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The Battle of Borodino Historical Painting, Tempera on paper, 27x50 cm, Signed
The Battle of Borodino Historical Painting, Tempera on paper, 27x50 cm, Signed

The Battle of Borodino Historical Painting, Tempera on paper, 27x50 cm, Signed

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

The dark wooden frame adds gravitas, enhancing its historical reverence. Publication: И. Щелоков ежемесячный литературно-художественный журнал "Подъём" 2012.

Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Magazine Paper

Parade in Geneva, 19th Century European Historical Oil Painting
Parade in Geneva, 19th Century European Historical Oil Painting

Parade in Geneva, 19th Century European Historical Oil Painting

Located in Genève, GE

défilé à genève painting, geneva parade painting, swiss historical painting, military parade oil painting, horsemen procession art, 19th century history painting, geneva city scene o...

Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Signed Cavalier Antique Oil Painting by Georges Appert
Signed Cavalier Antique Oil Painting by Georges Appert

Signed Cavalier Antique Oil Painting by Georges Appert

Located in St. Albans, GB

He specialized in academic historical painting, drawing inspiration from Western European baroque art.

Category

19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Historical genre oil painting of a couple eloping
Historical genre oil painting of a couple eloping

Historical genre oil painting of a couple eloping

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

However, on his return decided to specialise in genre and historical paintings for which he has become best known.

Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ina Pesenka, Children in the 40's, oil on canvas

Ina Pesenka, Children in the 40's, oil on canvas

By Ina Pesenka

Located in Tel Aviv, IL

Ina Pesenka, Children in the 40's in Israel, historical painting, Israel history, oil on canvas, Israeli artist, Israeli art

Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Historical genre oil painting of a royal messenger
Historical genre oil painting of a royal messenger

Historical genre oil painting of a royal messenger

By Arthur David McCormick

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Arthur David Mccormick Irish/British, (1860-1943) The Royal Fanfare Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 23.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size including frame: 31.5 inches x 25.5 inches Prove...

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Patrol Boys - Contemporary Figurative History Oil Painting
Patrol Boys - Contemporary Figurative History Oil Painting

Patrol Boys - Contemporary Figurative History Oil Painting

By Thomas Ferraro

Located in Boston, MA

Patrol Boys 84.0 x 60.0 x 1.5, 12.0 lbs Oil on streched canvas Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Gun violence in America and the ineffective ability of our society to a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Unbridled (Mrs. Clinton)

Unbridled (Mrs. Clinton)

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century historical military oil painting of a roundhead soldier
19th Century historical military oil painting of a roundhead soldier

19th Century historical military oil painting of a roundhead soldier

By Ernest Crofts

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

During the following year he started painting historical military scenes beginning with the Waterloo campaign which he exhibited at the RA.

Category

19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Eros and Psyche in L.A.

Eros and Psyche in L.A.

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Venus at her Mirror

Venus at her Mirror

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Narcissus with Venus Effect

Narcissus with Venus Effect

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diana and the Stag

Diana and the Stag

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Justice

Justice

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Historical journey, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Historical journey, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Historical journey, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Jacob Kwesi Bennett

Located in Yardley, PA

A travel into the past. This is a reflection of the struggle of the black race for survival, equality etc. The 2 portraits is my representation of who we are - royals, warriors, and ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

The School Room - Flemish 19th century art interior genre oil painting children
The School Room - Flemish 19th century art interior genre oil painting children

The School Room - Flemish 19th century art interior genre oil painting children

By Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder

Located in Hagley, England

He primarily focused on historical paintings. One of these is the painting De Citadel van Antwerpen na het bombardement van 1832 (The citadel of Antwerp after the bombardment of 1832).

Category

19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Trompe l'oeil Still Life
A Trompe l'oeil Still Life

A Trompe l'oeil Still Life

Located in Austin, TX

This historical painting by Plasschaert in his classic trompe l'oeil style portrays documents and printed items on a wooden wall.

