About Ottocento
With over 25 years experience in the fine art world Ottocento take pride in offering a range of paintings and prints that are both intriguing and decorative. We have collected pictures from all periods but each piece has to have its own identity. Every artwork tells a story from the subject of the composition to the artist’s own life. Many of the works are very important in art history as a whole. We are able to offer these treasures at highly competitive rates as we do not run the business from a gallery.
Established in 20101stDibs seller since 2017
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Featured Pieces
Carlo Grubacs 19th Century oil painting of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
By Carlo Grubacs
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carlo Grubacs (Italian, 1810 – 1870)
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
Oil on panel
Signed ‘C Grubacs’ (lower right)
9.3/4 x 5.3/8 in. (24.8 x 13.8 cm.)
Category
19th Century Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Arthur Cyril Hilton, Briitish, mid century, 'Figures at sunrise', pen and gouach
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A more chromatically expressive work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Figures at Sunrise reveals a lighter, more atmospheric side to his practice, where colour and struct...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Gouache
1930, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'In Alderley', British, linocut
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A confident and early linocut by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), In Alderley captures the artist’s emerging command of graphic structure and his sensitivity to place.
Hilto...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Linocut
1935, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'Dawn Figure', British, abstract drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking early work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Figure in Linoleum – cut demonstrates his early engagement with bold reduction and graphic form.
Hilton was a self-...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
1953, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'Dawn Figure', British, abstract drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A poetic and quietly enigmatic work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Dawn figure reflects the artist’s sustained interest in the threshold between representation and abst...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Watercolor
1949, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'Still life', British, abstract drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A delicate and assured work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Still life demonstrates the artist’s ability to bring a quiet intensity to even the most domestic of subjects...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
1950, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'The Road to Hale', British, crayon and ink drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A finely observed and quietly expressive work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), The Road to Hale reflects the artist’s characteristic ability to transform familiar landsca...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
1953, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'Trees by the river', British, abstract drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A sensitive and quietly evocative work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Trees by the River reflects the artist’s enduring engagement with landscape, distilled through an ...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1949, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'Forms as Figures', British, abstract drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A striking and thoughtful work on paper by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Forms as Figures sits firmly within the artist’s mature exploration of abstraction, where human p...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
1946, Arthur Cyril Hilton 'Winding Forest Lane', British, crayon and ink drawing
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A lyrical and atmospheric work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Winding Forest Lane captures the artist’s distinctive ability to distil landscape into rhythm, structure, ...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
'Abstract wood', Arthur Cyril Hilton, British, 1950, signed, pen and ink
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A refined and quietly compelling work by Arthur Cyril Hilton (British, 1897–1960), Abstracted Wood exemplifies the artist’s move toward abstraction while remaining rooted in observed...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Pen
1967 oil painting, British by Roger Kean 'The shirt, farewell to the Green'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Roger Kean (British, 1949 – 2023)
The shirt, farewell to the Green, circa 1967
Oil on board
36 x 38.7/8 in. (91.5 x 98.5 cm.)
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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