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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1840s
The Village Path after the Rain. Antique painting. Oil on Canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Daniel Sherrin Picture Size: 24 x 42" (60 x 105cm) Outside Frame Size: 35 x 53" (87.5 x 132.5cm) Oil on Canvas A spectacular example of Sherrin's work in an English gold leaf swept frame. Daniel Sherrin was born in Brentford , Essex in 1868. The son of John Sherrin R.I.- the well-known flower and still life painter. There is no record of him receiving a formal training, but it is probable that as with many of his contemporaries he studied with his father. Most of Daniel Sherrin’s work is in the style of several popular artists of the time. He painted rural landscapes after the style of Benjamin W. Leader; marines after very similar to those of Thomas Somerscales...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hudson River School Coastal Seascape Framed Grand Manan Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American 19th Century Hudson River School landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. No signature found. Measuring 17 by 20 inches overall and 8 by 12 painting ...
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1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Amazing 19th Century Dutch Skating Woman Winter Landscape Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A powerful 19th century landscape and portrait painting. A young dutch woman lacing up her skates. Really rare and well painted. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Housed in a beautif...
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1870s Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Forest at Fountainbleau' Original Oil Painting on Board from Barbizon School
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small painting of the Forest at Fontainebleau in France is an excellent example of the Barbizon School. The Barbizon School of artists were working in France roughly between 182...
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Mid-19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Fine Victorian English Rural Oil Painting Boat on River Farmer and Cattle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Leading them Home English School, mid 19th century oil on board laid on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 15.5 inches painting : 14 x 11 inches Provenance: private collection, the City o...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

19e century Holland school Winter scene Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Winter scene⬅️ Watercolor from Johannes Franciscus HOPPENBROUWERS (1819-1866) (see wikipedia) ⭐Structural Analysis⭐ This painting depicts a winter scene in a rural village, possibly in the Netherlands or a similar European setting. The composition is well-balanced, featuring: A central building with a distinctive thatched roof covered in snow, creating a focal point. A frozen river or canal, with a person ice skating in the middle ground, adding movement and human presence. A windmill and houses in the background, reinforcing a Dutch setting. Figures engaged in daily life, such as the man near the building carrying a walking stick and a bag, adding a narrative element. The overall scene is tranquil yet lively, capturing a nostalgic winter atmosphere. ⭐Color and Light⭐ The palette consists of muted earth tones, including warm browns, ochres, and soft grays, giving a rustic and aged appearance. The sky has an orange-yellow hue, possibly representing a sunrise or sunset, casting a gentle glow over the cold landscape...
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1840s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Watercolor

'Continental Coastal View', Berlin, Paris, Riga State Museum, Romantic Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Krause' for Franz Emil Krause (German, 1836-1900) and painted circa 1865. Framed in a finely finished, hand-carved, gilt-wood and gesso frame. Framed Size 42.5 ...
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1860s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

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

Materials

Oil

VICTORIAN OIL FOLLOWER OF JOHN CONSTABLE RURAL RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES
By (Follower of) John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The River Cottage" British School, 19th century follower of John Constable oil painting on board, framed painting: 12.5 x 12.5 inches fram...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

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

Venice St. Mark's Square Vedutist Painter 19th Century Paint Oil on canvas
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Vedutist painter of the 19th century View of Venice with St. Mark's Square towards the basilica oil on canvas 23 x 32 cm - with period frame 43 x 53 The proposed view captures the ...
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19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Shelter Island, Long Island" Julian Onderdonk New York Coastal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Julian Onderdonk Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, circa 1905 Signed "Chas Turner" lower right Oil on canvas 14 x 19 1/2 inches Julian Onderdonk was...
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique c.1800's Scottish Oil Highland Landscape Anglers Fishing Autumnal River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing the Highlands attributed to Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817) inscribed verso oil on wood panel, framed Framed: 11 x 15 inches panel: 8.5 x 13 inches Provenance: private c...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed European Impressionist Sunset River Landscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted luminous European sunset landscape painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 16H by 11L.
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Victorian Maritime Oil HMS Ganges anchored, Sailors alighting off Fishing Boats
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Maritime Oil Painting of HMS Ganges anchored off Falmouth with Sailors alighting and on deck with Sailing Boats. Oil on artists card, laid on board and framed in its orig...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Large Victorian Scottish Oil Painting Highland Loch Bathed in Sunlight
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunshine in the Scottish Highlands British School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 26.5 x 36.5 inches canvas: 24.5 x 35.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK conditi...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century Irish Oil Painting Shepherd & Sheep in Mountain River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Mountain Valley Pathway Irish School, mid 19th century oil on canvas, framed in gilt frame framed: 19 x 25 inches canvas: 15 x 22 inches provenance: private collection, United Ki...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Morning sunshine at low tide
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923) Morning sunshine at low tide Signed 'B.W. LEADER' lower left Oil on board Painting Size 12 x 17 in Framed Size 19 x 24 in Provenance With The Ma...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Two Horses in a Landscape - British 19thC equine art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian oil painting is attributed noted landscape and animal artist George Cole ans ascribed verso. Painted in 1840 it is a superb portrait of two horses, one ...
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1840s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flapping Mallard Ducks Dropping Onto The Mill Stream
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Norman A.Olley (British, 20th century) dated 1995 and inscribed verso Title - Mallards Dropping On The Mill Stream Medium: gouache/water...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

