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Napoleonic Wars Period Marine 1800's Oil Painting Soldiers on French Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1800
Napoleonic Wars Period marine scene with soldiers on a French beach.
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 10.5 x 13 inches
canva...
Category
Early 1800s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,243 Sale Price
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"Geneva Countryside" by J-P George - Oil on cardboard 16x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame
Total size with frame 24x39 cm
Jean-Philippe GEORGE-JULLIARD is an artist born in Switzerland in 1818 and died in 1888. His works have been sold at ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nature Landscape Painting by Gloucester Painter Charles Movalli
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli paints a peaceful forest scene filled with sunlight shining through the leaves. Movalli was a well-known American painter from Cape Ann, Massachusetts. He followed th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Harbor Scene at Dusk with Fishermen and Wooden Boats Resting on the Shore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Harbor Scene at Dusk
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$633 Sale Price
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Italy, Via di Streda. Original oil impasto painting, impressionism, water, sun
Located in Zofingen, AG
This Original impasto painting was created in the impressionism style on canvas 30/40 cm.
The artwork was painted in the open air while ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hermosa Beach Coastline - Watercolor On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hermosa Beach Coastline - Watercolor On Paper
Watercolor painting depicting the Hermosa Beach coastline by California artist F.J. Whitlock (American, B- 1923 ). Vibrant hues of blue...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$440 Sale Price
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Mid-20th Century French Expressionist Landscape River and Colorful Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressionist Landscape
signed gouache painting on artist paper
painting: 9.75 x 12.75 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condition
Descr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Impasto Oil Painting of River Tree Scene British Postwar & Contemporary Artist, Terry Evans
Terry Evans is a British Postwar & Contemporary Painte...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Impressionist Paris Promenade Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3247a Oil on canvas of a Paris Street scene
Set in a simple white wood frame
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Category
1990s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seaside Landscape in Cannes, France, oil painting by Françoise Juvin
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Françoise Juvin - Seaside Landscape in Cannes, France
Reference number FJ55
Framed with a natural oak floated frame.
24,5 x 29 cm frame included (19 x 23 cm without frame)
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. It is signed in the bottom right.
Françoise Juvin (1927-2010) is a French artist born in Nancy. She entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1941 where she met several artists such as Jacques Truphémus...
Category
1980s French School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,345 Sale Price
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1930's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Lady Gleaning in Harvest Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Crochet (French c. 1930) French Impressionist artist
Title: the Gleaner
Medium: oil on board, unframed
board: 9.5 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collecti...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monet's Water Lily Pond
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, I've sought to capture the essence of tranquility and the ephemeral nature of light dancing on water. Through bold, impressionistic strokes and a soothing palette o...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
French Village Church Oil Painting with Bell Tower River and Autumn Woodland
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Church Oil Painting with Bell Tower River and Autumn Woodland
By Fanch Lel
Size: 13 x 16 inches (height x width)
Oil painting...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$536 Sale Price
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Kyoto VII Landscape Silver Pavilion by Lumi Mizutani - Japanese style painting
Located in Paris, FR
Kyoto VII Landscape – Silver Pavilion is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and gold leaves on Japanese ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
“View of Gardanne, 1925" Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“View of Gardanne, 1925"
Louis Gautier (French, 1855-1947)
Oil on cardboard Signed and dated 1925 lower left,
Dedicated lower right: "à Monsieur Angeli, Bien cordially"
Titled, dated...
