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Art Subject: Castle
Historic Miniature Watercolor of John Wesley’s School in Kingswood
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of John Wesley’s School in Kingswood
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 3 in...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Houhua Huang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "The Old Bridge"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Old Bridge
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 20 x 24 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eilean Donan Castle Scotland Original 1950's Painting Highland Loch Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Eilean Donan Castle
Scottish School, mid 20th century
signed watercolor on board, framed
framed: 26.5 x 22.5 inches
painting: 20 x 24 inches
private colle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Stragglers- 21st Century Contemporary Mountain Landscape Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch Painter Michiel Schrijver lives and works in the center of the Netherlands.
The paintings originate from his memory. The first step is to mak...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Motovun. Istra. Croatia
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
Motovun is a village in central Istria, Croatia. In ancient times, both celts and Illyrians built their fortresses at the location of present day Motovun. The name of village is also...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“View of Villefranche-sur-Mer” Raymond Thibesart Raymond Thibesart (1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“View of Villefranche-sur-Mer”
Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Oil on canvas, circa 1920s
24 x 32 1/2 (29 x 38 1/2 framed) inches
Bathed in the soft and steamy light of the S...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venice - Post Impressionist Venetian Landscape Oil Painting by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. This work is painted in a divisionist style and depicts a view of gondolas on the canal in...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Watercolor of Château de Chambord with Huntsman, Horses, and Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Château de Chambord with Huntsman, Horses, and Hounds
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
Size: 14.25 x 20 (height x width)
Condition: Very good
Provenance: From the artists atelier collection, South of France
Description: This vibrant watercolor captures the iconic Château de Chambord, a masterpiece of French Renaissance architecture...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
British Impressionist Watercolor of Bridge at Hereford with Cathedral
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of Bridge at Hereford with Cathedral
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Signed: Yes
Dimension...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 19th Century Italian
Located in Beachwood, OH
Alessandro La Volpe (Italian, 1820-1887)
View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 1883
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
29.5 x 52.5 inches
39 x 62 inches...
Category
1880s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Baux-de-Provence Watercolor of Medieval Ruins & Stone Arch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Les Baux-de-Provence Watercolor of Medieval Ruins & Stone Arch
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 15 x 11 (...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Large Oil of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
Located in ludlow, GB
Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Large Oil of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire.
Very Large Oil Painting on box canvas by well known Contemporary Artist. Beautiful misty foreground and stormy skies, depicting the Castle in its splendour with St Laurences Church on view to the left of the painting.
Rene Legrand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
''Looking for Seashells'' Contemporary Oil Painting of Children on the Beach
By Ewa Rzeznik
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Polish artist Ewa Rzeznik reflects reality in her colorful paintings: Fishermen along the French coast, families walking towards the Mon Saint-Michel, children playing in the sur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Watercolor of Antibes Coastline with Fortified Walls and Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Antibes Coastline with Fortified Walls and Mountains
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size:...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Joseph in prison
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th century) - Joseph in prison.
84 x 105 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conservation of the pic...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Watercolor of Le Château de la Napoule with Coastal Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Le Château de la Napoule with Coastal Scene
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 9.75 x 1...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Watercolor
Large Victorian British Signed Oil Rural Life House by Stream Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Victorian House
by Vivian Crome (British 1842-1926)
signed & dated 1885
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 35.5 x 30.25 inches
Canvas: 32 x 26 inches
Provenance: private collectio...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century Pastel of Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter’s Dome in Rome
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of Castel Sant'Angelo and St. Peter’s Dome in Rome
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 11.75 inches ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Brest Watercolor of Château and Tour Tanguy with Historic Ships
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Brest Watercolor of Château and Tour Tanguy with Historic Ships
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.75 x 1...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Monaco Street Scene Towards the Prince’s Palace Vintage French Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Monaco Street Scene
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 17 x 12.75 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Victorian Scottish landscape with a castle by a loch and cattle watering, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Kate Macaulay (1872 - 1884), signed
Title: Scottish landscape with atmospheric, brooding skies over castle ruins (Kilchurn?) and cattle watering in the shallows of t...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Gatehouse of Bristol Cathedral c. 1156
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Gatehouse of Bristol Cathedral c. 1156
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: ...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Spanish Hill Top Ancient Med Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Hill Top Village (Spain)
signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 26 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large p...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Busy Wells Market Square
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Busy Wells Market Square
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, u...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Watercolor of Château d’If Marseille Watercolor with Historic Fortress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Château d’If Marseille Watercolor with Historic Fortress
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
S...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
British Original Watercolor Eilean Donan Castle Scotland Loch Scene Dramatic Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11.25 x 15.25 inches ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Georges Pacouil (1903-1996) - Mid 20th Century Oil, The Watchtower, Le Cayler
Located in Corsham, GB
French, oil on board. Signed lower right. Labelled verso.
