Late 19th Century Oil Painting with Two Dogs, Cairn Terrier, Albert Toeffaert

An antique painting of a (probably) black terrier on a chair. It is signed and dated lower left, Charles Van Den Eycken, 1896. It is painted on ...

Beautiful antique painting, oil on panel, depicting two King Charles Cavalier Spaniels and a cat. It is a lovely painting, not too big, wit...

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...

An antique gouache (watercolor) painting of a basket with flowers, painted on paper. Signed right under; D. Seydlitz. Origin unclear, probably Belgium, around 1870-1880. In a gold leaf gilded frame...

An antique still life oil painting with fruit, pear, apple, grapes and peeled mandarin. In the background a wine bottle. The painting is signe...

A refined oil painting of a lying dog. Signed bottom right, signature not clearly legible. A. Tschoffen? Painted with oil paint on canvas. The old canvas is covered on the backside ...

This is a portrait artwork of Two Hunting Dogs. Portraits of Dogs proposes an oil painting on wood with two Hounds and a Bird, from the 19th century.  This...

Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas of Two dogs, Good scale, relined and restored (late 20th Century). Later Frame France Circa 1880.

Antique late 19th century oil on canvas painting of two dogs spooked by thier shadows in a barn. Unsigned, as been removed from original stretchers and attched to thick cardboard. ...

French Victorian gilt framed oil painting of seated black and white terrier (signed DUBOUY, 1904).    

19th century English oil painting by Robert Cleminson. This highland scene from British painter Robert Cleminson (1864-1903) features a landscape scene with a horse and three dogs. T...

An English oil on canvas painting by Edward Armfield from the 19th century depicting three Spaniel dogs flushing a pheasant. Created in England by British painter Edward Armfield (18...