Category
1920s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Ombres Littorales – Textured Abstract Coastal Landscape Oil Painting minimalism
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Framed dimensions: 47 x 47 cm (18.5 x 18.5 in)
Canvas size: 40 x 40 cm (15.7 x 15.7 in)
Framed in black or natural wood floater (your choice) – Signed – Ready to hang – Certificate o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Painting of Fishing Boats and Boathouse under Dramatic Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Painting of Fishing Boats and Boathouse under Dramatic Sky
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$536 Sale Price
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British Original Impressionist Watercolor European Lake Landscape with Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below
original watercolor on artists paper, unsigned
paper dimensions: 11 x 15 inches
condition: very go...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bright & Colorful French Impressionist Oil Painting Foliage and Yellow Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
Oil on thick card, unframed,
7 x 9.75 inches
Signed Initials ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Floral Gouache Painting of Soft Pink Garden Cosmos Flowers
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Floral Gouache Painting of Soft Pink Garden Cosmos Flowers
by Fanche Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 8.75 inches (width)
Gouache painting on board, unframe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$477 Sale Price
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British Original Watercolor of a Castle with Swans on the River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Original Watercolor of a Castle with Swans on the River
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11 x 15.25 inch...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$497 Sale Price
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"white Landscape" Original Abstract Painting Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
White Landscape
oil on canvas
40x40 cm
2019
Original Art
Ready to hang
this painting is sold stretched on a wooden frame
My painting tells of the relationship between man, natur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,441 Sale Price
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Impressionist River Bridge Scene with Reflections and White Buildings in France
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist River Bridge Scene with Reflections and White Buildings in France
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 16.25 x 13.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard,...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$419 Sale Price
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Landscape with Cows Grazing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel Landscape with Cows Grazing
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 6.25 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
French Cityscape Oil Painting of Canal Bridge and Historic Architecture
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Cityscape Oil Painting of Canal Bridge and Historic Architecture
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 16.25 x 13 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$492 Sale Price
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"Serene Mountain Lake Scene"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
19th-Century Landscape Painting – Serene Mountain Lake Scene
Artist: Unidentified
Period: 19th Century
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 31 x 35 cm ...
Category
19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Tonalist Landscape with Oak Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous late 19th century Tonalist landscape painting of foothills and oak trees in the style of Willard Leroy Metcalf circa 1900. Inscribed "M" in circle monogram lower left corner and on frame verso. Presented in original rustic giltwood frame. Image size: 6"H x 8"W. Framed size: 8.5"H x 10.5"W.
Tonalist are usually intimate works, painted with a limited palette. Tonalist paintings are softly expressive, suggestive rather than detailed, often depicting the landscape at twilight or evening, when there is an absence of contrast. Tonalist paintings could also be figurative, but in them, the figure was usually out of doors or in an interior in a low-key setting with little detail.
Tonalism had its origins in the works of the French Barbizon school and in the works of American painters who were influenced by them. California Tonalism was born when the emphasis in California landscape painting passed from the grand landscapes of works like those of Thomas Hill and William Keith's early career, to more intimate views of a domesticated landscape. At the same time, the parallel Pictorialist Photography...
Category
1890s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$6,800 Sale Price
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Mid-20th Century French Ink Drawing of Trees and Stream With Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century French Ink Drawing of Trees and Stream With Cottage
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Ink and pencil on unframed paper
Size:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Fauvist Landscape with Lake and Mountains in Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Fauvist Landscape with Lake and Mountains in Oil on Paper
Bright and textured landscape by unknown artist Bry Schmidt (20th Century). This piece sh...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$380 Sale Price
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No Downside
Located in Napa, CA
Michelle Andres is a contemporary American oil painter, writer and poet who draws from nature to celebrate joy and hopefulness in our often challenging world. She has worked in abstr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist French Harvest Landscape with Stone Bridge and Castle near Amiens
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist French Harvest Landscape with Stone Bridge and Castle near Amiens
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 9.75 inches (height x width)
Gouache painting on cardboard,...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"BLUEBONNETS WEST OF COPPERAS COVE TEXAS"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dwight Holmes
(1900-1986)
Fort Worth, San Angelo Artist
Image Size: 9 x 12
Frame Size: 12 x 18
Medium: Oil
Dated 1967
"West of Copperas Cove" Texas
Dwight Holmes (1900-1986)
Dwight C...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Setter On Point
Located in Hillsborough, NC
'Setter on Point' is by 19th century British artist John Sutcliffe known for his paintings of animals. One of his paintings of a dog in a landscape, same size as this one, sold at Ch...
