Franz Krause

Oil on canvas, view from a mountain range with pines and fir trees on a flat river or lake landscape with farmsteads. (S-108).

A late 19th century Baroque revival style Beaux Arts period oil on canvas laid down on board. Most likely this was part of a larger mural at one time. Elaborate still life, beautifu...

Beautiful French 19th Century landscape painting. Old wood original stretchers . Nice old gilt frame too. Sight dimensions: 15....

An oil painting of two rustic dogs fighting over a piece of food. It is painted on an oak panel. Signed top left. The signature is a bit faded, it's a monogram J.S. by Joseph Stevens. He often signed with a monogram. In a gilded frame frame with gesso moldings. Dimensions frame: 41 x 47 cm Dimensions painting: 17 x 23 cm. Joseph Stevens is the older brother of the very well-known artist Alfred Stevens. In the book 'The Belgian Art Book' by J. de Geest, it is written that Joseph Stevens has given a new dimension to painting animals. Joseph Stevens is an early representative of realism and social art. While Eugene Verboeckhoven has royal dogs pose on a beautifully embroidered cushion, Joseph Stevens already has an eye for the dark side of animal existence: exploitation by man, who in turn is a victim of society. His first successful painting, Brussels in the morning, shows how miserable dogs and poor people suffer the same fate. In the Sandman, Stevens shows a joint effort of man and dog, in which the viewer cannot ignore the social conditions: exhausting labor at dawn in some suburb. The gray sky and monochromy of the suburb add to the sinister atmosphere. Joseph Stevens was one of the first artists to take the urban proletariat as his subject. Stevens enjoys a very high reputation in his Parisian years. His brother Alfred writes: 'I am of this time, but you, Joseph, you are of the race, and thus you are of all times.' French critics agree. Stevens' works are a source of inspiration for the literature of the time. For example, Beaudelaire writes a poem about Stevens' dogs. Joseph Edouard STEVENS. Belgium, 1819-1892 Stevens was a painter, etcher and engraver. Brother of the gifted painter Afred Stevens. Education at the Academy in Brussels (1834-1835). Debuted at the Salon in Brussels in 1842. Continued his career in Paris in 1852. He was primarily the painter of canvases depicting domestic animals (dogs, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This realism, of which he was one of the pioneers, earned him the interest of critics and intellectuals. His approach was defined by this contemporary realism that eschewed idealized depictions of animals as heroic emblems of nobility. Rather, Stevens emphasized the ordinary animals of everyday life, with a particular focus on working dogs, stray dogs and all of the mutts that wandered the streets of Brussels. Museums and public collections, including' Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels, Ghent, Hamburg, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts. Stuttgart, State Gallery. King Leopold...

Antique oil painting romance landscape painting. 19th century Oil on canvas. Romantic scene landscape painting under a clear blue sky. Oil on canvas early 19th century. Painting fr...

Early 19th century, English naive landscape painting with bird's-eye maple frame. Cleaned and stretched with good aged surface, circa 1825.

'The Ace of Spades' by J. L. Rónay J. L. Rónay French /Hungarian, 19th century genre painter. A finely painted oil on canvas of an Italian beauty seated on a stool, with tossed p...

Idyllic landscape with children playing. Munich, 1883. Rural worker in background, farm and bridge. Oil on solid mahogany plate with gold fra...

This 19th-century Biedermeier oil portrait depicts Julius Ferdinand Dreysel, an influential textile manufacturer from Plauen, Germany. Painted around 1840 on a solid panel, he is por...

An impressive pair of large 19th-century Italian School paintings, expertly restored and stretched to bring out the original vibrancy and detail of each piece. Recently set in elegan...

19th century oil painting landscape Potsdam, Germany. Gustav Wagener. Beautiful landscape idyll of Potsdam, Germany. Fine, bright...

Pair of Italian Neapolitan Views Gouache on Paper, Mid-19th Century A pair of finely executed mid-19th century Italian Neapolitan views, rendered in ...