19th Century Paintings

Portrait of an Elderly Lady, mirror behind French Impressionist artist, late 19th/ early 20th century extensively inscribed verso with details oil on canvas canvas: 22 x 18.5 inches ...

Tranquil River Scene Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any m...

Artist/ School: Title: Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 22 x 32 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall very go...

Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter. Title: Exotic...

Signed figures in interior oil on panel by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The piece depicts two old men seated in an interior. One is reading his paper as the other naps and there are several kittens on the floor. Painted in the artist's distinctive style. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 9.5"x8" Unframed: 5.5"x4" Provenance: Brame & Lorenceau have confirmed the authenticity of this work and it will be included in the digital catalogue raisonne of the painter which is under preparation A certificate of authenticity fromBrame & Lorenceau accompanies this painting Private collection - United States Original artists label verso Jean-François Raffaëlli's father was a failed Italian businessman and Raffaëlli himself was, among other things, a church chorister, actor and theatre singer. He then studied under Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He travelled to Italy, Spain and Algeria and on his return to France settled in Asnières. In 1876, on a trip to Brittany, he first saw the potential of realist subject matter, if treated seriously. He became involved in meetings of artists at the Café Guerbois, where the Impressionist painters used to gather. As a result, Degas, contrary to the advice of the group, introduced Raffaëlli to the Impressionist exhibitions - according to one uncertain source as early as the very first exhibition, at the home of Nadar, and certainly to those of 1880 and 1881. In 1904, Raffaëlli founded the Society for Original Colour Engraving. He first exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1870 and continued to exhibit there until he joined the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881, where he earned a commendation in 1885, was made Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1889 and in the same year was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle. In 1906 he was made Officier of the Légion d'Honneur. He was also a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1884, a private exhibition of his work cemented his reputation. He contributed to several newspapers such as The Black Cat (Le Chat Noir) in 1885 and The French Mail (Le Courrier Français) in 1886 and 1887. He published a collection entitled Parisian Characters, which captured his favourite themes of the street, the neighbourhood and local people going about their lives. In 1880 he participated, with Forain, on the illustration of Joris Karl Huysmans' Parisian Sketches (Croquis Parisiens). He also illustrated Huysman's Works. As well as working as an illustrator, he also made etchings and coloured dry-points. His early attempts at painting were genre scenes, but once he was settled in Asnières he started to paint picturesque views of Parisian suburbs. From 1879 onwards, his subject matter drew on the lives of local people. These popular themes, which he treated with humanity and a social conscience, brought him to the attention of the social realist writers of the time such as Émile Zola. In addition to his realist style, Raffaëlli's dark palette, which ran contrary to the Impressionist aesthethic, helped to explain the opposition of those painters to his participation in their exhibitions. More concerned with drawing than colour, he used black and white for most of his paintings. Towards the end of his life, he lightened his palette, but without adopting any other principles of the Impressionist technique. After painting several portraits, including Edmond de Goncourt and Georges Clémenceau, he returned to genre painting, particularly scenes of bourgeois life. Later in his career, he painted mainly Breton-inspired sailors and views of Venice. His views of the Paris slums and the fortifications, sites which have almost completely disappeared, went some way towards establishing a genre in themselves and perpetuated the memory of the area: The Slums, Rag-and-Bone Man, Vagabond, Sandpit, In St-Denis, Area of Fortifications. His realistic and witty portrayal of typical Parisian townscapes accounts for his enduring appeal. Born in Paris, he was of Tuscan descent through his paternal grandparents. He showed an interest in music and theatre before becoming a painter in 1870. One of his landscape paintings was accepted for exhibition at the Salon in that same year. In October 1871 he began three months of study under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris; he had no other formal training. Raffaëlli produced primarily costume pictures until 1876, when he began to depict the people of his time—particularly peasants, workers, and ragpickers seen in the suburbs of Paris—in a realistic style. His new work was championed by influential critics such as J.-K. Huysmans, as well as by Edgar Degas. The ragpicker became for Raffaëlli a symbol of the alienation of the individual in modern society. Art historian Barbara S. Fields has written of Raffaëlli's interest in the positivist philosophy of Hippolyte-Adolphe Taine, which led him to articulate a theory of realism that he christened caractérisme. He hoped to set himself apart from those unthinking, so-called realist artists whose art provided the viewer with only a literal depiction of nature. His careful observation of man in his milieu paralleled the anti-aesthetic, anti-romantic approach of the literary Naturalists, such as Zola and Huysmans. Degas invited Raffaëlli to participate in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1880 and 1881, an action that bitterly divided the group; not only was Raffaëlli not an Impressionist, but he threatened to dominate the 1880 exhibition with his outsized display of 37 works. Monet, resentful of Degas's insistence on expanding the Impressionist exhibitions by including several realists, chose not to exhibit, complaining, "The little chapel has become a commonplace school which opens its doors to the first dauber to come along."An example of Raffaëlli's work from this period is Les buveurs d'absinthe (1881, in the California Palace of Legion of Honor Art Museum in San Francisco). Originally titled Les déclassés, the painting was widely praised at the 1881 exhibit. After winning the Légion d'honneur in 1889, Raffaëlli shifted his attention from the suburbs of Paris to city itself, and the street scenes that resulted were well received by the public and the critics. He made a number of sculptures, but these are known today only through photographs.[2] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the later years of his life, he concentrated on color printmaking. Raffaëlli died in Paris on February 11, 1924 Museum and Gallery Holdings: Béziers: Peasants Going to Town Bordeaux: Bohemians at a Café Boston: Notre-Dame; Return from the Market Brussels: Chevet of Notre-Dame; pastel Bucharest (Muz. National de Arta al României): Market at Antibes; Pied-à-terre Copenhagen: Fishermen on the Beach Douai: Return from the Market; Blacksmiths Liège: Absinthe Drinker...

