19th Century Figurative Paintings

Il dipinto è uno studio piuttosto elaborato e finito della figura del decemviro Appio Claudio, e del suo entourage con i littori, che primeggia nella parte sinistra della monumentale...

A charming late 19th century oil after William Stephen Coleman's (1829-1904) painting 'The Goldfish Bowl'. Signed with a monogram and dated to the lower right. Presented in a gilt fr...

A very fine 19th-century nautical seascape study depicting sailors returning to shore from a long voyage. A sailing ship sits on the horizon as the sun begins to set in the distance....

This fine study is a charming depiction of an intimate domestic scene with figures gathered around a glowing fire for warmth. The artist employs a muted colour palette and loose brus...

This small painting, housed in an ornate gilt effect frame, depicts a rural scene with a lowly hill farmer, his donkeys and goats. The composition draws the eye across the horizontal...

A fine 19th-century oil study of Moses in the desert as he strikes the rock to produce water. The Israelites gather around, in gestures of amazement as they gather the water in bowls...

"The Badminton Player" French School, 19th century unsigned oil painting on canvas, framed painting: 24 x 14 inches framed: 28.5 x 18.5 inches Very rare early portrayal of a young ...

Sir Alfred East painted a series of moonlit landscapes that is reminiscent of the Barbizon school of painters, Corot, and some of the impressionists. This painting has two light sources. The moonlight and window light which is depicted by the artist in a deep yellow. Highlights from the window skim off the top of the shrubs. "East was one of the most acclaimed landscape painters of his time." Tate Gallery " His particular strength was in painting the effect of different lights on the landscape. " Fine Arts Museums San Francisco. Sir Alfred Edward East RA RBA (15 December 1844 – 28 September 1913) was an English painter. He studied in Paris with Bouguereau. In 1906 he was elected President of the Royal Society of British Artists. He was awarded a Knighthood in 1910 by King Edward VII. His portrait was painted by Philip de Laszlo...

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

Oil on pannel by J.E. KARNEC, born in 1865 (in Austria after GERALD SCHURR), died in 1934. Painter of landscapes, seascapes, port landscapes, water landscapes. "Orientalist trend" (...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 18.75 x 25 inches Framed size: 29.5 x 35.5 inches Signed and dated 1890 lower left

Maximilien Luce (Fr. 1858 - 1941) Farm Scene Painting Maximilien Luce incorporates ink, crayon, and watercolor to create a large impressionistic and multifaceted social statement of...

19th Century Dutch

AMEDEO SIMONETTI Italian, 1874-1922 The Rug Merchant Signed Amedeo Simonetti Watercolor on paper 21 x 14 inches Framed: 27 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches

Oil on cardboard realized by Pietro Michis (1836-1903) in the late 19th Century. Includes a coeval gilded wooden frame cm. 28.5x30. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.

Gustave Doyen (1836 in Festieux – 1923 in Fontainebleau) was a French painter working during 19th and 20th centuries in France. He was educated at St Edmund's College in Douai and trained by William...

Anónimo. "Virgen con niño". Óleo cobre tela. Medidas obra: 55 cm. x 40 cm. Medidas marco: 81 cm. x 66,5 cm. Interesante oleo sobre lienzo de Virgen con Niño, es de Escuela coloni...

Antique Victorian, Impressionist 19th century English oil, Fishings boat at Sea. Adolphus Knell was a superb painter of marine subjects during the middle of the 19th century. His wor...

Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain Plaque Depicting an Exotic Nude Woman is a sheer dress carrying a vase in a courtyard. Possibly a royal or aa slave. Late 19th century Impressed "K.P.M....

Italian oil on canvas painting of a lacemaker by Paoletti Italian, late 19th Century Frame: Height 119cm, width 93cm, depth 5cm Canvas: Height 101cm, width 76cm This beautiful paint...

Noughts & Crosses, 19th Century William Bromley (1816-1890) Large 19th Century Victorian Classroom interior of a teacher and his class playing noughts and crosses...

