Mid-19th Century Interior Paintings

This mid-19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Thorburn Ross RSA (1816-1876) depicts a seated woman carding wool within a rustic interior. Robert Thorburn Ross RSA was...

The White Horse in the Stable English School, indistinctly signed lower right dated 1842 signed, oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 29 inches canvas : 21.5 x 26.5 inches provenance: ...

The Family Meal German School, mid 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 10.75 x 11.75 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition

Oil on canvas laid on board, cottage interior scene, signed with indistinct date circa 1860, Image size 10" x 15", very nicely framed More Information Good clean condition, no sign o...

Alexandre François CAMINADE (1789-1862) Alexandre-François Caminade, born in Paris on December 14, 1783 and died on May 27, 1862 in Versailles, is a French painter. A pupil of Jacq...

Dutch painter (19th century) – Interior of a tavern with smokers. 21 x 18 cm without frames, 31 x 28 cm with frames. Pair of antique oil paintings on canvas, in black lacquered woo...

Farm yard Friends English artist, mid 19th century circle of John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865) bears signature verso oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 7 x 8 inches provenance: pri...

George Henry Laporte This piece is signed and dated G. H. Laporte 1857 bottom right On the reverse there is a damaged exhibition label. Canvas S...

A very characterful image of a farrier or blacksmith enjoying a drink in an interior. Alfred H Green (working 1844-1878) A farrier in an interior enjoying a drink Signed Oil on boar...

Oil on panel Signed lower left: "Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Antwerpen, 1861." This depiction of a Happy Family clearly shows the typical style of De Braekeleer. One can read the pain...

Oil on canvas Signed lower left: "Adriaan De Braekeleer, 1862" In Adriaan de Braekeleer's painting, the rustic charm of a kitchen interior comes ali...

François Joseph Haseleer Brussels 1804 – 1890 Belgian Painter 'The Fireplace' Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 55 x 42,50 cm, frame size 78 x 65 cm Biography: Haseleer François Joseph Corneille was born on August 10, 1804, in Brussels, Belgium. He was a Belgian painter, renowned for his portraits, historical scenes, and enchanting genre scenes, all steeped in the neoclassical tradition. François Haseleer’s artistic lineage was remarkable; he was the son of genre scenes painter Joseph Haseleer. Guided by a passion for the arts and inspired by the great Belgian neoclassical...

Richard Hollingdale, British Victorian genre artist painted this lovely family in a cottage interior. Painted in 1855, the colourful composition is six figures of all ages around a t...

ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON (1836-1875) Sunday Afternoon Signed l.l.: Houghton Oil on canvas Framed 20.5 by 25.5 cm., 8 by 10 in. (frame size 30.5 by 34.5 cm., 12 by 13 ½ in.) Provenance: William Drummond; Private collection. Probably painted in 1864, the present work evokes the peaceful contentment of everyday family life, with its small scale further reinforcing the intimacy of the scene. It is one of a series of small intimate family scenes produced during this happy period of his life. A male figure, possibly the artist’s himself, slumbers in a chair, a handkerchief draped over his face whilst Susan, the artist’s young wife reads by the window. Their child, either Arthur or Georgina, plays on the floor with a discarded newspaper. The room is at 4 Adelaide Villas, St Mary’s Grove, Richmond, the house Arthur and Susan moved to shortly after their marriage in 1861. The chaise and window, with its pots of geraniums, also feature in the 1864 painting Coach and Horses (private collection) which depicts Susan, with her hair down, playing with Arthur and Georgina. A pot of daffodils placed beside the same geraniums in the present work suggest it may have been painted in the spring of that year. Such domestic bliss would shortly come to a tragic end when Susan died of pyaemia following the birth of their third child in June 1864. Houghton was born in India, the son of a captain in the East India Company’s marine service. Both is father and older brother were accomplished military draughtsmen and he probably received early training from them. His family returned to England in the early 1850s and he began studies at Leigh’s and the Langham...

Work on canvas

Artist: Luigi Querena Medium: oil on canvas Signed lower right: “Luigi Querena 1858” Luigi Querena was born in Venice in 1824. He is one of the greatest representatives of 19th cent...

Oil on canvas, monogrammed lower left and inscribed on reverse Image size: 20 x 24 inches (51 x 61 cm) Original gilt frame Provenance Mrs. Georgina Gale (Artists Widow) Bristol, Br...

