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Period: Early 1900s
Seascape, 19th Century attributed to William Page Atkinson WELLS (1872-1923)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Seascape, 19th Century
attributed to William Page Atkinson WELLS (1872-1923)
19th century English Seascape, oil on canvas attributed to William Page Atkinson Wells, oil on canvas. ...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lavandaie, ca 1905
Located in BLARICUM, NL
OTTO VAN REES
Freiburg im Breisgau 1884-1957 Utrecht
WASSENDE VROUWEN I LAVANDAIE
1905
Oil on canvas
43 x 52 cm.
Signed: lower left ‘OvR’
Particularities: ID 35.
Provenance: Pri...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman and Tiger
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower left.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Cover
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
The Charming Ghost
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour
Image size: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm)
Contemporary frame
Provenance
Private family collection
This painting was created in the early 1900's when the Decadent Movement...
Category
Aesthetic Movement Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Louis Cabié (1853-1939) - The river at Les Eyzies in summer - Dordogne
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Louis-Alexandre CABIE
(Dol-de-Bretagne 1853 - Bordeaux 1939)
The Vézère at Les Eyzies in summer
Oil on panel
H. 19.5 cm; L. 28.5 cm
Signed lower right, dated 1900. Located on the back.
Provenance: Private collection, Versailles
Louis Cabié...
Category
French School Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Seats of the Haughty, Munsey's Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Seats of the Haughty, Munsey's Magazine illustration, December 1906
Literature: This illustration appeared in O. Henry's shor...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Three in Basket
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1907
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 10.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Upper Right
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Enfant dans un berceau
Located in Washington, DC
Signed with initials upper left
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Lady
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study of the Violinist for Holy Motherhood, pre-raphaelite, newlyn school, Oil
Located in London, GB
Thomas Cooper Gotch
1854 – 1931
Study of Violinist for Holy Motherhood
Oil on canvas, on board
Image size: 28 ¾ x 21 inches
18th century frame
Illustrated in "The Golden Dream, A bi...
Category
Aesthetic Movement Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening Glow Antique American Impressionist California Landscape Oil Painting
By Alexis Matthew Podchernikoff
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive American impressionist landscape by Alexis Matthew Podchernikoff (1886 - 1933) . Great colors and nicely painted. Housed in a period giltwood frame. Oil on canvas....
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Horse in a Field. Oil on Canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Wright BARKER
1864 - 1941
Canvas Size: 24 x 30" (61 x 76cm)
Outside Frame Size: 31 x 37" (79 x 94cm)
Oil on Canvas
Free Shipping
Exhibited : 1885 - 1935
He was a figure and animal...
Category
Victorian Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reverie - Neo-Impressionist Nude Figurative Oil Painting by Georges Lemmen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on board nude circa 1905 by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Georges Lemmen. The work titled 'Reverie' depicts a red-haired lady who is kneeling down and resti...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique Dog Painting: "Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901" Jules-Bertrand Gélibert
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting:
"Hunting Dogs at the Kennel, 1901"
Jules-Bertrand Gélibert (France, 1834-1916
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
24 x 19 inches, frame
Jules-Bertrand Gélibert w...
Category
Realist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Signed Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape oil painting by Edward S Annison. Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed. Image size, 9L x 12H. Housed i...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Carmel Point Lobos and Monastery Beach Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, vibrant early 20th century seascape painting of Point Lobos looking toward Monastery Beach, Carmel by Rinaldo Cuneo (American, 1877-1939). Signed "Cuneo" lower right. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image, 11"H x 12"W.
Dubbed “The Painter of San Francisco." Well received at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. Born in San Francisco, California and raised in the North Beach area, Rinaldo Cuneo was a painter of landscape, still lifes, city views and muralist who, commissioned by the Federal Art Project adminstrators, painted murals in Coit Tower in San Francisco in 1934. His studio and cottage in San Francisco, later in his career, had a panoramic view of the bay from Telegraph Hill.
