Karel Van Belle. Large art deco oil on canvas. A Lady in Autumn

Carlo Cherubini (1897-1978) Nude lady. Oil on canvas. Signed upper right corner. 35cm 24cm

Raymond DIERICKX (1904-1981) Lady on the beach Oil on board. Without frame 22cm x 75.5cm With frame 29cm x 83cm

This painting was at home.... time to let it go. Unknown painter. Oil on canvas. Accordeonist player. Circa 1960 ? Painted on french postal service bags !!! 60cm 73cm

Charles-Robert BELLENFANT (1896-1982) Nude. Oil on canvas. Excellent condition. 41cm 27cm (Sold with no frame).

This exquisite Dutch vertical format oil on canvas painting from the mid-19th century depicts sheep in fields and is attributed to Karel van Contich. Th...

Autumn Field Oil on Canvas Painting by Richardson. Beautiful and vibrant fall colors used in this. 42" x 54"

Elegant French Belle Époque Portrait of a Lady – Oil on Canvas, c. 1880–1900 (Unframed) A graceful and atmospheric French oil portrait of a lady, painted during the Belle Époque per...

A Large Continental Oil on Canvas "The Prohibited Reading " after Karel Ooms (Belgium, 1845-1900). This beautiful executed painting depicts a historical scene of an old man and a young woman who are huddled over a bible. The pair is gazing in apparent concern or alarm, over the old man's shoulder, towards something outside of the picture. The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic Church at the time. Signed (l/r) A. Ribas 15-12-913. Within a giltwood carved frame. circa: Probably Belgium, 1913. Karel Ooms was born in Dessel on January 27, 1845 as the youngest son of a large peasant family. At school his extraordinary talent for drawing was discovered. When he was twelve his hometown provided financial support which allowed him to study at the Antwerp Academy of fine Arts. One of his teachers at the Academy was Nicaise de Keyser, one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting and a painter of mainly history paintings and portraits. After graduating from the Academy 1865 Karel Ooms was welcomed with pomp in his home town Dessel. He painted two altarpieces for the local church Saint Nicolas, to express his gratitude to his city. Karel Ooms settled as an independent artist in Antwerp around 1871. He quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. In addition, he received commissions for religious paintings and history paintings. He gained particular recognition with two large paintings...