View of a Dutch Town by Jan van Couver (Hermanus Koekkoek Jr.) Impressionism
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger was part of the famous Koekkoek artist family: grandson of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, nephew of the landscape painter, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, 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

Beach Huts on a Tranquil Shore with Figures Relaxing under a Soft Blue Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Huts on The Shore Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 10.75 x 13.75 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection Condition: great co...
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

19th Century landscape oil painting of anglers fishing on the river Thames
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Benjamin Williams Leader RA British, (1831-1923) Fishing on the Thames near Goring Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1873, further inscribed verso Image size: 23.25 inches x 35.5 inches...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

Materials

Oil

English 19th century forest landscape with horses in the New Forest Hampshire UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
English landscape painter from the 1870's who exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institute in London. He mostly painted in watercolors and this example would have been p...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sheep in Landscape Loch Restil Glen Croe 1895 - British Victorian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by artist William M Davies. It was painted in 1895 and the location, inscribed verso, is Loch Restil Glen Croe in Scotland. In...
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1890s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

A small oil painting of Deer in a Forest, late 19th century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Alice G. Gropper (late nineteenth century) Deer in the Forest Oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches FRAMED: 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (approx.) Inscribed on stretcher: (in ink) "Alice ...
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ponte Alle Grazie, 1900-1910, by Antonietta Brandeis, Florence, Italy Painting
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Antonieta Brandeis (Czech/Italian, 1848-1926) Signed: A. Brandeis (Lower, Right) " Ponte Alle Grazie ", Florence, Circa 1900-1910 Oil on Canvas 16 1/8" x 20" Housed in a 5" Gold...
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19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mountain stream with character and cows
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

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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

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Oil, Panel

A Huntsman and a Pointer Dog. Oil painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Theodore LEVIGNE Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 20 x 24" (51 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 27 x 31" (67 x 77cm) Born in 1848 and died in 1912 in Lyon, France Painter of figures, portrait...
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Late 19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Peniches sur la Seine - Impressionist Landscape Oil - Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The work depicts barges moored on the b...
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Francis E. Jamieson (1895-1950) - Framed Oil, Scots Pine by the Loch
Located in Corsham, GB
An expansive highland landscape by the well-listed British artist, Francis E. Jamieson (1895-1950). Scots Pines on the Loch. Signed with the artist's pseudonym 'Montgomery Ansell' to...
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

EXHIBITED American Hudson River COW School Landscape Stream with Cows
Located in New York, NY
William Hart (1823-1894), a Scottish-born American painter and member of the Hudson River School, famous for his oil paintings of atmospheric landscapes and cattle. His works are inc...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Along a Winter Path, American Folk Art Snow Scene, Horse Drawn Cart, Sun Rise
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unknown Artist, Late 19th Century Signed: L.H. (Lower, Right) Along a Winter Path, c. 1880s Oil on Canvas 22" x 36" Housed in a 4" Ornamented Frame Overall Size: 30" x 44" An ...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th century French scene of Lovers walking in a Garden, in 17th century costume
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century French scene of Lovers walking in a Garden, in 17th century costume original frame Wonderful 19th century classical Genre scene, painted with great skill and delicasicy . The artist has captured the meetiung of the two lovers...
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1870s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century townscape oil painting of the Ducal Palace, Venice
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred Pollentine British, (1844-1910) The Ducal Palace, Venice Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)91 Image size: 15 inches x 23 inches Size including frame: 21.75 inches x 29.75 in...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

W. Williamson - Framed 19th Century Oil, Rural Landscape with Figures Fishing
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished 19th-century rural landscape depicting two figures fishing in a quiet river with a country cottage smoking away in the background. Well presented in a gilt-effect fra...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique American 19th Century Blazing Sunset Blakelock School Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted 19th century American landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 12H x 16L. Signed illegibly.
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Charles James Parry "A North Wales River"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Charles James Parry "A North Wales River" 1824 -1894 London born painter of rural landscapes. The son of Joseph Parry. he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Oil on canva...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Scottish Highland Cattle By The Loch, 19th Century by ALOIS STOFF (1846-1890)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Highland Cattle By The Loch, 19th Century by ALOIS STOFF (1846-1890) Large 19th Century Scottish Highland Loch landscape with cattle gathered near a Loch, oil on canvas by Alois St...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Salut De Venice' The Homecoming . Venice
Located in St. Albans, GB
Charles MALFROY French 19th - 20th Century Canvas Size: 23 x 37" (58 x 94cm) Outside Frame Size: 33 x 47" (84 x 120cm) A large Venetian painting...
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Late 19th Century French School Landscape Paintings

