Traditional English Painting Scots Pine and Chickens in a Cornish Farmyard

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1996, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - South Devon farmstead at Aveton Gifford, England Ave...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1994, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Contentment, an English Farmyard Scene in Kent depic...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1995, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Church and Village at Altarnun. Cornwall. Church of St N...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Sunshine After Rain, Manor Farm, Thames Ditton, Surr...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), undated, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - Cornish Haybarn at Treglith Farm near Launceston in C...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1991, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "Woodland Felicity" A pastoral scene of English parkland with deer resting on grass alongside a river, and a swan paddling close by. Medium: oil on canvas laid to board, unframed Painting : 9.75 x 8 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from a private UK collection of this artists work. Condition: The painting is in overall very good and sound condition, please note the upper edge and left edge of the board are not cut quite straight. This would be disguised when framed. Artist: Norman Arthur Olley was born in 1908 to a British Army family stationed in Lucknow, Bengal India. His mother died there in 1911, and his father in 1936. Norman married in Gravesend Kent in 1937, and at the beginning of the war in 1939 he was an aircraft sheet metal worker. He and his wife to Surrey in the late 1940's -early 1950's where he was a long term member of the Thames Valley Arts Club and where he regularly exhibited his work. In 1951 his painting "View from Richmond Park" was held in high regard at a very well attended exhibition in Esher, Surrey. The East Molesey area was one of his favourite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...

This painting very much of the period of George Jamieson although with a contintal flavour It is worth considering this artist , He was born in Aberdeen, where his father, Andrew Jamesone, was a stonemason. Jamesone attended the grammar school near his home on Schoolhill and is thought to have gone on to further education at Marischal College.[2] Legend has it that Jamesone once studied under Rubens in Antwerp with Anthony van Dyck.[3] This is, however, yet to be proven as his name does not appear to be noted on the Guild registers of the town.[4] Since Rubens was exempt from registering pupils, the absence of Jamesone's name does not mean that the painter definitely did not study there. Mary Erskine Jamesone certainly did complete an apprenticeship under the supervision of his uncle, John Anderson, who was a popular decorative painter in Edinburgh at the beginning of the seventeenth century.[5] Jamesone finished this training in 1618. He is not recorded as being in Aberdeen again until 1620. If the Scotsman had gone to Antwerp, it would have had to have been between the years of 1618 to 1620. Career Whilst in Aberdeen, Jamesone made a name for himself painting portraits of local academics and scholars from the city's two feuding colleges: King's and Marischal. In 1633, when Charles I made his grand royal visit to Edinburgh, Jamesone rose from local to national fame. For this occasion the painter was asked to decorate a highly elaborate triumphal arch with the portraits of all the past kings of Scotland.[6] He was also given the honour of painting the portrait of Charles himself. It has been said that the king was so pleased with the result that he gave Jamesone a ring off his own finger as a reward.[7] After hearing of the King's approval, many of the Scottish gentry desired to be painted by the now highly reputable George Jamesone.[3] One of his finest examples is that of Mary Erskine which is on display at the National Gallery of Scotland. Jamesone had homes and studios in Aberdeen (on Schoolhill opposite St. Nicholas Kirk) and in Edinburgh (on the Royal Mile right next door to John Knox House). Having two bases allowed him to meet the demands of hundreds of patrons from the north to the south of the country. Jamesone died in Edinburgh in 1644 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the centre of the city. The grave is largely illegible but lies on the east wall of the original churchyard.[8] Legacy Lady Janet Stewart Jamesone's pupil, John Michael Wright...

Charming set of four oil painting on board depicting chickens and roosters of the French city of Rennes. Presented in wood frames and signed ...

A fabulous piece of hand-painted Folk Art created in India. This painting depicts a traditional Rajasthani man in traditional dress. He wears a decorative yellow and pink dress and s...

A naturalistic oil painting depicting joseph, maria and the holy child in the barn of bethlehem. Oil painting on canvas with vigorous pastell colors. Framed with antique decorative g...

Stunning small vintage painting by NY artist David Kovesi of a woman walking thru her garden. This painting, oil on board has fabulous vibrant...

Naive Ethiopian painting, Traffic in Addis Ababa, 1970s. with Ge'ez language inscriptions.