Category

1740s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Allegheny Cemetery", Oil Painting

"Allegheny Cemetery", Oil Painting

By Adrienne Stein

Located in Denver, CO

Her work reanimates historical painting genres forming a bridge to the present with fresh insight and imagery.

Category

2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Pair of paintings Rituals 1 and Rituals 2

A Pair of paintings Rituals 1 and Rituals 2

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Paper, Spray Paint

Nemesis
Nemesis

Nemesis

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams often references historical painting themes and styles in order to throw into relief western tropes in figurative art.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

19th Century Historical English Painting David Wilkie
19th Century Historical English Painting David Wilkie

19th Century Historical English Painting David Wilkie

By Sir David Wilkie

Located in Roma, IT

Sir David Wilkie RA (18 November 1785 – 1 June 1841) “The Parish Beadle” Oil on canvas Although unsigned, this beautiful painting is undoubtedly an original work by David Wilkye as...

Category

Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Neo Geology

Bruce AdamsNeo Geology, 1985

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Neo Geology

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Matrix #3, How to Draw

Matrix #3, How to Draw

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

RETNA Original Painting on Contemporary Art Historical Alexander Calder Poster
RETNA Original Painting on Contemporary Art Historical Alexander Calder Poster

RETNA Original Painting on Contemporary Art Historical Alexander Calder Poster

By RETNA

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Artist: RETNA Title: Untitled Medium: Acrylic Painting Size: 29" x 21 1/2" Edition: Original Year: Circa 2000-2010 Condition: Very good quality overall This unique, collaborative wo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Lithograph

Historical genre oil painting of gentlemen playing bowls
Historical genre oil painting of gentlemen playing bowls

Historical genre oil painting of gentlemen playing bowls

By Frank Moss Bennett

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

He also developed an interest in historical architecture, particularly Tudor and made many sketches of buildings to use in his paintings.

Category

Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Warrior Figures Conversating in Capriccio Landscape 17-18 Century Oil Painting
Warrior Figures Conversating in Capriccio Landscape 17-18 Century Oil Painting

Warrior Figures Conversating in Capriccio Landscape 17-18 Century Oil Painting

Located in Stockholm, SE

Perhaps they are in a hurry to set up camp, as the pre-sunset sky indicates approaching twilight. This historical painting from the Baroque era takes us to the times of great explora...

Category

1690s Baroque Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Black 002

Black 002

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Visiting the British Historical Building, Impressionist Oil Painting
Visiting the British Historical Building, Impressionist Oil Painting

Visiting the British Historical Building, Impressionist Oil Painting

By J.B. Holmes

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

People Visiting British Historical Building By J.B.Holmes, British artist, 20th Century Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 16x12 inches Lovely impressionist painting captu...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

GIROUX Neoclassical Historical Landscape French Painting Three Graces 19th
GIROUX Neoclassical Historical Landscape French Painting Three Graces 19th

GIROUX Neoclassical Historical Landscape French Painting Three Graces 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

Indeed, this painting reminds of certain landscapes by Achille Giroux that are more classical and idealized in both style and subject, painted early in his career, such as "The Rape ...

Category

1820s French School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Woman on Couch with Boy

Woman on Couch with Boy

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

With this series I continue my practice of alluding to historical painting styles and themes as a means of prompting various contextual associations.

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pomona, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures
Pomona, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures

Pomona, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures

By Honora Jacob

Located in Houston, TX

Pomona appropriates and contextualizes original portrait elements to create reinvented portraits using technique and patterning that brings a contemporary context and perspective to ...

Category

2010s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Women's City Club, Youngstown, Ohio.  American Historical Scene Painting.
Women's City Club, Youngstown, Ohio.  American Historical Scene Painting.

Women's City Club, Youngstown, Ohio. American Historical Scene Painting.

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

An accomplished American Scene painter, Clyde Singer successfully captured everyday life during his long career. A unique aspect of American life is depicted in this painting, entitl...

Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Historical genre sporting oil painting of a gentleman hunter
Historical genre sporting oil painting of a gentleman hunter

Historical genre sporting oil painting of a gentleman hunter

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

He was also influenced by the work of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier and began to specialise in highly detailed historical genre paintings with meticulous attention to the details of h...

Category

19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Picture of People Sitting Before Painting - National Gallery, Washington DC

Picture of People Sitting Before Painting - National Gallery, Washington DC

By Bruce Adams

Located in Buffalo, NY

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Military Still Life with Cap, Sword, and Uniform, Oil on Canvas, 1903
Military Still Life with Cap, Sword, and Uniform, Oil on Canvas, 1903

Military Still Life with Cap, Sword, and Uniform, Oil on Canvas, 1903

Located in Genève, GE

The work belongs to the tradition of symbolic still lifes, positioned between academic painting and early modern sensibilities. Distinguished by its date, signature, and accomplished...

Category

Early 1900s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fatuous, oil painting, male figure, art historical classical theme

Fatuous, oil painting, male figure, art historical classical theme

By Tom Bennett

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Award winning painter Tom Bennett was raised in a painter's household, learned to paint from his father. Born in Norwalk, Ct., the painter/printmaker lived in Brooklyn, NY until movi...

Category

2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Big Bear

Big Bear

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Osprey 1 (after Audubon)

Osprey 1 (after Audubon)

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Stag 4 (after Landseer)

Stag 4 (after Landseer)

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Historical Route - Oil Painting 1996 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Historical Route - Oil Painting 1996 by Giorgio Lo Fermo

Historical Route - Oil Painting 1996 by Giorgio Lo Fermo

By Giorgio Lo Fermo

Located in Roma, IT

Percorso Storico is an original oil painting on canvas, realized in 1996 by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner. This is a really p...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Perched (after Audubon)
Perched (after Audubon)

Perched (after Audubon)

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Stag III (After Landseer)

Stag III (After Landseer)

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Bald Eagle II

Bald Eagle II

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Condor

Condor

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and re-copies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the f...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Osprey I (after Audubon)

Osprey I (after Audubon)

By Shelley Reed

Located in Bozeman, MT

She copies and recopies carefully chosen subjects – a bird or horse here, an architectural flourish there – from reproductions of historical paintings. She remains faithful to the fi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

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Portrait Miss Reichl
Portrait Miss Reichl

Fertbauer, LeopoldPortrait Miss Reichl

Unavailable

H 9.45 in W 7.09 in

Portrait Miss Reichl

Located in Stuttgart, DE

Studied 1816-1828 at the Academy of Fine Arts (first exhibition 1822), painted historical paintings, individual and group portraits (works in the Historical Museum of the City of Vie...

Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Zoe - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting
Zoe - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting

Zoe - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves painting masterful psychological portraits, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure compositions with numerous readings. ​

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Taisia Reading - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting
Taisia Reading - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting

Taisia Reading - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves painting masterful psychological portraits, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure compositions with numerous readings. ​

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In Mood for Japan - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting
In Mood for Japan - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting

In Mood for Japan - 21st Century Russian Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves painting masterful psychological portraits, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure compositions with numerous readings. ​

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Foundry Mansion - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Cityscape Architecture Painting
Foundry Mansion - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Cityscape Architecture Painting

Foundry Mansion - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Cityscape Architecture Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Smolny Cathedral - 21st Century Contemporary Russian Landscape Oil Painting
Smolny Cathedral - 21st Century Contemporary Russian Landscape Oil Painting

Smolny Cathedral - 21st Century Contemporary Russian Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves working in situ, rain or shine, creating symbolic and atmospheric landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure composi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Arch of Constantine - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting
The Arch of Constantine - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

The Arch of Constantine - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves working in situ, rain or shine, creating symbolic and atmospheric landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure composi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Evening in Vladimir - 21st Century Contemporary RussianLandscape Oil Painting
An Evening in Vladimir - 21st Century Contemporary RussianLandscape Oil Painting

