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Portrait of a Woman, Small Gilt Framed 19th Century Oil on Canvas Painting

Painted on a neutral background allowing the subject to stand out beautifully, this 19th century figurative oil on canvas painting features the portrait of a woman, posing in a slightly angled frontal view and dressed with white and black clothes...

Franke focuses on still life and figurative paintings, although she has also done some wonderful landscapes and pet portraits as well. With the looseness and spontaneity of her techn...

Created a decade before Nepo's passing, is signed lower left. A fourth-generation French artist, Christian Nepo had art in his blood. His great grandfather was Ivan Chichkine, a no...

Unframed this piece measures 20"H x 16"W. Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her moth...

With a nod to Shakespeare, we can readily count the ways we love Laura Shubert’s light-and energy-filled paintings. We admire her deft way of capturing luminosity as it plays off her...

Lesley Powell paints in oils with a classical approach to composition and color, but she has a point of view that is fresh and contemporary. Whenever possible, she prefers to paint f...

Nicolas de Largillierre painted Elisabeth Marguerite in oil on canvas. A larger version of this work was offered by Sotheby's for $500,000 and is now in a French Museum - Palais ...

A twilight figure is balanced with forms of yellow, green and prussian blue in this sophisticated composition by Jennifer Hornyak who titles the work in French 'Crepiscules verts', ...

William Clarke Wontner 1857-1930 British Portrait of a Beauty Signed and dated "W. Wontner 1918" (lower left) Oil on canvas Classical beauty a...

"The Keeper" Oil Painting 24" x 35" inch by Sergey Dolmatov Year: 2010

John William Godward 1861-1922 British A Pompeian Lady Signed and dated "J.W. Godward 1904" (lower right, partially covered by frame) Oil on canvas One of the last and greatest Victorian neoclassical painters, John William Godward is celebrated for his flawlessly executed images of graceful women posed in idealized ancient settings. In this work, entitled A Pompeian Lady, a classical beauty is caught idling in a moment of quiet, solitary reflection. Godward's elegant subjects are depicted with a degree of technical mastery that remains unsurpassed, and the work's dramatic palette, luxurious fabrics and classical vision are all characteristics of his unique take on the neoclassical style. Godward was unmatched in terms of his technical skill and attention to detail. A master of contrasting textures, he paints a diaphanous gown draping against the model’s smooth, milky white skin, which sits against the painstakingly rendered individual hairs of a tiger’s pel. Scintillating color permeates the canvas as well, energizing the otherwise static scene. Each element is given careful attention, and the overall effect is one of both immaculate technique and sensual tactility. Along with his contemporary and mentor, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Godward set the tone for the Victorian neoclassicist movement. He built his career upon creating images of idealized feminine beauty infused with a Greco-Roman-inspired style. Though greatly influenced by Alma-Tadema, Godward distinguished himself through his predilection for the solitary female figure. His fame rose dramatically in the first few years of the 20th century, when the present work was completed, due to the burgeoning strength of the British Empire and the Victorian society’s preoccupation with ancient Rome. To many of the newly affluent, Roman society was, as Iain Gale writes, “a flawless mirror of their own immaculate world.” The sensuality and mystery of Godward’s maidens, combined with his impressive antique backdrops...

The Lady in a Black Hat French Impressionist painter from the late 19th century oil on canvas canvas: 11 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, Paris, France condition: very good...