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Period: Late 19th Century
HUGE OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E .Bale FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
Located in Ferndown, GB
OIL PAINTING SIGNED OLD FINE MASTER PAINTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL Fine Original Antique 19th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING GOLD GILT FRAME NEW COLLECTION Of RARE ...
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Realist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Hubert Henrard - 19th Century Belgian Still Life of wildflowers
Located in London, GB
HUBERT HENRARD (Belgium 1816-1898) Still Life with Cornflower and Harebells Signed l.r.: Hubert Henrard Oil on canvas Framed 25 by 20.5 cm., 10 by 8 in. (frame size 41.5 by 36.5 c...
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Realist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Antique English Oil Painting Sheep in Pastoral Landscape Golden Light
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape English School, late 19th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 25 inches board: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: the painti...
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English School Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Giovanni Lavezzari (1817-1881) - Late 19th Century Watercolour
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming late 19th Century watercolour view of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. A gondola drifts past in the foreground. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painti...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Watercolor

Victorian English 19th century Autumn/Fall River landscape, with trees and hills
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English Victorian River Landscape. Thomas O Hume was an English landscape painter who exhibited from 1864-1892. He showed his paintings at t...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

The Twin Rocks of Capri; I Faraglioni a Capri
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879 Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor margina...
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English School Late 19th Century Art

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Engraving, Photogravure

Seascape with Boats Storm Coming - Scottish 19thC exh impressionist oil painting
Located in London, GB
This dramatic Scottish Impressionist 19th century oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Joseph Henderson. Painted in 1876 it was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy the same y...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Lovely 19th Century American Artist’s Easel “en Plein Air” Oil on Board, ca 1890
Located in Baltimore, MD
A late 19th century American School two-sided landscape painting by an unknown artist, this oil on board has two decidedly different scenes that are each lovely to view. The most unu...
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Post-Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Rock Tombs Outside Jerusalem - Oil Paint by Carl Schirm - 1884
Located in Roma, IT
Carl Schirm was a German painter of landscapes. Between 1880-1881 he made, together with Eugen Bracht, a long journey to Egypt, Palestine and Syria, at the end of which emerged lands...
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Modern Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Chicken and Hens - Original Lithograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 18 x 24,3 cm. Chicken and Hens is a color lithograph contained in the Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (or Meyers Lexikon). The print is from the encyclopedia Meyers ...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Lithograph

OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY Catch Gold Gilt Frame
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING High Quality 19th CENTURY The Catch GGF Description OLD MASTER LARGE OIL PAINTING 19th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY “Very Goo...
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Realist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Original poster by Firmin Bouisset - Chocolat Menier - Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
Located in PARIS, FR
The original poster by Firmin Bouisset for Chocolat Menier, featured as Plate 47 in the prestigious Les Maîtres de l'Affiche series, is an iconic work of late 19th-century advertisin...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Vedutist Venetian painter - 19th century Venice view painting - Oil on panel
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (late 19th century) - Venice, view of the Riva degli Schiavoni with carnival masks. 30 x 40 cm without frame, 46 x 53 cm with frame. Oil on panel, in a carved and ...
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Old Masters Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Floral Still Life Country Flowers in a Vase by Flemish Barbizon artist in France
Located in Norwich, GB
A gorgeous floral still life which marries the depth and the richness found in the work of the Flemish old masters with the elegance and light of French painting. As you will see, th...
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Flemish School Late 19th Century Art

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Oil, Panel

R. Watson (British painter) - 19th century landscape painting - Highland cattle
Located in Varmo, IT
R. Watson (British, late 19th century) - Herd of Highlanders grazing. 77 x 51 cm. Old oil painting on canvas, unframed. - Work signed and dated on the left: “R. Watson”. Conditio...
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Naturalistic Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Upper Sacramento River, California" (Large Antique Landscape, Renowned Artist)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This very large, superb California landscape was painted by an artist celebrated for his California and Pacific Northwest scenes, and well-known among collectors of these works. Frederick Schafer (bio below) emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1876 at the age of 37. He traveled widely through the west and captured dramatic nature scenes such as this one, depicting the Upper Sacramento river with its towering trees. His paintings are in many superb institutional and private collections around the world. Paintings by Schafer in this size range have brought from $15,000 to $26,000 recently at auction, which is wholesale pricing (see photos) so we feel ours is a fair price. The painting measures an impressive 65" x 44.5" in its ornate gold wooden frame; the canvas size is 50" x 30". It has some professional and unobtrusive inpainting, not unusual for a painting of its age. Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans. Bio as featured in AskArt: The following biography is from the artist's web site and reprinted with the permission of Jerome H. Saltzer. "Frederick Ferdinand Schafer...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Portrait of Anna Morell Blix Sjöberg by Astrid Kjellberg (1877-1965, Swedish)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful portrait of Anna Morell Blix Sjöberg painted by Astrid Kjellberg-Juel, 1899 Oil on masonite 15.5" W x 19.5" H Frame: 18.5" W x 22.75" H ASTRID KJELLBERG-JUEL (1877 - 1965) Kjellberg-Juel studied art for Julius Kronberg...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Late 19th Century Oil - Riverside Cottage
Located in Corsham, GB
A late 19th century oil painting depicting a serene riverside scene, with a rustic thatched cottage nestled among lush trees on the bank. The composition beautifully captures the int...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

