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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
This Week's Listings Only
Northern Nocturnal Landscape - Oil on Canvas by J.F. Hesse - Mid 19th Century
By Johann Friedrich Hesse
Located in Roma, IT
Northern Nocturnal Landscape is a colored oil painting on canvas realized by Johann Friedrich Hesse in the early XIX century. Canvas dimensions: cm. 120 x 90 The artwork is hand-s...
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Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George Whitton Johnstone (British1849-1901) Antique 1876 oil painting Landscape
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original antique oil painting on canvas depicting a country landscape with a Woman and Ducks. Signed and dated 1876 in the lower left by listed Artist George Whitton Jo...
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1870s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mythological scene, study for the Prize of Rome 1864, French academism, Homer
Located in Norwich, GB
This rare mythological scene depicting the Greek author Homer on the island of Scyros. You will notice the Trojan War being fought in the background. Our painting, dating from 1864, is unsigned, but has a solid attribution to academic artist Henri-Léopold Lévy...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair Antique Oil Paintings Scottish Highland Loch Scenes G. F. Buchanan 1872
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of antique oil paintings Scottish Highland Scenes by George Frederick Buchanan (1800-1874) Landscapist George Frederick Bucha...
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1870s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Harbour at low tide
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Willes Johnson (1793-1863) The Harbour at low tide Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1829 lower left Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in John Samuel Willes Johns...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Expressionist Signed Original Sunset Horse Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist expressionist sunset oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 27.5L x 20H. Signed.
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting Children Playing in Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
In the Park by Louis Abel-Truchet (French 1857-1918) *see below signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 13 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: overall good a...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Charles Walter Radclyffe RBSA (1817-1903) - Framed Oil, The Gossiping Drover
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming landscape scene by Charles Walter Radclyffe (1817-1903), depicting a cattle drover gossiping with a local woman, partway over a stone bridge crossing. The composition has ...
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Scottish Scenes: A Pair
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Two good matched paintings for the price of one! Charming pair of original oil paintings on canvas, the pair is from the 19th century, Victorian era in the Scottish style by Scott...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline 19th Century School oil on canvas, framed framed: 39.5 x 3...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century landscape oil painting of figures with Highland Cattle
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Turner British, (1843-1910) A Highland Drove Oil on board, signed, further signed & inscribed verso Image size: 12 inches x 17.25 inches Size including frame: 18 inches x 23...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Over the Bridge, Armenia - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Hovanessian
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century landscape painting of an arched bridge over a glassy lake with tiny figures by unknown artist Hovanessi...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris Monuments with Fountain, Acrylic Painting by Charles Cobelle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Cobelle, French (1902 - 1994) Title: Paris, France Year: circa 1966 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 31 x ...
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1960s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Antique French Impressionist Portrait Painting Gathering Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage impressionist oil painting by Pierre Eugène Duteurtre (1911 - 1989). Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. ...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lyn Crafnant, Snowdonia, N Wales
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine landscape painting, oil on canvas of Snowdonia, Wales by 19th century British artist Thomas Huson, RI, RA. Rushing rapids from a lake, mountain landscape and clouded skies, and...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1890's French Impressionist Oil Painting Lady Walking Country Landscape Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure in Landscape French School, circa 1890's follower of Camille Pissarro (Danish/ French 1830-1903) dated 'Mai 1890' to the lower right corner. oil painting on canvas, framed ca...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Open Pasture, Winter" Francis Henry Richardson, American Impressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Francis Henry Richardson Open Pasture, Winter Signed lower right Oil on board 10 3/8 x 13 inches Richardson, born in Boston, entered the formal art world in his late twenties. His ...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Pair of Antique Engravings Depicting Ancient Greek Medallions and Coins
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pair of Antique Coins each drawing : 9 x 12 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition Description: This exquisite pair of antique engravings showcases an array of meticulously detailed ancient Greek medallions...