Charles DOUSSAULT 1814 - 1880 Oil on canvas 32.5 cm x 24.5 cm (52 x 41 cm with the frame) Signed and dated lower left "Ch. Doussault / 1836" Very beautiful period frame in gilded wood Charles Doussault was an orientalist painter-traveler. He made a portrait of Sultan Abdulmecid in 1846 and numerous paintings and drawings from Romania, Syria and the Holy Land. He studied with Ingres and Eugène Devéria before becoming the collaborator of the Devéria brothers. He then exhibited at the Paris Salon mainly in the 1830s to 1850s, first troubadour subjects before leaving and travelling first to Romania and then to the Middle East in 1844, to Turkey, to Damascus and to the Holy Land from where he brought back subjects for oils and watercolors which made him famous in Paris in the 1840s and 1850s. Our painting dates from his first period, precisely 1836. It was painted when Charles Doussault was still young and working as a collaborator of the Devéria brothers . It may be a portrait of an actress in costume in an opera or theater play like Achille Devéria did many of them (Marie Dorval, Elisa Rachel, Fanny Elssler...

signed in the lower left Artz oil on canvas 26 x 19 ⅝ inches (66 x 50 cm.) PROVENANCE D. Sala & Zonen, Leiden , prior to 1936 Private Collection, Florida, circa 1968 until the present time Much like their seventeenth century counterparts, a group of painters known as the Hague School in the 1870s came to embrace as their subject matter the native Dutch landscape and the everyday lives of its rural inhabitants, most notably the fisher folk of the coastal villages. Within ten years the Hague School artists’ works would prove so popular that incredibly a mania for all things Dutch would be felt throughout the world, and would dominate the art in Holland until well after the turn of the century. By embracing simple themes remarkable for their ordinariness, the Hague School succeeded in striking a chord with a public whose own placidity was constantly being rattled by the evolving modernity of the times. Conveyed through the employment of subtle tones, hazy skies and subjects of happenstance their mix of nostalgia and realism enchanted viewers. The Hague became the center of the movement because it was semi-rural surrounded by meadows, polders, waterways, dunes and woods, and nearby Scheveningen provided a wealth of material for artists seeking to paint the shore and its fishing community. Jozef Isräels was considered the dean of the Hague School and David Adolphe Constant Artz his most important follower. Artz began his training in 1855 at the Amsterdam Academie under Louis Roijer and Johannes Egenberger, and would remain in Amsterdam until 1864. During this period, he would be influenced by August Allebé but more importantly a lifelong friendship with Jozef Israëls formed. In 1859 they traveled together to Zandvoort. He would also be the first of the Hague School artists to follow Isräels’ lead of working on the beach at Scheveningen. In 1859 Artz publically exhibited for the first time, taking part in the Tentoonstelling von Levende Meesters (Exhibition of Living Masters). In 1864 he left Amsterdam to live in Zweeloo, Drenthe for a year. From 1866 until 1874 he shared a studio with Jacob Maris and Frederick Hendrik Kaemmerer. He was one of the first of the Hague School artists to work in Paris (Jacob Maris having preceded him by one year) enabled by his patron and benefactor Johannes Kneppelhout. Artz created quite a commotion upon his arrival by including in his baggage a large collection of Scheveningen peasant costumes. As previously in Holland, Artz during his sojourn in Paris continued to paint beach scenes and interior views that featured the fishing communities of the North Sea. During this period Artz became interested in Japanese prints which had recently become available in Paris, and painted a few genre scenes of interiors with Japanese décor and subjects. While based in Paris he also traveled to Scotland from May-June 1869, Germany in November of that year, England in 1870 and Italy in January, 1872. By 1874 he returned to the Netherlands to live permanently in The Hague. Artz in his own time was held in high esteem by the public as well as his fellow artists. He was awarded gold medals at exhibitions in Munich and Vienna, as well as a Diploma and Medal of Honor in Dresden. In 1879 he was made Knight of the Oaken Crown of Luxembourg and in 1889 also became a Knight of the Order of St. Michael of Bavaria. In 1880 he received an Honorable Mention at the Salon in Paris and won a gold medal in 1883 at the International and Colonial Exhibition, Amsterdam. In Paris he was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by 1889. He also served as Vice President of the International Jury of Award at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, Paris. In 1893 four works by Artz were chosen to be included in the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago. An American reviewer wrote of this show “The works of giants like Rembrandt, Van der Neer, Ruysdael, Holbein and Franz Hals are almost equaled now by masters like Israels, Mesdag, Bosboom, Maris, Mauve and Artz”. Artz’s entries A Girl Knitting, The Pet Lamb, Idle Hours on the Dunes and Girl Sleeping on the Dunes were listed under the category of “Immortal Works”. His works formed part of museum collections of Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum and Municipal Museum); Cambridge, England; Chicago; Dordrecht; Glasgow; Haarlem; The Hague (Gemeentemuseum and Mesdag Museum); Leewarden; Montreal; New York (Brooklyn and the Metropolitan Museum); Oxford; Rotterdam; St. Louis; Tulsa and Zandvoort. Much enamored with the picturesque dwellings of the rural population, a favorite subject of the Hague School was the depiction of a family group gathered around a table sharing a simple meal. Ronald de Leeuw in his introduction for The Hague School Book remarked that the group “derived poetry from a view of the kitchen”. Artz excelled at this type of interior scene in which every detail has been carefully recorded in emulation of his seventeenth century predecessors. Vincent van Gogh, an admirer of the Hague School in general and Artz in particular, wrote to his brother Theo in a letter dated Etten, Friday, August 26, 1881 about an exhibition in The Hague he had just visited in which he described a drawing by Artz of an “old man and woman eating porridge, very important, very good and serious.” There is a large version of At Grandmother’s (131.5 x 91.5 cm.) in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. It was painted in 1883 and shown in an exhibition in The Hague in 1884 where it was purchased by the museum. This undoubtedly must have sparked interest in the composition and created a demand for the image to be replicated as several versions of the composition in varying sizes are recorded, and Artz was known for executing repetitions of his own works. Regarded as one of the highlights of the collection in the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma is another version by Artz of At Grandmother’s. The iconic nature of the image must have appealed to contemporaries as the perfect summation of the mix of idealism and realism that characterized these artists and their times. In a cottage under a wooden beamed ceiling a grandmother with her two granddaughters clothed in the traditional garb of Katwijk (where the artist spent his summers and maintained a cottage in the dunes) sit on wooden chairs around a gate-leg table in a kitchen sharing a simple meal of bread and an apple. The grandmother carefully slices a piece of bread while the younger girl looks on expectantly. Her sister sips milk from a small delftware bowl watching...

