Skip to main content

Philip Melville Courtney Art

American, b. 1962
Philip Melville Courtney — New Works in Collaboration with Maison Palm Beach / Mark Lukas Fine Art Maison Palm Beach / Mark Lukas Fine Art is pleased to announce a new collaboration with acclaimed American artist Philip Melville Courtney, presenting five new works that highlight his remarkable technical mastery. In this collection, Courtney returns to the classical foundations of figure drawing, rendering the human form in oil with exceptional precision, restraint, and depth. Introducing an exciting direction in his practice, Courtney also unveils a series of antique sculptures, reliefs and gesture sketches —modern reinterpretations of antique, Renaissance, and nineteenth-century motifs. These works merge painting with sculptural illusion, offering collectors a fresh and sophisticated way to experience art historical tradition through a contemporary lens. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Courtney spent more than twenty-five years as a billboard artist in Philadelphia before dedicating himself fully to fine art. His work has been featured in respected galleries and juried exhibitions, including selections by the John Peto Museum International Art Exhibition, Fine Art Connoisseur, and the Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s International Exhibition of Works on Paper. In 2025, his portrait Face to Faceearned a Certificate of Excellence in the 27th Annual International Portrait Competition, chosen from more than 3,000 submissions worldwide. Fluent in both oil and watercolor, Courtney is recognized for his disciplined draftsmanship, refined surfaces, and the quiet emotional resonance of his subjects. This new body of work marks a significant evolution—uniting classical rigor with contemporary innovation. It presents an exciting opportunity for collectors seeking work of enduring beauty, impeccable craftsmanship, and intellectual sophistication.
to
1
7
7
7
Wounded Achilles En Grisaille Oil on Canvas Painting by Philip Melville Courtney
Wounded Achilles En Grisaille Oil on Canvas Painting by Philip Melville Courtney

Wounded Achilles En Grisaille Oil on Canvas Painting by Philip Melville Courtney

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Classical Male Nude Painting, After the Antique — Inspired by Wounded Achilles Oil on Canvas, Contemporary This exceptional en grisaille oil on canvas figurative painting is inspired...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Hercules at Rest Large En Grisaille Oil Painting by Philip Melville Courtney
Hercules at Rest Large En Grisaille Oil Painting by Philip Melville Courtney

Hercules at Rest Large En Grisaille Oil Painting by Philip Melville Courtney

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Hercules at Rest — En Grisaille Oil on Canvas By American artist Philip Melville Courtney This commanding large-scale en grisaille painting presents a refined academic study of Hercu...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Contemplation of Form En Grisaille Male Nude
Oil by Philip Melville Courtney

Contemplation of Form En Grisaille Male Nude Oil by Philip Melville Courtney

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Contemplation of Form — En Grisaille Male Nude by Philip Melville Courtney This commanding en grisaille oil on canvas presents a classically modeled standing male nude captured in a ...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Pegasus and Bellerophon En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, 40x54 Inches
Pegasus and Bellerophon En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, 40x54 Inches

Pegasus and Bellerophon En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, 40x54 Inches

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Pegasus and Bellerophon — En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, after a 16th-Century Italian Relief This large-scale oil on canvas painting by acclaimed American artist Philip Melville Courtn...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Venus and the Sea Monster Large Mythological Oil on Canvas Female Nude
Venus and the Sea Monster Large Mythological Oil on Canvas Female Nude

Venus and the Sea Monster Large Mythological Oil on Canvas Female Nude

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Venus and the Sea Monster Large Mythological Oil on Canvas — Sculpture Rendered in Painting By American Artist Philip Melville Courtney This large-scale oil on canvas painting presen...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Profile of a Classical Warrior En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, 36x26 in
Profile of a Classical Warrior En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, 36x26 in

Profile of a Classical Warrior En Grisaille Oil on Canvas, 36x26 in

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Large En Grisaille Oil on Canvas by Philip Melville Courtney After Gregorio di Lorenzo — Profile of a Classical Warrior This commanding large-scale oil on canvas by American artist P...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Related Items
Nick

Hunt SlonemNick, 2024

$8,000

H 16 in W 14 in

Nick

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

This example of Hunt Slonem's most well-known motif comes complete with a lovely golden frame sourced by Hunt himself. Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Magnificent early 20th Century Oil Painting of Race horses - At the Gallops
Magnificent early 20th Century Oil Painting of Race horses - At the Gallops

Magnificent early 20th Century Oil Painting of Race horses - At the Gallops

By Julius von Blaas

Located in London, GB

Julius von Blaas (1845-1923) At The Gallops circa 1905 Oil on canvas Signed and dated “Julius von Blass / 1905” (lower left) 110 x 200 cm (140 x 230 cms framed ish) This enormous and grand depiction of horses exercising is an iconic image not only of the edwardien era but also of today’s racing elite. Julius von Blaas was taught by his father Carl von Blaas (1815-1994) and trained in Venice, Florence and Rome. He was also influenced by his celebrated brother Eugen von Blaas...

Category

Early 20th Century Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

"Feathered Tribe" Mary Russell Smith, 1871 Graceful Academic Chicks Painting
"Feathered Tribe" Mary Russell Smith, 1871 Graceful Academic Chicks Painting

"Feathered Tribe" Mary Russell Smith, 1871 Graceful Academic Chicks Painting

By Mary Russell Smith

Located in New York, NY

Mary Russell Smith Feathered Tribe, 1871 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches The daughter of theater scenery and landscape painter Russell Smith (1812–1...

Category

1870s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Very Fine Danish 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Sewing Room"  (Systue)
A Very Fine Danish 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Sewing Room"  (Systue)

A Very Fine Danish 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Sewing Room" (Systue)

Located in LA, CA

Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...

