British Paintings

Vintage oval portrait in a beautiful gilded wood frame of Sir Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie I of Scotland. He lived circa 1570–1644, and was aScottish judge and legal author, known to...

Painting size - 9.5 x 5.5 x .25 inches frame size - 17 x 13 x 2.75 inches George Blackie Sticks (1843-1936) Landscape painter in oil and watercolor. Son of James Sticks. The most distinguished member of the Sticks family of artists. Born in Newcastle. He had early artistic training as a designer in stained glass manufactory of William Wailes. He was placed under tuition of William Bell...

An exotic vintage painting signed by Alan Healey and painted in the 1970s, depicting a North African boy with his little monkey on his shoulder. CREATO...

‘A Windy Day’ by Montague Dawson,watercolour heightened with white on artist board showing a gaff rigged yacht in the foreground with two astern in the distance, the water realistically painted with an approaching line squall to weather, signed ‘MONTAGUE DAWSON’. In the original gilt frame with a label stating ‘Windy Day Montague Dawson’ and a trade label from the Old Customs House on the back.. English circa …. Provenance: Sold by The Old Customs House Gallery, Lymington. Private collection, USA. Footnote: Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy at the Royal Academy. He also worked in an art school in Bedford Row...

Peter A. Kotka, Stiil Life with Bottle of 1997 Chateau Belgrave Grand Cru Classe, Glass & Cheese Oil on Linen Panel, Signed lower right. The Framed trompe l'oeil still life of a...

This 20th-century piece depicts a brown horse in natural surroundings, skill-fully rendered on a board. The artist's signature, dated '73. Encased in a wooden carved gilded frame, th...

A beautiful oil-on-canvas exotic painting representing two parrots in a jungle. Vibrant colours baldly brushed and framed in a heavy gilded wooden a...

Oil painting with Brighton Tennis Club motive. Hand painted in England. In the set of gold wood frame. Very nice decoration for every interior. ...

Antique Edwardian Original Oil on Canvas Folk Art Painting Depicting The Thatched Cottage, Maidenhead, by Francis Vingoe (1879-1940) Vingoe used to travel around door to door showi...

D.F.N. (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - 'Corfe Castle - Dorset, U.K.' - Vintage watercolor painting on paper - unframed - initialed lower left - United Kingdom - 20th Century. Good vintage condition - toning to the paper from a previous framing - no loss - no restoration - signs of age and use...

Our magnificent oil on canvas by John Henry Frederick Bacon, A.R.A. (1868-1914), entitled The Golden Butterfly, depicts the family of John and Julietta Boyd-Harvey at Tondu House in South Wales in 1907. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1907, no. 572. This very large painting depicts the Boyd-Harvey family on the lawn of Tondu House in South Wales, with the mountain and valley of Tondu in the background. John Bacon...

Antique Englishpainted wood firescreen flower basket dummy board During the 18th and 19th centuries, dummy board fire screens were highly fashionable, esp...

A large oil-on-canvas painting depicting an exotic bird on a colourful lake, entitled ‘Kingfisher’s Kotillion’ and dated 1980. The painting is sectioned in two: on the left is the lake backdrop, and on the right is where the bird is sitting atop a flowery composition. This painting is the epitome of 1980s American interiors, with its bold pastel shades. A true 1980s Miami Palm Beach artwork...

Vintage early 20th century oil on artist board cottage evening painting by Herbert F. Royle (1870-1958) UK. Signed lower left corner, late evening impressionist scene with candleligh...

Watercolour and pencil By Averil Burleigh (1883-1949) Signed bottom right.

This vintage arabesque painting, signed by Alan Healey and painted in the early 1980s, depicts two North African men pulling their boat in from the sea for fishing. On the backdrop is a large building, possibly a hotel, with striped umbrellas...

A Dusky Town Square Landscape Painting, Early 20th century by Winifred Beatrice Roome 1873-1957 Depicting figures walking with a dog in the distance in a quiet town square in t...

