1880s Art

This charming British male portrait oil painting is of a gentleman in an iconic bowler hat. Painted circa 1880 it is a wonderful soft focus realistic image of a man in a suit with a wide pale blue tie and handkerchief in pocket. We can also just see the chain of his pocket watch. He is positioned again a wall with wonderful brushwork. A really fantastic painting in a stunning gilded oak frame...

This superb Victorian oil painting is by French artist Jules Etienne Carot. Painted in 1884 it is a mixed floral of mainly white flowers, including lilac and roses, which stand out b...

Signed in the right center edge of the image From: Les Douze Mois de 1889 As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui. Published by Sagot, Paris Proof before letters...

From: Les Douze Mois de 1889 As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui. Published by Sagot, Paris Proof before letters without the calendarium as published Very ra...

his lovely British Impressionist 19th century coastal landscape oil painting is by noted artist Robert Finlay McIntyre. Painted circa 1880 it is a view along the beach from part way...

Francois Martin-Kavel (1861 - 1931) was active/lived in France. He was a profiling painter of woman, especially orientalism His auction records have exceeded over $20,000 Such a ...

Classic "Spy" aka Sir Leslie Ward 1880 colour-portrait of Keith from Vanity Fair's Men of The Day folio this gent being No. 219. Print Sz: 13 3/8"H x 8 1/8"W Frame Sz: 20"H x 14"W ...

Oliver Rhys (1876-1893) was an important English 19th century Pre-Raphealite Academic painter known for paintings of Grecian woman. His paintings have sold in sothebys and Christie’...

Cancer-The Crab From: Les Douze Mois de 1889 As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui. Published by Sagot, Paris Proof before letters without the calendarium as p...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist James Hayllar (1829-1920) depicts an elderly woman standing by a flight of stairs while brushing a top hat. It was shown at an e...

LEVIGNE Théodore (1848-1912) Landscape With Washerwoman Oil on canvas signed low right Old Frame regilded with leaves Dimensions canvas : 55 X 73 cm Dimensions frame : 70 X 85 cm LE...

"Minerva driving her chariot" by Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910) Very beautiful group in bronze with old gilded patina Cast by BARBEDIENNE France circa 1880 height : 54 cm length : 54...

This lovely British Victorian genre oil painting is by noted artist Joseph Clark. Painted in 1881 it is a charming composition of three young children playing with a doll on the floor of a cottage by the hearth. Historically it has been entitled Children at Play but also known as Playing Doctors according to the literature. There is lovely colouring and detail. A very sweet British Victorian genre oil painting by a much collected artist. Signed and dated 1881 lower right. Provenance. Joseph Clark ; A Popular Victorian Artist and his Work by Eric Galvin. Plate 23. Children at Play (1881) Page 132f. Condition. Oil on canvas, 29 inches by 22 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 36 inches by 29 inches and in good condition. Joseph Clark (1834-1926) was born near Dorchester, Dorset. He studied painting in London under J. M. Leigh (1808-1860), who was himself the only pupil of William Etty, RA (1787-1849), the celebrated painter of classical and historical subjects. Clark specialised in depicting domestic genre subjects of a tender nature which generally featured children and he also painted a small number of biblical subjects. In 1857 at the age of twenty three he exhibited his first painting at the Royal Academy and he continued to exhibit there for all but two of the subsequent forty seven years. Many Victorian painters sought to demonstrate their social conscience through emphasising in their paintings the importance of family life and Joseph Clark was no exception. Whilst avoiding the overly sentimental style of some of his contemporaries, he frequently chose subjects which sought to remind people of their good fortune in having a caring family at a time when many children grew up as orphans in workhouses. Clark enjoyed considerable success with his paintings, maintaining both a London house and a home in the country for much of his life. In 1876 he was awarded a medal in Philadelphia for his paintings 'The Sick Child...

Alfred Arthur BRUNEL DE NEUVILLE A wonderful painting for any situation whether it is as a statement, piece due to the undoubted quality, or as a piece for a kitchen/dining area due...

This superb British 19th century equine oil painting is by noted horse lover, George Gascoyne. Painted in 1889, this French born chestnut horse is Phoenix. While he was essentially a...

"Oil On Canvas Family Portrait After Sir Anthony Van Dyck" After Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish painter, 1599-1641), Group of three young girls with a bust of Mercury Oil on canvas (doubled), probably end 19th century, with French wax seal...

This lovely British Victorian Impressionist coastal landscape oil painting is by noted artist Robert Finlay McIntyre. Painted circa 1880 it is a view along the cliffs towards Cromer,...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173. Ascending stairs and jumping off. 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.875 x 14.125 inches)

From: Les Douze Mois de 1889 As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui. Published by Sagot, Paris Proof before letters without the calendarium as published Very ra...

British painter born in 1830. Leighton was well known for painting and drawing scenes of biblical, historical and classical nature. Untouched and unrestored piece, in it's original ...