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19th Century French School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Antique American School Ashcan New York Cityscape Signed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted American impressionist street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Victorian Romantic Landscape Mountain View Framed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Romantic Landscape Mountain View a Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Frank Hider, famous for his romantic landscapes with fanciful names, see below. Nevertheless he capture...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American 1900 SUNSET LUMINOUS Stream Landscape Figure W/ Boat
Located in New York, NY
Here we have an incredible Luminous Landscape with a boat in a stream by Charles P Appel (1857-1928) Painting is very calm and soothing to look at…. amazing condition, unlined and ...
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1890s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse
Located in Soquel, CA
"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse The image shows an abstract landscape painting by William Paul Morehouse (American, 1929-1993), titled "February 21st - Red". The painting has a textured application of impasto, in oil on canvas, with dominant earth tones and a contrasting red section at the top. The composition is divided into geometric shapes and lines, suggesting a stylized representation of a landscape. The colors and textures evoke a sense of the Northern California coastal prairie, a recurring theme in Morehouse's work. The painting is signed, titled, and dated 1960 on the reverse., and WM '60 center bottom of painting. Image, 34"H x 20"W x .5"D Signed center at bottom, Signed and dated on verso, with exhibition label and title. Post War California artist, William Paul Morehouse studied at the California School of Fine Arts (1947-1950) receiving his BFA. Not long after graduation from the CSFA he joined the Army during the Korean War. He became a Master Sergeant and was released with a Purple Heart in 1953, at which point he enrolled in courses at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now the California College of the Arts). A transfer to the San Francisco Art Institute the following year led to his Bachelors in Fine Arts, and in 1954 he enrolled at San Francisco State University where in under two years he earned his MFA. He traveled to New York that same year to participate in the Young American Painters exhibition at the Guggenheim, along with Diebenkorn, deKooning, Motherwell, and Jackson Pollock. He soon began dividing his time between the two coasts. Morehouse eventually settled in Bodega Bay permanently, where he continued to paint as part of the group the "Sonoma Four" Selected Group Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; University of Illinois; Fort Worth Museum; Los Angeles County Museum; National Academy; Oakland Art Museum; Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco; Denver Art Museum; Fourth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, California Palace of The Legion of Honor 1951; First Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art & California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1955; PACIFIC COAST ART...
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Collection of Five Antique Maps Depicting Ancient Greek and Anatolian Regions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Collection of Five Antique Maps each drawing : 9 x 12 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition Description: This set of five finely detailed an...
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19th Century French School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pencil

French Barbizon landscape of a riverside
Located in New York, NY
Pristine condition.
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19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Hayle, Cornwall, 19th Century by EDMUND FULLER (1858-1944)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Hayle, Cornwall, 19th Century by EDMUND FULLER (1858-1944) sales to $10,000 Large 19th Century view of Halle, Cornwall, oil on canvas by Edmund Fuller. Excellent quality panoramic ...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Evening Time New York Hudson River School Scene Oil on Canvas Ornate Frame
Located in Soquel, CA
Evening Time Hudson River School Style Scene Oil on Canvas European style painting of the Hudson river Valley School by B. Czerniawski (Polish/Ame...
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1860s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Harbor of Trouville after Boudin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on panel After Eugen Boudin representing a Norman navy . Eugène Louis Boudin was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and ...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset
Located in Woodbury, CT
French impressionist landscape, Barbizon forest, with river and cows at Sunset Boyle was a pioneering 19th-century British artist inspired by European Impressionist painters. The i...
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Pair of Romantic Bavarian Paintings by Karl Adolf Wilhelm Chelius - 1889
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of romantic Bavarian paintings is an old master artwork realized in 1889 by the master Karl Adolf Wilhelm Chelius (1856-1923). Mixed colored oil panting on...
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1880s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century Oil on Canvas Spanish Signed and Dated Painting Seascape with Boats
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Splendid landscape signed and dated 1895. Oil on canvas painting, first canvas, depicting a seascape animated by two large ships, a steamboat and a sailing boat. Painting of excellen...