This interesting British 19th century coastal landscape oil painting is by noted Suffolk School artist Edward Robert Smythe. Painted circa 1850 it is a busy coastal landscape with fi...

Alexandre DE ANDREIS (1830-1910) "Le Mousquetaire / The Musketeer" Oil on panel Signed lower right Painting: 45 x 29 cm (17 3/4 x 11 3/8 in.) Framed: ...

This evocative winter scene by Bengt Nordenberg captures a quiet moment of everyday life: two children stand on the frozen edge of a river or lake, watching as their mother washes cl...

A charming 19th-century oil depicting a painter at work whilst his subjects pose in front of a fireplace. The artist captures the warm, intimate atmosphere of a rustic interior, with...

Signed figures in interior oil on panel by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The piece depicts two old men seated in an interior. One is reading his paper as the other naps and there are several kittens on the floor. Painted in the artist's distinctive style. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 9.5"x8" Unframed: 5.5"x4" Provenance: Brame & Lorenceau have confirmed the authenticity of this work and it will be included in the digital catalogue raisonne of the painter which is under preparation A certificate of authenticity fromBrame & Lorenceau accompanies this painting Private collection - United States Original artists label verso Jean-François Raffaëlli's father was a failed Italian businessman and Raffaëlli himself was, among other things, a church chorister, actor and theatre singer. He then studied under Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He travelled to Italy, Spain and Algeria and on his return to France settled in Asnières. In 1876, on a trip to Brittany, he first saw the potential of realist subject matter, if treated seriously. He became involved in meetings of artists at the Café Guerbois, where the Impressionist painters used to gather. As a result, Degas, contrary to the advice of the group, introduced Raffaëlli to the Impressionist exhibitions - according to one uncertain source as early as the very first exhibition, at the home of Nadar, and certainly to those of 1880 and 1881. In 1904, Raffaëlli founded the Society for Original Colour Engraving. He first exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1870 and continued to exhibit there until he joined the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881, where he earned a commendation in 1885, was made Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1889 and in the same year was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle. In 1906 he was made Officier of the Légion d'Honneur. He was also a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1884, a private exhibition of his work cemented his reputation. He contributed to several newspapers such as The Black Cat (Le Chat Noir) in 1885 and The French Mail (Le Courrier Français) in 1886 and 1887. He published a collection entitled Parisian Characters, which captured his favourite themes of the street, the neighbourhood and local people going about their lives. In 1880 he participated, with Forain, on the illustration of Joris Karl Huysmans' Parisian Sketches (Croquis Parisiens). He also illustrated Huysman's Works. As well as working as an illustrator, he also made etchings and coloured dry-points. His early attempts at painting were genre scenes, but once he was settled in Asnières he started to paint picturesque views of Parisian suburbs. From 1879 onwards, his subject matter drew on the lives of local people. These popular themes, which he treated with humanity and a social conscience, brought him to the attention of the social realist writers of the time such as Émile Zola. In addition to his realist style, Raffaëlli's dark palette, which ran contrary to the Impressionist aesthethic, helped to explain the opposition of those painters to his participation in their exhibitions. More concerned with drawing than colour, he used black and white for most of his paintings. Towards the end of his life, he lightened his palette, but without adopting any other principles of the Impressionist technique. After painting several portraits, including Edmond de Goncourt and Georges Clémenceau, he returned to genre painting, particularly scenes of bourgeois life. Later in his career, he painted mainly Breton-inspired sailors and views of Venice. His views of the Paris slums and the fortifications, sites which have almost completely disappeared, went some way towards establishing a genre in themselves and perpetuated the memory of the area: The Slums, Rag-and-Bone Man, Vagabond, Sandpit, In St-Denis, Area of Fortifications. His realistic and witty portrayal of typical Parisian townscapes accounts for his enduring appeal. Born in Paris, he was of Tuscan descent through his paternal grandparents. He showed an interest in music and theatre before becoming a painter in 1870. One of his landscape paintings was accepted for exhibition at the Salon in that same year. In October 1871 he began three months of study under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris; he had no other formal training. Raffaëlli produced primarily costume pictures until 1876, when he began to depict the people of his time—particularly peasants, workers, and ragpickers seen in the suburbs of Paris—in a realistic style. His new work was championed by influential critics such as J.-K. Huysmans, as well as by Edgar Degas. The ragpicker became for Raffaëlli a symbol of the alienation of the individual in modern society. Art historian Barbara S. Fields has written of Raffaëlli's interest in the positivist philosophy of Hippolyte-Adolphe Taine, which led him to articulate a theory of realism that he christened caractérisme. He hoped to set himself apart from those unthinking, so-called realist artists whose art provided the viewer with only a literal depiction of nature. His careful observation of man in his milieu paralleled the anti-aesthetic, anti-romantic approach of the literary Naturalists, such as Zola and Huysmans. Degas invited Raffaëlli to participate in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1880 and 1881, an action that bitterly divided the group; not only was Raffaëlli not an Impressionist, but he threatened to dominate the 1880 exhibition with his outsized display of 37 works. Monet, resentful of Degas's insistence on expanding the Impressionist exhibitions by including several realists, chose not to exhibit, complaining, "The little chapel has become a commonplace school which opens its doors to the first dauber to come along."An example of Raffaëlli's work from this period is Les buveurs d'absinthe (1881, in the California Palace of Legion of Honor Art Museum in San Francisco). Originally titled Les déclassés, the painting was widely praised at the 1881 exhibit. After winning the Légion d'honneur in 1889, Raffaëlli shifted his attention from the suburbs of Paris to city itself, and the street scenes that resulted were well received by the public and the critics. He made a number of sculptures, but these are known today only through photographs.[2] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the later years of his life, he concentrated on color printmaking. Raffaëlli died in Paris on February 11, 1924 Museum and Gallery Holdings: Béziers: Peasants Going to Town Bordeaux: Bohemians at a Café Boston: Notre-Dame; Return from the Market Brussels: Chevet of Notre-Dame; pastel Bucharest (Muz. National de Arta al României): Market at Antibes; Pied-à-terre Copenhagen: Fishermen on the Beach Douai: Return from the Market; Blacksmiths Liège: Absinthe Drinker...

JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER Spanish, 1817 - 1879 RIDERS PASSING BY A TAVERN signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla, 1847." (lower l...

'A Lady on a Country Path' C. Ward (19th-20th Century) British signed oil painting on canvas, framed dated 1877 framed: 16 x 24 inches canvas: 12 x 20inches provenance: private coll...

Large Victorian painting of children resting outdoors by J.O. Banks English, late 19th Century Frame: Height 91cm, width 111cm, depth 10cm Can...

Italian Romantic painter (19th century) - Lady and Musketeer. 40.5 x 40.5 cm without frame, 42 x 42 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in wooden frame (not signed). Condition report: L...

A Fine Pair of Allegorical Paintings of Poetry and Music by Charles Chaplin Title: Allegory of Poetry and Music Artist: Charles Chaplin (French, 1825-1891) Date: 19th Century Medium...

Francesco Guarana (active in Venice in the second half of the 19th century) - Venice, view of the beginning of the Grand Canal with the Basilica of S. Maria ...

This superb British Impressionist 19th century oil painting is by noted artist William Christian Symons. Painted circa 1880 it is a figurative interior composition of a musical event...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 25 x 16.5 inches Framed size: 32.75 x 24.75 inches Signed lower right

Continental painter (19th century) - Landscape with flock at sunset. 61 x 81 cm without frame, 78 x 97 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame and gilded p...

Work on cardboard Molded frame in wood and gilded plaster 52.5 x 60.5 x 7 cm

This beautiful view of a Florentine courtyard was painted by A. Marrani, an artist who, in the late 19th Century, painted many views of the Tuscan city. The cortile (‘courtyard’) sho...

