Richard Taylor Fine Art Paintings

This vibrant French Art Deco floral oil painting is by noted French artist Jacques Emile Blanche. Painted circa 1930, the palette is of wonderful tones of yellow and orange with spla...

This striking Art Deco portrait oil painting is by female artist Jolan Polatschek Williams. Williams was born in Austria but settled in England in the 1920's where she remained. Pain...

This charming British Victorian genre oil painting is by noted exhibited artist John Morgan. Painted circa 1870 the composition is two young girls, one dark haired one blonde, who ar...

This stunning British Edwardian portrairt oil painting is by noted 19th century born portrait painter Ralph Peacock .Painted circa 1900 it is a seated portrait of a lady in a black dress with shiffon sleeves and beautiful pink flowers in her lap. She is wearing considerable jewellery suggesting her wealth; an ornate ring, fleur de lys broach, a long string of pearls...

A fine original Scottish Impressionist oil painting by Joseph Morris Henderson dating to circa 1900. The work depicts a coastal scene with a dwelling in the landscape and a tranquil ...

This lovely portrait was painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster. This painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an Impressioni...

This superb atmospheric British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Howard Somerville. Painted in 1911 it is a half length portrait of Miss Blanche Stuchbury,...

This fine French Old Master portrait oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1770 and is attributed to the circle of Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun. The sitter is Madam van Robais. The van R...

This striking British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Manchester artist Harry Rutherford. Painted circa 1940, the portrait is of a dark haired young woman in a f...

This lovely large Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted British artist Daniel Sherrin. Painted circa 1900 the painting is entitled Close of Day. The composition details a land...

A stunning portrait oil painting of Violet Ann Gilbert which was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A beautiful portrait of a young woman from the nineteen twenties. In excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted listed artist and a great example of an early 20th century portrait painting. Signed lower left. Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris Salon 1929, labels verso. Condition. Oil on canvas in excellent condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches. Housed in its original gallery frame, framed size is 47 by 37 inches. Excellent condition. James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne, third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates, he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery the next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...

Painted by John Plumb this British Abstract Expressionist oil pastel on paper is a fine example of his late work and very vibrant. As an abstract landscape it depicts Reflections at ...

This charming Edwardian Scottish full length portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish portrait artist George Fiddes Watt. Painted circa 1910, the sitter is Muriel Sutherland, daugh...

This superb 19th century oil painting is by noted exhibited Scottish artist David Fulton. Painted circa 1890 the composition is a city garden, possibly Edinburgh, in the foreground w...

This superb Victorian animal portrait oil painting is by noted listed artist Carl Suhrlandt. Painted in 1884 it is a lovely portrait of a cat and dog in a living room at supper time....

This beautiful late 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Walter Langley. It has the hallmarks of the Newlyn School of artists such as the subject matter, com...

This superb British 18th century Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of noted landscape artist Richard Wilson. Painted circa 1750 it is a stunning light, bright and airy expansive panoramic landscape. There is a river in the foreground and mountains in the background. On the left of the river stands some ruins and on the right, figures are resting under the trees. The palette of blues, greens and very varied and rich with some lovely pinky brown tones for the land on the right. The brushwork is also delicate but confidently executed. A superb example of a British Old Master landscape oil painting, finished off in a carved and gilt wood English Rococo frame with name plate. Provenance. The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation, Inc. Throughout his long life, Mr. Lunde supported more than forty museums in his native New York, across the United States, and in Europe with loans, gifts, and funding. Mr. Lunde was a proud New Yorker with roots in Norway. He was keenly interested in nineteenth-century Scandinavian and Swiss landscape painting, Old Master painting, and Asian decorative arts. According to an old label to the reverse, the present painting was once owned by James Northcote (1746-1831) who gave it to William Hillman on 25th May 183(0?) Property of the Bacot family. Christies stamps verso. Watson Gallery London. Remains of label verso. Condition. Oil on canvas, 26 inches by 18 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed In a carved and gilt wood English Rococo frame bearing Richard Wilson name plate, 33 inches by 25 inches and in good condition. Richard Wilson RA...