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Aragonese Castle at sunset
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
I think that many have read Alexander Dumas novel “The Count of Monte Cristo” and know about If Castle, where the prisoner languished. Arriving at the next plein air on the island of...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Landscape Oil Painting, Harvest Field with Windmill and Mountains.
Located in Berlin, DE
Landscape painting, harvest field with windmill and mountains.
Dimensions without frame.
Frame damaged.
Free shipping only without frame.
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
French Watercolor of "Château de Plessis-Bourré" Reflected on Tranquil Waters
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of "Château de Plessis-Bourré" Reflected on Tranquil Waters
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
French Watercolor of Château de Chenonceau: Perspective from the Northeast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Château de Chenonceau: Perspective from the Northeast
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unf...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Evening. Aragon castle. Ischia. Italy
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
I think that many have read Alexander Dumas novel “The Count of Monte Cristo” and know about If Castle, where the prisoner languished. Arriving a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Impressionist Watercolor of an Atmospheric Stone Archway Passage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Impressionist Watercolor of an Atmospheric Stone Archway Passage
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11.25 ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Sky Castle, " Oil painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "Sky Castle," is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green grassy hill sloping upwards to meet lush canopies of tree...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Original Watercolor of a Castle and Swans on the River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Original Watercolor of a Castle and Swans on the River
By Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023)
Original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
Dimensions: 11.25 x 15 inche...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ponte Vecchio
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Ponte Vecchio" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower right corner by t...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The castle way by Armand Leleux - Oil on wood 20x28 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
French painter
Work on wood
Silver wood frame
37 x 27 x 3 cm
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Irish Lough Castle View In Kerry Highlands Ireland Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circle of Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787-1855)
VIew In Kerry Highlands, Ireland
watercolor/gouache on board,
framed
glass over picture
framed: 10 x 14 inches
board: 18 x 21 in...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Slains Castle with North Sea, stone castle, seascape, Scotland
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, high detail, realistic, Scotland
This original oil on canvas is a signature painting of Slains Castle, in Northeast Scotland by Agnes Murray, who is notable for captu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Beautiful Mediterranean City Harbor Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ancient City (Greece? Italy?)
signed by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
dated 1996
oil painting on canvas, unframed
unframed: 18.5 x 22 inches
condition: very good
prove...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Old Stone Stairway By Düsseldorf Artist Ferdinand Fagerlin
Located in Stockholm, SE
This oil painting called The Old Stone Stairway by Ferdinand Fagerlin offers an intimate glimpse into a quiet interior space, where the stillness of...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Pont Neuf, Seine, Paris, France" Carle Blenner, American Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Carle John Blenner (1862 - 1952)
Pont Neuf, Seine, Paris, France, 1887
Oil on canvas
15 x 22 inches
Signed and dated lower right; titled lower left
...