'Woodland Landscape', Paris, NAD, Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Dearth' for Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864-1918) and dated 1892. Provenance: Collection of George A. Hearn. Exhibite...
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American Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823-1910), Oil on Canvas
Located in Portland, OR
"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (July 22, 1823 - July 14, 1910), Oil on Canvas. An American painter active in New England and Chicago, Bigelow was born on a farm in P...
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Hudson River School Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Illustrations From The Book of Job - "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven"
Located in Soquel, CA
"Illustrations of the Book of Job" Engraving "The Fire of God is Fallen From Heaven...And the Lord said unto Satan Behold All that he hath is in thy Power" Engraving, third printing...
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Symbolist Late 19th Century Art

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

A Day in the Countryside by Henry John Yeend King
Located in Stockholm, SE
This delightful painting by the renowned Victorian genre and landscape artist Henry John Yeend King captures the serene charm of the English countryside. Depicting an idyllic riversi...
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Romantic Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Pre Raphaelite Woman and Butterfly French Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French important portrait oil painting by Achilles Theodore Cesbron (1849 - 1915). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 21 by 29 inches overall and 12 by 20 painting alone.
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

English watercolour of a fisherman and his dog
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive rural scene of a fisherman and his dog on a riverbank, in very good colour and an appealing composition. Claude Hayes (1852-1922) A fisherman and his dog by a riverbank Signed Watercolour with touches of pencil 6½ x 10 inches, image only 13 x 16 inches with the frame Claude Hayes was a Dublin born painter who to avoid his father's wish to make a businessman of him ran away to sea and served on the Golden Fleece, one of the transports used in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68, and also spent a year in the United States. Returning to London, he studied art at Heatherley's and the Royal Academy Schools, and then in Antwerp, under Charles Verlat. He worked in Hampshire with James Aumonier and also in Surrey with William Charles Estall, whose sister he married. Hayes exhibited widely in London and provincial centres, and was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in 1886, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883, and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, 1902. He also showed at the RA, RBSA, Brook Street Art Gallery, Dudley Gallery, FAS, GI, Grosvenor Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, MAFA, RBA, RHA, Ridley Art Club, RSW and Walker's Gallery, London. In 1912, Claude Hayes represented England at the Venice Biennale. His work is in various public collections in England and Ireland including the Ulster Museum, Museums Sheffield, Torre Abbey Museum and the Leeds City Art Gallery. His father was the artist Edwin Hayes.
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

E. Stanfield - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Still Life of Fruit on a Ledge
Located in Corsham, GB
Still life of grapes, peaches and red currants on a stone ledge. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame with a crisp white mount. Signed 'E. Stanfield' to the lower right and dated 18...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Victorian Tavern Scene Three Gentlemen in Conversation Over Drinks Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Discussing Ailments by ALEXANDER AUSTEN (1859-1924) signed with monogram oil on canvas, framed framed: 13.5 x 17 inches canvas: 9 x 12 inches Provenance: Private collection, Yorkshir...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Oil, Canvas

Fine Antique British Portrait of Elegant Lady with Flower Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady British School, late 19th/ early 20th century - circa 1900 oil on canvas, framed in oak wood frame framed: 30 x 26 inches canvas : 24 x 20 inches provenan...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil, Canvas

"Putti" 19th c. Terracotta, Antique, Mythical Figures, Patina
Located in Detroit, MI
“Putti” is a 19th c. terracotta antique of two nude children, babies, as mythical figures. This piece is beautifully rendered with a rich brown patina. ...
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Baroque Late 19th Century Art

