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Art Subject: Boy
Large Nude Oil Painting, Vintage Female Reclining Nude, Post-Impressionist Nude
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large Nude, Female Nude, Large Nude Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Vintage Oil Painting, Large 1960's female reclining nude by renown French artist, Georges Pierre Guinegault (18...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sincerity of Purpose -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Neo-Expressionism
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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. About Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of a Boy with Teddy Bear oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Bernard Leemker (Groningen, 1899 – 1990) Title: Portrait of a Boy with Teddy Bear Date: 1984 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 55 × 45 cm — 21.7 × 17.7 in Support / Mounti...
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1980s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Female Nude oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Female Nude Artist: Francisco Ribera Gómez (Madrid, 1907 – Málaga, 1990) Date: 1966 (signed and dated in Roman numerals: MCMLXVI) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 100 × 81 cm...
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1960s Academic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Duet"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, whose artwork can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the Unite...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Resin

DREAMS OF MIRÓ
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube 100% hand made painting, unique piece.
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2010s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

DREAMS OF MIRÓ
DREAMS OF MIRÓ
$681 Sale Price
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1790 Antique Oil Painting Dutch Style Village Genrе Scene Djurgarden Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
This rare 1790 oil painting depicts a village landscape in the Old Masters genre tradition. The composition shows peasants gathered near a cottage su...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Country Figure - Painting by Luciano Schifano - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on board realized by Luciano Schifano (1943) in 1987. Hand signed and titled. Good condition.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Family Farm in France
Located in London, GB
'Family Farm in France', gouache on art paper, by Michel Debiève (circa 1970s). An extremely endearing depiction of a French family farm, the delight is...
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1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Dandelion
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is featured in the Makk Family book, "Vision of Life on page 102. Eva Makk has been called “the world’s foremost living impressionist painter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dandelion
Dandelion
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Birchina- 21st Century painting of a nude woman laying.
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone Birchina 50 x 60 cm Oil on canvas The painting is framed ( frame included in price ) Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the f...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vacation Reading, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A young boy lies sprawled on a couch, fully absorbed in a comic book. His relaxed pose conveys a sense of calm and quiet. The scene captures the simple pleasure...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Unchained Soul
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting captures the strength and beauty of a black African girl who gazes directly at the viewer with a thought of total liberation. The use of oil on canvas creates a vibrant...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Oil

20th Century Oil - Boy with a Songbird
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming 20th-century portrait depicts a young boy in elegant period attire, wearing a brown coat over a vibrant red waistcoat and matching red stockings, with a songbird in han...
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20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

British Impressionist Watercolor of a Tranquil Riverside Landscape with Boat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of a Tranquil Riverside Landscape with Boat By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed Dimensions: 11...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor

Everyone on a Mission, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero depicts the bustling energy of Midtown Manhattan traffic, looking south on a rainy afternoon. Dashing yet precise brushstrokes convey move...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

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Oil

Large 1840's English Fine Oil Painting Country House Landscape with Children
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1845, The Children of Isaac Hillier (1797-1884) *see notes below in a woodland setting with Newmarket Court and Bunting hill beyond oil painting on canvas, 8...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Landscape - British Old Master art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by William Williams of Norwich. It was painted circa 1780, after he had returned to England from in Philadelphia ...
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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Clarence James "Neo Soul II"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence Title: Neo Soul II Date: 2025 Medium: Aerosol on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 46.75" x 67" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Saint James Religious Tempesta Paint 17th Century OIl on canvas Old master Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555 - Rome 1630) Circle Saint James defeating the Moors in battle Oil on canvas 112 x 102 cm - Framed 125 x 114 cm A valiant knight with his sword...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Early 19th Century Oil - A Threatening Presence
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 19th-century genre scene depicting figures having an altercation in a tavern interior. Unsigned. Presented in a wooden frame with a gilt-painted inner window. On can...
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Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, Skagen, 1892
Located in Stockholm, SE
Paul Graf (1866–1903), Swedish Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, 1892 signed Graf and indistinctly dated 1892 oil on canvas mounted on panel unframed 139 × 175 cm (54.7 × 68.9 in)...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
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1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

G.Wilson Vintage Oil painting on canvas, children playing with rabbit, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a lovely vintage oil painting on canvas capturing a tender moment between two young children and their pet rabbits. One child, dressed in a brown suit, is lying on the floor,...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Wild Child" (2022) by Louis Recchia, Acrylic & Collage, Pop Art
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's "Wild Child" is an original, hand made mixed media painting that depicts a girl with a young boy with a fox tail and paws. Louis Recchia has been producing contempo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Africa 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Blue Bottle - Abstract Quirky Still Life Graffiti Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Beach Ocean Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Beach Day II
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Beach Day II oil/canvas 11 x 14 image unframed, 17.5 x 20.25 framed Beach Day II is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a be...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Digital World, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A young boy stands indoors, absorbed in his mobile device. Just beyond an open door, a polar bear looms inside the house, its mouth open as if roaring. The brig...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Oil