Boys in a Boat "The Admiral and 1st Mate" Going Down the River by Charles Harmon Lovely early work of two boys in a boat going down a fast moving stream by Charles Henry Harmon (Ame...

EDWARD HENRY POTTHAST (American, 1857-1927) Wading oil on board signed E. Potthast, l.l. 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.) Provenance: Traxel Art Galleries, Cincinnati,...

George Frost America, 1843–1907 View of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Nizhny Novgorod Oil on Canvas 20 by 30 in. W/frame 28 by 38 in. Signed lower l...

Johan Gottfried (19th Century) "Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress" (1820) This elegant early 19th-century miniature portrait by Johan Gottfried captures a noblewoman in a striking ...

Olof Arborelius (1842–1915) Sweden Farmstead in Dalarna, 1864 signed with monogram OA and dated “Arb-s 64” inscribed into the wet paint, with the estate’s stamp "OA" on the back. o...

Autumn Landscape Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any more...

Charming French Townhouses Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist acrylic on board unframed board: 13 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For ...

Berck - Plage Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any more inf...

Courtyard with Arched Colonnades and Fountain Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great c...

Curving Coastal Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist signed oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any...

The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: Boats at Sunset Medium: gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed card: 9.75 x 12.75 i...

Solemn Ritual with Figures in Black Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition ...

Rendered Bridge Scene Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on canvas unframed canvas: 13 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condition For more any ...

English impressionist artist Albert Ludovici Jr. (1852-1932) painted landscapes of societies at leisure. This painting is of The River Thames that fl...

Docked Boats 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 info...

Fishing Boats Lined Along the Shore Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist signed oil on board unframed board: 13 x 16 inches inscribed verso Provenance: private collection Condit...

French Impressionist artist, second half 19th century Artists Sketching oil painting on board, unframed board: 11.5 x 15.75 inches provenan...

Watercolor Landscape Painting by American artist J.H. Twachtman (1853-1902) Watercolor on board Unframed 10" x 13.25"

View Through Archway to Tower and Garden Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed board: 16 x 13 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: great condit...

Signed impressionist figurative pastel on board circa 1895 by sought after French impressionist painter Jean Louis Forain. The piece depicts a man asleep in a bed while a woman stands at the foot of the bed getting dressed. The room is dimly lit by the bedside lamp. Signature: Signed upper right Dimensions: Framed: 22"x26" Unframed: 15"x19" Provenance: Galerie Jean-Claude Bellier Jean Forain was the son of a painter and decorator and was apprenticed to a visiting card engraver. He studied briefly under Gérôme and Carpeaux at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly visited the Louvre, where he copied works by the masters. It is said that for a time he made a precarious living by selling small drawings in the style of Grévin. He went on to collaborate on various publications as a draughtsman and columnist, starting in 1876 on La Cravache and then collaborating on the newspapers Le Journal Amusant, Le Figaro and L'Écho de Paris. This introduced him to the diverse worlds of Paris society - the world of the theatre, of shows, and of literature - where he wryly noted the habits and shortcomings particular to each. This led him to follow a route very characteristic of this period, already seen in the work of Steinlen, Caran d'Ache and Toulouse-Lautrec in the journals La Pléiade, La Vogue and La Revue Blanche. His work draws a picture of the society of the period, not in a strictly imitative fashion but in the form of the 'dessin-charge' or mild caricature. In 1880 he illustrated Parisian Sketches...