Pietro Bazzanti (1842-1881) specialized in allegorical and genre subjects as well as copies of Antique and Renaissance sculpture. Regarded as one of the most talented sculptors of h...

Wonderful Autumn/Fall landscape by one of Englands finest landscape painters. Born as Benjamin Williams, the artist added the surname Leader (his Father’s middle name) to distingui...

"Oil On Canvas, Art Nouveau XIX Portrait Lady With Oval Frame" Oil on canvas Portrait of a lady, Art Nouveau style, signed Gustav Julius GRÜN (1823-1896) German school of the 19th c...

Karl HEFFNER A Woodland River Scene Oil on Board Board Size: 12 x 12" (30 x 30cm) Outside Frame Size: 18 x 18" (46 x 46cm) German School Born 1st January 1849 at Wurzburg and di...

RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE (1841 -1919) "Une Mère et Enfant (Jean Renoir)" (Mother and Child) Delteil 10, Stella 10 Drypoint in color, 1896 Proof aside from the numbered edition of 100 impressions Published in “L’Album des peintres-graveurs; Ambroise Vollard Signature on the stone “Renoir” 10” x 7 3/4” Very fine impression on laid paper Renoir’s interest in the mother and child theme was awakened with the birth of his first son Pierre in 1885. In 1894 their second son, Jean, was born. This was the inspiration for this particular etching created when Jean was just two years old. Renoir was interested in Rubens and Delacroix’s rich use of color and loose rounded form which he observed in the Louvre in Paris. His appreciation is evident in this printThe simple positioning of the figures is structurally balanced, and shows Renoir looking back to Raphael’s Virgin and Child paintings...

The painting up for sale is probably one of the nicest first tier paintings any collector can purchase on firstdibs! The quality and the detail of this painting is in the same leagu...

Buhot, Felix. LE PETIT ENTERREMENT (The Small Funeral). B/G 154. Second state of two. Etching, roulette, aquatint and drypoint printed in blue on tan wove paper, 1880. 3 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 86 x 115 mm., (sheet 8 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 215 x 264 mm.). Signed with the red owl...

Bust of an Oriental woman by Emile GUILLEMIN (1841-1907) Orientalist bronze sculpture with triple patina, gilded, dark reddish brown and silvered. France circa 1880 total height 63 ...

Artist: Edmond Firey (French, 19th Century-20th Century) Title: "Voyageurs en Hiver (Travellers in Winter)" *Signed by Firey lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on C...

French impressionist artist, marina with ship. The painting is an oil on panel of 28x38 cm, by an important French impressionist artist. The ma...

Oil On Canvas, Nude "La Bacchante" dated 1885 and signed by Léon Herbo Léon Herbo, born in Templeuve on October 8, 1850 and died in Ixelles on June 19, 1907, was a Belgian painter. ...

This superb Victorian landscape oil painting is by RA exhibited British artist Edward Joseph Moylneux (not to be confused with Edward Henry Molyneux, fashion designer). Molyneux was ...

Up for sale is a beautiful antique oil painting on canvas by Scandinavian Artist F. SJOSTEDT The painting depicts a Still life composition. Signed and dated in the lower-left corner...

Classic colour plate of Bucks" by 'Spy' aka Sir Leslie Ward for Vanity Fair published Nov 7, 1885 Print Sz: 13 3/4"H x 8 1/2"W Frame Sz: 19"H x 14"W w/ billiard green mat & gilt b...

Late 19th century French finely carved white Carrara marble figure of Bathing Venus . The marble base is not included in the price. AFTER CHRISTOPHE-GABRIEL ALLEGRAIN (FRENCH, 1710-1795): A 19TH CENTURY MARBLE FIGURE...

This lovely Victorian landscape oil painting on canvas is by noted exhibited British artist John Horace Hooper. Hooper was particularly known for his landscapes and was fond of the s...

Joseph Alexis KREYDER (1839-1912) Bunch of Iris Oil on canvas signed low left Old frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 82 X 61 cm - Dim frame : 104 X 82 cm Joseph Alexis KREYDER (1...

This charming Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted prolific exhibited British artist George William Mote. Mote was very fond of painting landscapes in Surrey and this is a pa...

"the Madonna Of Justice" Oil On Canvas Work From The Early 19th Italian School" the history: No doubt painted for the ducal palace of Genoa Genoa, ducal palace, Sala dei Sindacatori...

Alexandre Bida (1813-1895) A Young Woman in Profile Signed with the monogram lower right Pencil on grey-blue paper 17.7 x 11.5 cm Framed : 36.5 x 27 cm This drawing shows Bida's tec...

James Abbott McNeill Whistler Beach Scene at Dieppe, 1885-86 Watercolor on paper, mounted on board 8 1/2 x 5 inches Signed on the reverse Provenance: Miss Annie Burr Jennings Mrs. ...

