diverse worlds of Paris society - the world of the theatre, of shows, and of literature - where he wryly noted the habits and shortcomings particular to each. This led him to follow a route very characteristic of this period, already seen in the work of Steinlen, Caran d'Ache and Toulouse-Lautrec in the journals La Pléiade, La Vogue...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Victorian English Oil Painting Cottages in Winter Snow Landscape Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter Landscape
English School, 19th century
oil on canvas , framed
framed: 23.5 x 32 inches
canvas : 16 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, the Cotswolds, England
Condition...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,560 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Continental Oil Painting City River Busy Shipping Scene framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
European School, 19th century
View of boats on water and buildings
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 22 inches
board: 11.5 x 17.5 inches
private collecti...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,755 Sale Price
30% Off
Amor et Pietas - Important 19th Century Royal Academy Exhibition Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Amor et Pietas’ by Ursula Wood S.W.A. (1868-1956).
The painting – which depicts a group of children laying to rest their pet dog – is signed and dated by the artist. Ursula Wood’s ...
Category
Aesthetic Movement 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed 19th Century British Oil Painting Angler on Golden Light River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Angler on the River
British School, 19th century
indistinctly signed lower corner
titled to old label verso
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 10 x 8.5 inches
canvas: 8.75 x 7 in...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Orientalist Equestrian Oil Painting by Wordsworth Thompson
Located in London, GB
Antique Orientalist equestrian oil painting by Wordsworth Thompson
American, 1896
Canvas: Height 30cm, width 46cm
Frame: Height 42cm, 57cm, d...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Fine Antique Italian Oil Cannaregio Canal Venice Busy Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice
Italian School, 19th century, after Francesco Guardi, Italian 1712-1793
oil on panel
Painting: 8 x 10 inches
condition: overall very sound, with ...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Feeding the Ducks' an antique oil painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
This painting is in excellent condition having been behind glass until recently. The colours are preserved and the canvas is blemish free.
Artwork Size: 30 x 36" (76 x 91cm)
Artwor...
Category
Dutch School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$52,371 Sale Price
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Still Life with Flowers - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stil life with flowers is an artwork realized by an artist of the mid-20th Century.
Oil on panel, 35 x 48 cm with frame; panel 20 x 32 cm.
Good conditions
Category
Modern 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$531 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique English Oil Painting Gentleman Squire with Horse outside Village Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Tavern
Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18 x 22 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: a...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,457 Sale Price
30% Off
ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL C. 1820'S PORTRAIT OF MERCHANT ON SHIP WITH GLOBE & MAP
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Anglo/ American School, early 19th century.
Title: Full length portrait of a seated young gentleman wearing a dark suit, cream waistc...
Category
Realist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century Irish portrait of a man, smoking a Pipe, seated in a barn interior.
Located in Woodbury, CT
late 19th-century Irish school portrait of a seated man smoking a pipe in a barn interior.
A very well-painted and skillfully composed portrait of a wor...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century landscape oil painting of the river Severn
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Robert John Hammond
British, (1853-1911)
On the River Severn
Oil on canvas, signed & inscribed verso in pencil to stretcher
Image size: 15.25 inches x 23.25 inches
Size including frame: 21.25 inches x 29.25 inches
An attractive landscape scene of figures on the banks of the river Severn by Robert John Hammond. A man can be seen steadying a boat whilst a woman and her daughter wait by the bank.
Robert John Hammond was a landscape painter born in Blackfriars, London in 1853. By the time he was 18 he had moved to Sutton Coldfield where he initially became an apprentice watchmaker before becoming a full time artist. In 1871, he married Lucy Banner, the sister of the artist Alfred...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Mr. Pierre Rougé and portrait of Mrs. Mathilde Rougé, born Rauch
Located in Paris, IDF
Adélaïde SALLES-WAGNER
(Dresden, 1824 – Paris, 1890)
Portrait of Mr. Pierre Rougé
Portrait of Mrs. Mathilde Rougé, born Rauch
Pair of oils on canvas
Signed lower right for one and ...