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Oil

George Boyle Impressionist oil painting, Barbizon School of cows grazing
Located in Harkstead, GB
A superb example of a Barbizon inspired landscape painted by the "Catford Corot" from the late 19th Century. This very striking image shows the artist at the absolute peak of his abi...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Antique American Hudson River School Coastal Beach Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 9.25H by 15L. Artist Bio: This following biography was researched, compiled...
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1870s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Otto Von Thoren, Pastoral Landscape With Farmer Crossing A Ford
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by Austrian artist Otto von Thoren (1828-1889) depicts three horses pulling a cart across a shallow ford. Von Thoren was a celebrated painter of l...
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1880s Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Figure Working by RiverBank
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Riverbank Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card,...
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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Gouache

“Amsterdam Harbor at Sunset”
By George McCord
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed tonalist work of a sunset over Amsterdam Harbor in Holland by the well known American artist, George McCord. Signed lower right with A.N.A following the signature which stands for Associate of the National Academy. Circa 1890. Condition is good. The painting is oil on canvas (relined) and is housed in an semi-antique style gold ornate frame. Frame is in very good condition. Overall framed measurements are 30 by 35 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate. GEORGE HERBERT McCORD (1848-1909) Born on August 1, 1848 in Manhattan, New York, George Herbert McCord was considered a central figure of the second generation Hudson River painters. While McCord described himself as mostly self-taught, he attended the Hudson River Institute and the Claverack Academy in New York. He also spent time studying in the studios of Samuel Morse...
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, 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

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Pencil

Boats on the shore, Naples 1868
Located in Paris, IDF
Alessandro LA VOLPE (Lucera, 1820 – Rome, 1887) Boats on the shore, Naples 1868 Oil on canvas Signed, located and dated lower left 21 x 42 cm without frame 50 x 71 cm with frame 18...
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Late 19th Century Italian School Landscape Paintings

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Oil

19th Century animal oil painting of calves & ducks at a river
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Claude Cardon British, (1864-1937) Farm Friends Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 13.5 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 19.25 inches x 26.25 inches A tranquil scene of ca...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Dutch Oil Painting Windmill under Windswept Skies Large Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dutch School, late 19th century oil on canvas, framed 22 x 31 inches framed 15 x 24 inches. canvas the painting is in overall very good and sound condition - top left corner slightly...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fine Victorian Oil Painting The Village Duck Pond Signed & Dated 1860's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Duck Pond by W. Cartwright (British exhibited between 1875-1899) signed and dated 1860's oil on canvas, framed framed: 18 x 14.5 inches canvas: 15.5 x 12 inches provenanc...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Fine 19th Century French Oil Painting Peacock & Cockerill Chickens in Yard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Farmyard Friends French artist, late 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 10.75 x 11.75 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and sound condition
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Late 19th Century French School Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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

"Gray Morning" James MacMaster, Scottish Seascape, Marine Ship Landscape
Located in New York, NY
James MacMaster Gray Morning Signed and titled lower left Watercolor on paper 10 1/4 x 14 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Very Large Victorian Signed Oil Painting The Harvest Fields Wheatsheaves & Cart
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bringing in the Harvest British School, late 19th century signed lower corner oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 29.5 x 55.5 inches canvas: 24 x 50.5 inches provenance: private c...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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The Netherlands was home to landscapes as a major theme in painting as early as the 1500s, and ink-on-silk paintings in China featured mountains and large bodies of water as far back as the third century. Greeks created vast wall paintings that depicted landscapes and grandiose garden scenes, while in the late 15th century and early 16th century, landscapes were increasingly the subject of watercolor works by the likes of Leonardo da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo.

The popularity of religious paintings eventually declined altogether, and by the early 19th century, painters of classical landscapes took to painting out-of-doors (plein-air painting). Paintings of natural scenery were increasingly realistic but romanticized too. Into the 20th century, landscapes remained a major theme for many artists, and while the term “landscape painting” may call to mind images of lush, grassy fields and open seascapes, the genre is characterized by more variety, colors and diverse styles than you may think. Painters working in the photorealist style of landscape painting, for example, seek to create works so lifelike that you may confuse their paint for camera pixels. But if you’re shopping for art to outfit an important room, the work needs to be something with a bit of gravitas (and the right frame is important, too).

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