Category
19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
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French Coastal Oil Painting of Seaside Village with Red Roofs Reflected in Water
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Oil Painting of Seaside Village with Red Roofs Reflected in Water
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 16.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unfra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Painting Michael Budden Morning Marsh Light
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Morning Marsh Light is an oil painting on canvas panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a beautiful sunrise awakening a glorious marsh view. This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Harbour Oil Painting of Boats Lighthouse and Rocky Shoreline at Low Tide
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Harbour Oil Painting of Boats Lighthouse and Rocky Shoreline at Low Tide
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13 x 16 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition with expressive texture throughout; minor surface wear and edge scuffing present.
Provenance: All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate and have had no previous owners at all.
Description:
This expressive 1986 oil on board titled Marée (meaning “Tide”) captures a dramatic moment along the French coast, where the sky glows with streaks of yellow and rose as the tide pulls gently from the harbour. A lighthouse stands at the center of the scene, surrounded by whitewashed buildings and small moored fishing boats bobbing in the shallows.
Painted by French artist Fanch Lel, this work features dynamic brushwork and a moody, storm-washed sky layered in shades of slate grey, lavender, and warm amber. The palette evokes the fleeting golden hour, as the low sun reflects off wet rocks and waterlogged docks. The boats in the foreground are rendered in deep rust, black, and marine blue, giving the composition a grounded, tactile quality.
The piece has strong visual depth: a rocky foreground with tethered boats...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wine Street Looking to Corn Street in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wine Street Looking to Corn Street in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measure...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Berney Ladbrooke, 19th Century oil painting of a river landscape
By John Berney Ladbrooke
Located in Harkstead, GB
A most attractive painting with an extensive view towards a church tower, just as a rain shower is approaching. The picture includes a charming little figure group of a mother holdin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
City Side (Modern Cityscape Oil Painting of Brooklyn Rooftops)
By Patty Neal
Located in Hudson, NY
oil paint on panel
12 x 12 inches
This contemporary cityscape oil painting is painted on wood panel in a realistic style. The scene is of a Brooklyn skyline where old water towers...
Category
2010s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Manhattan Towers (East River)
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Signed lower left: Cucuel Signed and inscribed on verso: Cucuel / Manhattan Towers (East River)
Provenance
Private collection, Massachusetts
Born in San Francisco in 1875, Edward C...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fishing Boats Anchored along the Shore with a Red-Sailed Dinghy Harbor Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbor Landscape
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For more any more i...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Figs" (2023) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Painting
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's (US based) "Figs" is an oil on panel depicting figs growing on a tree with lush green foliage.
About the artist:
Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hue, Vietnam. He...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alto Aragon
Located in Austin, TX
"Alto Aragon"
Artist: Borja Fernandez
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 16" x 16"
Framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Night Woods
Located in Columbia, MO
After months of isolation during the pandemic, Craig Albright and his 11-year-old daughter started a daily tradition of an afternoon drive. When online classes came to a close each d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"At sunset" Original impressionistic landscape. Plain air. Small oil painting
Located in Oslo, NO
In this passionate stroke of impressionism, I've captured the ephemeral glow of sunset as it kisses the landscape. With oils, I've sculpted the tranquility of the waters and the quai...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charming Rural French Village Scene with Rustic Stone Houses Red-Tiled Roofs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Rural French Village
by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 15 x 18 inches
condition: This painting is in excellent conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Conceptual Palm Tree Painting, "The Ideal Copy 0026"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind conceptual painting by local San Diego artist, Perry Vàsquez. Its dimensions are 12.5 x 12.5. It comes in a neutral wooden frame.
The artist uses an alternat...