This lovely colourful British 19th century genre oil painting is by Victorian artist William Henry Midwood. Painted circa 1870 it is a charming Victorian interior genre scene of a farmer and his daughter and their collie dog. The artist has perfectly captured the interaction between the three characters and the colouring and brushwork is superb. A lovely example of British Victorian genre painting...

This lovely Italian Old Master portrait oil painting is by Domenico Maria Sani. Painted circa 1732 the sitter is of Maria Anna Vittoria (1718 - 1788), daughter of Philip V and Elisabetta Farnese, who in 1729 married Joseph prince of Brazil and king of Portugal...

An original British large oil painting on canvas by Ramsay Richard Reinagle which is signed and looks to be dated 1832. Lovely rich colouring depicting a mountainous Italian panorama...

This superb large three quarter length British Old Master portrait in a landscape oil painting is attributed to circle of John Vanderbank the Younger. Painted circa 1738 the sitter is Mrs James Hoste of South Wootton and Sandringham, nee Hammond. She was the daughter of Anthony Hamond and Susan Walpole, daughter of Robert Walpole, and was sister to Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford. She married Major James Hoste of Sandringham, Norfolk, and they had two daughters. The sheen of her blue satin dress against her gold cloak is stunning. A really lovely 18th century portrait with excellent provenance. Inscribed with sitter details lower left. Provenance. By descent within the family of the sitter at West Acre High House, Norfolk; Cheffins, Cambridge, 'West Acre High House' sale, 24 November 2010, Lot 519; Wood Hall, Arkesden, Essex. Literature: 'Portraits in Norfolk Houses', Prince Duleep Singh, 1927, No. 36. Sitter's details on two labels verso. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 50 inches by 40 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame, 58 inches by 48 inches framed and in good condition. John Vanderbank (1694-1739) was an English portraitist and book illustrator, who enjoyed a high reputation for a short while during the reign of King George...

This superb French Old Master oil painting with excellent provenance is by Jean Francois I Millet. It was painted circa 1675 and is a figurative landscape depicting Diana hunting in ...

A stunning exhibited 1934 nude female portrait by Dora Crocket (Countess Lewenhaupt). The portrait depicts a nude woman reclining in a sensual pose against a background of red and bl...

This charming Dutch Romantic Golden Age picturesque winter landscape oil painting is by Everardus Benedictus Gregorius Pagano Mirani. It was painted in 1848 and is signed and dated lower right. The composition is a lovely bright snow scene of a frozen river and wide track beside it. Figures are skating and playing on the ice while others drag various goods through the snow. Some stunning trees line the path and the whole image is bathed in winter sunlight. A really lovely large picture postcard Dutch winter landscape oil painting which harks back to the Dutch Golden Age and was so popular with the Dutch. The brushwork and detail are superb and this is a lovely example of Mirani's work who was one of the finest Romantic landscape painters of his day. Signed and dated 1848. Provenance. Midlands estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 44 inches by 35 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a fine gilt gallery frame, framed size is 51 inches by 42 inches and in good condition. Everardus Benedictus Gregorius Pagano Mirani (1810 - 1881). Mirani grew up in the Golden Age of Dutch painting, dominated by the Romantic landscape genre. This movement founded by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek...

This lovely Dutch Old Master oil painting is attributed to artist Pieter Wouwerman. Painted circa 1660 it is figurative landscape with horseback travellers and their dogs in the foreground approaching ruins on their left. Beyond is a river snakes through the landscape, beneath the fading light of approaching dusk. There are some superb details making this an excellent Dutch Golden Age oil painting...

This superb very large British Victorian landscape oil painting is by much sought after landscape artist John Brandon Smith. Painted circa 1870 the composition is a rocky Scottish Hi...

This stunning 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to Swedish born, England based artist Michael Dahl. Painted circa 1690 it is a sumptuous half length portrai...