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1890s Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French art painting by Alfred Smith - Bordeaux, a Tramway, collector piece.
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Minor retouching on the upper part, original canvas with frame. Currently Under Restoration by Museum specialist for Alfred Smith paintings....
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fine Large 19th Century English Watermill Scene Oil Painting Cottage by Stream
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Idyllic Watermill Scene English School, circa 1840's period (there is an old frame plaque with the frame but we do not think this work is by that artist named on it) oil on canvas, f...
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Mid-19th Century English School Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Rooster With Hens and Ducks by a Pond by German Artist Alfred Schönian
Located in Stockholm, SE
Alfred Schönian (1856-1936) Germany Rooster With Hens and Ducks by a Pond oil on panel signed A.Schönian München panel dimensions 6.29 x 9.44 inc...
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Late 19th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vintage American Impressionist New York Cityscape Signed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Nice view of the Empire State Building!
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tranquil Countryside Scene with Cottage and Bare Trees by the Water
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Countryside Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: Private collection Condition: Great condition For more any ...
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pastoral Landscape Meeting on Bridge Early 19th century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stockholm, SE
Summer rustic scene depicts an idyllic picture of country life in which harmony and happiness reign. The muted, slightly blurry colors convey the artist's inner world and mood, while...
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Early 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

A bay hunter in a landscape, a view of Windsor castle beyond
By Edmund Bristow
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Edmund Bristow (1787-1876) A bay hunter in a landscape, Windsor castle beyond Signed with initials lower left Oil on canvas Canvas Size 22 1/2 x 27 1/2 in Framed Size 27 x 32 in Pro...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Paul-Desire TROUILLEBERT , Sartrouville Church, Oil on canvas, 19e C.
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Paul-Desire TROUILLEBERT (1831-1900), France, 2nd part of the 19th C. Saint-Martin-de-Tours church in Sartouville near Paris. With frame: 58.5x51 cm - 25.2x22 inches...
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19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunny October Day, Abisko. (Group of Seven style)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ivan Bergdahl, born in 1929 in Säbrå, is a celebrated Swedish artist renowned for his evocative landscape paintings that capture the stunning natural beauty of Sweden. His work, ofte...
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1960s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionsit Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 16H by 24L.
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1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

OIL PAINTING 19th Century By Robert E . Roe British old master Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
VERY RARE Oil PAINTING Antique 19th Century By Listed artist British old master OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING BRITISH SCHOOL 19th Century Gold Frame Description Late 19th century “Good...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Nicely Framed American Modernist New England Coastal Lake Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist landscape oil painting by Harold Saxton Burr (1889 - 1973). Framed. Oil on board. Signed verso. Image size, 16H by 16L.
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1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This intimate plein air study by Olof Arborelius captures the quiet beauty of a sunlit forest edge reflected in still water. The confident, spontaneous brushwork and delicate handlin...
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage french art painting by Edouard Detaille - tempera on carton - signed.
Located in PARIS, FR
Tempera on cardboard mounted on an original canvas and original glass. 19th century. Interesting and well accomplished study for Nature probably in eastern France. Dimensions with fr...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Antique French Norwegian Impressionist Sunset Seascape Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large European impressionist seascape sailboat oil painting by Thorolf Holmboe (1866 - 1935). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 26H by 29L.
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Victorian English Figures In Sheep Field With The Sunrise Over Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century. The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Circle of John Noble Barlow - 19th Century Oil, Village Church From The Meadow
By John Noble Barlow
Located in Corsham, GB
This serene landscape painting captures a tranquil countryside scene, with a village church in the distance. Circle of John Noble Barlow (1861-1917). British school. Unsigned. Prese...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique British Oil Painting Seascape Coast Scene Shipwreck Landscape Horses
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique 19th century British oil on canvas painting, seascape coastal scene by Samuel C. Bird, circa 1870. This very attractive oil on canvas painting depicts a coastal s...