An Evening in Vladimir - 21st Century Contemporary RussianLandscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves working in situ, rain or shine, creating symbolic and atmospheric landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure composi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Canyons Tsagaan Suvarga. Gobi. Mongolia - 21st Century Landscape Oil Painting
Canyons Tsagaan Suvarga. Gobi. Mongolia - 21st Century Landscape Oil Painting

Canyons Tsagaan Suvarga. Gobi. Mongolia - 21st Century Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves working in situ, rain or shine, creating symbolic and atmospheric landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure composi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Via Tor de'Conti. Rome - 21st Century Contemporary Italy Landscape Oil Painting
Via Tor de'Conti. Rome - 21st Century Contemporary Italy Landscape Oil Painting

Via Tor de'Conti. Rome - 21st Century Contemporary Italy Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves working in situ, rain or shine, creating symbolic and atmospheric landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure composi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sofia - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting
Sofia - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting

Sofia - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves painting masterful psychological portraits, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure compositions with numerous readings. ​

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude - 21st Century Contemporary Large Figure Oil Painting
Nude - 21st Century Contemporary Large Figure Oil Painting

Nude - 21st Century Contemporary Large Figure Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves painting from life, creating timeless portraits and landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure compositions with num...

Category

2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Serbian Door - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting
Serbian Door - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Serbian Door - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Slice For Life, Contemporary, Realist Painting
Slice For Life, Contemporary, Realist Painting

Slice For Life, Contemporary, Realist Painting

By Jen Mann

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

This orange and pink contemporary, realist oil painting, depicts two hands gently passing a slice of orange, referencing the classical historical painting of "The Creation of Adam."

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Izborsk Fortress - 21st Century Contemporary Russian Landscape Oil Painting
Izborsk Fortress - 21st Century Contemporary Russian Landscape Oil Painting

Izborsk Fortress - 21st Century Contemporary Russian Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves working in situ, rain or shine, creating symbolic and atmospheric landscapes, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure composi...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Film House - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Urban St.Petersburg Painting
Film House - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Urban St.Petersburg Painting

Film House - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Urban St.Petersburg Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Sketch Class
The Sketch Class

Jennie BrownscombeThe Sketch Class

Unavailable

H 15 in W 19 in

The Sketch Class

Located in Rego Park, NY

This is very important historical painting by the woman artist Jennie Augusta Brownscombe American 1850-1936.

Category

1870s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Shibanyan. China - 21st Century Contemporary Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Shibanyan. China - 21st Century Contemporary Mountain Landscape Oil Painting

Shibanyan. China - 21st Century Contemporary Mountain Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Before the Thunderstorm - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Lanscape Painting
Before the Thunderstorm - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Lanscape Painting

Before the Thunderstorm - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Lanscape Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Valeria. Quarantine - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting
Valeria. Quarantine - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting

Valeria. Quarantine - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Like them, he loves painting masterful psychological portraits, like them he loves creating impressive historical paintings and multi-figure compositions with numerous readings. ​

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Capella Contarelli - 21st Century Contemporary Baroque Roman Church Oil Painting
Capella Contarelli - 21st Century Contemporary Baroque Roman Church Oil Painting

Capella Contarelli - 21st Century Contemporary Baroque Roman Church Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Little fisherman

Nikolai BaskakovLittle fisherman, 1978

Unavailable

H 15.75 in W 22.84 in

Little fisherman

By Nikolai Baskakov

Located in Torino, IT

Over the years he painted, in realistic style, battle and historical paintings, genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, sketches from daily life.

Materials

Oil

Church of Peter and Paul in Pskov - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
Church of Peter and Paul in Pskov - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting

Church of Peter and Paul in Pskov - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pskov Kremlin - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting
Pskov Kremlin - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Pskov Kremlin - 21st Century Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting

Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Language

Rebecca BirdLanguage, 2015

Unavailable

H 50 in W 30 in

Language

By Rebecca Bird

Located in New York, NY

I thought I would begin with on bible stories about judgment; these are still the stories that many people were raised on, and they form the shared cultural reference for so much his...