Paul Joseph CARPAY (Liège, 1822 - Liège, 1892) One more angel in Heaven Oil on canvas Signed below 35 x 35 cm With an unknown father, Paul Joseph bears the name of his mother, Françoise CARPAY. With a sibling of three, CARPAY is the grandson of Léonard Joseph CARPAY (1759-1834), painter and decorator, with whom he probably had to learn the basics of his art. After his marriage in 1841 with a young German, with whom he had three children, CARPAY entered the Academy of Liège in 1842 and obtained in 1846 the first prize of the Academy, class of painting. Parallel to his studies, he already painted sets in Liège for the Théâtre du Gymnase and Théâtre Royal. In 1847 and 1848, he went to Rome to complete his training. Upon his return in 1848, he launched himself professionally successfully so that he found himself everywhere in Liège both in religious buildings (Grand seminar of Liège, Saint-Jacques church, Saint Catherine church, Saint Barthelemy...

Charles Blauvelt The Doubtful Bill, 1868 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches Provenance: Private Collection, Connecticut...

Canvas Size: 28 x 36" (71 x 91cm) Outside Frame Size 36 x 44" (91 x 111cm) It is signed on the middle right on the wooden window. This is a stunning painting of a racehorse signed and dated J F Herring Sen 1842. The horse is named above the water trough as Attilla. As Herring was a renowned painter of racehorses it is likely that this was done for a wealthy patron who owned several. Although he painted many of the winners of the St. Ledger Cup Attilla was not one of these. Free carriage worldwide John Frederick HERRING Snr 1795 – 1865 A sporting painter, born in Surrey of American/Dutch extraction. At first he was a sign and coach painter. He then worked as a stable boy and coachman in Yorkshire until with the help of patrons he was able to study with Abraham Cooper RA, the only art education he appears to have had. He specialised in racing subjects and his few hunting scenes are rare. Herring painted the start of the 1844 Derby, which became known as ‘the dirtiest Derby in history’. He sometimes collaborated with his three sons, J.F.Jnr, Benjamin Jnr and Charles. He also collaborated with James Pollard on a number of racing scenes inc. ‘The Doncaster Gold Cup’, 1838, ‘The Emperor of Russia’s Cup at Ascot’ 1845 and ‘The Dead Heat for the Doncaster Great St. Ledger’ 1849 Herring painted 33 successive winners of the St. Ledger and not surprisingly lived a large part of his life in the Doncaster area before settling in Newmarket in 1830 and then in London in 1835. He suffered serious financial difficulties after his move to London which, thanks to a great friend and patron William Taylor Copeland (1797 – 1868) head of the Spode Porcelain factory at Stoke on Trent, was resolved. He painted many pictures of the Copeland family, some of which were adapted and used as designs on the Spode china...

Signed. Oil on Panel. Signature lower right. It is framed in the original antique gold leaf frame. HENRIETTE RONNER-KNIP Amsterdam 1821 - 1909 Brussels Henriette Ronner-Knip is ...

