John Stevens

SEA BATTLE - English School - Italian Sailing Boat Oil on Canvas Painting

2011

Sea Battle - John Stevens Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm.50x130. In this precious oil painting Stevens is inspired by the naval battles of the English painter Derek George Montague Gardner who, after a career as a civil engineer...

Battleship - John Stevens Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm.40x80. In this precious oil painting Stevens is inspired by the naval battles of the English painter...

Landscape - Gianluca D'Este Italia - Oil on canvas cm.70x100. This painting by G. D’Este is painted of architectural ruins, of feasts and ceremonies. In fact, this painting represent...

Regatta in the gulf - John Stevens Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm.40x80. Using thin washes of oil paint, John Stevens slowly builds up his highly detailed paintings of scenes of nava...

Lovely landscape painting of sunset titled Shere, Surrey by George Vicat Cole, RA (1833-1893). The painting is in the tradition of plein art, monogrammed VC lower right and dated 187...

Signed lower right "Nasmyth" leading to one of the whole pleiad of renowned Scottish artists starting with Alexander Nasmyth (1758 -1840). This painting showcases a scene of a landscape with shallow water, where a family is seen wading through a river ford in knee-deep water. The presence of a shepherdess on a high bank, observing the travelers with keen interest, adds a sense of pastoral charm to the composition. One of the focal points of the painting is a picturesque tree that has fallen into the river, adding a touch of drama to the overall scene. The contrast between the lush woodland and bushes on the right side of the foreground and the rolling valley on the left side further enhances the depth and perspective of the painting and superbly illustrates the traditions of the early 19th century British Art...

This idyllic scene with the reflections in the water is of Rye Windmill in East Sussex, an area which was frequented by Duncan Grant and his Bloomsbury friends and associates. Circl...

A fine & large antique maritime oil painting of the war ship HMS Britannia, by Robert Strickland Thomas (1787-1853), the painting circa 1835. The painting depicts HMS Britannia broadside with several other war ships of the British fleet, most likely returning from the Mediterranean. In the foreground are several small boats with sailors variously occupied attending to them. A yacht with a crowded deck is visible on the left. In the center foreground there is a barrel or possibly a buoy in the water, a device commonly employed in some of Thomas's paintings. To the verso is an old auction label from the 1920s and another partial label, there are also some annotations on the stretcher with details of photographic images of the painting. There is also an old label of ownership "Mrs. Strange 6 Elvaston Place", this address was a large Georgian house in the prestigious London borough of South Kensington. The painting is in very good condition, this investment quality antique maritime painting...