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Terracotta, Wood

Cattle By Pond At Dusk, Mid-19th Century Tonalist Landscape by William Keith
Located in Soquel, CA
Cattle By Pond At Dusk, Mid-19th Century Tonalist Landscape by William Keith Gorgeous mid-19th century landscape painting by William Keith (American, 1838-1911), circa 1860. This impressive Tonalist landscape, titled "In the Woods", depicts cattle beside a pond in the forest at dusk. Keith uses loose, blended brush strokes and a muted earthy palette to create an atmospheric mood that Tonalism is known for. Signed "W. Keith" lower left. Museum label on verso from Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Presented in an antique giltwood frame. Image size: 9"H x 13"W. With frame measures: 16"H x 20"W x 3"D. Provenance: Mrs. Eugene Patterson; Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Authenticity guaranteed and certificate include. Condition: Very good. Cleaning and restoration required signature to be re-touched, original images pre-restoration available. About the Artist: Brought to New York City in 1850, William Keith was apprenticed to a wood engraver in 1856 working for "Harper's" magazine. In 1858 (or 1859) he visited California for "Harper's" and then after a trip to Great Britain, settled in California as an engraver in 1862. He began exhibiting paintings in 1864 in San Francisco where he opened his studio, after having been taught painting by his wife. The Northern Pacific Railroad...
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Pre-Raphaelite Late 19th Century Art

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Oil, Illustration Board

Landscape View With Cows Drinking Water by American Artist Hugo Anton Fisher
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to offer a captivating watercolor by the American artist Hugo Anton Fisher (1854–1916). This serene composition depicts cows drinking at the edge of a calm body of w...
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American Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a Lady - British 19th century art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Victorian portrait oil painting is by British portrait artist Edward Spilsbury Swinson. It was painted in 1891 and is dated and signed lower right. It is a half l...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Cactus, English antique red flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cactus' Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890. Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand an...
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Naturalistic Late 19th Century Art

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Lithograph

The Nile - Chromolithograph after Karl Werner - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
The Nile is a modern artwork realized d'apres Karl Werner  Mixed colored Chromolithograph.  The artwork is after the watercolors realized by the artist during a trip to Egypt betwe...
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Modern Late 19th Century Art

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Lithograph

Ancient View of the Bay of Naples - Oil Painting - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
View over the Bay of Naples is an orginal old master artwork realized by Master of Northern Europe School of the second half of 19th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Relined....
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Modern Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Highland Cattle In A Scottish Upland Landscape Scotland Framed Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Henry Robinson Hall. English ( b.1857 - d.1927 ). Highland Cattle In A Scottish Upland Pasture, 1891. Oil On Canvas. Signed & Dated Lower Left. Image size 23.4 inches x 15.4 inches (...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Victorian English Romans Ready For Battle Horse & Cart Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century. The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

La Grande Fortune, Old Masters Etching by Amand Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Amand-Durand, French (1831 - 1905) after Albrecht Dürer, German (1471 - 1528) Title: La Grande Fortune Year: 1873 (original circa 1502) Medium: Heliogravure on thin l...
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Old Masters Late 19th Century Art

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Engraving

Antique European Impressionist Signed Beach Scene Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted 1880s European impressionist beach scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Very finely painted and impressive in person. Excellent ready to hang condit...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century French Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting of Young Paris Beauty
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942). The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Man French School, late 19th century indistinctly signed top right, 'Valadon'? oil on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 28 inches canvas: 26 x 21 inches private collect...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil, Canvas

Mother Washing with Children Nearby
Located in Stockholm, SE
This delightful painting by Carl Ewald Lönngren captures a serene moment of rural life in late 19th-century Sweden. The scene shows a mother kneeling by a wash basin, surrounded by h...
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Realist Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

In West Cornwall, 19th Century English Country Side, England
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Robert Bruce Wallis (English, 1794-1878) Signed: R. B. Wallis (Lower, Right) " In West Cornwall ", c. 1870s (Titled on Name Plate) Oil on Canvas 12 1/4" x 18 1/4" Housed in a 2...
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Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage french art painting by Edouard Detaille - tempera on carton, signed.
Located in PARIS, FR
Tempera on cardboard mounted on an original canvas and original glass. 19th century. Interesting and well accomplished study for Nature probably in eastern France. Dimensions with fr...
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Realist Late 19th Century Art

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Gouache

Phrosine and Mélidore
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Phrosine and Mélidore Etching, 1879 Signed in the polate lower left of image This etching is after the Dantan painting, a copy after the Pierre-Paul Prud’hom painting Published by Vv...
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Romantic Late 19th Century Art