ALLEGORICAL SCENE - Giovanni Faliero - Italy Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Allegorical Scene - Giovanni Faliero Italia 2009 - Oil on canvas cm. 90x110. This beautiful oil on canvas is the personal reinterpretation of the magnificent painting “Bacchant playing the Cymbals” by Jean-Simon Berthélemy, a French painter of the 18th century. Here we admire a mythological scene showing a naked bacchant playing cymbals next to a wooded stream, with a small sleeping faun...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled Film Still (Pink Blossoms)
Located in Fairfield, CT
The twelve paintings in the exhibition are imaginary film stills based on on a Science Fiction screenplay, titled Regression, that was supposedly developed in the 1950s.  The film wa...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Elegant with Muff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
William Ablett was born in Paris of English parents. He was accepted at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts and began working in oils. Under the tutelage of his professors and mento...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary abstract figurative portrait couple man woman "Together forward"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“Together Forward” by French contemporary artist Natalya Mougenot is a vibrant abstract figurative painting celebrating human connection, emotional movement, and the promise of a bri...
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2010s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

The Knight - painting - XVII century
Located in Roma, IT
The Knight is an original oil painting on canvas realized during the XVII century by an anonymous artist. Provenance: Pecci-Blunt collection. Good condition...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Elegant Art Deco French School Monogrammed EB and dated 1931
Located in Pistoia, IT
French school of the 20th century, portrait of elegant, oil on canvas monogrammed and dated E.B. 1931 lower left. The monogram E.B. is also repeated on the back of the canvas. The...
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1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Journal Amusante (Life-Size 19th-Century European Oil, Manheim tag $25000)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large, life-sized, oil-on-canvas portrait of two lovely women perusing a newspaper called the "Journal Amusante." Still attached to the back is the tag from the venerable Manheim g...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Flight Path, Surreal Figurative Painting of a Floating Child, 12 x 12 in.
Located in New York, NY
Flight Path is emblematic of the artist’s broader practice, which frequently explores themes of movement, liminality, and the inner lives of figures suspended between states of being...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Amor et Pietas - Important 19th Century Royal Academy Exhibition Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Amor et Pietas’ by Ursula Wood S.W.A. (1868-1956). Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant with the legal exemptions which, under the supreme law of the U.S. Constitution, enabl...
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1890s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Scottish 20th Century naive oil painting of figures, dogs and birds in interior
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Catriona Millar (Scottish, b. 1956) Veva’s Guest Oil on canvas Signed with initials (lower left) 19.5/8 x 15.5/8 in. (50 x 39.7 cm.) Catriona Millar (born 1956) is a Scottish figurative painter born in Milngavie, Glasgow. She studied at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, where her tutors included Joyce Cairns RSA and Keith Grant...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Michael Archangel Tuscany school 16th Century Paint Oil on canvas Italy
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Michael the Archangel victorious over the Devil Tuscany - 16th century Oil on canvas 68 x 52 cm. - In frame 97 x 78 cm. Of great character is this interesting St. Michael the...
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16th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

COUNTRY SCENE- Italian School - Figurative Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Country scene - Oil on canvas cm.80x120, Giovanni Santaniello, Italy 2002 Gold gilded wooden frame available on request The painting by Giovanni Santaniello depicts a scene of return...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Mother and her Children
Located in St. Albans, GB
'The New Arrival' A Mother with her Children A first class example of Pothast's work. The faces are beautifully done with fantastic light cascading into the room. The mother is shar...
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1920s Dutch School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Balloon Girl
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mr. Brainwash Balloon Girl, 2025 Medium: Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Canvas Panel with Painted Frame Artwork Size: 16.25 x 20.50 in Framed Size: 20.50 x 16.25 in This work i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paintings