The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unfram...

The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Country Landscape Medium: signed gouache on paper, loosely laid ov...

Haystacks at Sunset French Impressionist artist, late 19th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 11 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: old repairs...

Artist: Frank Dicey (English, c. 1838-1888) Title: "Promenade en Bateau en Soirée (Evening Boat Ride)" *Signed by Dicey lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed within a black and gold Baroque style moulding with linen liner from Holland and and a gold filet Framed size: 24.75" x 30.75" Canvas size: 18.25" x 24.25" Condition: Relined. Minor craquelure. In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Boston, MA. Biography: Frank Dicey (English, c. 1838-1888) was a figure painter born in London. He exhibited between 1880 and 1888 at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and Grosvenor Gallery in London, as well as at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. Dicey also exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, a society which nominated James Whistler its President in 1886. He was elected a member of The Arts Club in 1866 and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883. In 1874/1876, Dicey's name was included by James Whistler in a list which may have been a guest list for the private view of Whistler's Pall Mall exhibition of 1874, or a subscription list for Whistler's Venice etchings...

This lovely British Victorian Impressionist coastal landscape oil painting is by noted artist Robert Finlay McIntyre. Painted circa 1880 it is a view along the cliffs towards Cromer,...

Exquisite oil on canvas painting by artist Arthur Bowen Davies (American 1862-1928). The work depicts a young nude man walking through a lush green, ethereal landscape. Thick earth-t...

Hermanus Koekkoek the Younger was a member of the renowned Koekkoek artist family. He was the grandson of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, the nephew of the landscape painter Barend Cornelis Koekkoek...

The artist: Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed Title: The Country Path Medium: gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, unframed card: 9.75 x 13 inc...

This captivating 19th-century neoclassical oil painting on canvas depicts the legendary Greek poet Homer serenely playing his lyre beneath a canopy of ancient trees. Seated barefoot ...

Eliseo MEIFREN Barcelona, ​​1859 – Barcelona, ​​1940 Oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm (57 x 49.5 cm with frame) Signed lower right “E. Meifren” Beautiful 19th century frame in gilded wood ...

Woman by The Lake - Late 19th Century Figurative Landscape Gorgeous 19th Century figurative landscape of a woman by a lake looking wistfully at boaters by J. Glover (American, 19th ...

American School, Portrait of a Woman with Flowers, Oil on Canvas, late 19th century, illegibly signed lower left, carved giltwood frame. Image: 24" H x 18" W; frame: 34.5" H x 26.5" W.

Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) Landscape with a bridge Oil on cardboard panel 25 x 33 cm Framed : 33 x 41 cm This painting by Paul Lecomte is not signed but it has a very good provenance...

Moody late 19th century Yosemite, California landscape of an old mill with the El Capitan Heights and the Three Brothers receding into the mist by R.B. Proll (American, 19th Century)...

Annie L Pressland (1892 - 1933) A watercolor painter of flowers, gardens and still lives, she was born on 2 July 1862, the daughter of Caleb Pressla...

La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior El estado de la obra es bueno Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas de la obra: 22 cm. altura x 10 cm. ancho Medidas de la obra enmarcada: 31 cm. altura x 19 cm. ancho :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Biografía del artista (Valencia, 1842-Madrid, 1920) Pintor español. Estudió en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, en el taller de Rafael Montesinos y en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando de Madrid. En 1864 obtuvo una mención honorífica especial en la Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes por el cuadro Los moriscos valencianos pidiendo protección al beato Juan de Ribera. En 1866 fue galardonado con tercera medalla en la Exposición Nacional por el cuadro Un lance en el siglo XVII, y al año siguiente con medalla de oro por la misma obra en la Regional valenciana, lo que le proporcionó una pensión a Roma en 1868. El año anterior había pintado Interior del estudio de Muñoz Degrain en Valencia, que atesora el Museo del Prado, en el que el pintor se retrata recostado en un sofá. En Roma acudió al taller de Eduardo Rosales...

