Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Aloysius O’Kelly
“Concarneau, Brittany”

Circa 1905

About the Item

Oil on board painting by Aloysius O’Kelly of Concarneau, Brittany. Signed bottom right and titled verso. Condition: Good. Provenance: Sarasota estate. Overall sized framed in original frame 12.25 by 16.25 inches. Concarneau has made its living from the fishing industry for hundreds of years and the town remains an important centre: more than 100,000 tonnes of tuna are caught each year by Concarneau-based boats. It’s possible for tourists to visit the fish auction, canneries and also sometimes to assist the deep-sea fishermen to unload their catch. But more adventurous sorts might like to join an organised trip on an old sardine boat to try their own hand. Aloysius O'Kelly (1853-1941) The Irish landscape artist, figurative painter and orientalist Aloysius O'Kelly was born in Dublin in 1853, He was the youngest of four boys and one girl. His mother's brother was John Lawlor, the London sculptor, and his cousin, Michael Lawlor, was also a sculptor. Two of Aloysius' brothers, Charles and Stephen O'kelly, also became artists. Another brother, James J O'Kelly became involved in Nationalist politics. In 1874, he travelled to Paris and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1874, where he studied painting and drawing under the French masters Bonnat and Gérôme. In 1876 he visited Brittany, joining several other artists of various nationalities in practising plein-air painting in order to capture the naturalism of its villages and fishing ports.
  • Creator:
    Aloysius O’Kelly (1853 - 1941, Irish)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1905
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    In good condition. Recently cleaned with small scratch in bottom center in painted.
  • Gallery Location:
    Southampton, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1414517212

More From This Seller

View All
“La Jetee” (The Pier)
By Henri Saintin
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful painting of the figures and ships along the French coast and pier by the well known French artist, Henri Saintin. Signed lower right. Oil on wooden panel. Artist wax seal...
Category

1870s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mill Creek
By Fern Isabel Coppedge
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board Circa 1930 -1935 Signed verso and dedicated to JF (possibly John Folinsbee, fellow artist and neighbor). Overall size encased in custom 22K gold leaf frame wit...
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“Bord de L’Eau”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a wonderful oil on canvas painting by the well known French artist, Albert Regagnon. Titled verso, “Bord de L’’Eau” (The Riverside) Signed and dated lower left, 1906. Condition is excellent. Original period frame in fine condition. Mild wear consistent with age. Overall framed measurements are 20.5 by 24 inches. Provenance: Joseph M. de Gimme Gallery, Grosse Point, Michigan. (label verso) Albert Regagnon, French (1874-1961) Regagnon received many honors for his body of painting during his long and productive career, and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salons. Regagnons’ fascination for the Barbizon painters...
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“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...
Category

1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Long View”
By Louis H. Richardson
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the American Impressionist artist Louis H. Richardson. Signed lower right and dated 1917. Overall framed measurements in original Newcomb Macklin frame 27.5 by 31.25 inches. Louis H Richardson [1853-1923] American Impressionist : Louis H. Richardson was born in New Bedford, MA, where he lived and worked until his death in 1923. Richardson was a self-taught Impressionist artist, most known for his sensitive paintings of the landscape surrounding New Bedford and the Dartmouth area. From his shanty shack studio at Salters Point in South Dartmouth, he would paint the wetlands and feature water, trees, the sky and land. In 1917, Richardson was part of a two-man show in New York City with artist Clifford W. Ashley at the Arlington Art Galleries on Madison Avenue. Of his show, The New Bedford Sunday Standard wrote: “His style is so absolutely his own that the simple mention of his name recalls to mind vividly the salt marshes, the soft browns of silent reaches near the sea, wind-blown inlets, flying clouds. … Some of it reaches a height of charm and truth that it would be impossible to surpass.” Richardson believed in the art community and founded the New Bedford Arts Club and its successor the New Bedford Fine Arts Society. When not painting, Richardson worked at the New Bedford Water Company and later as a plumbing inspector for the city’s Board of Health. He was an avid baseball player and would be known as “the Babe Ruth of New Bedford.” On his death, the local newspaper declared him “one of the best-known artists in New Bedford” and “one of the art pioneers in building up a more widespread appreciation of art in the community.” His work is in the permanent collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum...
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Gloucester Docks”
By Caroline Bell
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of fishing boats at the docks of Gloucester by the well known North Fork Long Island artist Caroline M. Bell. Circa 1945. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is very good. Housed in its original silver leaf over wood frame in restored condition. Overall framed measurements are 20 by 18 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate. Biography: Caroline M. Bell (1874 -1870) Caroline Bell was the leader of a group of artists known as the Peconic Bay...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

You May Also Like

Italian Impressionist Oil on Board Marine Landscape Painting Naples Bay View
By Francesco Coppola Castaldo
Located in Firenze, IT
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...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Home Safe
By James Gale Tyler
Located in Greenville, DE
Very well executed seascape. Alternate title "In Point" inscribed on the rear. 17 x 15in in frame, including linen liner. ...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Beach at Norderney
Located in Greenville, DE
Andor Basch (1885-1944) Signed lower right, dated 1922 and inscribed "Norderney" 16 1/2" x 19 1/2" in 23kt gold leaf frame Possibly one of the first appearances of the 2-piece bathin...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

A Suffolk Landscape with Ferryman
By Alfred de Breanski Sr.
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Alfred de Breanski, Sr. (British) is one of the most renowned 19th century landscape artists, known for his plein art style, both realistic and idyllic. Breanski set up his easel across the Scottish Highlands, Wales and rural England as in this gem, titled 'A Suffolk Landscape...
Category

1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vermillion at Lee's Ferry ( Plein Air Landscape painting sky blue terracotta)
By Jane Chapin
Located in Cody, WY
This is a 'Plein Air" landscape Painting by Jane Chapin as seen in the viewing room exhibition on Silas VON MORISSE GALLERY. “Plein-Air” is the French expression to describe the act of painting in situ within the landscape, capturing the ever changing weather and light with tonal qualities, colour, loose brushwork and softness of form... The practice of “Plein Air Painting” goes back for centuries but was truly made into an art form by the French Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir who were advocating of plein air painting. Much of their work was done outdoors in the diffuse light of a large white umbrella. Another major proponent of Plein Air was Jean Baptiste Camille Corot whom Claude Monet considered as “The only One Master here”. Corot provides a transition from the sharp academic style that ruled in his day with focus on the natural world and the lyrical expressiveness of one's work. With her "Plein Air Paintings", Jane Chapin is part of one of the largest art movements in history. Her paintings carry human emotions. We can read her moods and feelings with places that carry deep remembrances for the artist that go beyond the descriptive. "My paintings grow from observing and interpretating light as it emerges from, surrounds and reflects on everyday people and scenes. They seek to remind us of the beauty of our common surroundings, regardless of where we are." - Jane Chapin Jane Chapin Painting the Land of the Free...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

Pecos Temple (Plein Air landscape Painting - beige neutral colors)
By Jane Chapin
Located in Cody, WY
This is a 'Plein Air" landscape Painting by Jane Chapin as seen in the viewing room exhibition on Silas VON MORISSE GALLERY. “Plein-Air” is the French expression to describe the act...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

Recently Viewed

View All