This stunning large abstract oil on canvas oil painting entitled A Major Incident is by London-based artist Stanza. Based on his interest in landscape, cities and surveillance this p...

An Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting and assembled landscape painted circa 1980 by female artist Avis Newman whose works are housed in the Tate Gallery and currently on sho...

This stunning large abstract oil on canvas oil painting entitled A Closer Desire is by London based artist Stanza. Based on his interested in landscape, cities and surveillance this ...

This stunning large abstract oil on canvas oil painting entitled Just keep Going Until You Find Me is by London-based artist Stanza. Based on his interest in landscape, cities and su...

This stunning large abstract oil on canvas oil painting entitled Towards a New Ending is by London based artist Stanza. Based on his interested in landscape, cities and surveillance ...

A stunning oil painting by noted Scottish artist John Reid Murray who exhibited with The Glasgow Boys in Europe. The painting depicts Loch Lomond in Scotland. Painted in an Impressio...

This stunning large abstract oil on canvas oil painting entitled A Guide to the Past is by London-based artist Stanza. Based on his interest in landscape, cities and surveillance thi...

This stunning Scottish 1920's self portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish female artist Helen Mackenzie. Painted circa 1929 the composition is the head and shoulders of the artis...

This lovely portrait oil painting is by noted Suffolk artist Sydney Seymour Lucas. Painted circa 1957 the sitter is Sheila de Quincey, who stood as a p...

A visually stunning original oil on panel titled Ciros Life. It was painted circa 1953 by Laurence Henry Irving and depicts a man of little means outside a London theatre doorway. Th...

This lovely floral oil painting is by British artist Amy Constance Reeve Fowlkes who exhibited throughout her career. Painted in 1940, this stunning oil is a bold arrangement of dais...

This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish female artist Amy Julia Drucker. Of German descent, Drucker was born in England i...

A superb oil on canvas Post Impressionist work by British artist Forrest Hewit. This vibrant work depicts an external café scene under trees, with a dozen figures seated or standing at tables. It dates to circa 1930. One can feel the summer heat in this colourful piece. One of the most popular resort towns on the Italian Riviera, little Portofino has just over 500 permanent residents. But that all changes on summer days when the sun is shining, and the yachting set drops anchor in the harbour to wander about. Boutiques, art galleries, cafes and restaurants line the tiny streets. Signed lower right. Provenance. New English Art Club exhibition label verso. RBA label verso. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 20 inches unframed and in excellent gallery condition. Housed in a fine frame, 35 inches by 25 inches framed. Good condition. Forrest Hewit (1870-1956) was a very unusual character amongst his fellow artists. Whereas many of his contemporaries turned away from commerce or the professions to become painters, he was very successful in following both paths. Towards the end of the 19th century Manchester was one of the foremost centres of the cotton trade in which Hewit established a career in which he rose to the top and became a prominent member of important institutions and various committees. Alongside this illustrious career ran an equally successful life as an artist. Considering the above, it is no surprise to find that in this field he also became a prominent figure as an Honorary Vice-President of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. His paintings are extremely rare as the majority of his output was purchased for permanent collections worldwide. He exhibited widely at the Royal Academy from the outset of his career; the Paris Salon; the New English Art Club; the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1940 and extensively at leading venues throughout England. When he retired from commercial life he had the opportunity to increase his output, which allowed him to stage a series of one-man exhibitions at the New Burlington Gallery in 1936; the Grosvenor Gallery in 1937; the Manchester Academy in 1938; the Goupil Gallery in 1939; Salford, his birthplace, in 1943 and Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1948. He first studied under Thomas Cantrell Dugdale who was probably responsible for his interest in French painting. He also studied under Walter Richard Sickert...

This vibrant colourful Scottish Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted Slade School artist and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes. Painted i...

Painted by the noted British Impressionist Philip Wilson Steer, this fine oil portrait depicts a young woman and was painted circa 1900. Educated at South Kensington Schools and Acad...