Category
1880s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shipley Mill, signed original British watercolour painting
By Ronald Birch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shipley Mill
by Ronald Birch, British circa 1970's
watercolour on art paper, unframed
overall paper measures: 15 x 22 inches
signed to lower left 'Ronald Burch' and titled lower cent...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Villa Discopoli, Capri, Artist 19th - 20th Century, Signed by Monogram
Located in Knokke, BE
View of Villa Discopoli, Capri
Artist 19th - 20th century
Signature: Signed by monogram bottom left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 67 x 99 cm, frame size 87,50 x 118 cm
Provenance: Villa Discopoli is one of the most exquisite examples of twentieth century architecture on the island in Italy.
The first owner of the Villa was a close friend of Axel Munthe, Swedish-born medical doctor and psychiatrist. She sold the property in 1970 and the main part of the Villa into several self contained apartments, Gardenia, Hydrangea, Agapanthu, Oleander of exquisite charm and beauty: .
During Capri’s Romantic period it was host to several intellectuals:
Rainer Maria Rilke ( Prague, Czechia 1875 – Montreux, Switzerland 1926) , a Bohemian-Austrian German-language poet and novelist, was one of its prestigious inhabitants.
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Both - Oil Paint by Juan Rodrigo Piedrahita Escobar - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Applied with a palette knife, brush, and touches of color-based veils. With this work the toy I will take like a or symbol of a reality different with readings for adults, according ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape by Edouard Arthur - Oil on wood 33x25 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on wood sold with frame
Total size with frame 50x43 cm
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
At the Seine. 1996. Paper, pastel, 24x41 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the Seine. 1996. Paper, pastel, 24x41 cm
Cityscape at the Seine
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting depa...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
French Watercolor of "Porte Cailhau, Bordeaux" with Architectural Details
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of "Porte Cailhau, Bordeaux" with Architectural Details
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unfr...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Reflections of Notre-Dame, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Faye Vander Veer captures the majesty of Notre Dame Cathedral at dusk in this evocative painting. She took the reference photograph long before the devas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Slains Castle with North Sea 2, stone ruins, seascape, Scotland
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, high detail, realistic, Scotland
This original oil on canvas is a signature painting of Slains Castle, in Northeast Scotland by Agnes Murray, who is notable for captu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Tinatin Chkhikvishvili - White Dog in Dem Platz
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Tinatin Chkhikvishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1980 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated in 2002 from the State Academy of Arts in Tbilisi. ...
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Historical Architectural Miniature Watercolor of Bristol Cathedral Gatehouse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historical Architectural Miniature Watercolor of Bristol Cathedral Gatehouse
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measureme...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Hanham Court and St. George’s Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Hanham Court and St. George’s Church
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 2.75 inches (height) x 4.25 inches (width)
Condition: Very good and highly presentable
Provenance: From a large private collection of this artists work in Bristol, England.
Description:
Jack Grunwell’s charming architectural watercolor captures Hanham Court & St. George’s Church, a historic medieval estate and chapel in South Gloucestershire, England.
Hanham Court is depicted with its Gothic-style stonework, towering chimneys, and lush surrounding gardens.
St. George’s Church, with its classic medieval English architecture, stands in the foreground, framed by mature trees and a winding countryside path.
Grunwell’s signature soft washes and delicate detailing create a scene that feels timeless and tranquil. The contrast between the grey stone and the vibrant greenery adds depth and warmth to the painting, making it a perfect addition to any collection of English countryside art...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bristol Cathedral Clifton Suspension Bridge and Glastonbury Tor Watercolors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Bristol Cathedral Clifton Suspension Bridge and Glastonbury Tor Watercolors
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measuremen...
Category
20th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Avignon Watercolor of Pont Saint-Bénézet and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Avignon Watercolor of Pont Saint-Bénézet and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.25...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
St. Augustine Gates Florida
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"St. Augustine Gates, Florida," painted by William R. Davis, captures the historic charm and architectural beauty of one of Florida's most iconic landmarks. Davis, known for his meti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pile of yellow sand, Paris
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
Early 20th Century French School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plaza de España-Sevilla, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Spain Square in Seville :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature...
Category
2010s Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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