R. Courtney

R. Courtney - 1959 Oil, The Fishing Boats

1959

An expressive, impasto seascape by French artist Etienne Bellan (1922-2000) depicting colourful fishing boats moored in a quayside. The painting is signed to the lower left-hand corn...

This romantic scene depicts a young couple resting beneath a tree. The boy looks longingly at the girl who stares into the distance in a dream-like trance. The maiden rests her basket of foliage on her skirt as she gently plucks a plant from the ground. This painting is of the style of Thomas Faed and his artistic circle in the mid 19th century. Genre paintings with strong narratives were gaining aesthetic popularity in Scotland during this time and artists with showed a particular interest in presenting the everyday life of country people. Unsigned. The panel supplier's stamp to the reverse has helped us to date this painting as mid 19th century. This particular stamp was used by Brown's in the 1850's, which was stamped onto all of their art supplies...

A vibrant oil painting, depicting a continental coastal town view. Signed to the lower right-hand corner. Presented in a white canvas slip and in an ornate, gilt-effect frame, as sho...

A wonderful mid-century study of boats moored in a harbour. The low tide has revealed much of the old stone walls of the harbour. Wonderfully painted with areas of impasto and thick,...

This oil painting on canvas, created by an artist from the 17th Century Flemish School, depicts one of the most significant scenes from Greco-Roman mythology: Aeneas saving his famil...

This beautiful Italian 18th Century old masters oil painting on oval canvas with giltwood frame is attributed to Solimena and features a religious scene. In this splendid oval-shaped painting are depicted Saint Dominic...

This Italian 19th century oil on alabastrer painting depicts an opulent interior in full ancient neoclassical Pompeian style with people festing. The figurative inner scene is painted on a rectangular alabaster slab and housed in a wonderful giltbronze frame resting on casted arrow feet. This is a single section of a bigger surtout de table. You can now use it as a decorative centrepiece on a table or on a console or turn it into a wall decoration. We can provide framing options in this case. The characters enjoy a rich banquet in an elaborate interior, the room renderings...

Everyday fishermen life is captured in this wonderful Italian impressionist late 19th century oil painting on thin board titled fishermen ashore. We love the neutral and natural colo...