His family were painters including two of his brothers, Cyrus and Egisto Cuneo, and several family members were founders of the Tivoli Opera Company in San Francisco.
He served in the Spanish-American War and then studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Arthur Mathews and Gottardo...
Category
American Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Allan Ramsay II, Evening Glow Near Glamis Forfarshire, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Allan Ramsay II (1852-1912) depicts a gentle river view near Glamis in Angus, Scotland. As the sun...
Category
Tonalist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a woman at the bistro with an Absinthe glass and cigarette
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
André DEVAMBEZ
(Paris, 1867 - Paris, 1944)
Portrait of a woman in a bistro
Oil on mahogany panel
H. 22 cm; L. 16 cm
Signed lower right
Around 1905/1910
Provenance : Galerie de la Sc...
Category
French School Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Orientalist: "Arabian Horseman" dated 1903 André Chaumière
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Fantasia of Arabian Horseman" dated 1903
André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX)
Oil on canvas
Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique
20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819) L’Ete Dans La Saint Martin
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri-Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819)
Paysage D' Ete de la Saint-Martin
Oil on canvas
Portraying a landscape scene in summer outside of Paris on a subsidiary of the Seine River o...
Category
Barbizon School Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Henri Matisse Crayon Drawing Direct from Matisse Estate
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954) Pencil Drawing Of A Working Horse Catalogued as Number Z 548 in the Artist Archives
Pencil on paper, c. 1900, signed with initials 'HM' lower right....
Category
Modern Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Hippolyte-Camille Delpy, French, Sunset River Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
Hippolyte-Camille Delpy, (French, 1842-1910).
A wooded river landscape with moonlit lake at Dusk. Shades of lavender and pink make for a beautiful sunset.
Oil on panel.
Measures: 16...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Alfred De Breanski Jr. “Invergary Castle Loch Oich” Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Alfred de Breanski Jr, oil on canvas, "Invergary Castle, Loch Oich", Grazing sheep in the foreground and cattle in the background. A beautiful lake and mountain landscape with meadow...
Category
Barbizon School Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Juan Pablo Salinas Spanish Wedding
Located in Dallas, TX
Juan Pablo Salinas (Spanish, 1871-1946),
The Marriage
Oil on wood panel
Signed lower right: “J Pablo Salinas Rome”
Panel: 17.5 x 21.5 Inches
Framed: 24.25 x 28.25 Inches
Condition:...
Category
Italian School Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI, The Captain Of The Guard
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by British artist William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI (1855-1914) depicts an upstanding self-assured cavalier with his arms folded.
Breakspe...
Category
Victorian Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady in Black Hat - British Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by artist Shirley Slocombe. He painted it in 1901 and it is signed and dated lower right. The composition is a bust length po...
Category
Victorian Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Louisa Ann Inglis 1857-1935 - British Victorian art oil painting
By William George Robb
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted artist William George Robb. Painted circa 1901 the sitter is Louisa Ann Inglis, wife of Sir Charles Ingl...
Category
Victorian Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Calabaza (Pumpkin). Expressionist still-life. Colorful Orange, yelow, turquoise.
Located in Segovia, ES
Calabaza (Pumpkin) . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 116x (W) 81 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 139 x 104 x 4.5 cm.
Colorful expressionist still-life.
Beautif...
Category
Expressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Antonio
Located in Segovia, ES
San Antonio . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 65 x (W) 81 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 85 x 101 x 5 cm.
San Antonio, another expressionist view of the countr...
Category
Expressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Barranco del Noi (Almuñecar). Expressionist landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Barranco del Noi" (Almuñecar) . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 81 x (W) 100 x 2 (D) cm.
Framed 104 x 123 x 6 cm.
The Noi ravine, in Almuñecar, G...
Category
Expressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spring Thaw Landscape Oil Painting 1901 Swedish Artist by Ankarcrona
Located in Stockholm, SE
Signature bottom left - Edvard Alexander (Alexis) Ankarcrona (1825 - 1901), was a Swedish painter and military (this is one of the last works of the artist!). This artwork perfectly ...
Category
Realist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Narcisos
Located in Segovia, ES
"Narcisos" . Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 81 x (W) 100 x 2 (D) cm. Framed 104 x 123 x 6 cm.
Colorful expressionist still-life with daffodil flow...
Category
Expressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
North African Man Smoking a Pipe - Antique British Orientalist Portrait Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
This late 19th or early 20th century oil on board depicts a North African man smoking a large pipe. A very well executed small scale work which is presented in it's original gilt woo...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Robert Charles Watson (English, 1857-1923) Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
By Charles Watson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robert Charles Watson (English, 1857-1923) Landscape Oil on Canvas Mounted on Masonite Painting
Highlands Castle Landscape
1900's
unframed 7 3/4" x 11 3/4
framed 14" x 18"
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow" Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
By Arthur Heyer
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Cat Painting "Cat with Butterfly in a Meadow"
Arthur Heyer 1872-1931
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right "Heyer A."
25 1/2 x 21 (29 1/4 x 3...
Category
Realist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri Matisse Drawing Of A Nude Torso From Matisse Estate
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954) Pencil Drawing Of A nude torso Catalogued as Number Z 542 in the Artist Archives Pencil on paper, c. 1900.
Sheet: 9 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.
Framed: 22...
Category
Aesthetic Movement Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Henri Matisse Pencil Of Nude By Chair From Matisse Estate
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri Matisse Original Pencil On Paper Study Of A Standing Nude Next To Chair
Pencil on paper
Unsigned.
Sheet: 8.85 x 13.75 Inches
Framed: 25.6 x 21.6 Inches
The authenticity of t...
Category
Modern Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Paysage avec une meule - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Henri Lebasque
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape circa 1900 by French post impressionist painter Henri Lebasque. The work depicts a field lined with trees with a haystack to the left. There is a view o...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Christ's College, Cambridge heraldic design for stained glass by Florence Camm
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of designs for stained glass windows from the TW Camm studios that had not been seen for decades. To see more of them scroll down to "More from this Seller" and ...
Category
Modern Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Edmond Suau (1871-1929) Une Académie, Standing man, signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Edmond Suau (1871-1929)
Une Académie, Standing man,
oil on canvas
signed lower left
88 x 70 cm
In quite good condition, some damages - small lacks of painting - in the lower part, ...
Category
Realist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting by J Laslelles "A Scene in Epping Forest"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by J Laslelles "A Scene in Epping Forest" flourished 1895 -1920 London painter of atmospheric landscapes in his soft impressionistic style. Oil on canvas. Signed title o...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rochers par temps gris - Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting by Emilio Boggio
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful oil on panel circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Emilio Boggio. The piece depicts a coastal scene. The blue-green water crashes against the rocks on a grey day.
S...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sir Francis Dicksee Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Larchmont, NY
Sir Francis Dicksee (English, 1853-1928)
Untitled (Portrait of a Woman), c. 1900
Oil on canvas; period frame
Sight: 13 1/4 in.
Framed: 21 1/8 x 21 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.
Frank Dicksee was...
Category
English School Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Mission Carmel, California Watercolor.
Located in Soquel, CA
1906 Original Watercolor Painting of Mision de San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Mission Carmel)
Historically accurate watercolor painting of Carmel historic landmark Mission Carmel i...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
The Custom House, Naples - Modern British Impressionist Italy Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful signed and dated 1905 oil on panel depicting The Custom House in Naples by the important Modern British artist Bernard Sickert. The work is in superb original condition a...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Antique Western Oil on Canvas Painting Native American "The Captive" 1901
By Frank Paul Sauerwein
Located in Portland, OR
A large American Western, Native American oil on canvas landscape, by Frank Paul Sauerwein (1871-1910), "The Captive", 1901.
This large oil on canvas depicts a Native American brave...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nocturne - Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil Painting by Charles Lacoste
By Charles Lacoste
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figure in landscape oil on board by French impressionist painter Charles Lacoste. A truly stunning piece with depicts a nighttime view of a Parisian street with a single woman dressed in a black coat and hat standing in the centre of of dark square which is being dimly lit by the street lights overhead. The outline of trees and the city's buildings can be seen in the distance.
Signature:
Signed and dated 1904 lower right.
Dimensions:
Framed: 24.5"x31"
Unframed: 18.5"x25"
Provenance:
Wildenstein & Co - New York "Charles Lacoste: A Forgotten Nabi" 2002
This work is accompanied by the catalogue published to accompany the exhibition “Charles Lacoste: A Forgotten Nabi” held at Wildenstein in New York from January 30 to March 2, 2002
The son of a Bordeaux accountant and a creole mother, he met in high school the future poet Francis Jammes and Gabriel Frizeau the legendary art collector. He taught himself to paint and from 1894 to 1897 he made several important contacts: André Gide, Arthur Fontaine...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Small Tonalist Landscape by Robertson Mygatt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Robertson K. Mygatt
(American, 1862-1919)
Trees by a Small Pond
Oil on panel, 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches
Framed: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (approx.)
The landscape painter and etcher Robertson...
Category
Tonalist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A. Tolosa. FLOWERS. Original pastel painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Aurelio Tolosa y Alsina (Barcelona, 1861 - Barcelona, 1938) was a painter and decorator who developed his artistic activity mainly around the city of Barcelona. He was a pupil at fir...
Category
Expressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Paris, the docks of Bercy
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Jean DAMBOURGEZ
1844-1931
Paris, the docks of Bercy
Painting, oil on cardboard
Signed
Painting: 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.4 inches)
Frame: 28 x 33 cm (11 x 13 inches)
Very good con...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint-Tropez, boat on the point (France)
Located in PARIS, FR
Louis HAAS
Skikda (Algeria), 1870 - Bandol, 1923
Saint-Tropez, boat on the point (France)
Signed
Painting: 24.5 x 41.5 cm (9.6 x 16.3 inches)
19th century frame: 33 x 50 cm (13 x 19....
Category
Art Nouveau Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint-Tropez, boat on the point (France)
Located in PARIS, FR
Louis HAAS
Skikda (Algeria), 1870 - Bandol, 1923
Saint-Tropez, boat on the point (France)
Signed
Painting: 24.5 x 41.5 cm (9.6 x 16.3 inches)
19th century frame: 33 x 50 cm (13 x 19....
Category
Art Nouveau Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paris, the Seine under the arts bridge
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Jean DAMBOURGEZ
1844-1931
Paris, the Seine under the arts bridge
Painting, oil on cardboard
Signed
Painting: 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.4 inches)
Frame: 28 x 33 cm (11 x 13 inches)
...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Caricature Watercolour Painting, Victorian, 1902
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An English Caricature Watercolour painting signed with the artists monogram & dated 1902 .
A beautiful painting of a tamp playing a trumpet on a winters day , outside a house that i...
Category
Victorian Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Railroad Bridge over the Marne at Joinville by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Painting
Located in London, GB
Railroad Bridge over the Marne at Joinville by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed lower right, Ludovic Rodo.
Executed circa 1905
...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lotten Rönquist, Rose Bushes.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A wall of rose bushes in front of a house beautifully painted by Charlotta (Lotten) Sofia Rönquist (1864-1912). It is an oil on panel, signed L Rönquist and dated 1905. The measureme...
Category
Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Jules Gouillet, Architectural and Floral Composition, Oil on Canvas, 1907
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Jules Gouillet (1826-), France, 1907. Architectural and floral composition. Measurements : with frame: 113x87 cm - 44.5x 34.3 inches, without frame: 73x60 cm - 28....
Category
Baroque Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative oil painting titled Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Femme Mettant Son Bas by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961)
Oil on canvas
100 x 56 cm (39 ⅜ x 22 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, G. Manzana 1905
This work is accompanied by...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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