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British Genre Paintings

Fine Antique Victorian Stable Interior Family with Pony Pig & Child Oil Painting
Fine Antique Victorian Stable Interior Family with Pony Pig & Child Oil Painting

Fine Antique Victorian Stable Interior Family with Pony Pig & Child Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The composition combines narrative charm with fine period detail, making it an appealing example of 19th-century British genre painting. For any more information please do contact u...

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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil On Board, Two Dogs After G. Moreland
Oil On Board, Two Dogs After G. Moreland

Oil On Board, Two Dogs After G. Moreland

By George Morland

Located in Oxfordshire, GB

George Morland Oil On Board Dog Painting. A charming antique oil painting after the British artist, George Morland (1763-1804), depicting two dogs, one with a pile of offal offal ("t...

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Antique 19th Century British Sporting Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

19th Century Victorian British Oil Painting Genre Scene Roadside Inn Hampshire
19th Century Victorian British Oil Painting Genre Scene Roadside Inn Hampshire

19th Century Victorian British Oil Painting Genre Scene Roadside Inn Hampshire

By Henry Charles Woollett

Located in Stockholm, SE

This beautiful Victorian oil painting titled "Roadside Inn in Hampshire" is attributed to the renowned British artist Henry Charles Woollett (c.1826-1893), and depicts a picturesque ...

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1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Victorian Highland Breakfast Interior Woman Children Dogs Oil Painting
Victorian Highland Breakfast Interior Woman Children Dogs Oil Painting

Victorian Highland Breakfast Interior Woman Children Dogs Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The dogs bring much of the character to the scene, while the figure and rustic interior setting place the painting firmly within the tradition of 19th century British genre painting.

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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circle of George Morland English Stable Horse Figures Dog Oil Painting
Circle of George Morland English Stable Horse Figures Dog Oil Painting

Circle of George Morland English Stable Horse Figures Dog Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The composition has a warm narrative quality, combining rural life, animal painting and informal figure study in a manner closely associated with British genre painting of the period.

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Early 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Portrait of Child and Baby Sisters Playing
Oil Portrait of Child and Baby Sisters Playing

Oil Portrait of Child and Baby Sisters Playing

By John George Brown

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

His art is best characterized as British genre paintings adapted to American subjects.

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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century English Scottie Terrier with a Green Parrot in an interior
19th century English Scottie Terrier with a Green Parrot in an interior

19th century English Scottie Terrier with a Green Parrot in an interior

By Arthur Batt

Located in Woodbury, CT

Arthur Batt (British, 19th century) Scottie with Parrot Oil on canvas Circa 1880 In the original frame Signed bottom right This charming and unusual animal subject is a fine example...

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1880s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Fine 19th Century British Genre Scene by William A. Breakspeare RBA. RBSA.
A Fine 19th Century British Genre Scene by William A. Breakspeare RBA. RBSA.

A Fine 19th Century British Genre Scene by William A. Breakspeare RBA. RBSA.

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A very charming & atmospheric 19th century genre scene by William Arthur Breakspeare (1856-1914) RBA RBSA. Oil on board, signed bottom right and re...

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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Paintings

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Gesso, Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Antique 19 century Pastoral Genre Original Oil Canvas Painting European School
Antique 19 century Pastoral Genre Original Oil Canvas Painting European School

Antique 19 century Pastoral Genre Original Oil Canvas Painting European School

Located in Palm Coast, FL

The composition reflects the romantic naturalism characteristic of mid-to-late 1800s British and Continental painting, where genre scenes conveyed harmony between rural life and natu...

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19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

After Dinner Rest Awhile - Quintessentially British Domestic Scene
After Dinner Rest Awhile - Quintessentially British Domestic Scene

After Dinner Rest Awhile - Quintessentially British Domestic Scene

By Margaret Dovaston

Located in London, GB

In this sense, her oeuvre can be seen as both nostalgic and quietly conservative, aligning with a tradition of British domestic genre painting that stretches back to artists like Wil...

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Late 19th Century Academic Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.
Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.

Large Victorian coastal marine painting by Edward William Cooke, R.A.

By Edward William Cooke

Located in London, GB

Cooke was a leading proponent of the Romantic British marine painting genre, studying the work of Dutch Old Masters, who painted stormy seascapes which inspired much of the British t...

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1840s Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Country scene with children, English School 20th century
Country scene with children, English School 20th century

Country scene with children, English School 20th century

Located in GB

Though unsigned, the work reflects the stylistic sensibilities of late Victorian or early 20th-century British or Northern European rural genre painting—focused on simplicity, nature...

