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Mullion Cove Cornwall - British 1921 art marine seascape oil painting RA exhib.

1921

This dramatic Scottish Impressionist 19th century oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Joseph Henderson. Painted in 1876 it was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy the same y...

A stunning view of the Thames at Battersea which Whistler would have been proud of. A superb 1887 impressionist view of London with the river Thame...

This stunning romantic exhibited Scottish Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist James Wallace. Painted in 1908 with excellent provenance, the brus...

This beautiful painting of Siena Italy is an oil on canvas, framed behind glass in its original gallery frame, by Susan Isabel Dacre. It was painted circa 1875. She was an early member of the Feminist movement and a member of the Manchester arts community. She travelled with Lord Leighton and exhibited widely. Indeed this painting retains an exhibition label for Manchester Art Gallery. This work shows influences of early British impressionism. The clarity and palette are light and airy. The painting depicts Siena in Tuscany, Italy, with houses dotted all around the hill with Saint Catherine's church on top. A superb Victorian painting by a noted female artist. Signed lower right. Provenance. Manchester Gallery label and number verso. Harnell and Son London Art Dealers. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 12 inches by 8 inches, canvas in original excellent condition. Housed in its original Harnell and Son London Gallery frame, behind glass, 17 by 13 inches, in good condition. Susan Isabel Dacre (1844 – 1933) was an English artist of the Victorian era. She was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, and was educated in Salford. For the decade of 1858–68 she lived in Paris. After a winter in Italy (1869), she returned to Paris, and was present during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. She returned to England in 1871 and began studying art at the Manchester School of Art, where she won the Queen's Prize in 1875. She began a lifelong friendship with fellow artist Annie Swynnerton; the two women pursued their art studies in Rome and Paris between 1874 and 1880. Around 1872, Lord Leighton dictated notes and observations on his methods of painting and composing his pictures to Susan Dacre, during a stay on the island of Capri. From 1877-1880 she was in Paris at the Académie Julian with a fellow - pupil Marie Bashkirtseff...

House In The Woods, 1964 - Original Oil Painting On Masonite 1964 Original oil painting by New York area artist Dickson (American, 20th C), depicting a small house surrounded by tre...

"Drought" Low-Horizon Midwest Landscape in Oil on Canvas Dramatic landscape by Pete James Johnson (American, 20th Century). A wildfire is blowing in from across a valley, casting a grey shadow on the orange and yellow earth. The sun is partially obscured by the smoke. In the foreground, there is a simple fence and a few small shrubs. Just across the grassland, there is a barn with a silo. The artist has stated that he passed by a wildfire in Utah and was worried that the farm would be destroyed by the fire, so he thought it was important to paint the scene. Initialed and dated "PJJ 15" in the lower left corner. Signed and titled "Pete James Johnson Drought" on verso. No frame, but the edges have been painted for a frame-less display. Canvas size: 24"H x 24"W Pete James Johnson (American, 20th Century) is an artist, musician, producer, and audio engineer from Minnesota, MN. He plays drums and bass...

Snowy Creek in Hope Valley - Landscape in Oil on Masonite Detailed winter scene by American artist Dean Packer (b. 1933). Light shines down on the snowy b...

Mission San Juan Bautista, 1971 - Original Oil Painting Oil painting of Mission San Juan Bautista by Gorman Woody (American, 1907-2000). The viewer l...