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Etching

Late 19th Century English portrait of an English Jack Russell called Fritz
Located in Woodbury, CT
Early 20th Century English portrait of an English Jack Russell, Called Fritz. John Emms was born at Blofield, Norfolk, the son of the artist Henry William Emms. An interest in art took him to London and for some time he worked as Frederick, Lord Leighton...
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Rough Weather at Blatchington Pulling in the Fishing Nets on the English Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Drypoint etching rawing of a coastal scene with figures drawing a net or boat form the sea by Sir Francis (Frank) Job Short (British, 1857 - 1945) Sir Frank Short, Royal Academy*, was a printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint* and aquatint* engraving, and also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public. Signed "Frank Short" lower right with monogram in the print "S within a shield" Titled lower left "Rough Weather at Blatchington" Lower left "Trial Proof" Image, 8.5"H x 10.88"W Mat, 16"H x 20"W x 0.13 Professionally cleaned and ph nuetral washed by our paper conservator. (new images posting) Francis Job Short was born on 19 June 1857 in Britain, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He was educated to be a civil engineer. He was engaged on various works in the Midlands until 1881, when he came to London as assistant to Mr Baldwin Latham in connection with the Parliamentary Inquiry into the pollution of the river Thames. In 1883 he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Having worked at the Stourbridge School of Art in his early years he joined the South Kensington School of Art*, in 1883. He also worked at the life class under Professor Fred...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Rag Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Gouache

Boats on the shore, Naples 1868
Located in Paris, IDF
Alessandro LA VOLPE (Lucera, 1820 – Rome, 1887) Boats on the shore, Naples 1868 Oil on canvas Signed, located and dated lower left 21 x 42 cm without frame 50 x 71 cm with frame 18...
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Italian School Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

French art painting by Alfred Smith - Bordeaux, a Tramway, collector piece.
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Minor retouching on the upper part, original canvas with frame. Currently Under Restoration by Museum specialist for Alfred Smith paintings. ...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

l'Homme au lavabo [Figure at a Washbasin]
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint in colours on Arches paper Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto Image: 47.5 x 36.3 cm, Sheet: 67.5 x 52 cm, Framed: 87.9 x 71.7 cm Edition of 46 ...
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Modern Late 19th Century Art

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Etching, Aquatint

THE BEGGERS - Unique, only known example of the 10th state in a fine impresssion
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903) THE BEGGARS 1879-80 (Glasgow 190 x/xvii: K.194 ii/ix?: M.191: W.159) Etching and drypoint, from “Venice, a Series of Twelve...
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American Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Etching

'Woodland Stream', Paris, New York, Hudson River School, Luminism, AIC, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Arthur Parton' (American, 1842-1914) and painted circa 1885. This notable Hudson River School painter first studied under William Trost Richards, from whom he gained a grounding in the technical aspects of his craft, and, subsequently, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. While in Philadelphia, he began to exhibit with success and, in 1864, moved to New York where he continued to exhibit before leaving for Europe in 1869. In France, he was influenced by the works of the Barbizon painters and then furthered his studies in Paris and London (1870) before continuing to Scotland (1871). Upon his return to America, he would go on to establish himself as a major figure in the art world, maintaining a studio at 51 West 10th Street from 1874 to 1893. Best known for his landscapes of the Adirondacks and Catskill Mountains, Parton also painted in England and Scotland. During his career, he explored several styles including Tonalism and Impressionism, but remained closely influenced by the Hudson River style including Luminism. Parton was a member of the American Watercolor Society, the Artists Fund Society and, from 1871, the National Academy of Design, becoming a National Academician in 1884. Parton exhibited widely and with success including at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1907-1908, 1910), Brooklyn Artists Association (1866-85), Philadelphia Centennial Exposition (1876), Boston Art Club (1882-1909), New York City (1886 gold medal), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1889 Temple gold medal, 1891, 1896-97, 1905), Paris Exposition Universelle (1889 honorable mention), St Louis Exposition (1904 medal), the Art Institute of Chicago and, for more than 50 years, at the National Academy of Design (1862-1914, 1896 prize). Parton gained widespread recognition after his painting of the Shenandoah River (1872) was published in William Cullen Bryant...
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Hudson River School Late 19th Century Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Postcard

Dunkeld, Perth
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Alfred de Breanski Sr is one of the finest plein art artists of the Scottish Highlands. Renowned for capturing the fleeting light of sunset and sunrise, de Breanski masters layers an...
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Naturalistic Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil

Begonias, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Seedling tuberous Rooted Begonias' Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
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Naturalistic Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

El Caballo Raptor - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
El caballo raptor - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828). The artwork is the plate n. 1...
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Old Masters Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Souvenir d'Italie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Etching "Souvenir d'Italie” by Jean Baptiste Camille printed on laid paper (partial watermark Annonay). rich impression size : sight 11.5 x 9 in. , matted 17 x 14 in. A remarkab...
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Romantic Late 19th Century Art

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Etching

Tranquil Lake Landscape Antique 19th Century Original Panoramic Summer Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique panoramic landscape painting. Watercolor and gouache on board, circa 1900. Signed. Image size, 17L x 11H. Housed in a period g...
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Impressionist Late 19th Century Art

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Canvas, Oil, Watercolor

The Blacksmith of Solingen / - The Double-edged Sword -
Located in Berlin, DE
Wilhelm Albermann (1835 Werden an der Ruhr - 1913 Cologne), The Blacksmith of Solingen, after 1895. Bronze-color patinated zinc cast on plinth, 47 cm (height) x 20 cm (width) x 16 cm (depth), weight 5.5 kg. Signed “Albermann.” on the plinth and identified as a cast by “AKT.[TIEN] GES.[ELLSCHAFT] GLADENBECK BERLIN”. Dedication on the front: “Mr. Ing. F. Kuhlmann to the wedding. Management and officials of the Hannoversche Waggonfabrik. Aircraft construction department". - The zinc showing through in spots, the patina somewhat stained, the right upper arm under the sleeve retouched in black. - The Double-edged Sword - The figure is a reduction of Wilhelm Albermann's 1895 fountain figure of the armourer of Solingen, who has always been identified with the historical blacksmith Peter Hahn. In 1839, Karl Simrock wrote the poem “The Blacksmith of Solingen" and thus coined the legendary figure. The first and penultimate verses read: A blacksmith spoke to Solingen With every bayonet, That came to his diligence: "Oh, that Fritz had it!" The war took its course, Many battles were fought, Which often made him fearful and anxious In his soul. The blacksmith had given up his trade to fight for Frederick the Great. Not least because of his strength and will to fight, the battles were won. With his fountain sculpture, Albermann has given the legendary blacksmith a figurative form and at the same time created a landmark for the city of Solingen, which was once famous for the art of sword forging and today still stands for the production of high-quality knives. During the bombing raid in November 1944, the fountain was destroyed along with the entire old town of Solingen. Only the head remained. The broad-shouldered blacksmith stands securely behind his anvil, his leather apron tied around him, and has just finished a sword blade with his own "weapon" - the blacksmith's hammer. His entire body shows the strength with which he wields the hammer, but also the strain of this activity, as evidenced by the wide open shirt, the somewhat 'untidy' apron, and especially the furrowed face. However, the blacksmith does not look at the finished work, but resolutely and at the same time thoughtfully into the distance, in line with the quoted verse from Simrock's poem that the battles "often made him fearful and anxious in his soul". There is certainly something melancholy in his gaze, fed by the knowledge of the necessity of forging swords and taking up arms and their deadly use - experiences Albermann had to make during his own war missions. The flowing full beard gives his gaze into the distance an almost prophetic character. In keeping with the craft of the perfectly formed art of blacksmithing, the detailed casting reproduces the respective materials depicted in perfect form: the leather apron convincingly conveys the impression of leather and lies - also in the back view - like a second formed layer over the body, while the shirt and trousers illustrate their own textile qualities. Due to its masterful execution and profound content, the “Blacksmith of Solingen”, which has survived in its cast reproductions, remains Albermann's most famous work to this day. About the artist The son of a carpenter, Wilhelm Albermann began an apprenticeship as a joiner, but then followed his artistic calling and trained as a sculptor in Elberfeld. In 1855, at the age of twenty, he was drafted into the army