Category
French School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor
By Henry King Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
Henry King Taylor was a marine and coastal scene painter who lived in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1859 to 1864 with titles includi...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large scale 19th Century historical genre oil painting of a group of musicians
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Robert Alexander Hillingford
British, (1828-1904)
The Duke’s Musicians – A Reminiscence of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 40 inches x 59 inches
Size including frame: 47.5 inches x 66.5 inches
Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883, no. 844
Exhibited at the Yorkshire Institute
A large-scale Royal Academy painting...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Georgian Young Ladies Woodland Park Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Morning Amusement'
English School, circa 1800's
after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, British 1723-1792
oil painting on canvas, unframed
please...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,262 Sale Price
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“Cuore Sacro” olio su tavola in legno cm 30x28 ca 1800
Located in Torino, IT
Opera di fine 1800, Cornice originale restaurata in più punti
The "Sacred Heart" is often associated with Catholic devotion, representing the love and compassion of Jesus.
This dev...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
$4,204 Sale Price
30% Off
A Fine Austrian/Russian Oil on Board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback"
Located in LA, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" within an ornate giltwood frame, circa 1890
Born in ...
Category
Baroque 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Garden with Blooming Chestnut Trees, France
Located in Stockholm, SE
Viggo Loos lists the painting under works from 1875 as a "Skåne farmstead," but this is likely incorrect. Skånberg was in France at that time. In this composition, he incorporates a ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charity - Royal Academy exhib. 19thC art Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting
By Rudolf Lehmann
Located in London, GB
This stunning circular 19th century oil painting is by noted prolific Royal Academy exhibited artist Rudolf Lehmann. A portrait artist, German born Lehmann moved to England in 1866 w...
Category
Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$44,571 Sale Price
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John Berney Ladbrooke, 19th Century oil painting of a river landscape
By John Berney Ladbrooke
Located in Harkstead, GB
A most attractive painting with an extensive view towards a church tower, just as a rain shower is approaching. The picture includes a charming little figure group of a mother holdin...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Victorian Figurative Oil Painting of Young Lady Lacemaker in a Cottage Interior
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Figurative Oil Painting of a Young Lady Lacemaker in a Cottage Interior. Oil on Canvas laid on artists board and Framed in its original Gilt Frame.
William H Weatherhead 1...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century coaching scene oil painting
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Heywood Hardy
British, (1842-1933)
The Arrival of the Coach
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 19 inches x 29 inches
Size including frame: 25.75 inches x 35.75 inches
A superb paint...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905 French
Jeune mère contemplant deux enfants qui s'embrassent
(Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children)
Signed “W-Bouguereau” (bottom ...
Category
Academic 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Italian School Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th Century Italian School Oil Painting
Bread and daily work of the people
Original oil painting over relined canvas
Canvas dimensions approximately 12" x 16"
Frame dimensi...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cavaliers Rest Fine Large Antique English Oil Horses & Dogs Village Tavern
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavaliers Rest
English School, 19th century
The painting is after Sir Edwin Landseer's earlier painting which hangs in the National Trust's collection.
oil painting on canvas, fr...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,312 Sale Price
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Woman nestled in an armchair
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph-Désiré COURT
(Rouen, 1797 – Paris, 1865)
Woman nestled in an armchair
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left
81 x 65 cm
1834
Exhibition: in all likelihood, number 50 of ...
Category
French School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Femme à la promenade
By Albert Andre
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Large and historically significant post-impressionist painting by Albert André.
Exhibition:
Exposition Post et Néo-Impressionniste, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, 10–31 March 1899, n...
Category
Post-Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Norwegian Fjord, Karl Kaufmann, Neuplachowitz 1843 – 1905 Vienna, Austrian
Located in Knokke, BE
A Norwegian Fjord
Kaufmann Karl
Neuplachowitz 1843 – 1905 Vienna
Austrian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom right with pseudonym J. Holmstedt
Medium: Oi...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape - Oil on Canvas by G. W. Mote - 1888
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original oil painting on canvas, realized by the British artist George William Mote (1832-1909).
Hand-signed and dated in red oil color on lower right corner "G.W. M...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wicket basket with Anemones a humble festive gift 19th century floral still life
Located in Norwich, GB
A charming 19th Century painting of Anemone flowers in a wicker basket. It has a warm, seasonal and festive feel. I love the great simplicity and sincerity it exudes. French in origi...
Category
French School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Nude
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Private collection, St. Petersburg, Florida;
Arthur and Holly Magill, Greenville, South Carolina, acquired from the above;
Sotheby’s, New York, 30 November 2000, lot 11, s...