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1870s English School Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage European Impressionist Seascape Greek Fishing Harbor Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted and impressive European seascape. Appears to be Greece. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 18.5H by 21L.
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English 19th century Victorian Cottage Garden Harvest landscape, with flowers
Located in Woodbury, CT
This is a wonderful outstanding quality scene of an English cottage garden scene. The quality of the piece is amazing with a real understanding of how to make a very desirable painting. Charles James Lewis, was baptized at St Giles, Camberwell, London on 6 October 1830, son of Charles Thomas Lewis, a clerk at the bank of England, and his wife Sarah Hyde née Bennett (1805-1872), who married at Tottenham, London on 11 June 1825. In 1851, a 20-year-old student in painting, living at 17 Nelson Square, Camberwell with his 52-year-old married father Charles and a 64-year-old 'unmarried' Sarah Lewis. Charles married at Camberwell in 1854, Mary Ann Matilda Hammond Shetton, and in 1871, a 50-year-old landscape artist, living at 2 Cheyne Walk...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Panel

19th Century Original Hudson River School Landscape - Fishing in Sierras
Located in Soquel, CA
1880s Century Original California School Oil Painting of Native Americans Fishing in Sierras by Ransome Gillet Holdredge Wonderful landscape of Sierra Mountains in Hudson River Scho...
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1880s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Raw Linen, Stretcher Bars

OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E . Bale OLD FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SIGNED OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY By Major John Edward Bale Similar $5,000 Premier Collection Excellent Condition Panel, Professional Cleaned & re-varnished Ready to hang. frame is in wonderful condition . ( note all this would cost £600 alone) John Edward Bale, was born at Low Farm House, Pattesley-cum-Oxwick, South Creake, Norfolk on 27 July and baptised at South Creake on 1 August 1834, eldest child of John Edward Bale (1803-27 April 1862), a farmer of 620 acres, and his wife Mary née Branford, who married at Horningtoft, Norfolk on 27 November 1833. In 1841, a 6 year old, living at Low Farm with his parents, 35 year old John and 28 year old Mary, and his two sisters, Mary 3 and Esther 1. In 1861, a 26 year old 'artist architecture' boarding at 11 Bulstrode Street, Marylebone, London but in October 1863, he was an Ensign by purchase in the 1st West Indian Regiment. As a lieutenant, whilst on a tour of duty in West Africa, Surgeon Major Augustus Frederick Elliott (born 1834), kept a diary (now at Duke University Library) which is embellished with calligraphy and watercolour titles by Bale. During this tour, Bale was promoted to Captain and retired from the army in 1881 with the rank of major. Bale married at Christ Church, Ealing on 10 November 1868, Charlotte Gordon Lee née Johnson (c1847-1910). A painter in oil and watercolour and a member of the Ipswich Fine Art Club 1886-1890 and as Major Bale exhibited from 9 Creffield Terrace, Colchester, Essex in 1888, 'View from Museum...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
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1960s Pointillist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Crossing a Stream in the Highlands, Great Britain, Children, Figural, Landscape
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"Crossing a Stream in the Highlands" featuring children and their dog wading through a mountain stream was painted by the British artist, Edward Holmes, in 1880. Holmes was born in 1841, the brother of renowned Victorian genre painter, George Augustus Holmes...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Animal Painting "3 Rabbits in a Meadow" Dated 1920
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Animal Painting "3 Rabbits in a Meadow" Dated 1920 Johan Cornelis Jacobus Lodewijk Stern (Dutch 1879-1939) OIl on canvas Signed and dated 1920 17 1...
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1820s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Frozen Brook" by Richard Schmid, Winter Landscape, Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Richard Schmid's (US based) "Frozen Brook" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a winter landscape. Artist Biography: Throughout his career, which saw fifty one-man s...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ceremony in Ibiza Spain original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Unframed Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to capture his eyes to that world with his pa...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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