Category

19th Century Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

A Fine and Charming 19th Century Oil Canvas "Children Walking the Baby Goat"
A Fine and Charming 19th Century Oil Canvas "Children Walking the Baby Goat"

A Fine and Charming 19th Century Oil Canvas "Children Walking the Baby Goat"

Located in LA, CA

Henry Joseph Campotosto (Belgium, 1833-1910) A Very Fine Oil on Canvas "Walking the Baby Goat", depicting two young dutch girls by the grassy shore of a river bank, one standing holding a wicker basket and a leash to a resting baby goat, the youngest sitting next to her on a pile of branches tucking her pants, a pair of ducks and ducklings swimming by the tree lined river; within a later giltwood carved frame. Signed (l/r): Campotosto Henry. Circa: Brussels, 1870. Note: The artist is also known as Henri Campotosto Henry or Henri Campotosto was born in Brussels in 1833. He studied in Brussels at the Royal Academy des Beaux-Arts and painted some artworks with Eugène Verboeckhoven (Belgium, 1798-1881). He received a 1st Class Medal at the Academy of Brussels and an honorable mention at the Paris Exhibition of 1860. In 1871 he moved to London with his family and remained there for life. He exhibited his work at the Royal Academy Exhibition until 1874 and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1878. In 1880 he took part in the Berlin Academy Exhibition. His daughter Octavia also became a painter, visited Italy, and showed her paintings at the Royal Academy from 1871 to 1874. Henri Campotosto died in London in 1910. High Sales: Christie's New York - Property from an American Collection, "The Bird's Nest" - Lot 247 on October 22, 2008, Sold for $37,500 Bonhams London - 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art on 28 September 2016 - Lot 33 "Gathering flowers" Sold for £25,000 ($33,750 USD) Museums: The British Museum - Print of two girls and a lamb and print of two girls by a river bank Literature • E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Librairie Gründ - 1976 Edition - Volume 2, Page 488. • Maurice W...

Category

19th Century Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Oil Painting, Small Shooting Scene By Chapman Bayley (British, Active 1818-1832)
Oil Painting, Small Shooting Scene By Chapman Bayley (British, Active 1818-1832)

Oil Painting, Small Shooting Scene By Chapman Bayley (British, Active 1818-1832)

Located in Uppingham, GB

Oil on canvas Shooting by the woods by Chapman Bayley (1818-1832) Early 19th Century gent standing by the woods with his two dogs shooting. Signed by the artist in original frame. Ch...

Category

1820s English School Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Quantum Leap 4
Quantum Leap 4

Hunt SlonemQuantum Leap 4, 2024

$14,000

H 27 in W 23 in

Quantum Leap 4

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself. Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...

Category

2010s Contemporary Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Startled
Startled

Hunt SlonemStartled, 2023

$9,000

H 16 in W 14 in

Startled

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Denver, CO

Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Ludwig van Löfftz (1845-1910) The Artist at Work, oil on panel
Ludwig van Löfftz (1845-1910) The Artist at Work, oil on panel

Ludwig van Löfftz (1845-1910) The Artist at Work, oil on panel

Located in Les Acacias GE, GE

Ludwig van Löfftz (1845-1910)
 The Artist at Work
 Oil on panel
 Signed and located Munchen lower left 
21 x 16 cm
 Provenance: * Collections of Prof. Dr. Ludwig Borchardt and Emili...

Category

19th Century Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Charge 19th-century Realism Antique Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed
The Charge 19th-century Realism Antique Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed

The Charge 19th-century Realism Antique Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed

By Eugene Alexis Girardet

Located in Jacksonville, FL

The painting is signed and dated 1894 Description: Eugene Alexis Girardet (1853-1907) was a prominent Swiss painter known for his remarkable attention to detail and his ability to capture vivid and dynamic scenes. Born in Paris, France, Girardet came from a family of artists and received early artistic training from his father, Paul Girardet, and his uncle, Jules Girardet, both respected engravers. He later studied at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he honed his skills and developed a deep appreciation for historical and orientalist subjects. He was interred at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery. In addition to several museums in France, his works may be seen at the Dahesh Museum of Art and the National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers, as well as at museums in Switzerland and New York City. Girardet’s artwork often depicted historical and exotic scenes, particularly focusing on Middle Eastern and North African themes. His meticulous attention to detail and his ability to convey a sense of movement and drama made his works highly sought after. One of his most renowned paintings, “The Charge,” exemplifies his exceptional talent and his ability to create a captivating and immersive experience for viewers. In “The Charge,” Girardet presents an army of Arab camel...

Category

19th Century Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Previously Available Items
Figure in Quiet Repose Nude Gesture Sketch in Oil by Philip Melville Courtney

Figure in Quiet Repose Nude Gesture Sketch in Oil by Philip Melville Courtney

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

This refined en grisaille oil on canvas by Philip Melville Courtney presents a classical male nude rendered with striking restraint and authority. Conceived as a gesture sketch eleva...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Male Nude with Plinth — Large En Grisaille Oil on Canvas of Gesture Sketch 40x54
Male Nude with Plinth — Large En Grisaille Oil on Canvas of Gesture Sketch 40x54

Male Nude with Plinth — Large En Grisaille Oil on Canvas of Gesture Sketch 40x54

By Philip Melville Courtney

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Standing Male Nude with Implied Plinth — En Grisaille Oil By Philip Melville Courtney This commanding large-scale en grisaille oil on canvas by American painter and technical master ...

Category

2010s Academic Philip Melville Courtney Art

Materials

Oil

Philip Melville Courtney art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Philip Melville Courtney art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Philip Melville Courtney in oil paint, paint and more. Not every interior allows for large Philip Melville Courtney art, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Philip Melville Courtney art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $7,500 and tops out at $18,500, while the average work can sell for $14,500.