We are delighted to offer a unique and evocative piece by the Swedish artist Ingeborg Westfelt-Eggertz. This small oil sketch captures a moment in time, portraying a young man seated...

This superb Victorian Scottish landscape oil painting is by noted landscape artist John MacWhirter. Painted circa 1880 the location is Glen Cloy, Arran, a very popular walking and holidaying destination along with the Fairy Glen. The composition is a stream in the foreground with a man and his dog approaching. Either side of them are rolling hills giving way to cloud enveloped mountains in the background. The palette of greens and brown of the flora and fauna is so rich and varied. An excellent example of Scottish Victorian art and of MacWhirter's work. Signed lower right. Provenance. Sotheby's 26.8.86 lot 694. Condition. Oil on canvas, 38 inches by 24 inches unframed, in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt swept frame, 50 inches by 37 inches in good condition. John MacWhirter RA (27 March 1839 in Slateford, Edinburgh - 28 January 1911 in London) was a Scottish landscape painter. John was the third of four children. One of his elder sisters, Agnes MacWhirter was also a noted artist of still lifes. He attended a school in Colinton, and after his father's death was apprenticed to Oliver & Boyd, booksellers in Edinburgh. He stayed there for only a few months and then in 1851 enrolled at the Trustees Academy under Robert Scott Lauder and John Ballantyne (1815–97). He spent long periods sketching and studying nature outdoors. His first painting to be exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy at age 14, was 'Old Cottage at Braid'. In 1880, he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Exploring and painting abroad he visited Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Norway and the U.S.A. - the Alps being a great inspiration. Of a drawing of wildflowers, Ruskin wrote i have never seen anything like it. Some of these sketches were later purchased by Ruskin and bequeathed to the Ashmolean, Oxford. He moved to London in 1867 and on 4 May 1893 was elected a Royal Academician. MacWhirter specialised in romantic landscapes with a great fondness for trees, spending much time in the hilly countryside of Perthshire. Initially, under the influence of John Everett Millais, he experimented with the detailed images of the Pre-Raphaelites, but later adopted a more sweeping style. His friendship with William McTaggart shows in his freedom of brush. With John Pettie...

Frank Charles Peyraud (1858-1948) Coastal landscape, 1882 Charcoal and shading on paper Signed "C. Peyraud", dated "82" and dedicated "à l'ami Baradat" ? lower right 29.5 x 56 cm Slightly oiled A French-born artist born in Switzerland in 1858, Frank Charles Peyraud showed an early interest in drawing and painting. He grew up in a rural environment before studying architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, encouraged by his father. In 1877, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1881, Frank Peyraud...

Now in a period frame, carved italian and gold leaf ask for images please In frame Little is know about George Frank Higgins, but his work sugge...

Medium: original etching. Executed by Tissot for the "Rene Mauperin" suite of etchings, published in Paris in 1884 by Charpentier in a limited editio...

Original oil on academy board by the well known American marine artist, Franklin Dullen Briscoe. Signed lower right. (Under gold liner) Circa 1885. C...

Medium: etching (etched by James Fagan after the William de la Montagne Cary painting). Printed in 1888 on cream wove paper and published for the portfolio entitled "Picturesque Cali...

Signed and dated oil on canvas by French impressionist painter Charles Theophile Angrand. This wonderful and good-sized piece depicts an artist painting "en plain air" in a beautiful...

Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900) A Fantastic scene by a lake Charcoal on paper Signed lower right 23 x 30,5 cm Framed under glass : 42.5 x 51 cm This fantastic scene, the subject of which remains a mystery, reveals an aspect of Edouard Dufeu's personality in which he is more influenced by Romanticism. We can recognise his nervous, painterly style, which lends itself particularly well to this fantastic scene. Edouard Jacques Dufeu was born in Marseilles on 27 march 1836, and he died in Grasse on December 1 , 1900. He was a French painter and engraver . Coming from a family originally from Egypt, Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...

English Native School, 19th Century, still life with fish Oil on canvas 54x63 cm frame included. Beautiful native English painting, representing an elegant still life of fish, cabba...

A superb, richly-inked impression of this scarce drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper. Second state (of 4), with the drypoint work on the windows upper right. ...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist David Bates (1840-1921) depicts a woodland landscape in North Wales. A young girl sits to rest under the sinuous bough of a lea...

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1882 for the "A Group of Etchers" portfolio and published in New York. Plate size: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (170 x ...

This stunning British Victorian floral still life is by 19th century born artist Henry John Livens. Painted in 1880, the setting for this colourful floral arrangement is the forest f...

Charming hand-colour litho by Finch Mason depicting Miss Blanche (who has carefully left the governor behind in Oakapple wood) c1886 Art Sz: 12 1/4"H x 1...

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1882 for the "A Group of Etchers" portfolio and published in New York. Image size: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (147 x ...

This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by attributed to artist Keeley Halswelle. Painted in 1883 it is a large harvest scene with wheat sheaves in a field in the for...