Émile Eisman-Semenowsky was born in 1859 in Poland. He studied art outside Poland and in the early 1880’s moved to Paris where he became an assistant to the Belgian artist Jan Van Beers (1852–1927). Under Van Beers he started to produce portraits mostly of fashionable women, later specialising in romantic Oriental style portraits aimed at the Parisian middle class. He also painted genre and historical scenes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts with works entitled 'Spring-Time' and 'After the Dance'. His paintings are highly popular and can be found in private and public art collections including the Manchester City Gallery.
$18,000
Emile Eisman-Semenowsky ‘Isabella’ Oil on Canvas .
By Émile Eisman-Semenowsky
Located in New York, NY
Title: Isabella Artist: Emile Eisman-Semenowsky (1857-1911) Origin: Polish/French Date: Early 20th century Medium: Oil on canvas Signature: signed and inscribed 'EISMAN-SEMENOWSKY/PA...
Canvas, Oil
$24,929
19th Century French Oil Painting of a Lady and a Parrot by Semenowsky
By Émile Eisman-Semenowsky
Located in London, GB
19th century French oil painting of a lady and a parrot by Semenowsky French, 1891 Panel: Height 56cm, width 38cm Frame: Height 68cm, width 49.5cm, width 3cm This wonderful oil on p...
Oil, Panel
$443Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 10 in
Antique Victorian English Oil - Fine Posed Lady Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century. The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Oil
$4,192Sale Price|35% Off
H 14 in W 12 in
Portrait of a French 19th century lady in a gilt and ormolu hand made frame
By Gustave Jean Jacquet
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gustave Jaquet Jacquet was born on 25th May 1846 in Paris. He was a pupil of Bouguereau and for his debut at the Paris Salon in 1865, he exhibited 'The Reverie' which was very much i...
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Mary Hardy (nee Sulman), Late 19th Century Victorian Oil
Located in London, GB
Slade School Late 19th Century Portrait of a Mary Hardy (nee Sulman) Oil on panel Image size: 8 x 7 inches Contemporary frame Provenance Lady Town (Grandda...
Panel, Oil
$1,495Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 19.5 in D 1 in
Portrait of a Young Gentleman English circa 1860's Period Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th century English school Portrait of a young gentleman (a scholar?) in dress suit oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 19.5 inches canvas: 14 x 1...
Canvas, Oil
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
H 27 in W 32.5 in
Dalmatian Dog Oil Painting, Signed 1896, Framed, British Antique
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Dalmatian Dog by Adrienne Lester, British 1870-1955 signed & dated 1896 oil on canvas, framed framed: 27 x 32.5 inches canvas: 25 x 30 inches provenance: private collection c...
Oil
$2,437Sale Price|20% Off
H 41 in W 33 in
Very Large Mid 19th Century Victorian Portrait English Gentleman Seated Leather
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Victorian English Gentleman Portrait of a Man seated in a leather chair, holding a letter in his hand. oil on canvas , framed framed: 41 x 33 inches canvas: 36 x 28 inches prove...
Oil, Canvas
$1,661Sale Price|20% Off
H 35 in W 28 in
Antique English Portrait of Georgian Lady circa 1820/30 period Large Oil Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady English School, circa 1820's-1930's period oil on canvas, unframed painting: 35 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, London condition: some old restor...
Oil, Canvas
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 12 in
German oil painting, Figures in an interior/barn playing, 19th century, Antique
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of t...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,150
H 14 in W 12 in
German oil painting, Figures in an interior/barn playing, 19th century, Antique
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of the finest quality. This is...
Oil, Wood Panel
$7,963
H 22.25 in W 18.25 in D 2.5 in
19th Century portrait oil painting of a woman holding a tray
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
John Robert Dicksee British, (1817-1905) The Daughter of the House Oil on canvas, signed with monogram, transcribed verso Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 22.25 inches x 18.25 inches A beautiful and sensitively painted half-length portrait painting of a young woman holding a tray of fruit by John Robert Dicksee. The woman is posed in a panelled room as if having just emerged from a darkened entrance and walking towards the light of an unseen window, with her head turned to look directly out towards the viewer. She is depicted wearing a turquoise blue gown with lace edged sleeves and an orange beaded necklace...
Canvas, Oil
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.5 in W 31 in D 3 in
Exhibited Royal Scottish Academy 1862 Portrait of Girl with Pets
By Gourlay Steell
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Portrait of Girl with her pets is signed and dated 1861 and exhibited in 1862, by Gourlay Steell, (1819-1894) RSA, appointed as Animal Painter for Scotland to Queen Victoria’s Court ...
Canvas, Oil
$830
H 11.82 in W 11.03 in
19th Century Victorian Coat of Arms Painting, Framed Oil on Wood
Located in GB
This painted coat of arms is a compact and decorative heraldic panel, very much in keeping with the Victorian-era revival of heraldry, when families took renewed interest in lineage,...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 18.5 in W 15.75 in D 2.5 in
Portrait of a Young Woman by Emile Eisman-Semenowsky
By Émile Eisman-Semenowsky
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emile Eisman-Semenowsky 1857-1911 Polish Portrait of a Young Woman Oil on panel Signed and dated “E. Eisman-Semenowsky, Paris 1882” (lower right) A beautiful young woman exudes r...
Oil, Panel
A Parisian Girl
By Émile Eisman-Semenowsky
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A wonderful oil on panel late 19th century portrait of a beautiful Parision girl. Highly detailed from the flowers in her hat to the translucent scarf around her neck. Signed and dated 1894 lower right. Very little is known about the life of Emile Eisman-Semenowsky. He was born in eastern Poland but left his country fairly early on and arrived in Paris in the early 1880s. Here, he became the assistant of the Dutch painter Jan van Beers and established himself as a painter of young fashionable Parisian women, languid oriental odalisques, and reclining neoclassical beauties. The present painting depicts Cerealia, the festival dedicated to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, grains and fertility, as dedicated in the inscription at left and hinted to by the fruits and vegetables on the altar at right. Her festival took place from mid- to end of April and was led by priestesses from the best Roman families. The festivities included races in the Circus Maximus, theater, music and dancing. The painting is Semenowsky's most ambitious work known to date, a large format, multi-figured composition, whose size may indicate its intention as an entry to the Paris Salon. One can speculate that Semenowsky became inspired by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Spring, an intricate composition from 1894 depicting the same festival and of roughly same dimensions, albeit reversed. Semenowsky populated his painting with numerous maidens in diaphanous dresses against a neoclassical background of luminescent, veined marble, performing the ritual sacrifices...
Oil, Panel