Paintings

Our extraordinary paintings, attributed to Franz Xavier Karl Palko (1724-1767) depict Christ in the house of Simon the Pharisee, and Christ and the children of Zebedee. Stretchers 1...

Ismael de la Serna "Music" oil on canvas signed and dated 1929. Published in the catalogue held at "Centro Cultural Conde Duque" in 1990

Pretty oil on canvas animated by fishermen bringing their net to the shore, under the gaze of a young woman and her child. In the background, various buildings and the sea can be see...

Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting a gentleman belonging to the ancient chivalric order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, founded in 1572 by the House of Savoy. The protagonist ...

Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) Javanese market, oil on canvas. Frame size (cm):60 x 79 x 5 Artwork size: 52 x 70 Signed V. Isbrand in the lower right corner and on the flip size...

Framed Village Landscape with Houses, 1920's France A beautiful Parisian painting on canvas depicting a peaceful village landscape with a row of houses on a street featuring a scene...

An antique painting offers an impressionist oil on panel painting of an Italian street scene with structures and winding road, artist signed illegible, c1900 Measures- 22.5''H x 18....

These two extraordinary 18th century oil on canvas paintings are done in the style of the French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard whose late Rococo manner is renowned. Depicting landcap...

Vintage framed Renoir reproduction of Nude Female in stylized wooden frame. Ready to hang with wire along the back French, circa 1920. Size of frame: 14 x 16 inches; 2.5"D Condit...

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist and is dated 1936 on the rear. Overall frame Size approximately 28″ wide x 2″ deep x 22″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving...

Vintage framed Still Life Oil Painting of Fruit with Pitcher. Framed in a lovely wooden frame. Ready to hang with wire along the back. French, circa 1920. Size of frame: 16 x 18 i...

18th Century Spanish Hand-Painted Wooden Panel with Religious Scenes. Birth of Christ

This Huge Unique French Oil Painting features a captivating scene of Saint Matthias in bold coloured hues. Measuring 2m x 1.5m in size, this canvas mural is the perfect addition to a...

Early 20th Century Framed Landscape with Haystacks, France A beautiful European painting on board depicting a bucolic landscape with haystacks at the forefront. Lush green landscape with trees, a split rail...

A charming antique 1920s oil on canvas painting of a mountain scene in a period frame. While the work is well executed it is unsigned. The painting was collected in France so presuma...

Snowy Landscape – Kusche Alfred Opera size: 60 x 80 cm Dimensions with cornice: 78 x 98 cm Technique: oil on rigid cardboard Period: year ’20 Suggestive winter paesaggio, one of th...

April in the mountains – Fritz Schwaiger (1878-1953) Work dimensions: 70 x 100 cm Measurement with antique fir frame: 74 x 104 cm Technique: oil on canvas Period: circa 1920 Sugges...

A fantastic vintage Boho original oil painting on canvas. A chic portrait in deep rich colors. Signed by the artist. A beautiful all over patina from time. Acquired from a Palm Beach...

Hand painted architectural painting from an 18th century boiserie room.

Young Vestal reviving the sacred fire. Oil on canvas, French school of the 1st half of the 18th c., follower of Jean RAOUX 1677-1734. In ancient Rome, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins w...

Impressive antique wall panels crafted in hardwoods and paint decorated in floral motifs retrieved as architectural remnants from an Addison Mizner Palm Beach Estate.

A decorative, moody, quality portrait. Very sought-after. All the rage in interiors right now. This antique oil painting on stretched canvas has been sourced in France. It is signed ...

Rudolf Claudus is one of the most important European naval artist. Born in 1893 in Austria, since his childhood cultivates a passion for visual art and the sea. At the end of the Fi...

An authentic, antique, Belgian oil painting on stretched canvas. It is signed by the artist, O. Waterloos, and dated 1917 in the lower left corner (see photo). It depicts a lovely, o...

Portrait of a young woman. Good general condition, missing parts of the frame. Signed and dated. France, 1919. Céline-Alice Winter-Schahl was born in Strasbourg in 1863 and died in...

1920s Oil on canvas by L. B. McNamara of a young girl. In a gilt wood frame.

Depicting a worn road through a pasture toward a thatch roofed village with mountains in the background, in a period giltwood frame

An original oil painting on stretched canvas from la Belle-Epoque (1871-1912). An unusual vertical format and a lovely floral still-life of wildflowers make this antique French paint...

Henri Braun (American / French, late 19th to early 20th century) circa 1905. A fine quality equestrian painting on board depicting a race horse standing tall in a stable over a barr...

very colorful Fixé-sous-verre (paint under glass), representing a scene of horsemen hunting buffalo, in an oval, on a black background Indo-Portuguese or Philippine work, 18th centu...

Snowy Landscape – Rudolf Fischer Dimension of the painting: 40 x 30 cm Dimension with frame: 58 x 48 cm Tecnique: oil on canvas Era: 1910 circa View of a snow-covered slope, framed...

Icon of Ezekiel painted in egg tempera on a wood panel. The image is of Ezekiel's ascension to heaven. Russian/Ukrainian, 1700's.

An oil exquisit scene of a Californian forest with two persons walking, signed "C H Harmon" by the proeminet american master painter Charles Henry Harmon of the still virgin woods of...

Gorgeous and very Delicate oil on canvas, adhered to board, with an impressionistic style that represents a fisherman on the edge of a river, on the outskirts of a town surrounded by...