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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Surgery Scene – Village Surgeon Treating Patient, Teniers Engraving, 1740
Early Surgery Scene – Village Surgeon Treating Patient, Teniers Engraving, 1740

Early Surgery Scene – Village Surgeon Treating Patient, Teniers Engraving, 1740

Located in Langweer, NL

Prints such as this one helped spread the reputation of Dutch and Flemish genre painting across Britain and France, where collectors eagerly sought engraved interpretations of celebr...

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Antique Mid-18th Century British Prints

Materials

Paper

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British School Genre View of a Boy and a Dog, circa 1830-50
British School Genre View of a Boy and a Dog, circa 1830-50

British School Genre View of a Boy and a Dog, circa 1830-50

Located in Hallowell, ME

English school genre view of a boy sipping toddy with his spaniel. In wonderful oak frame, possibly originally ebonized. An early work

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Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunting For Mice

George ArmfieldHunting For Mice

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H 28 in W 36 in

Hunting For Mice

By George Armfield

Located in Edinburgh, GB

George Armfield was a British genre artist specializing in oil paintings of domesticated dogs.

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Mid-20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Young Artist
The Young Artist

The Young Artist

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H 9 in W 7 in

The Young Artist

Located in Wiscasset, ME

We are selling the piece as an excellent example of 19th century American/British genre painting.

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19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Late 18th Century English Genre Painting Attributed to George Morland
Late 18th Century English Genre Painting Attributed to George Morland

Late 18th Century English Genre Painting Attributed to George Morland

By George Morland

Located in Nantucket, MA

Late 18th Century English Genre Painting Attributed to George Morland (1763 - 1804), circa 1790, an oil on canvas British genre painting depicting country folk outside a tavern, unsi...

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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Oil on Canvas Genre Painting of British Scene by Desire Lucas, circa 1910
Oil on Canvas Genre Painting of British Scene by Desire Lucas, circa 1910

Oil on Canvas Genre Painting of British Scene by Desire Lucas, circa 1910

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique French oil on canvas genre painting by listed artist Louis Marie Desire-Lucas (1869-1949) depicts interior British scene, en verso label reads Baltimore Museum of Art, Wyman ...

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Early 20th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

British genre painter, Oil on board, Living room interior with people, 19th C
British genre painter, Oil on board, Living room interior with people, 19th C

British genre painter, Oil on board, Living room interior with people, 19th C

Located in København, Copenhagen

British genre painter. Oil on board. Living room interior with people. 19th century. The board measures: 36 x 30 cm. The frame measures: 9 cm. In excellent condition.

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Antique 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Other

Large 19th century painting - Horses and farm animals in the countryside 1860
Large 19th century painting - Horses and farm animals in the countryside 1860

Large 19th century painting - Horses and farm animals in the countryside 1860

By John Frederick Herring Jr

Located in Aartselaar, BE

19th century British genre painting "A happy animal family in the countryside", 1860 John Frederick Herring II, born in 1815, was an English painter who followed in the footsteps of...

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19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Settlement - W.S.P. Henderson (British 1836-1874) - Victorian Genre Painting
The Settlement - W.S.P. Henderson (British 1836-1874) - Victorian Genre Painting

The Settlement - W.S.P. Henderson (British 1836-1874) - Victorian Genre Painting

Located in Pymble, AU

The "Settlement" is an exquisite Victorian genre painting by W.S.P. Henderson which is in excellent condition, painted on a thick wooden Windsor & Newton panel and housed in its orig...

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1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

British School Genre View, Oil on Panel, circa 1870.
British School Genre View, Oil on Panel, circa 1870.

British School Genre View, Oil on Panel, circa 1870.

Located in Hallowell, ME

Oil on wood panel, bearing monogram lower left (FG) I cannot identify and with label glued verso suggesting it is Frederick Goodall British 1822-1904 Good paintings come in good fra...

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Late 19th Century Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antagonizing the Barn Cat
Antagonizing the Barn Cat

Antagonizing the Barn Cat

By George Armfield

Located in Lexington, KY

George Armfield was a British genre artist specializing in oil paintings of domesticated dogs.

Category

19th Century Paintings

Materials

Oil

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British Genre Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of british genre paintings is available on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the british genre paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown and black. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Edwin Roberts, Joseph Clark and George Wells are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in oil paint, paint and board — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are British Genre Paintings?

British genre paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $4,706, while the lowest priced sells for $1,450 and the highest can go for as much as $20,152.

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