Jean Daumier Art

Signed impressionist figurative oil on canvas circa 1890 by sought after French impressionist painter Jean Louis Forain. The piece depicts bathers in a dark landscape. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 32"x37" Unframed: 24"x29" Provenance: Private French collection Jean Forain was the son of a painter and decorator and was apprenticed to a visiting card engraver. He studied briefly under Gérôme and Carpeaux at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly visited the Louvre, where he copied works by the masters. It is said that for a time he made a precarious living by selling small drawings in the style of Grévin. He went on to collaborate on various publications as a draughtsman and columnist, starting in 1876 on La Cravache and then collaborating on the newspapers Le Journal Amusant, Le Figaro and L'Écho de Paris. This introduced him to the diverse worlds of Paris society - the world of the theatre, of shows, and of literature - where he wryly noted the habits and shortcomings particular to each. This led him to follow a route very characteristic of this period, already seen in the work of Steinlen, Caran d'Ache and Toulouse-Lautrec in the journals La Pléiade, La Vogue...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "View to the Kitchen" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a trio at a bar with a view to the establishment's kitchen. About the Artist: (Bor...

Hamilton Hamilton (American, 1847-1928) A large and impressive oil on canvas "Othello and Desdemona" after the William Shakespeare's play "Othello", depicting a young Desdemona pleading with an enraged Othello, and perhaps Iago is the seated figure, within a giltwood craquelure finished frame. Signed (l/r): H. Hamilton, 1921 . Canvas Height: 67 inches (170.2 cm) Canvas Width: 48 inches (121.9 cm) Frame Height: 75 inches (190.5 cm) Frame Width: 57 inches (144.8 cm) Frame Depth: 2 inches (5.1 cm) Hamilton Hamilton (1 April 1847 – 4 January 1928) was a painter and etcher, known mostly for his landscapes of the American West. Born in Oxford, England, he lived most of his life in the Eastern United States. He painted landscapes in New York, Connecticut, the American West, England, and France. He also painted portraits and drew illustrations. Artistic career Hamilton Hamilton was born in Oxford, England, on 1 April 1847. While young, he was a protégé of John Ruskin. In 1872, he began his mostly self-taught career as a portrait artist in Buffalo, New York. He created 47 landscape paintings during an 1873 expedition to Colorado which were chosen to be part of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. He spent 1878 and 1879 painting in Pont-Aven, Brittany, alongside Barbizon School painters. He moved to New York City in 1881 and shortly after began to practice genre painting and etching.[6] He became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1886 and a National Academician in 1889. Until the end of the century, he and his family resided alternately in upstate New York, Long Island, Colorado, and England.[6] In 1907 and 1908, Hamilton spent two years painting landscapes in Southern California. In 1912 he and his family permanently moved to Norwalk, Connecticut. There he became involved with the Silvermine group of artists led by Solon Borglum...

An oil on canvas painting of a woman sitting in front of a mirror, tending to her hair. Window open behind her admits natural light. Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnes...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Cruise Room #8" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a Denver landmark born the day after the repeal in 1933. The Cruise Room is Denver's longest...

Lady Knitting in Interior by Emile Courtin (French 1923-1997) signed lower right corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 57.5 x 45.5 inches condition: overall good and s...

This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK “Summer/25” from the Flower Madeleine series is a...

This unique and delicate artwork was created using the artist's original technique on a high-quality Italian linen canvas. The vibrant oil painting, rendered in shades of purple and ...

Luis Giner Bueno - Interior with woman - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 27x41 cm. Frame measurements 50x64 cm. Giner Bueno (1935-2000) Painter from Alicante, son of the painter L...

Ida Sedgwick Proper At the Claremont (View of the Hudson River and Palisades) circa 1912 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 45 1/4 x 57 1/2 inches Exhibited New York, Heterodoxy, Malv...

Beautiful figurative oil on canvas of a woman seated in her boudoir by Monterey California-area artist Patricia Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). Signed "Gillfillan" lower left. Unfr...

A child of the American South, Elliott Daingerfield was born in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where his father, C...