Materials

Acrylic, Oil

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - 21st Century Contemporary Rome Painting
Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - 21st Century Contemporary Rome Painting

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - 21st Century Contemporary Rome Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Forza d'Agro - 21st Century Contemporary Italian Vilage Landscape Oil Painting
Forza d'Agro - 21st Century Contemporary Italian Vilage Landscape Oil Painting

Forza d'Agro - 21st Century Contemporary Italian Vilage Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

After the Rain - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Lanscape Triumphal Arch Painting
After the Rain - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Lanscape Triumphal Arch Painting

After the Rain - 21st Century Contemporary Oil Lanscape Triumphal Arch Painting

Located in Singapore, SG

Large scale historical paintings, thorough development of the theme, ethnographic accuracy, multi-figure compositions and virtuoso execution is what Ilya Zorkin excels at.

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Lower Level
A Lower Level

Peter HarrisA Lower Level, 2018

Unavailable

H 34 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

A Lower Level

Located in Montreal, Quebec

The focus is on these anonymous environments as they are simultaneously familiar, yet untraceable to any one part of the world. Each painting shares the aesthetic sensibility of coun...

Category

2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Barn, Oil On Bord, Signed Jean-Charles Cazin, Barbizon School, 1865
The Barn, Oil On Bord, Signed Jean-Charles Cazin, Barbizon School, 1865

The Barn, Oil On Bord, Signed Jean-Charles Cazin, Barbizon School, 1865

By Jean-Charles Cazin

Located in Paris, FR

After 1883, in the house and in the studio he had built in Equihen, he abandoned the themes of historical paintings and paints landscapes of the Boulogne’s coast, nocturnal, in which...

Category

Late 19th Century Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Level 4 (with Paterson Ewen)
Level 4 (with Paterson Ewen)

Peter HarrisLevel 4 (with Paterson Ewen), 2018

Unavailable

H 27.88 in W 41.88 in

Level 4 (with Paterson Ewen)

Located in Montreal, Quebec

The focus is on these anonymous environments as they are simultaneously familiar, yet untraceable to any one part of the world. Each painting shares the aesthetic sensibility of coun...

Category

2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waiting on Arrivals
Waiting on Arrivals

Peter HarrisWaiting on Arrivals, 2018

Unavailable

H 32 in W 38 in D 1.5 in

Waiting on Arrivals

Located in Montreal, Quebec

The focus is on these anonymous environments as they are simultaneously familiar, yet untraceable to any one part of the world. Each painting shares the aesthetic sensibility of coun...

Category

2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

King Edward VI (1537-1553) C1670-1700 Historically Important Oil On Oak Panel
King Edward VI (1537-1553) C1670-1700 Historically Important Oil On Oak Panel

King Edward VI (1537-1553) C1670-1700 Historically Important Oil On Oak Panel

Located in Leicester, GB

I am delighted to offer this rare oil on panel of King Edward VI (1537-1553) as a young child of around 10 years of age which has been painted with great detail as a full length pass...

Category

Late 17th Century Mannerist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Doggy
Doggy

Michael CainesDoggy, 2015

Unavailable

H 24 in W 36 in D 1.5 in

Doggy

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rough Trade

Michael CainesRough Trade, 2014

Unavailable

H 30 in W 20 in D 2 in

Rough Trade

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orange

Michael CainesOrange, 2013

Unavailable

H 30 in W 24 in D 2 in

Orange

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black #10

Michael CainesBlack #10, 2014

Unavailable

H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in

Black #10

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black # 7

Michael CainesBlack # 7, 2014

Unavailable

H 44 in W 36 in D 2 in

Black # 7

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black #2

Michael CainesBlack #2, 2014

Unavailable

H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in

Black #2

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black #9
Black #9

Michael CainesBlack #9, 2014

Unavailable

H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in

Black #9

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Little Friend
Little Friend

Michael CainesLittle Friend, 2014

Unavailable

H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in

Little Friend

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Cat 2

Michael CainesBlack Cat 2, 2014

Unavailable

H 20 in W 16 in D 2 in

Black Cat 2

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black # 11

Michael CainesBlack # 11, 2014

Unavailable

H 20 in W 16 in D 2 in

Black # 11

By Michael Caines

Located in New York, NY

Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cleopatra
Cleopatra

Gabriel RevelCleopatra, c. 1680

Unavailable

H 34.45 in W 30.32 in

Cleopatra

Located in London, GB

Whilst in Dijon, Gabriel painted virtually without competition and further circulated the style of historical painting popularized at Versailles by Le Brun.