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Mixed Media

Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Ladies Chatting Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Discussion' Abstract Composition signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 39 inches condition: the work is in overall very sou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Allegory Painting Drawing Trémolières Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas France
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pierre Charles Trémolières (Cholet, 1703 - Paris, 1739) Allegory of Painting and Drawing Oil on canvas 86 x 112 cm In original lacquered frames 122 x 95 cm. Work accompanied...
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18th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique English Large Horse Portrait And Landscape Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English horse portrait landscape attributed to Henry Barraud (1811 - 1874). Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 34 by 40 inches overall, and 24 by 30 painting alone...
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1870s Realist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Childhood of Dante - British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite figurative oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite Royal Academy exhibited oil painting is by noted historical female artist and suffragette Jessie MacGregor. She was tutored by Lord Frederick Leighton at the Royal Academy art schools in the 1870's and his influence can be seen here. Painted in 1892 and exhibited that year, the subject matter is when Dante, (1265-1321) later an Italian Florentine poet, first met Beatrice, the love of his life when he was nine. They met in a gathering at her father's palazzo in Florence. She was a few months younger than Dante and dressed in a crimson dress. They never actually spoke for another nine years although Dante often observed her. They were both married off during this time, as was the custom then and Beatrice died aged only 24. Dante remained devoted to Beatrice for the rest of his life and she was his principal inspiration for much of his well known work, such as La Vita Nuova (The New Life) and La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy). (see below biography for more details on Dante and Beatrice). This stunning Pre-Raphaelite oil painting depicts Beatrice kneeling on the grass, holding flowers and gazing up at Dante as he stands beside her, hands over her head, perhaps miming crowning her. Other children and their maids dance around them. Beyond them is a Florentine garden with beautiful arches and some figures to the right. To the left one can glimpse the landscape under a summer's sky. MacGregor has portrayed superb detail in the figures expressions and clothing with rich red and gold tones and the vivid blue sky echoing in the little boy's tunic. The brushwork is fantastic. MacGregor painted some fantastic paintings in her time, many of which were exhibited and now hang in art galleries. This painting is a superb example of her work, with excellent provenance and would grace any wall. Signed twice 'Jessie Macgregor/1892' lower right. Provenance. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 11 December 1972, lot 195. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1892, no. 905 entitled In the Childhood of Dante. From this time forward love ruled my heart. Literature Royal Academy Illustrated, 1892, p. 78. Condition. Oil on canvas, 65 inches by 35 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame with ornate flower corners and reeded edge, 87 inches by 57 inches, in good condition. Jessie MacGregor (1847–1919) was a British painter. She was born in Liverpool to a Scottish father, Alexander (1820-1898) and Liverpudlian mother, Sarah (1820-1894). She had an older brother and 7 younger siblings. MacGregor first learned drawing at the drawing academy in Liverpool run by her grandfather Andrew Hunt, a landscape painter. Her mother taught her to use water colours. Her parents went to live in London and she began to study painting there, becoming a pupil at the Royal Academy Schools in 1870 for seven years where her teachers were Lord Leighton, P. H. Calderon, R.A., and John Pettie, R.A. She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in December 1871, the prescribed subject being An Act of Mercy. She was the second woman after Louisa Starr's gold medal in 1867, and the last woman to do so until 1909. She first exhibited at the RA whilst still a student, in 1871. She continued with a historical genre when history paintings were broadening their reach towards literature and romance. Her subjects were almost always women or children. MacGregor was made an Academician for the Liverpool Academy of Art in 1874. By 1880 she was using a studio on Elm Tree Road and exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy. in 1884 her brother Archibald also started working from this address and they both had paintings at the RA that year. In 1888 she moved studio to Hill Road St John's Wood. In 1892 MacGregor had two painting at the RA, a portrait of Miss Phyllis Eden and our painting, In the Childhood of Dante. This was described as a fresh bit of Italian Childhood and harmonious colour grouping by the Western Daily Press. Portraits rarely got a mention in the papers but narrative works were much more popular. She lectured widely for the Victorian University extension scheme at the Arts Clubs of Liverpool, the National Gallery and Leighton House museum and other regional centres. MacGregor had a studio in Chalcot Gardens Hampstead from 1900 and began to get involved with women's issues. In 1904 she was on the committee of the Lyceum Club London along side Henrietta...
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1890s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figure 1
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 1 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a blue-toned nude female model superimposed over a pink and purple background.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Panel, Pencil

