Fireplace Figurative Paintings

Pastels on cardboard. Signed and dated at bottom; cartouche of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Verona is on the back, which put several of the artist's works owned by him up for char...

A charming interior scene depicting a mother and child in a cottage living room by a fire. Signed 'Peter R. ?' On canvas.

French painter active in Venice (19th-20th century) - The greengrocer in Venice. 25.5 x 35 cm without frame, 36 x 45 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on panel, in wooden frame. ...

A charming late 19th century work in oil, depicting a Cobbler seated at his shop window. The red hatted man can be seen surrounded by shoes, a boot and small tools, suggestive of his...

It’s good to sit somewhere near the fireplace). In this intimate scene, I've poured emotions onto the canvas using acrylic. The warmth of the hearth parallels the aliveness of the su...

Sleeping Spaniel in the Hearth Italian Figural Dog Painting oil on Linen Exceptional painting of a sleeping Spaniel in a Hearth by Italian artist Tito Corbella (Italy, 1885-1966), we...

English painter (early 19th century) - Boats in the moonlight on the Thames. 30.5 x 41.5 cm without frame, 49 x 59 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in carved and gild...

J. Paul Sartre in his Studio in Paris is an original oil on canvas realized as a portrait of fantasy (base on vintage images) by the russian painter Ale...

Brian Sostrom's (US based) "Small Comfort 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a small fire casting its orange glow onto the trucks and limbs of the sheltering pine ...

JOSÉ BENLLIURE Spanish, 1855 - 1937 TIME FOR DISCUSSION signed "J. Benlliure" (lower left) oil on wood panel 5-1/8 x 8 inches (13 x 20 cm.) framed: 12-1/2 x 14-3/4 inches (31.5 x 37.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Spanish Collection José Benlliure Gil (30 September 1855, Valencia – 5 April 1937, Valencia), was a Spanish painter. He was born at Cañamelar, Valencia, studied painting under Francisco Domingo Marqués, and showed from the first such marked talent that he was sent to the Spanish school in Rome. From 1903 to 1913, he was director of the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the select circle pensioned by the Spanish government for residence in Italy and executed several state orders for the decoration of public buildings; but he owes his chief fame to his large historical paintings, notably the "Vision in the Coliseum." He became the leader of the Spanish art colony in Rome, where he practised as painter and sculptor. He married Maria Ortiz...

Oil on canvas. The whole scene played on the chiaroscuro of black and red with high flames that blazing between towers and peaks of the cyty: in the frontground Enea and his father ...

Henri Adolphe Laissement French, (1854-1921) Let Him Sit Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 30.5 inches x 43.5 inches Size including frame: 41.5 inches x 54.5 inches Henri Laissement was a portrait and genre painter born in Paris in 1854. In 1872, at the age of 18 he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts studying under Alexandre Cabanel (1823-89) who greatly influenced his drawing technique. He made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1879 and continued to exhibit there regularly until 1912. He received a number of accolades over the years including honourable mention awards in 1882 and 1889, a third class medal in 1898, a bronze medal in 1900, and a second class medal in 1905. In 1884 he became a member of the Salon des Artistes Francais. After initially focusing on portraits, around the late 1880’s or early 1890s Laissement started to produce genre scenes featuring Cardinals of the Catholic Church. His humorous and gently satirical paintings proved a popular subject with his French audience and he became one of the leading painters of these types of works. In addition to paintings, he also produced a number of etchings for a collection of poems. His works became popular in the United States, selling many through the American Art Association Galleries in New York. Laissement died in Paris on 12 April, 1921. A number of his works can be found in private and public art collections including the Musée d’art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand, France, the Louvre Museum, Paris and Syracuse University Art Collection, USA. The inscription ‘Au Docteur Desnos’ (to Doctor Desnos) most likely refers to the eminent physician Ernest Desnos (1853-1925) who probably commissioned the painting. Laissement has also included him in the scene, situating him between the two cardinals...