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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

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

Patrol Boys - Contemporary Figurative History Oil Painting

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

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

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

Panel, Oil

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

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

Neo Geology

Bruce AdamsNeo Geology, 1985

$4,000Sale Price|38% Off

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

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

Oil, Canvas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.
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