After Henry Grant Plumb - Framed Contemporary Oil, Mother's Helper
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine copy of Henry Grant Plumb's (1847-1930) oil painting, Mother's Helper. Signed H. Jacob to the lower right. Presented in a contemporary frame. On canvas on stretchers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Seeking Perfection 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure 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. About Artist Mic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Very Large ca. 1940s Painting of a Female Rower Holding Oars by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Very large, unique 1940s painting of a standing female rower holding a pair of oars by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 65 x 44 inches. Framed size: 65 1/2 x 44 1/2 inches. Unsigned canvas...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Huge 1920's British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed & Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Micky" by John Young-Hunter (British 1874-1955) signed and dated 1920 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 50 x 31 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and soun...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The New Dress - British Victorian 1896 art figurative Interior oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Albert Chevalier Tayler. Painted in 1896 the composition is four women in a sitting room. One young woman is holding u...
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1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Across the Mancos Canyon
Located in Bozeman, MT
One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Schenck is known for utilizing cinematic imagery reproduced in a flattened, reductivist style, where colors are displayed side-by-side rather than blended or shadowed. In the August 2014 issue of SouthwestArt magazine, his work was described as “a stance … a pendulum between the romantic and the irreverent.” Schenck’s artwork is now in 48 museum collections, including Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Booth Western Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, the Mesa Southwest Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Bouquet
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Large Bouquet
Large Bouquet
$3,360 Sale Price
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17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Jesus and the Samaritan
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a religious subject, Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus is traveling...
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1680s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A first thought for Nicolas Loir's Adoration of the Shepherds at the Louvre
Located in PARIS, FR
In an intimate atmosphere dominated by warm colors, Nicolas Loir offers us here a first thought, tightly focused and rigorously arranged, of the Adoration of the Shepherds in the Louvre Museum, in which he expresses his admiration for the art of Nicolas Poussin. 1. Nicolas Loir, a 17th-century Parisian artist inspired by Bourdon and Poussin Nicolas Loir was born in Paris in 1623. His father, a goldsmith, first placed him with Simon Vouet and then with Sébastien Bourdon. At the age of 23, in 1647, he left for Rome, where he stayed for two years, drawing inspiration from the classicism of Raphael and, above all, Nicolas Poussin, whom he met and deeply admired. On his return to France in 1649, he received his first major commissions for religious paintings for Parisian churches, the most prestigious of which was the May of Notre Dame for the year 1650. He also received numerous secular commissions for hotels and châteaux in the Paris region. Admitted to the Academy in 1663, he joined Le Brun's team and participated in the decoration of the royal castles of Vincennes, the Tuileries, and Versailles. Appointed professor at the Academy in 1666, then assistant to the rector in 1668, he died in 1679. He married Marguerite Cotelle, daughter of the painter Jean I Cotelle, a specialist in monochrome paintings, and sister of the painter Jean II Cotelle. Dezallier d'Argenville, who owned several of his drawings, tells us that he was a man of gentle and modest temperament, deeply honest, and highly esteemed by his contemporaries, including as a portrait painter. We can see his amiable character features reflected in his portrait by Jean Tiger, which is kept at the Palace of Versailles (4th photo in the gallery). 2. Description of the painting and related artworks Our painting depicts the adoration of the Holy Child, presented in the center of the composition on a pristine white cloth that catches the eye, by the shepherds. While the figure draped in yellow on the left is likely Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary is depicted from the front, contemplating the Child with her right hand raised, her fingers spread as if to indicate her amazement at the realization of this Mystery. The five figures on the left, all dressed quite simply, are the shepherds who have come to worship the Child, as evidenced by the kid goat lying at his feet. Two cherubs carrying phylacteries fly in the sky and complete the composition. Our Nativity was painted in oil on canvas coated with a brown-red preparation, visible in the two upper corners left unpainted, which is typical of French painting in the mid-17th century and found in the work of Nicolas Poussin. The overall atmosphere of the painting reveals Poussin's decisive influence, whether through the color palette dominated by primary colors (the blue of the Virgin's cloak, the orange-red of the shepherds' cloaks on the right, the bright yellow of St. Joseph's cloak on the left), the rather tubular treatment of the figures, but also through numerous direct references to Poussin's paintings. Examples include the two cherubs, which seem to be inspired by those above the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Adoration of the Shepherds by Gillis Mostaert (1534 - 1598) Flemish Renaissance
Located in Knokke, BE
Gillis Mostaert Hulst 1534 – 1598 Antwerp Flemish Painter 'Adoration of the Shepherds' Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: image size 38,5 x 46,5 cm, frame size 54 x 62 cm Provenance...
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16th Century Renaissance Interior Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Untitled Film Still (Green Lagoon)
Located in Fairfield, CT
The twelve paintings in the exhibition are imaginary film stills based on on a Science Fiction screenplay, titled Regression, that was supposedly developed in the 1950s.  The film wa...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In a hotel room. Venice
Located in Oslo, NO
The idea for this work arose on the author's birthday, when he specially came to Venice to celebrate it there. In the painting we see the interior of a hotel room with evening Venice...
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2010s Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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