in Berlin, where he served until 1857. Albermann attended the Berlin Art Academy on the side and began regular studies after his service. While still a student, he completed commissioned works for his teachers August Fischer and Hugo Hagen. His first independent commissions followed, enabling him to establish a flourishing sculpture studio in Cologne in 1865. His artistic activities were repeatedly interrupted by military service, and he took part in the German-Danish War in 1864, the war against Austria in 1866, and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71. After his last war service, Albermann, already a respected artist, founded a commercial drawing school at the request of the city government, where he taught the modeling class and served as director until 1896. In 1890 he also worked for the "Society for the Promotion of Sculpture in the Rhineland and Westphalia". Albermann was one of the most prolific sculptors in Cologne in the second half of the 19th century. He created numerous monuments, fountains, tomb sculptures, architectural ornaments, and domestic statues. At its peak, his workshop employed up to thirty sculptors and stonemasons at a time. GERMAN VERSION Wilhelm Albermann (1835 Werden an der Ruhr - 1913 Köln), Der Schmied von Solingen, nach 1895. Bronzefarben patinierter Zinkguss auf gegossener Plinthe, 47 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Breite) x 16 cm (Tiefe), Gewicht 5,5 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „Albermann.“ signiert und als Guss der „AKT.[TIEN] GES.[ELLSCHAFT] GLADENBECK BERLIN“ ausgewiesen. Schauseitige Widmung: „Herrn Ing. F. Kuhlmann zur Vermählung. Direktion und Beamte der Hannoverschen Waggonfabrik. Abt. Flugzeugbau“. - Punktuelles Durchscheinen des Zinks, Patina etwas fleckig, der rechte Oberarm unter dem Ärmel schwarz retuschiert. - Die Zweischneidigkeit des Schwertes - Die Figur ist eine Reduktion von Wilhelm Albermanns 1895 geschaffener Brunnenfigur des Waffenschmieds von Solingen, der seit jeher mit dem historischen Schmied Peter Hahn identifiziert wurde. 1839 hatte Karl Simrock das Gedicht „Der Schmied von Solingen“ verfasst und damit die legendäre Figur geprägt. Die erste und die vorletzte Strophe lauten: Zu Solingen sprach ein Schmied Bei jedem Bajonette, Das seinem Fleiß geriet: »Ach, daß der Fritz es hätte!« Der Krieg ging seinen Gang, Man schlug noch viele Schlachten, Die oft ihm angst und bang' In seiner Seele machten. Der Schmied hatte sein Handwerk ruhen lassen, um selbst für Friedrich den Großen zu kämpfen. Nicht zuletzt durch seine Kraft und seinen Kampfeswillen verliefen die Schlachten siegreich. Dem legendären Schmied verlieht Albermann mit seiner Brunnenskulptur eine bildliche Gestalt und schuf damit zugleich ein Wahrzeichen der Stadt Solingen, die einst für die Kunst des Schwerterschmiedens berühmt war und bis heute für die Herstellung qualitätvoller Messer einsteht. Beim Bombenangriff im November 1944 wurde mit der gesamten Solinger Altstadt auch der Brunnen zerstört. Einzig der Kopf blieb erhalten. Mit sicherem Stand und umgebundener Lederschürze steht der breitschultrige Schmied hinter seinem Amboss und hat gerade mit seiner eigenen ‚Waffe‘ – dem Schmiedehammer – eine Schwertklinge fertiggestellt. Seinem gesamten Körper ist die Kraft abzulesen, mit der er den Hammer führt, aber auch die Anstrengung dieser Tätigkeit, wovon das weit geöffnete Hemd, die etwas ‚unordentlich‘ arrangierte Schürze und vor allem das zerfurchte Gesicht zeugen. Der Schmied schaut aber nicht auf das vollendete Werk, sondern entschlossen und zugleich sinnierend in die Ferne, entsprechend der zitierten Zeile von Simrocks Gedicht, dass die Schlachten „oft ihm angst und bang‘ in seiner Seele machten“. Der Blick hat durchaus etwas Melancholisches, dass sich aus dem Wissen um die Notwendigkeit, Schwerter zu schmieden und zu den Waffen zu greifen und deren tödlichem Einsatz speist – Erfahrungen, die Albermann bei seinen eigenen Kriegseinsätze machen musste. Der wallende Vollbart verleiht dem in die Ferne schauenden Blick einen beinahe prophetischen Charakter. Dem Handwerk der formvollendenden Schmiedekunst entsprechend, gibt der detaillierte Guss die jeweils dargestellten Materialien in vollendeter Ausformung wieder: Die Lederschürze vermittelt überzeugend den Eindruck des Leders und liegt – auch in der Rückenansicht – wie eine zweite ausgeformte Schicht über dem Körper, während das Hemd und die Hose...
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Realist Late 19th Century Art

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Metal

Before the ball. Antique oil on canvas by Charles Baxter
By Charles Baxter
Located in St. Albans, GB
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Victorian Late 19th Century Art

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Oil

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