Picking Roses French School, late 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound condition

19th century English Folk Art Landscape with Cottage. This charming English Victorian 19th-century folk art landscape is a delightful portrayal of pastoral life, blending a quaint t...

Early 20th Century English Autumn river landscape with a Norman Church. Abraham Hulk Junior was born in the Netherlands in 1851 to renowned Dutch ...

Watermill Cottage at Bettswyscoed, Wales signed oil on board, framed Framed: 14 x 17 inches Board: 9 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition; the an...

RICARDO BRUGADA Y PANIZO Spanish, 1867 - 1919 LA HORA DEL TÉ signed & dated "Ricardo Brugada. 1897." (lower left) oil on canvas 22-1/8 x 31.5 inches (5...

Oil on panel Panel size: 4.75 x 6 inches each Framed size: 9.25 x 11 inches each Monogrammed and dates '66

If Vogue magazine existed in the late 19th century, this sitter could be on the cover. The depth of her feminine beauty and sweetness is mesmerizing. She looks at you. You look ...

Fishing Under The Setting Sun by William Thornley British fl. 1858 - 1898 Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 24 inches Framed size: 22.25 x 30.25 inches ...

JOAQUÍN DOMÍNGUEZ BÉCQUER Spanish, 1817 - 1879 THE CARD GAME signed, located & dated "Joaq. D. Becquer. Sevilla - 1849." (lower left) oil on ...

A Friendly Game Spring day in England Original Oil Painting Walter Dendy Sadler Jovial companions enjoy a game of cards by Walter Dendy Sadler,.RA...

Set of four delicious putto figures , oval shape oil on canvas . Fine tromple oeil painted frame . Very good original condition.

The Harvest Workers English School, 19th century indistinctly inscribed lower front corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 10 x 8.5 inches canvas: 8.75 x 7 inches Provenance: ...

ENRIQUE ATALAYA Spanish, 1851 - 1913 BELEM´S TOWER, LISBON signed "ATALAYA" (lower right) oil on wood panel 6-1/4 x 8-1/8 inches (15.8 x 20.5 cm.) fram...

Antoine-Claude PONTHUS-CINIER (Lyon, 1812 - Lyon, 1885) The Port of Banyuls Oil on paper mounted on cardboard H. 36 cm; W. 52 cm Unsigned Provenance: - B.R. Collection, Lyon Ponthu...

Artist/ School: Robert John Hammond (British, exhibited 1882-1911), signed lower front corner. Hammond was a painter of landscapes, animals and rural scenes. Hammond was thought to ...

Portrait of a Bearded Man French Impressionist artist, late 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 38.5 x 30.5 inches canvas: 36 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, Franc...

Amanti alla Fontana - Lovers by a fountain, painting oil on canvas, Signed left sight. Measures: cm 70 x 100 frame 118 x 145 Faustini Modesto. Brescia, 27 maggio 1839 - Roma, 23 m...

Tranquil Riverbank English School, late 19th century oil on canvas, framed Framed: 18.75 x 31 inches Canvas: 12 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good co...

A charming scene depicting a woman and her dog in a kitchen interior. The dog eats scraps from the floor whilst the woman washes dishes, looking directly to the artist, capturing a g...

Date: 1886 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 14.00" x 17.00" Signature: Signed at Bottom Right Corner Wide Awake Magazine, Oct., 1886.

Ferdinand Fagerlin (Swedish/German, 1825-1907) Attributed, Interior Scene with Fabric Sellers, Oil on Canvas, 19th century, apparently unsigned, gil...

Oil on canvas Shooting by the woods by Chapman Bayley (1818-1832) Early 19th Century gent standing by the woods with his two dogs shooting. Signed by the artist in original frame. Ch...

Pair of French Neoclassical oil paintings by Dubost French, 1809/11 Frame: Height 70.5cm, width 86cm, depth 9cm Panel: Height 45cm, width 61c...