Category
2010s Conceptual Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Trail, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A narrow trail cuts through a wide, sunlit plain. Trees and bushes cast long shadows on the ground, enhancing the sense of space and warmth. Painted in plein ai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
French Watercolor of Barques sur la Grève and Fishing Boats on Shore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Barques sur la Grève and Fishing Boats on Shore
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, mounted
S...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Antique 19th Century English Oil Painting Figures outside Country Cottage
By circle of John Constable
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Country Cottage
English School, first half 19th century
circle of John Constable
oil on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 12 inches
board: 6 x 8 inches
provenance: private collection
...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,262 Sale Price
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French Impressionist Oil Painting of Riverside Scene in Guînes, Northern France
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Riverside Scene in Guînes, Northern France
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of aging.
Provenance: All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate and have had no previous owners at all.
Description:
This evocative painting by Fanch Lel, titled "Guînes," presents a serene depiction of the French countryside near the town of Guînes in northern France. The artwork captures the tranquil charm of rural life, with soft, earthy tones and lush greenery framing the small, picturesque structures that dot the landscape. Lel’s brushwork brings depth to the trees in the foreground, while the subtle, reflective water in the lower portion of the scene mirrors...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Oil Abstract Landscape with Birds on Branches at Sunrise
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Abstract Abstract Landscape with Birds on Branches at Sunrise
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 14 (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$433 Sale Price
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Field Painting August 3 - Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting Flowers, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape painting in oil on panel, a peaceful summer scene is set, beautifully capturing the idyllic feel of a field of wildflowers in early August. Signed, dat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Plein Air Painting Bernard Corey American Impressionism
Located in Rockport, MA
Painting size without frame: 9"x14"
Painting size with frame: 13"x18"
Signed lower right
A luminous plein air painting by Bernard Corey, "Spring Has Sprung" captures the soft awake...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Sailboats at Sunset
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Harbour Scene with Sailboats at Sunset
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 10.25 x 16 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The pa...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$531 Sale Price
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French Impressionist Street Scene with Figures in Traditional Dress
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Street Scene with Figures in Traditional Dress
By Fanch Lel
Size: 16 x 13 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$580 Sale Price
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Peasants in a Cornfield (Boer in het veld) by David Teniers the Younger
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in Stockholm, SE
Remembering the magic of everyday life moments in the art of David Teniers:
The art of David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690) coincided with the heyday of the Flemish Baroque and captured a great variety of motifs of his time. In this painting of a seemingly simple peasant scene lies keys to understanding both the imaginative mind of Teniers as well as why this time period produced some of the most iconic works in all of art history.
As indicated by the name, Teniers was more or less born into his profession. As the son of David Teniers the elder, himself a painter who studied under Rubens, the younger David received training in art from a very young age and had no less than three brothers who also became painters. Because of his father’s frequent financial failures that even at times saw him imprisoned, David the younger helped to rescue the family from ruin through painting copies of old masters. Essentially, the young Teniers was confronted with painting as both a passion and creative expression as well as a necessity during difficult times, an experience that would shape much of his capacity and sensitivity in his coming life.
Despite the hardships, the talent and determination of Teniers was recognized and quickly expanded his possibilities. He had already spent time in France and possibly also England when he was hired by his father’s former teacher Rubens to help with a prestigious commission with mythological paintings, now considered lost, for Philip IV the king Spain. In 1644–54 Teniers was appointed dean of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke, manifesting his esteemed position within the artistic community. A few years afterwards he took an important step when relocating to Brussels, where Teniers yet again found new career opportunities that would prove to be very successful.
As the keeper of the collections of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, a role similar to what we now refer to as an art advisor, Teniers purchased hundreds of important artworks that manifested the prominent status of the Archduke’s collection while at the same time providing an unusual access to inspiration and knowledge for Teniers himself. Since he kept on painting during the same time, his creative scope must have seemed almost bewildering in the great variety of images and stories that he surrounded himself with.