This lovely British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted artist James Robert Granville Exley and provenance is by family descent. The sitter is Elizabeth Exley, possibly his wi...

A large, original portrait of Clarissa. It depicts Olive Groves as Clarissa in Lionel and Clarissa at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith in 1926. Given to Olive Groves in 1966 by Sir G...

This lovely Art Deco British Post-Impressionist floral oil painting is by noted and much exhibited female flower artist Theresa Norah Copnall. She studi...

This superb British Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted portrait artist James Jebusa Shannon. Painted circa 1906, oil on panel and part of a family collection, it is a half length portrait of a blond lady in lace which is depicted with bold, free brushwork. This is a stunning Edwardian portrait by a much sought after artist, housed in a superb period gilded oak frame. Provenance. Family collection. Condition. Large oil on panel, 30 inches by 20 inches unframed and in fine gallery condition. Housed in a stunning gilded oak frame of the period, 40 inches by 30 inches framed and in good condition. Sir James Jebusa Shannon RA (1862–1923) was an Anglo-American artist. Shannon was born in Auburn, New York...

This lovely British Victorian landscape oil painting is by attributed to artist Keeley Halswelle. Painted in 1883 it is a large harvest scene with wheat sheaves in a field in the for...

This charming oil on canvas Impressionist painting is by British artist Philip Wilson Steer and has excellent provenance. The painting is circa 1920 and of a demure seated nude young...

An original, large oil painting on canvas by George Houston RSA. It depicts Loch Fyne Argyll in Scotland at evening. Painted in an impressionistic style circa 1920, it is a very good...

This lovely British 18th century landscape oil painting is attributed to circle of Hubert Robert or Robert of the Ruins as he was better known. The work depicts an extensive landscap...

This striking conceptual abstract oil painting is by British artist Penelope Ellis. It was painted in 1963 in black on a grey background. A superb image and ahead of the conceptual i...

This striking conceptual abstract oil painting is by British artist Penelope Ellis. It was painted in 1962. A superb image and ahead of the conceptual ideas of the swinging sixties a...

Glyn Morgan, a Welsh artist, studied at Cardiff College of Art under Ceri Richards. He was a renowned imaginative artist and friend of Cedric Morris. He was influenced by the Benton ...

A superb British Old Master oil painting which is attributed to circle of William Hogarth and was painted circa 1760. This fine oil painting is in ...

An original large abstract oil on canvas by British Canadian artist William John Bertram Newcombe. This stunning abstract expressionist oil is a bold, adventurous and confident abstr...

Painted by "Modern British" artist Augustus Lunn this oil/tempera on board depicts Christ Expelling the Money Changers. He exhibited widely at The Cooling Galleries and The New Engl...

A fine large oil on canvas painting which dates to circa 1880 by British Victorian artist William Bromley. It is a super depiction of a lady and child walking along the road at Edgba...

A large busy and vibrant watercolour by Thomas Leeson Rowbothom. A lovely Bay of Naples coastal scene which was painted circa 1886. The painting is also signed by J G Ogle who painte...

This colourful mid 19th century oil painting is by noted British artist John 'Spanish' Phillip. Painted in 1847 this is one of Phillip's early Spanish paintings. This excellent large and busy figurative example of his work captures the vibrancy of a group of street musicians playing for a woman as she dances. Signed with Monogram and dated 1847 lower right. Provenance. Surrey estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size 36 inches by 28 inches, in good condition. Housed in a beautiful original gilt frame, 46 inches by 38 inches and in good condition. John Phillip (b Aberdeen, 19 Apr. 1817; d London, 27 Feb. 1867). Scottish painter, active mainly in London. Phillip's early works tended to depict pious Scots families. In 1851 he visited Spain, after he was advised to travel to southern Europe for his health. Thereafter he concentrated on Spanish subjects. The first of these, The Letter Writer...

This charming French Impressionist watercolour painting was painted in 1914 and is indistinctly signed. The composition is a market scene with various stalls under trees. The colouring is lovely and it is housed in a superb, gilded oak frame...