Benjamin VAUTIER (Attributed to) Morges (Switzerland), 1829 – Dusseldörf, 1898 Oil on canvas 43 x 37 cm (58 x 52 cm with the frame) Beautiful 19th century frame in carved and gilded ...

Signed lower right - Jacques - Joseph Lécurieux (Jacques - Joseph Lecurieux, 1801-1867). "Rituel du Serpent. Bou Saada" ("Snake Ritual. Bou Saada") - highly informative and masterly painted picture of Algerian street scene by acknowledged and talented 19th century french artist. His genre scenes, his landscapes and his still lifes are particularly remarkable, as well as his engravings. His life nonetheless remains mysterious, but until now his work continues to be studied and appreciated by art enthusiasts around the world. Antique oil painting on wood panel...

James Cassie was born at Keithhall near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the son of a prosperous tea and spirit merchant. Although briefly a pupil of the artist James Giles, Cassie was largely self-taught. He began his career as a painter of animals and portraits, but on moving to Aberdeen he increasingly turned his attention to local seascapes and coastal scenes, especially at dawn and sunset. He favored these outdoor scenes but continued to paint some domestic subjects and portraits throughout his life. In 1869 he moved to Edinburgh and was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. Shortly before his death in 1879 he was elected an Academician. This piece is framed in its original frame and the painting is signed lower right and inscribed on the reverse. From the inscription on the reverse, this painting was purchased from an important house sale...

A very characterful image of a farrier or blacksmith enjoying a drink in an interior. Alfred H Green (working 1844-1878) A farrier in an interior enjoying a drink Signed Oil on boar...

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...

Wallpaper design by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 16 x 16 inches good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France ...

Antique American school realist fruit still life oil painting. Oil on board. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 16L x 16H.

A wonderful depiction of a dapper Parisian dandy, dating from 1848. I love his air of decadence! It is a work by F de Korff, a mysterious French aristocratic portrait artist who had ...

A charming interior scene in oil from the mid 19th Century, showing a pretty, blonde haired child kneeling before a painting of the Madonna and Child, hands clasped at her chest in prayer. The scene is far from solemn, despite the pious nature of the subject. The little girl has a warm complexion and a delicate half smile as she gazes in reverence at the Madonna. The artist has rendered the interior with wonderful exactitude and detail, particularly in the parquet floor...

Artist/ School/ Date: English School, mid 19th century, circle of George Armfield (1808-1893) Title: Terriers ratting in barn interior Medium & Size: oil painting on canvas: 9.5 x ...

English 19th century Victorian Antique portrait of a seated lady in her Interior Victorian portrait interior. John Waston Chapman was a pa...

Alexis Pierre MILON (Rouen, 1784 - After 1858) View of one of the aisles of the apse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 50.5 x 34.5 cm 1838 Exhibi...

Oil Painting Frederick Johnston “The Reading Lesson” 1855- 1868. London painter of domestic genre scenes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal s...

Beautiful original painting by French artist, Alexandre de Valentini (1787-1887). Pencil and gouache on paper, 14 x 18.5 inches; 19 x 23.5 inches matted. Signed and dated with Paris...

Daniel Pasmore the Younger was a London genre and portrait artist who exhibited mostly at the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, London. He i...

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...

French School 19th century Close to François Xavier FABRE (1766-1837) The Princess and The Chaperone Oil on canvas One can read on the reverse "Fabre Fecit" and the name and address of the canvas dealer shop...

The Duel by Alcide Joseph LORENTZ (French 1813-1891) signed and dated 1857 oil painting on canvas, framed framed size: 30 x 25 inches condition: very good and presentable, previous r...

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...

Training the New Puppy by Henri Charles Antoine Baron (1816-1885) oil painting on panel, period gilt frame with name plaque panel: 13 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, Fra...

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 ...

COUDER Alexandre Jean Rémy (1808-1879) Reading on the sofa Oil on canvas signed low left Old original frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 47 X 39 cm Di...

Roberto Bompiani (Italy, 1821-1908) "The Confirmation" Museum Quality Oil Painting circa 1871 Extraordinary oil painting by listed Italian artist. T...

Robert Julius Beyschlag (Germany, 1838-1903) mother and child oil painting, circa 1870 Charming original oil painting by listed 19th ce...

Oil on canvas depicting a study from JP Laurens painting. According to the Gospels, Pilate ordered the execution and crucifixion of this Jewish preacher at the end of the trial of Je...

Courtiers Party in the Park in 18th Century In the Taste of Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) Oil on canvas Frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 73 X 59 cm Dim frame : 100 X 87 cm