Primitive Paintings

Moroccan Orientalist oil on canvas painting of a 19th century Moroccan market scene with an old men seating on a carpet selling old coins and a Moorish...

Henry Stuyck, 19th Century Folk Art Horse and Carriage Painting, Caporal, 1883 A wonderfully characterful and highly decorative late-19th-c...

Spanish Colonial South American Folk Art, Hand-carved and gilded wooden devotional shrine featuring the Virgin Mary, richly framed with ornate scrolling foliage and floral decorati...

19th Century folk art military painting 19th Century piece of French folk-art militaria art, gouache on paper in its original frame in untouched condition. Size in inches: H 12” ...

M. Laurent – Naïve Folk Art Hunting Scene with Horses & Hounds, 20th Century A wonderfully characterful 20th-century oil on canvas by the French painter Laurent, depicting a traditional country hunt with scarlet-coated riders on horseback following a lively pack of hounds through an expansive rural landscape. Signed Laurent lower right, the painting is particularly appealing for its distinctive naïve handling. Horses, riders and hounds are rendered with simplified forms, flattened perspective and wonderfully direct brushwork, giving the composition a charm quite removed from the polished formality of conventional sporting art. Across the landscape, five mounted riders make their way through the countryside, their brilliant scarlet coats providing striking points of colour amongst fresh greens, ochres and the softly painted blue-grey sky. In the foreground, a rider on a chestnut horse follows the hounds at pace, while immediately beyond, another rider on a substantial white horse negotiates a fallen tree beside the water. Further mounted figures appear across the middle distance on white, grey and brown horses, creating a surprisingly effective sense of movement across the landscape. But it is perhaps the pack of hounds that gives the painting its greatest charm. Predominantly white and individually marked with chestnut and darker patches, the hounds race enthusiastically through the countryside in small groups. Each has been constructed from remarkably economical brushstrokes, yet together they immediately convey the energy and excitement of the hunt. A Naïve Interpretation of the Hunt Rather than approaching the subject with the anatomical precision traditionally associated with British sporting painting, Laurent has interpreted the hunt in an altogether more instinctive manner. Perspective is deliberately flattened. Proportions shift throughout the composition. Riders are reduced almost to silhouettes, while horses and hounds are described through strong outlines and confident areas of colour. It is precisely this unconventional handling that makes the painting so appealing. The scarlet coats of the huntsmen form a repeating rhythm across the landscape, while the pale horses echo the predominantly white bodies of the hounds below. A stream winds through the foreground, crossed by fallen timber, while a slender bare tree rises dramatically at the left of the composition. Beyond, softly described woodland and distant countryside disappear towards a broad horizon beneath the atmospheric sky. There is a wonderful sense of storytelling without unnecessary detail. Seen closely, individual passages are almost abstract in their simplicity. Stepping back, they resolve into a remarkably lively country scene filled with horses, riders and hounds. It is an immensely decorative example of 20th-century naïve sporting art. Horses & Hounds The individual animals are particularly appealing. A chestnut horse dominates the foreground, shown at full stretch as its scarlet-coated rider follows the hounds. Nearby, a large white horse carefully negotiates the fallen timber, while further chestnut, grey and white horses progress across the landscape behind. Each has its own slightly eccentric proportions and character — an important part of the painting's naïve quality rather than an attempt at conventional equestrian realism. The hounds are equally charming. Painted predominantly in white with warm chestnut and dark markings, they move across the composition in small groups. Some follow the pack while others appear to be enthusiastically choosing their own route through the landscape. Their repeated forms create a sense of movement across the lower half of the painting and provide a wonderful counterpoint to the mounted figures above. Laurent Relatively little biographical information concerning the 20th-century French painter M. Laurent appears to have been published. The artist is nevertheless recorded within international art-market databases as a 20th-century French painter, with works having appeared at auction. Particularly interesting in relation to the present painting are recorded works entitled Retour de chasse (Return from the Hunt) and Retour de chasse au faisan (Return from Pheasant Hunting...

Oil On Canvas Painting Floral Still Life, London, 19th Century Floral Still Life, signed Geo Rowney & Co, London, late 19th Century A superb floral still life depicting a bouquet of...

A fantastic vintage hand-painted fish study depicting a angelfish, painted on artist board and set in its original thin brass frame. Each piece in this series was created by the same...

Charming acrylic painting on canvas of a group of colorful figures in a tropical setting executed in a naive style. Signed Osnel in the lower right and presented in the original wood...

This delightful hand painted sign was created to display the variety of hair styles available from a West African hair stylist. With cuts named the "Boeing 747" and the "Play Boy", t...

19th Century FIgurative Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed 19th Century Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Bearded Man A finely executed 19th century oil on canvas portrait depicting a bearde...

Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century A lovely antique oil painting depicting a Tyrolian farmers family which loads their cattle heard onto a boat. The scene is located on an mountain lake in the Alpine landscape. Oil on canvas 1st half of the 19th century. Framed with vintage gilded frame, paint partly with craquelure. This painting will be a highlight in each rural decoration. Alpine oil painting...

A wonderful example of a circa 1870 German Folk Art naïve military scene in townscape annotated to celebrate a soldier. In ceremonial regalia in watercolou...

A fantastic vintage hand-painted fish study depicting a catfish, painted on artist board and set in its original thin brass frame. Each piece in this series was created by the same u...

Naive Folk Art Painting Country scene 19th Century Nice Country scene oil on board with farm buildings and landscape English or American Condition: old frame some scratches on painting

Beautiful 19th century, French oil on canvas.