Category

17th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled - Set of 9 full length depictions of historical costumes.
Untitled - Set of 9 full length depictions of historical costumes.

Untitled - Set of 9 full length depictions of historical costumes.

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

9 Antique drawings. Pen in brown, with coloring in watercolor on wove paper. Depictions of full length historical costumes. One shows a princess of queen in full dress and crown. Fiv...

Category

19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pen

Nature morte au lieu et aux maquereaux

Nature morte au lieu et aux maquereaux

By Antoine Vollon

Located in New York, NY

At the time, still life painting was considered a lesser art by the Salon jury, lacking the majesty of figurative and historical paintings.

Category

Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Freefall, oil painting
Freefall, oil painting

Ron RizkFreefall, oil painting, 2014

Unavailable

H 30 in W 40 in

Freefall, oil painting

By Ron Rizk

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Freefall, 2014 oil on panel 30 x 40 " Rizk’s masterfully rendered new paintings continue a historical tradition of tromp l’oeil creating illusions on a two-dimensional surfac...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Norwegian Wooden Barque Sailing Vessel Built By B.Balchen Marine Oil Painting
Norwegian Wooden Barque Sailing Vessel Built By B.Balchen Marine Oil Painting

Norwegian Wooden Barque Sailing Vessel Built By B.Balchen Marine Oil Painting

Located in Leicester, GB

. - This historically important painting is the only known surviving example painted shortly after the vessels construction in 1892 and sometime before its demise after running ash...

Category

Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled 277 by Tiffany Calvert, oil on digital print on canvas, floral painting
Untitled 277 by Tiffany Calvert, oil on digital print on canvas, floral painting

Untitled 277 by Tiffany Calvert, oil on digital print on canvas, floral painting

By Tiffany Calvert

Located in London, GB

Tiffany Calvert's Untitled 277 is a large floral painting in oil on digital print on canvas. Tiffany Calvert’s paintings draw on historical and contemporary imagery to explore the sh...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Digital

Untitled 273 by Tiffany Calvert, oil on digital print on canvas, floral painting
Untitled 273 by Tiffany Calvert, oil on digital print on canvas, floral painting

Untitled 273 by Tiffany Calvert, oil on digital print on canvas, floral painting

By Tiffany Calvert

Located in London, GB

Tiffany Calvert's Untitled 273 is a large floral painting in oil on digital print on canvas. Tiffany Calvert’s paintings draw on historical and contemporary imagery to explore the sh...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Digital

"Dioscuri" oil painting figurative female portrait stockings

"Dioscuri" oil painting figurative female portrait stockings

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Rachel Bess Dioscuri, 2019 oil on Dibond 18" x 12" unframed 21.5 x 15.5" framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that blend historical techniques ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"The Violet Hour" figurative painting male with cats spotlight

"The Violet Hour" figurative painting male with cats spotlight

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Rachel Bess The Violet Hour, 2017 oil on Dibond 18.5" x 14.5" unframed 22" x 17" framed Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil paintings that blend historical tec...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Historical Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of historical paintings is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the Impressionist, Old Masters and Contemporary styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Historical paintings available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes brown, gray, black, blue and more. Kristy Gordon, Ina Pesenka, Stephen Lewin, Casimir van den Daele and Elin Sian Blake took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home. Some historical paintings are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 10 inches across, are available.

How Much are Historical Paintings?

Prices for pieces in our collection of historical paintings start at $500 and top out at $33,162 with the average selling for $3,964.