Category
Aesthetic Movement 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19th century Victorian English Antique landscape with cottage, figure and cows
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful and outstanding example by one of England's known and much-loved 18th and 19th-century painters. Morland was an English painter who became one of the most popular artists o...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a French Military Officer
Located in Milford, NH
A finely detailed oil painting portrait of a French military officer in dress uniform with sword, unsigned, and housed in a period decorative gilt gessoed frame with a London Freeman...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century English Yacht on the high sea with a lighthouse in stormy sky's
Located in Woodbury, CT
This maritime scene by Nicholas Matthew Condy, the celebrated English marine painter continues to reveal his deep fascination with ships and the shifting moods of the sea. The compos...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Dutch Canal Town With Figures and Boats by Dutch Artist Adrianus Eversen
By Adrianus Eversen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Adrianus Eversen (1818-1897) was an artist who created outstanding paintings of cities, and his works are a time travel back to another era of archite...
Category
Realist 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Genre Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful 19th century oil on canvas. Probably European but not sure. I do not see a signature. Housed in lovely burl wood frame which measures 30 1/4 inches wide by 22 1/2 high. Pai...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique British Oil Painting Fisherman Highland Stream at Sunset, framed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing the Highland Stream
by George Henry Jenkins (British, 1843-1914)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 24 inches
board: 12 x 20 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Engl...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Tonalist Landscape -- Afternoon by the Pond
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous tonalist oil painting woman walking in field by pond with home in background by Willis Seaver Adams (American, 1844-1921), circa 1880. Trees and an amazing sky in the background add depth and interest to this beautiful piece. Signed "W. S. Adams" lower right corner. Condition: Previous restoration includes relining of canvas. Frame is vintage gilt molded and wood frame and shows previous repair of molding losses. Image size: 20"H x 24"W.
Auctions records for the artist exceed $6,000.
Willis Seaver Adams was known for his landscapes of the Connecticut River Valley. A relative recluse for much of his artistic life, his loneliness can be seen in much of his works. Oil miniatures were the focus for almost all of his later works. He is credited with over 425 oils, watercolors, and drawings.
Willis Seaver was born in 1844 on a farm in Suffield, near the Connecticut River. He intermittently attended the Suffield Academy, and always wanted to be a painter. A wealthy doctor became his patron, and financed his studies in 1868 at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. When the doctor passed away, Adams returned home and struggled to make a living painting. After working for a photographer for three years, he opened his own studio.
Adams helped organize Cleveland's first watercolor exhibit in 1876. Soon thereafter, he completed a portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes, then governor of Ohio, prior to his becoming President of the United States. This portrait enhanced Adams notoriety.
In 1878, Adams traveled to Italy where he opened a studio in Venice, and became friendly with neighbor James Whistler. Prior to returning to Springfield, Adams lived in Florence, Italy for three years. He returned to became an instructor for the Springfield Art Association, and began to exhibit his works at the galleries of James D. Gill. His first one-man exhibit was held there in 1894. Other successful exhibitions took place in Chicago, New York, and Boston. Although his works garnered respectable prices and reflected his success, Adams felt he was due more recognition.
In 1906, he moved to Greenfield, Massachusetts and converted a barn into a studio. There, he fell into relative obscurity, accompanied mainly by his dog, Collie. In 1921, Adams passed away.
Examples of Willis Adams works can be seen at the Kent Memorial Library, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Suffield Academy. Several Suffield residents are thought to own Adams paintings.
Category
Hudson River School 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Scene Near Niagara Falls
By Louis Lang
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful oval landscape painting with two young girls reading near Niagara Falls by German American artist Louis Lang (1814-1893). Lang was born in Waldsee, Wurtemberg, Germany, and came from an artistic family, his father being a history painter. Combining this heritage with his own native talents, he was producing successful pastels at age sixteen. Lang studied in Stuttgart, Germany and Paris, France, before coming to the United States in 1838. He first settled in Philadelphia, then lived in Italy from 1841-1845, before returning to America (1847) and living the majority of his life in New York City, with frequent visits to Europe. During the Civil War, Lang was working in the well-known artistic landmark, the Tenth Street Studio Building, in New York City. John F. Kensett and Emanuel Leutze...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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