19th Century Figurative Paintings

'A Game of Cards' George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) British signed watercolor on board, framed framed: 10 x 11 inches board: 9.5 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Engla...

Study of man is an original artwork realized in the late 19th Century and attributed to the painter Marcello Dragonetti. Mixed colored oil paintig on canvas. Titled and signature ...

French School of the 19th century, Attributed to Achille Deveria (1800-1857) A Lady and a boy with a dog, a Renaissance style scene Oil on wood panel 22 x 13 cm A label on the revers...

Lovely painting by the artist. Several small areas of inpainting mostly around the top and edges, visible under black light only. Several small areas of paint loss in upper center (s...

French painter (late 19th century) - Stormy sea. 61 x 91 cm. Old oil painting on canvas, without frame. Condition report: Original canvas. Good state of conservation of the pictor...

Jean-Jacques CHAMPIN (Sceaux, 1796 – Paris, 1860) View of the Basilica of Saint-Denis from the Montmartre Cemetery Oil on paper mounted on canvas Signed lower right 15 x 27 cm Arou...

Bringing in the Catch French artist, 19th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 19.5 x 29 inches canvas: 16 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, France con...

Signed lower left, 'P. Lagiere' (French, 19th century) and dated, '1868'. After 'La Jeune Courtisane', 1821, by Xavier Sigalon (French, 1787–1837), held in the permanent collection o...

Portrait of Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized by an unknown Artist in the late 19th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Good conditions.

Antique French painting from the first half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting an interior scene with characters, The Marriage Contract, of good pictorial quality. ...

Tending his Nets English School, signed by the artist, H Wright signed and dated 1860 oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas : 10 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, UK cond...

Well painted English Victorian scene of two boats in a battle at night time, off the coast of England. Though signed little is known about the painter. The piece is typically English in its style and the scene looks like the coast of the South of England. The painting has a sort of folk art quality, which maybe why the artist is not a listed painter...

The Old Fishing Harbour British School, late 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 27 inches board: 14 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good an...

Realized by Filippo Palizzi between 1850 and 1860, in very good conditions. Includes a contemporary wooden gilded frame. Filippo Palizzi is an italian...

Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.

A very well painted classic English Folk art painting of figured playing by the pond with ducks and a rural cottage. This style of painting...

English School, circa 1800 Napoleonic Wars Marine Scene oil on canvas, framed framed: 10.5 x 13 inches canvas: 8 x 10 inches private collection, England condition: The painting is i...

After the Cercle of Narcisse Díaz ilisible signature .Oil on canvas Diaz de la Peña, born on August 20, 1807 in Bordeaux and died November 18, 1876 in Menton, is a French painter....

Alfred John Bouchette, 1844 - 1893 A London painter of figurative subjects and portraits. He exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists in London, the Manchester City Art Ga...

Artist: Stephen Scott Young Title: Vienna Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 1983 Signed: Inscribed Bottom Left and Signed Back of Paper Dimensions: Unframed 13.5 x 7 Framed 18.5 x 17...

Style of Richard Brakenburgh (Dutch 1650-1702) and painted circa 1820. Displayed in a shot silk mat with gilded slip within an 18th century, Dutch ...

An exquisite oil study depicting a young couple by the open window of a villa. The woman plays a guitar while lovingly looking at the man behind her. The pair wear beautiful traditio...

Louis Marie Eugène Arthur PETIT (Paris, 1838 – Paris, 1886) Bouquet of Hollyhocks Oil on canvas Signed lower right 110 x 55 cm Eugène Petit was born in Paris in the ninth arrondis...

Pair of 19th C Continental Oil Paintings on Copper After Bartolome Esteban Murillo "The Little Fruit Seller" After Gerrit Dou "Kitchen Maid at the Window" 6.5" x 8" 9.5" 10.5"

"Guardian Angel" late 19th c. Original hand-painted KPM Porcelain In Jewel Encrusted Frame approx. 6 3/8 x 5 inches

Work on canvas

Wonderful German mid 19th century Mountain lake landscape with figures harvesting the corn. J.Klee was a landscape painter during the middle of the 19th century in Germany. He mostly painted rural scenes often with people going about their daily work. This is one such example! He was very skilled in painting great light in his paintings and along with a well-choisen composition he was able to paint a very desirable painting. This piece is framed in its original German hand...

Artist/ School: English School (19th Century), inscribed verso Title: The Temple of Vista at Tivoli. Medium: oil on artists board, framed Framed: 13 x 16 inches Painting: 9 x 12....

A Beauty with a Chrysanthemum Garland signed Eisman-Semenowsky (lower left) Artist: Emile Eisman-Semenowsky (Russian, 1857-1911) Medium: oil on panel Frame: 44 1/4 x 23 inches.

Artist/ School: French School, circa 1900. Title: Portrait of a seated man wearing a hat, with a mustache. The work is painted 'en grissaille' deliberately by the artist. Medium: o...

Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann, R.B.A., 1826 - 1886. London Painter of literary genre scenes after Byron, Shakespeare etc, who exhibited 128 works at Royal Society...

Fantastic oil on panel possibly Dutch school. Looks to be at least 19 century possibly earlier. The scene looks like a very important gentleman or possibly royalty with a scribe taki...

Oil Painting by Alfred Henry Green "The Midday Break" 1822 - 1878 Handsworth painter of rustic genre riverscapes and castles. Exhibited 12 at the Royal B...

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

Work on canvas Black wooden frame 86 x 74 x 3 cm

Exhibited: Society of American Artists, New York, 1898 Intimate Revelations: The Art of Carroll Beckwith, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1 December 1999-15 January 2000, no. 49 Li...

Zampighi's "Ammirando i Piccioni" Admiring the Little Ones Signed lower left Artist: Eugenio Zampighi (Italian, 1859-1944) Medium: oil on linen Dimensions: 29 1/2 in. x 41 1/2 in framed "National Association of Artists, Piazza Pitti, Florence, Italy" labels on stretcher and reverse of frame, Born in Modena, Italy, Eugenio Zampighi entered the local Academy of Design at 13. He eventually became one of the most decorated students, and in 1869, he was awarded a scholarship and spent the next three years in Rome. By 1884, having settled in Florence, he had begun to paint the genre works that eventually placed him with the leading artist’s of Italy.

Zampighi proceeded to devote his career to painting simple Italian domestic life, centring on the figures he saw around him and usually depicted in jovial company, similar to the Spanish court...

Esta obra es una de las escenas de la Misericordia, en concreto la de "Visitar a los presos" La obra aparentemente no va firmada Se presenta tal cual sin enmarcar El estado de la ...

Esta obra es una de las escenas de la Misericordia, en concreto la de "Dar de comer al hambriento" La obra aparentemente no va firmada Se presenta tal cual sin enmarcar El estado ...

'The White Horse' Attributed to Thomas J. Purchas (1855-1930) oil painting on board, framed inscribed verso framed: 14 x 8.5 inches board: 12 x 7 inches provenance: private collectio...

This original and unique detailed landscape scene of a rural cottage by a stream is by the artist O. J. Clark, English School. Signed lower right, with the cottage scene dated ’85 and is over 100 years old. Clark was an English Landscape painter...

Harbor View with Merchants and a Mosque, Greek-Roman Buildings and Ships on Background. In excellent conditions. Includes a beautiful contemporary wooden gilded frame...

➡️Luminous - beautiful Landscape⬅️ ⭐Structural Analysis⭐ This painting features a serene landscape from 19th century ⏩Windmill as Central Symbol: The windmill is a quintessential...

➡️Luminous - beautiful Landscape⬅️ ⭐Structural Analysis⭐ This painting features a serene landscape from 19th century The viewer’s eye is drawn toward the red-roofed house slightly...

A fine late 19th century maritime scene attributed to Joseph Horlor of Bath (1809-1887). The painting depicts beached vessels at low tide, with a large ship tilting dramatically in t...

A charming scene depicting a mother and child with a water pail at dusk. Unsigned. Presented in a swept gilt frame with ornate acanthus scrolling. On tin.

A delightful early study of St Ives, Cornwall from a view over the town looking towards the sea. Rows of boats and ships line the harbour, which the artist has captured in minute det...

Untitled - Interior is an original modern artwork realized in the 1860s circa by the Italian artist Giuseppe Puricelli (Varese 1825 - Casirate, 1894). Original Oil Painting on Canva...

This charming folk oil painting depicts a young child, possibly a boy or girl, in a straw hat holding a riding crop. They are sweetly dressed in a red dress and yellow coat with gree...

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...

Antique French Orientalist oil painting by Pavy French, 1884 Panel: Height 53cm, width 65cm Frame: Height 74cm, width 84cm, depth 8cm This striking 19th-century Orientalist paintin...

Oil on panel attributed to Eugen Boudin representing a Norman navy

Samuel Coleman's "Fishing Along the Meder River at the Edge of Vic, Spain" is a captivating painting that beautifully captures both the charm of the riverside, and the beauty of the ...

Barend Blankert (December 30, 1941 – July 11, 2023) was a Dutch painter known for his quiet, melancholic works. Born in Kampen, he studied at the National Normal School for Art Teach...

Wout Muller (June 18, 1946 – January 24, 2000) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist known for his detailed, often surrealistic works filled with symbolism and fantasy. Born in Hilv...

Wout Muller (June 18, 1946 – January 24, 2000) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist known for his detailed, often surrealistic works filled with symbolism and fantasy. Born in Hilv...

Wout Muller (June 18, 1946 – January 24, 2000) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist known for his detailed, often surrealistic works filled with symbolism and fantasy. Born in Hilv...

Pair of early 19th century Chinese export watercolour paintings Chinese, Early 19th Century Paper: Height 51cm, width 41cm Frame: Height 70cm, width 59cm, depth 6cm This exquisite...