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Sampson and Dahlia

Sampson and Dahlia

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

Gold Leaf

Barbara

Bruce AdamsBarbara, 2009

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

Barbara

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

Gold Leaf

"Dutch City Dock Scene"
"Dutch City Dock Scene"

"Dutch City Dock Scene"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

His works are highly collectible, especially among lovers of European cityscapes and historical art. A perfect addition for collectors of European maritime art, Dutch cityscapes, or ...

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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Historical genre oil painting of two gentlemen playing a game of cards
Historical genre oil painting of two gentlemen playing a game of cards

Historical genre oil painting of two gentlemen playing a game of cards

By Marcel Brunery

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

He was taught art by his father who it is widely held to be the inventor of the genre of ‘Cardinal Painting’. His father had a great influence on his work and like him he went on to ...

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Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"House of Refuge Museum" oil painting of Historical Society Martin County FL
"House of Refuge Museum" oil painting of Historical Society Martin County FL

"House of Refuge Museum" oil painting of Historical Society Martin County FL

By Carl Bretzke

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

An oil painting of a landscape in Florida. The House of Refuge Museum showcases historic work from entrepreneurs and inventors. Bretzke captured it on a grey day, blue sky pokes out ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Scena alegorica"
"Scena alegorica"

"Scena alegorica"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Set in a refined gilded frame, this artwork is a valuable addition for collectors of allegorical and historical paintings, offering a timeless blend of classical beauty and romantic ...

Category

18th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Walk Back Home" A Monumental "Exhibition" Painting by Carl Lasch
"The Walk Back Home" A Monumental "Exhibition" Painting by Carl Lasch

"The Walk Back Home" A Monumental "Exhibition" Painting by Carl Lasch

Located in Queens, NY

Carl Johann Lasch (July 1, 1822 in Leipzig – August 28, 1888 in Moscow) was a German artist of historical paintings. He was born in Leipzig. He attended the Dresden Academy of Fine A...

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19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1920 Historical Church of Soquel, California Landscape
1920 Historical Church of Soquel, California Landscape

1920 Historical Church of Soquel, California Landscape

By Mary DeNeale Morgan

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful historically significant oil painting of the Congregational Church of Soquel by Mary DeNeale Morgan (American, 1868-1948).

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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Simulate Direct Experience with Freeing Marks

Simulate Direct Experience with Freeing Marks

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 American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

19th-Century Italian Oil-on-Canvas Painting by Carlo De Notaris, Signed, Depicting a Biblical Scene
19th-Century Italian Oil-on-Canvas Painting by Carlo De Notaris, Signed, Depicting a Biblical Scene

19th-Century Italian Oil-on-Canvas Painting by Carlo De Notaris, Signed, Depicting a Biblical Scene

Located in Vicoforte, IT

The rich colors of the fabrics, the precision of the surfaces, and the attention to decorative details testify to the artist's high technical quality. The painting is an ideal choic...

Category

1880s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Self is a Construction

The Self is a Construction

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 American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

It

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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 American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood

Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Historical Days

Georgian Contemporary Art by Gia Khutsishvili - Historical Days

Located in Paris, IDF

Since 1990, Khutsishvili has been engaged in academic and pedagogical activities at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, where he has taught and contributed to the institution’s e...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Desmond Tutu", Acrylic on Canvas, Historical Portrait
"Desmond Tutu", Acrylic on Canvas, Historical Portrait

"Desmond Tutu", Acrylic on Canvas, Historical Portrait

By Artis Lane

Located in Detroit, MI

She was a sought after portrait painter. This particular painting of the famous movie star, Zsa Zsa Gabor, shows why.

Category

Early 2000s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Late XIX Century Italian Signed Landscape Painting
Late XIX Century Italian Signed Landscape Painting

Late XIX Century Italian Signed Landscape Painting

Located in Roma, IT

He found his favourite form of expression in landscape and mountain painting. From 1873 to 1892, he occasionally participated in the annual exhibitions of the Società Promotrice Tori...

Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spanish Goyesque Scene Watercolor Romantic Costumbrista Painting
Spanish Goyesque Scene Watercolor Romantic Costumbrista Painting

Spanish Goyesque Scene Watercolor Romantic Costumbrista Painting

By Jose Luis Florit Rodero

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Spanish watercolor, Goyesque scene, costumbrismo, romantic painting, historical figures, Spanish village, genre scene, figurative art, watercolor painting, European art, Spanish scho...

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Chinese Contemporary Art by Hua Qing - Historical Interpretation
Chinese Contemporary Art by Hua Qing - Historical Interpretation

Chinese Contemporary Art by Hua Qing - Historical Interpretation

By Hua Qing

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Artwork can be shipped rolled up in a tube Hua Qing is a Chinese male artist born in 1962 in Huaibei, Anhui Province who lives and works in Beijing, China. He is gradu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lucille Mullhall - Historical Western Figures Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

Lucille Mullhall - Historical Western Figures Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Isaiah Dorman - Historical Western Figures Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

Isaiah Dorman - Historical Western Figures Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Francesco Zuccarelli Venetian master - 18th century landscape painting - Knights
Francesco Zuccarelli Venetian master - 18th century landscape painting - Knights

Francesco Zuccarelli Venetian master - 18th century landscape painting - Knights

By Francesco Zuccarelli

Located in Varmo, IT

Trained in Florence and later in Rome, where he worked primarily in sacred and historical painting, he found his true calling after moving to Venice and turning to the genre of Arcad...

Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of 19th Century portrait oil paintings of Italian women
Pair of 19th Century portrait oil paintings of Italian women

Pair of 19th Century portrait oil paintings of Italian women

By Federico Andreotti

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

His success attracted the patronage of wealthy and notable clients including the King of Italy who commissioned him to paint a large historical painting of Savonarola. As well as wor...

Category

19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Redman House, Watsonville", Historical California Architectural Landscape
"The Redman House, Watsonville", Historical California Architectural Landscape

"The Redman House, Watsonville", Historical California Architectural Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Beautiful contemporary impressionist depiction of the historical Redman House in Watsonville, CA, by an unknown artist (20th Century). Titled "The Redman House Watsonville", dated "1...

Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

Tomás Moragas y Torras – Historical Genre Scene – Oil on Panel
Tomás Moragas y Torras – Historical Genre Scene – Oil on Panel

Tomás Moragas y Torras – Historical Genre Scene – Oil on Panel

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Tomás Moragas y Torras – Historical Genre Scene – Oil on Panel – 30 × 20 cm An original 19th-century oil painting on panel by Spanish artist Tomás Moragas y Torras (1837–1906), depi...

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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Moray Firth Zulu Herring Boat Historical Scottish Fishing Original Painting
Moray Firth Zulu Herring Boat Historical Scottish Fishing Original Painting

Moray Firth Zulu Herring Boat Historical Scottish Fishing Original Painting

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

The softly rendered background, with its suggestion of further vessels and harbour buildings, creates a convincing sense of space without distracting from the activity in the foregro...

Category

1890s Victorian Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ghirlandaio Dress  - Original Contemporary Abstract Drawing

Ghirlandaio Dress - Original Contemporary Abstract Drawing

Located in Boston, MA

At the bottom there is a grey shape showing drapery copied rom a Ghirlandaio painting. My work juxtaposes different styles with fragments of historical painting alongside pure abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic

Landscape - Etching by Jean-Léon Gérome - 19th Century
Landscape - Etching by Jean-Léon Gérome - 19th Century

Landscape - Etching by Jean-Léon Gérome - 19th Century

By Jean-Léon Gérôme

Located in Roma, IT

The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.

Category

19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Nanyehi (Nancy Ward) - Historical Western Figures Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

Nanyehi (Nancy Ward) - Historical Western Figures Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Harriet Tubman - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Portrait Decor

Harriet Tubman - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Portrait Decor

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Eleanor Dumont - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Portrait Decor

Eleanor Dumont - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Portrait Decor

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Custer - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

Custer - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Canvas Portrait Decor

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cowgirl, Lucille Muhall - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Portrait

Cowgirl, Lucille Muhall - Historical Western Figures Fine Art Acrylic Portrait

By Joe Fay

Located in Bozeman, MT

Joe Fay is a Montana-based artist whose portraits of Western historical figures and folklore icons subvert traditional portraiture through a striking, high-contrast, modern lens. Ori...

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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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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