Artist/ School: James Levin Henry ( 1855 - 1929) Title: Shipping in a busy port Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed overall size: 10 x 15 inches Provenance: private collecti...

Artist/ School: Paul Sebilleau. (French 1848-1907), signed and dated March 1893 Title: Sunset Medium: oil on panel Size: 10.5 x 14 inches Provenanc...

Excellent example of the artist's work. Overall condition good. Early lining is also good. The sky was possibly repainted (probably by Champney 100+ years ago). Period frame 26 1/2in...

Provenance The artist; Florence Norton, the artist's daughter; By descent in the family Born in 1843 to a family of Bostonian shipbuilders, William Edward Norton's early childhood i...

This depiction of ice fishing on a Winters day is a beautifully atmospheric oil on canvas painting by the artist Johann Jungblut. ‘Ice Fisherman’ is an original work that is circa th...

Conditions : Very good overall Conditions. Few minor retouching under UV light. Original canvas. No restauration necessary. Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia. His f...

French School, indistinctly signed/ dated 1898 signed and dated oil painting on canvas, unframed painting: 13 x 9 inches provenance: from a private collection, France condition: over...

Artist/ School: French School, late 19th century Title: Still life of a jug and plate within an interior, beautifully executed work. Medium: oil on b...

William Formby Halsall Crashing Waves at Sunset Signed lower right Oil on canvas 18 x 30 inches Marine painter William Formby Halsall was born in Kirkdale, England, in 1841. He was...

Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931) and painted circa 1880. Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied under Jules Lefebvre and, later, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer with Gustave Boulanger. Dambourgez commenced exhibiting in 1880 at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. He exhibited frequently and with success at the other major Paris salons including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave the illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the Museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez received an honorable distinction in 1888 and an honorable mention in 1891. In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff spotted his canvas 'A Cheese Shop' and recommended its inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, 'The Cream and Cheese Market...

Henry Schouten Batavia, Indonesia 1857 – 1927 Brussels Belgian Painter 'Cock Fight' A dynamic, vivid scene capturing two roosters mid-fight with Schouten’s signature fluid brushwo...

Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter. Title: Lady Portrait Medium & Size: oil painting canvas: 26 x 20.5 inches Condition: the painting is very sound and good. Provenance: private collection, France The painting is for auction with no...

Conditions : Excellent overall Conditions. Oil on original canvas signed lower left. Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia. René Lelong studied at the Académie Julian f...

Edmond Marie Petitjean was a French painter and illustrator born on July 5, 1844, in Neufchâteau (Vosges) and died on August 7, 1925, in Paris. Biography A painter of landscapes and...

Signed, dedicated and dated oil on panel landscape by American Impressionist painter Conrad Wise Chapman. The work depicts a lakeside view of the sun rising above the mountains in th...

Beautiful portrait of Anna Morell Blix Sjöberg painted by Astrid Kjellberg-Juel, 1899 Oil on masonite 15.5" W x 19.5" H Frame: 18.5" W x 22.75" H ASTRID KJELLBERG-JUEL (1877 - 1965) Kjellberg-Juel studied art for Julius Kronberg...

Inscribed, verso, with artist's name, Axel Helsted (Danish, 1847-1907) and painted circa 1895. Additionally titled, verso, 'Madonna'. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. ...

Excellent condition. Mint. Free US CONTINENTAL shipping, incl Europe and Asia. Thomas Colman Dibdin was an illustrator and painter. Born at Bletchworth, Surrey, on 22 October 1810,...

A Canal View of Bruges with White Swans – Beguinage Entrance Verbrugghe Charles Bruges 1877 – 1974 Paris Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: Image size 38,50 x 64,50 cm, frame size 47 x 55 cm Biography: Verbrugghe Charles was born into Belgian aristocracy on June 15, 1877, in Bruges. He was an Impressionist painter of town views, landscapes, views of the sea and beaches, still lifes, flowers and portraits. He is well known for painting of the convents and city views of Bruges and Paris. In 1907, he went to Paris to study under the master teacher Flori Van Acker (1858 – 1940). There, he became friends with the artist Maurice Utrillo...