Pair of Paintings on Porcelain, Village Landscapes, early 20th century. Pair of paintings on porcelain, representing village landscapes, beautiful wood and gilded stucco frames, 19t...

Large portrait of a standing lady of quality, richly dressed in a dress with lace Oil on canvas from the 18th century, on a modern stretcher, old restorations, re-canvased (formerly...

Rare pair of hand painted reveres mirrored eglomise paintings The borders are mirrors with that extend outward and have a mint green outline with cross sections throughout. Depictin...

Fine oil on canvas painting of still life, 18th century, France. The painting depicts an arrangement of flowers of various types, a large vase and a basket. One of the special feat...

Princess Marie of Greece painted a series of caricatures she called "Katoufs" during her exile in England in the early 20th century. This Katouf depicts a frog-like creature with hu...

Simple & elegant hand painted enamel on copper of a French cottage by a pond with dock. Petite in size, work of art is 3.5 x 5. Totality is 10.5 x 9.5 framed. In excellent antique co...

Cincinnati School gouache on laid paper by Emma Mendenhall (1873-1964) of waterside piers and fish house number one in Rockport, Massachusetts. Archiva...

A French countryside landscape painting of a cottage by a river with a tiny boat nearby, marked "Pezant" in the lower left corner. canvas: 55 x 46 cm frame: 72,5 x 63,3 cm

18th C Tibetan School Buddhist Painting of Sitatapatra Painting 20" x 14" Framed 27" x 21"

O/5542 - What to say about this rare set of four large paintings ? It's certainly an idea for wall decoration: inside a boiserie (wooden panels) or with golden frames. in the dini...

Oil painting on canvas depicting rural scene. Rural scene depicting two white-coated cows one of which is lying down and the other standing surrounded by dark nature. The painting ...

Neoclassicism saturates this droll portrait of a French girl c. 1800: the high-waisted dress, the antique hairstyle "a la Titus” complemented with m...

Title: "Parisian Horse Race - 1920s Equestrian Artwork" Description: Discover a cherished treasure from our studio—a captivating snapshot of a Pari...

An oil-on-canvas full-scale portrait of a standing man in costume typical of the Baroque era of c. 1720, France. Purchased from a dealer in Geneva, Switzerland. The canvas is in good...

We present you with a grand maritime painting crafted by French artist Jules Izier, born in Paris and active during the late 19th/early 20th century. Renowned for his depictions of l...

Raphaël DELORME (1885-1962) « Jeune femme dans son intérieur » Oil on panel Signed Lower right Framed 36 x 32 cm Total 50 x 47 cm Raphaël Delorme was a French painter born in 1885 ...

Olga Lau (1875-1960), Danish artist. Oil on canvas. Large painting. Seated woman seen from the back lost in deep thoughts. Inspired by Italian Renaissance works. Modernist style. V...

A large impressionist painting offers oil on canvas fall landscape scene with trees and forest road, artist signed as photographed, framed, c1920Antique Oversized Measures- 43''H x...

A fine early 20th century surrealist/cubist oil on canvas, depicting a pipe playing or smoking figure, laid against a tree. Expertly painted but sadly unsigned. The canvas frame stam...

Miniature watercolor on paper of a sailing ship sailboat by Hajo Reiners (20th Century) Texas. Signed lower right. Painting is 2.25' x 3" mounted on cardstock backing, age toning to ...

The following is a work of art depicting the ``Horai Landscape,'' a land of peach, created by the master artist [Rosetsu Nagasawa] A painter from the late Edo period. There are conf...

Framed still life painting of oranges and dates, oil on board. Signed by R. Lasserre.

A handsome oil on canvas of an Italian nobleman c 1770. His droll expression is complemented by his galant powdered wig and three-cornered hat tucked under his left shoulder. The fra...

An 18th century painting of a gallant scene in a park. Attributed with seal of painter's studio to Philippe Mercier (1689 to 1760) from the circle of the french painter Nicolas Lancret, a follower of the École of Antoine Watteau. Oil on canvas, in a fine carved giltwood frame. Frame: Width: 16,53 in (42 cm) Depth: 14,56 in (37 cm) Canvas: Width: 12,99 in (33 cm) Depth: 10,62 in (27 cm) Philippe Mercier (Berlin 1689 – London 1760) born in Berlin and studied at the Berlin Akademie with Antoine Pesne before traveling to Italy and France. By the time he arrived in London in 1716, had considerable familiarity with the work of contemporary French painters, particularly Watteau and his sophisticated style. Soon won Watteau patronage in court circles. In 1726 painted two important group portraits that can be seen as an introduction to English art - Baron Schultz and his friends (1725, Tate Gallery, London) and Viscount Tyrconnel with his family (1725-6, private collection). In 1729, Mercier was appointed Chief Painter to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and, a year later, keeper of his library, but they seem to have fallen away in the latter half of the 1730s, when he retired to the country, where painted several portraits for the Samwell family of Upton, Northants, and Hesilriges of Noseley, Warwicks. In 1739 Mercier moved to York, where he built up a considerable portrait practice among the leading families in the county. It was at this time that he made his greatest contribution to British painting, introducing and developing the 'extravagant image', a genre derived from Chardin as well as Watteau and 17th-century Dutch genre painting. Described by George Vertue as "bit of some conversational figures as large as life: vain plaisant Fantasies and habits: mixed modes very well done – and very approved", such works were frequently recorded and clearly enjoyed considerable success. Painted in the second half of the 1730s, the present work, An Allegory of Taste, is a fine example of this way of painting and its Rococo sensibility reveals the artist's affinities with contemporary French art...