Regardless of how glamorous and culturally stimulating the career of Teniers was, he was as open to the charm and existential importance of everyday life as he was to works of great masters and luxurious collectibles. In his impressive repertoire of genres with everything from exquisite royal portraits, interiors, landscapes and history paintings he always added something new and inventive, highlighting the possibilities of art and importance of an experimental and intuitive mind. It is difficult to single out one aspect or genre to summarize his legacy, since it lies much more in the broad virtuosity across many motifs, although he is particularly remembered for farm scenes and meticulously depicted interiors where other paintings and artworks are captured with an astonishing precision. However, the fact that he is still today one of the most known and celebrated names of the Dutch Golden Age is a proof to the magic of his work, which continues to spark dialogue and wonder in the contemporary viewer of his works.
The farm boy in the field in this painting, which likely dates to the mature part of his career, is a wonderful entry into the mind of Teniers. In the tightly cropped motif, we see him standing right in the middle of the busy harvest when men, women and everyone capable were sent out in the field to collect the crop that formed the very core of their diet and survival. In the background we see a fresh blue sky interspersed with skillfully painted clouds, some trees reaching their autumnal colours and in the far distance the glimpse of a small church and village. The presence of a church in a landscape, so typical of Dutch art, served both a symbolic and visual function as a representation of faith while at the same time defining scale and distance.
In the field, the work is in full action with the farmers spread out in various positions, all in the midst of hard and sweaty labour. While they are portrayed as having nothing else than the work on their mind, our farm boy seems to have his attention directed elsewhere. Standing there with his white, half open shirt, flowy curls and strong, sturdy body; his gaze is directed away, out of the picture and the scythes in his hands. He looks almost smirking, expressed with tremendous subtlety in the slight smile of his lips and big eyes, being just in the middle of losing focus on the work. What is it that steals his attention? What has he seen, or realized, or felt – to break him free of the arduous task of harvesting, if but for a moment?
Here starts the wondering and the questions that are the hallmark of a great piece of art. Instead of explicitly locking in the motif in overly clear symbolism Teniers has chosen an open ended, subtle yet striking moment for us to consider. While it of course can be related to numerous other farm scene depictions of this time, and clever usages of gazes and real-life scenes to underscore various moral or symbolic meanings, the painting can be much more of a contemplation than an explanation or illustration. The ordinary nature and understated yet emotionally textured composition of the motif gives greater space for our own reactions and thoughts. Has he seen a pretty farm girl just passing by? Is he fed up with the farm life, joyously dreaming away for a minute, imagining another future? Or is he simply in need of distraction, looking away and ready for anything that can steal his attention?
One quality that never seem to have escaped Teniers was that of curiosity. During all of his career he constantly investigated, expanded and experimented with not only the style and technique of painting, but with the vision of art itself. Being credited with more or less introducing farm motifs for a broader audience not only tells us of his ability to understand the demand for different motifs, but the sensitivity to transform seemingly ordinary parts of life into deep aesthetic experiences, far beyond their expected reach. The farm boy in this painting is, of course, exactly that. But with the help of one smirk the entire picture is charged with a different energy, awakening many contrasts and relationships between the calm landscape, the hard work and his own breach of effectivity, holding sharp scythes while thinking or seeing something else.
It is no wonder Teniers chose to work with farm scenes as a way of investigating these intricate and delicate plays on expectations and surprises, clarity and ambivalence. It invites us to an appreciation of human everyday life that connects us with the people of 17th century...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Joy Of Light And Shadow" (2024) by Deb Komitor, Original Painting
By Deb Komitor
Located in Denver, CO
"The Joy Of Light And Shadow" (2024) by Deb Komitor (United States) is a handmade landscape oil painting that is ready to hang.
Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and now resi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board
Vibrant Abstract Landscape with Yellow and Green Tones Featuring Swirling Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Abstract Landscape
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 7 x 10.5 inches
Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the famous pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache