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Sisters are Soul Mates
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Sisters are Soul Mates" presents two ladies, their figures intertwined in a loving embrace. Obatuyi's meticulous attention to detail brings the characters to life, capturing their unique personalities and shared affection. The artist's vibrant colors and flowing lines add a sense of movement and harmony, reflecting the deep connection between the sisters.
The facial expressions of the two ladies tell a story of shared experiences and unspoken understanding. Their eyes convey a profound sense of love, trust, and unwavering support. The artist's choice to depict them in an embrace symbolizes the nurturing and protective nature of sisterhood. The artwork emanates warmth and tenderness, inviting viewers to feel the depth of their bond.
"Sisters are Soul Mates" serves as a testament to the irreplaceable bond between sisters. It celebrates the unique relationship that sisters share, characterized by love, loyalty, and lifelong companionship. The artwork captures the essence of sisterhood, reminding us of the strength that emerges when two souls are bound together through a deep sense of understanding and shared experiences.
Obatuyi's portrayal of the two sisters emphasizes the power of support and unity. Through their physical embrace, the artwork showcases the comfort and solace they find in each other's presence. Sisters are often each other's pillars of strength, offering unwavering support, guidance, and encouragement. "Sisters are Soul Mates" immortalizes this beautiful aspect of sisterhood, reminding us of the significance of having a soul mate within our own family.
Furthermore, the artwork highlights the diversity within the sisterhood. The two ladies in the painting might differ in appearance, but their connection goes beyond physical attributes. "Sisters are Soul Mates" celebrates the bond that transcends societal constructs and recognizes the inherent beauty in the uniqueness of each sister's personality and experiences.
"Sisters are Soul Mates" has the potential to resonate with viewers who have experienced the profound bond of sisterhood. The artwork serves as a visual representation of the love, support, and lifelong friendship that sisters provide. It evokes a sense of nostalgia and warmth, reminding viewers of their cherished moments with their sisters.
Moreover, the artwork inspires a broader appreciation for the importance of sisterhood and the role it plays in personal growth and emotional well-being. It encourages viewers to reflect on the sisters in their own lives and cherish the deep connections they have forged. "Sisters are Soul Mates" is a powerful reminder of the enduring strength and love sisters bring into our lives.
Bola Obatuyi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
Allegory Of Death, 19th Century, European School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Allegory Of Death, 19th Century
European School
Large 19th Century European School portrait a skeleton warrior depicted as an allegory of Death, oil on canvas. Rare memento mori ...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charybde and Scylla Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting red mythology oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed by the artist
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an island surrounded by mist s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Oil Pastel
Flower Goddess - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Primal woman of the jungle with a headdress of vibrant tropical plants
Flower Goddess - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judith- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Painting of Female Strength
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Yvonne Heemskerk
Judith
Oil and bitumen on canvas
120 x 180 cm
This painting shows the most important things in the works of Dutch painter Yvonne Heemskerk, female strength and the love for the material. Painted with oils and bitumen to give the layers a kind of roughness that she wants to have for showing what fire does.
The artist herself explains about this work:
Sharing my process and deeper feelings about my painting Judith. My first painting shown with my new found medium… tar(bitumen)!! The roughness of the material is the starter of it all. Underneath all these colors there is this wild, rough untamed sticky basic, that tries to get a grip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fundamental 4
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
When I see a crowd of strangers I am stringently aware that each of them was born bloody. I know that they will reach out one day as the light fades and they will faint beyond fainti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Obinrin (Woman)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hecate's supper Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting blue mythology pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting and oil pastel on paper pasted on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower left by the artist
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Portrait of a Young Baseball Player, John J. Haak, Jr. Impressionist Portraiture
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Mathias Alten (German/American, 1871-1938)
Signed: M. Alten 1909 (Lower, Right)
" Portrait of John J. Haak, Jr. ", 1909
" Portrait of a Young Baseball ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Hervey Portrait on occasion of receiving the Title 1st Earl of Bristol
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in Firenze, IT
Portrait of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).
Early 18th-century near-life-size portrait of a noble man richly dressed in a long wig.
Circle of the German-British cour...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Arise!!!
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Nigerians arise, brothers and sisters that believe in the union called Nigeria, ARISE!!!
The green-white-green t-shirt has turned to rag on us, let us let go of any excuses to keep ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Omidan (Maiden) 5
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
If roses are red and violets are blue, Omidan, I want you to be my shoe so that I can always walk in you. In the days of Romeo, was always Juliet. In the days of Alárá, was always Aj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hecate and the triple return Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting blue color
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper pasted on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower left by the artist
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Oil Pastel
Nostalgia Beautiful Lie 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awaking of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gender,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Glow 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Mayowa Esan's painting titled "Glow" depicts a lady with eyeglasses. The painting is a remarkable piece of art that captures the beauty and elegance of the subject. The artist's use ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The paths of tenderness Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting blue mythology
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oil Pastel, Paper
Self-portrait as a Moon priest Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting blue oil
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and oil pastel on paper
Hand-signed by the artist
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an island surrounded by mi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Oil Pastel
Monica
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Monica" is a captivating portrait created by Franklin Ndibam that depicts a beautiful lady standing by the window side. The painting exudes a sense of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
The Man That I Was
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My Pretty Teddy
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
Pan's smile Timothy Archer Contemporary art painting drawing blue mythology
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed by the artist
News from Eéa
“At the time of the last cosmogony I heard from Eéa
In the middle of the water, an island surrounded by mist s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Soul Mate 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The inspiration for this work emanates from our dear society due to the high rate of divorce and broken home within our society. Marriage is an institution that Yeshua and we establi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My Sister and Friend 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
My Sister and Friend 1 is an Original painting by Esther Obiwuru. Esther created My Sister and Friend with Acrylic on a 36W by 48H primed canvas.
My Sister and Friend depict the ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dipinto Ritratto di Bambino XIX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola nord-europea di fine '800. Firma non identificata in basso a destra.
Il ritratto presenta un bambino in ambito marinaresco: è seduto sul masso di una spiaggia, ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
No More
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
You are the only person holding yourself back, stop the excuses, wishes, and procrastinating and you can't.
The pain you feel today is the strength of tomorrow in achieving your drea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled #2
Located in Dallas, TX
David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute to Courage statue of Sam Houston in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Friendship
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is about friendship, life, and relaxation with a sense of freedom, qualities that make life easier and more interesting.
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
English School, A Rare Portrait of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern"
Located in New York, NY
English School, A Rare Historical and Important Portrait Painting of John Scott Russell and "The Great Eastern",
(19th Century)
Oil on canvas, in a period hardwood frame.
John Sc...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Journey So Far
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is a tribute to all Mothers and womanhood as a whole.
She is tough, resilient, emotional, fragile, and vulnerable, but still, they remain strong through the different s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Been Waiting
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Been Waiting is an original painting by Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro. Blessing created Been Waiting with Acrylic on a 30.3W by 42.5H inches primed canvas.
The artwork "Been Waiting" ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Meeting By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Angela" Oil painting 47" x 33" inch by Alina Shimova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Angela" Oil painting 47" x 33" inch by Alina Shimova
2021
Alina Shimova is Russian born Miami based artist.
Her creative journey began at an early age. Alina entered an art sch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conversations II
Located in Westport, CT
Abstract expressionist painter, Barbara Leiner engages with the landscape in a dialogue between line, color, texture, femininity, and emotional strength and vulnerability. Leiner dra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mystery of Freedom
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The Yoruba people, who primarily inhabit southwestern Nigeria, boast a rich cultural heritage that spans centuries. Their traditions and customs are marked by a vibrant visual langua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
For the Roses 2
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The artwork "For The Roses" by Olaosun Oluwapelumi features a woman holding a single rose flower against a floral pattern background. The piece is a beautiful tribute to the timeless...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
American Modernist Black Woman Artist New Orleans Family Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist southern school painting. A family portrait on a New Orleans porch. Beautiful detail in the wrought iron. Brilliant color palette here. Signed verso. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self-Growth
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The underlying body of work is an exploration of texturizing distortion as a language of expression. The works explore an awakening of an Afrocentric consciousness connected to gende...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Glimpse to Fate
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
What comes to your mind when you see old people,
with shrinking and wrinkled cheeks,
giving slower gestures as if time were in their favor,
What really comes to your mind when you t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Polymer
Victor Creten, Brussels 1878-1966, Belgian, 'A Lady in Black with a Rose'
By Victor Creten
Located in Bruges, BE
Victor Creten
Brussels 1878 – 1966
Belgian Painter
'A Lady in Black with a Rose'
Signature: Signed lower right
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: Image size 146 x 116 cm, frame size 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Carpe Diem
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Why is Left the Victim of a Bad Twist?
Left, a direction, victimized by circumstances. Survivors and victims, heroes and villains, We've all been a rolling stone, Flesh, and bones ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rococo painting with frame by 18th-century Venetian school oil on canvas
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (with a Salvador Rosa-style gilded frame 88 x 116 cm) depicts a group of four children who are playing outside on a swinging seesaw; we are probably dealing with a prank, as can be seen by the satisfied expression of the child on the right at the expense of the one in the foreground, who seems to be supported by the others, perhaps because of the fear felt.
They are dressed in the same way, with black or brown ankle boots and a kind of double-breasted jumpsuit with a rich lace collar reminiscent of the jabots of dames, blue for the one in the foreground, brick-colored for the other three.
Children also look alike in the hair, typical of the period, and features, suggesting a kinship relationship.
We find the same subject, for example, in Johann Zoffany...
Category
18th Century Rococo Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Naked Beauty Lying with her Fan
Located in St. Albans, GB
Léon Laurent Galand
1872 – 1960
Signed and dated 1928 bottom left
Artwork Size: 25.75 x 36" (66 x 92cm)
Artwork Size with Frame: 32.75 x 43" (83 x 109cm)
Oil on Canvas
Discounted ...
Category
1920s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a child holding peaches - Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594-1652)
Located in Gent, BE
Oil on panel
Portrait of a child holding peaches, accompanied by a dog.
We are grateful to Fred Meijer for confirming the attribution on the basis of high-resolution photographs.
The present portrayal of a silk-robed child, attended by a pedigree puppy and holding a sprig of expensive, exotic fruit, exudes the burgeoning wealth of the mid-17th century Dutch Republic, and is characteristic of the accomplished hand of Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp. The sex of the present child is difficult to determine with certainty, as young boys also were attired in dresses at this time, but the silk bonnet...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Farida
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Farida is a romantic painting of a young charming lady 'Farida' putting on a red gown and a white inner vest, the artist captures the aesthetic of the lovely look, and smile against ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of William Stonestreet - Dutch Golden Age 17thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Golden Age portrait is attributed to circle of Dutch artist Wybrand Simonsz de Geest. Painted in 1666 it is a full length portrait of a young William Stonestreet. H...
Category
1660s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figurative/Portrait_Linen_3 Listen To The Flowers + The Breeze_America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Three Listen To The Flowers And The Breeze"
Acrylic on Linen
31 x 62 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
20th Century British portrait of a society lady thought to be Dame Anna Neagle
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A large and very elegant portrait of a British lady thought to be Dame Anna Neagle, the British actress and singer.
English School, 20th Century
Portrait of a society lady thought t...
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Woman in Red Turban” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman in Red Turban” Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Pastel on paper. Framed.
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Henry Bowles Howard, 12th Earl Of Suffolk And 5th Earl Of Berkshire
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir Joshua Reynolds
1723-1792 | British
Sir Henry Bowles Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire
Oil on canvas
Sir Joshua Reynolds is unequivocally considered the most important English portraitist of the 18th century who was instrumental in adapting the Grand Manner style in the portrait genre. In fact, when the Royal Academy was founded in 1768, Reynolds was elected its first President, setting the precedent of quality for which all other portraitists would strive.
Reynolds's portrait of Henry Bowles Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, showcases his genius in the genre and mastery over the medium. Reynolds’s portrait of the Earl expertly invokes classical values with strong lighting, rich colors and expert attention to detail to help underscore the prominence and revered echelon of the sitter. Howard was an esteemed British politician and Knight of the Garter. He served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1771 to 1779, and he played a key role in utilizing mercenaries during the American Revolution and safeguarding Sweden's independence.
The portrait employs Reynolds's signature style to render Howard rightfully as a gentleman of distinction. Captured seated in a stately library, the Earl appears learned and austere as he places one hand upon a stack of important documents and looks wistfully into the distance. Reynolds makes these compositional choices decisively, as the seated position gives Howard a weighty appearance of importance and the semi-profile turn captures his countenance at an attractive angle that highlights his strong, masculine features. The work draws on the classical conventions of Greek and Roman art and the Italian Renaissance masters, anchoring the nobleman in a history of refinement. Everything from his strong yet welcoming expression to his pale face enlivened by a rush of blood to the cheeks presents the picture of a strong, vital and powerful leader.
As the first president of the Royal Academy in London, Reynolds’s commissions raised the status of an artist in Britain during the Romantic period and also established the portrait as an esteemed high art genre that garnered equal import to the history paintings that reigned supreme in decades prior. Today, Reynolds’s works grace the walls of the most important museums in the world, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery in London, among others.
Circa 1770
Canvas: 50 1/2" high x 40 1/4" wide
Framed: 61" high x 52 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" deep
Provenance:
Sir Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire, 1739-1779
His mother, Lady Mary Howard, née Finch, Lady Andover, d. 1803
Acquired by descent to her daughter, Frances, and her husband Richard Bagot (later Howard)
Acquired by descent to their daughter, Mary (1784-1877), and her husband Col. Fulke Greville Upton (later Howard), d. 1846
Acquired by descent to Lieutenant Colonel H.R.G. Howard
Sale, Christie's, London, March 24, 1961, no. 29
Julius Weitzner, London and New York
Sale, Paris, Musée Galliéra, December 7, 1965, no. 165
Newhouse Galleries, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, Texas, 1966
Walsh Family Art Trust
Private collection, Oregon
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
Exhibited:
British Institution, London, 1844, no. 130, loaned by the Hon. Fulke Greville Howard.
South Kensington, "Second special exhibition of National Portraits," 1867, no. 478, lent by the Hon. Mrs. Greville.
Agnew's, London, 1903, no. 17.
Literature:
Algernon Graves and W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., vol. 3 (London, 1899), p. 945.
David Mannings...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Sabino Guisu Smoke Painting, Bob Marley
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is titled “Portrait of Bob Marley”
Marking(s); notes: signed; 2014
Country of origin; materials: Mexico; black smoke on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Safe Place - Oil Paint by Simona Zecca - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
"Safe Place" is an oil on canvas painting with gold leaf and acrylic paste, cm 80x120. Music is the woman's safe place, just like her arms are for her beloved guitar.
The guitar mod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Louise Abbéma, 1853 – 1927, French Painter, 'Lady in Paris on a Winter Day'
Located in Bruges, BE
Abbéma Louise
Étampes 1853 – 1927 Paris
French Painter
'Lady in Paris on a Winter Day'
Signature: Signed lower middle right
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 100 x 120 cm, frame size 112 x 132 cm
Biography: Louise Abbéma, a prominent French artist of the Belle Époque, was born on October 30, 1853, in Étampes, Essonne, France. She hailed from a wealthy Parisian family with strong connections to the local artistic community. Her family’s artistic ties ran deep, as her great-grandmother was the renowned actress Louise Contat.
From a young age, Abbéma exhibited a talent for painting and began her artistic journey in her early teens. She received formal training under the guidance of notable artists of her time, such as Charles Joshua Chaplin, Jean-Jacques Henner, and Carolus-Duran. Her talent and dedication bore fruit when, at the age of 23, she painted a portrait of the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt, who became both a lifelong friend and, speculatively, a romantic partner.
Abbéma’s artistic endeavors extended far beyond portraiture. She lent her creative touch to the embellishment of various iconic Parisian landmarks. Her panels and murals graced the Paris Town Hall, the Paris Opera House, numerous theaters (including the aptly named “Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt”), and even the “Palace of the Colonial Governor” in Dakar, Senegal. Her unique style combined academic and impressionistic elements, characterized by the use of light and rapid brushstrokes.
Recognition continued to find Abbéma, and she became a regular exhibitor at the prestigious Paris Salon, earning an honorable mention for her work in 1881. She also had the distinction of having her art displayed at the Women’s Building during the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Moreover, a bust of Abbéma sculpted by Sarah Bernhardt was showcased at the exposition.
Abbéma’s artistic repertoire was diverse, encompassing oil portraits and watercolors. Her work often bore the influence of Chinese and Japanese painters, as well as contemporary masters like Édouard Manet. Flowers were a recurring motif in her creations. Some of her most celebrated works include “The Seasons,” “April Morning,” “Place de la Concorde,” “Among the Flowers,” “Winter,” and portraits of prominent individuals such as actress Jeanne Samary, Emperor Dom Pedro II...
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th century portrait of a lady seated in an interior
Located in Bath, Somerset
Portrait of a lady, believed to be Henrietta Hyde (née Boyle), Countess of Rochester, (1646-1687) three quarter length, wearing an amber coloured silk gown, with an embroidered blue mantle, seated in an interior.
Oil on canvas in a ‘Lely’ frame with the Hornby Castle inventory number 60 attached on the reverse.
Provenance:
By descent through the Dukes of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire;
Christie's, London - The Property of the 10th Duke of Leeds Will Trust, 30th October,
2014, Lot 106.
Private collection Guernsey.
Hornby Castle, Catalogue of Pictures, London, 1898, p. 5, no.60.
Historical and descriptive catalogue of pictures belonging to His Grace The Duke of Leeds, London, 1902, p. 24, no. 60.
Henrietta was born in Wiltshire, to Sir Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and Elizabeth Boyle, Countess of Cork. In 1665, she married Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, son of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Frances Aylesbury. They had four children. As sister-in-law of Anne Hyde, the Duchess of York she was appointed as governess to her daughter, Princess Anne (the future Queen) between 1677 and 1682.
Like most of the Boyle dynasty, who in the space of two generations had become almost all-powerful in the south of Ireland, Henrietta was strong-minded and acquisitive, and could be ruthless in asserting her rights. During the last two years of her life, when her husband was Chief Minister to his brother-in-law King James II...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Heals Fitted Fine
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 91cm x 62cm (112cm x 82cm framed).
(Provenance: in the collection of the artist Michael Leonard (British 1933-2023) until his dea...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
The Beloved (The Bride) 19th Century - Pre-Raphaelite - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Located in Blackwater, GB
The Beloved (The Bride) 19th Century
after DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (1828–1882)
Large 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite scene of The Bride from the Song of...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"IGBA NKWU NWANYI ⏐ Bride's Wine-carrying Ceremony" -- Painting by REWA
By REWA
Located in New Orleans, LA
REWA says of her work…
Viewers largely label me under “Contemporary African Art”. I label my work as Igbo Vernacular Art. The reason for this is that I believe that I have created a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Oil painting 'The Girl in The Red Dress' by William Frank Calderon (1865-1943)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil on Canvas "The girl in the Red Dress" by W Frank Calderon, RA (no58) Exhibit 1911. Calderon was influenced by the "Art Nouveau"period, this painting shows his beautiful detailed...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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