Peter Orlando

Primroses - Mid 20th Century French Naïf Potted Flowers Still Life Oil Painting

c.1950

A beautiful signed and dated 1928 French naïf oil on canvas depicting an unusual archery match. The two competitors appear to be aiming at a target which is directly above their head...

A beautiful 1925 post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting the banks of the river Seine in Paris, by Georges Pacouil. Excellent quality early work by this interesting French artist....

A beautiful signed and dated 1964 oil on canvas laid on board by Fruin Bruce Charles Bravington depicting a continental landscape with farmed hilly fields. Very good quality and cond...

A beautiful 1930's French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting the Pont Royal bridge on the river Seine in Paris, by Bertrand Py. Excellent quality a...

A beautiful large 1950's French expressionist oil on canvas depicting locals taking an afternoon stroll, by Paris painter André Beaucé. Excellent quality ...

A fine late 19th century French Impressionist oil in canvas depicting figures on a beach. Signed with a monogram and dated 1899 lower right. Artis...

This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...

"Houses And River" Signed A. Huntington (English School) Oil on canvas Measures: Canvas - 60x110 cm (Gilt Wood Frame - 76x126 cm) Private collection. Framed

This very fine quality 19th century oil on canvas in dark brown wood frame with gold leaves details throughout is signed by Joseph Brunner (Vienna 1826-...

A luxuriant forest is the romantic and lyrical landscape where the dance of the nude nymphs takes place in this joyful 19th Century antique oil on canvas painting featuring a mythological scene. Dance of the Nymphs and Naiads is a myth inspired by the tales of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, a subject already much loved in the Renaissance period as an allegory of rebirth - as in one of the most famous paintings in the world the Spring by Sandro Botticelli- then reproduced throughout the neoclassicism by academic painters -due to the renewed interest in classical artworks following the discovery of archaeological sites- and taken up later, with ecological purposes and meanings, also by the Barbizon school and Impressionist artists. The present artwork – signed Vagner low left and datable to the second half of the 19th century - is closely inspired by an important work by the great Camille Corot, which is now housed at the Musée d'Orsay (Paris). This historical oil on canvas painting, featuring a joyful scene with the three graces and other dancing nymphs...

Provenance: The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Sale, Christie’s, London, May 20, 1993, lot 315, as by Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart...

Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...