Peter A. Kotka Stiil Life with Wine & Cheese, Oil on Linen Panel, Signed lower right. 1995. The trompe l'oeil still life of a bottle of wine, a half-empty wine glass and a smal...

This was purchased directly from the family James Scrase and never been available to purchase before Large scale, signed James Scrase (1938-2018) oil landscape of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. The castle, which dates back to the 11th century, is a grade I listed building. James painted for over 60 years and trained under Italian Master Annigoni in Florence in the 1970s, most famously remembered for his two portraits of Queen Elizabeth...

The Autumn Run, Salmon Fishing Oil Painting. A signed oil painting on board of a leaping salmon by Arthur J.W. Burgess, R.I. R.O.I. The oil painting is si...

Watercolour by David Birtwhistle. Titled, "Barn cat”. Signed lower left. Glazed and framed in gold coloured frame. David Birtwhistle was born in 1947, the son of a Methodist minis...

Antique Engraving, Laslett J. Pott hand colored engraving "The Ruling Passion", H008 Mounted and matted in original solid oak frame Original old glass Colors are very vibrant Condit...

A pair of exquisite gouache / watercolour studies of exotic flowers and butterflies; European in the Cantonese style, circa 1900. Why we like them Exquisitely hand-painted with ...

1963 English artist Derek Middleton ( 1928 - 2002 ) extra large black and white painting with accents of rectangular shaped color. Can b...

Oil on Masonite of cats by Anne Hudson (1920-1977) England. Well know for her cat portraits, signed lower left corner. Unframed, edge wear.

Art in Seventeenth Century Holland : the National Gallery, 30th September to 12th December 1976 : by Christopher Brown National Gallery London. Published by Order of the Trustees, Pu...

A very decorative Arts and Crafts painted frieze, very much in the manner of Albert Edward Hayes. The paining has areas of loss as the photos show, the remainder is stable and adhere...

A striking 1960s abstract painting, possibly of a Northern England Industrial street scene. Oil on board signed FD Taggart (British born 1937), with indistinctive title to the back. ...

Very fine Mid 20th Century oil on canvas painting of a resting Woodcock with good naturalistic colour, signed Colin Burns to lower right. Framed in original wooden veneered frame wit...

Red chalk drawing of a reclining Female nude Signed and dated by Frank Dobson This drawing, never before on the market, comes from an important European private collection and is beautified by an antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. The painting is also protected by glass Dimensions whit frame cm 71 x 58.5 Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Frank Owen Dobson (London 1886 – 1963) was a British artist and sculptor. Dobson began as a painter, and his early work was influenced by cubism, vorticism, and futurism. After World War I, however, he turned increasingly toward sculpture in a more or less realist style. Throughout the 1920s and the early 1930s he built a reputation as an outstanding sculptor and was among the first in Britain to prefer direct carving of the material rather than modelling a maquette first. The simplified forms and flowing lines of much of his sculptures, particularly his female nudes, showed the influence of African art. From 1946 to 1953 Dobson was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1953. While Dobson was one of the most esteemed artists of his time, is now seen as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century. Dobson grew up in Clerkenwell where attended school in Forest Gate. After eighteen months in Reynolds-Stephen's studio, Dobson moved to Devon and then to Cornwall where he lived, for two years, by selling landscape paintings. In 1906 he obtained a scholarship to study at the art institute in Hospitalfield House in Arbroath and studied there for four years. From 1910 to 1912 Dobson attended the City and Guilds of London Art School in Kennington, after which he returned to Cornwall. In Newlyn, he met Augustus John who used his influence and contacts and in, or around, 1915 Dobson created his first sculpture, a small piece in wood. In 1915, during the First World War, Dobson enlisted in The Artists Rifles and served in France from October 1916. In April 1918 he married Cordelia Clara Tregurtha. Dobson was formally invalided out of the Army in November 1918 and by then had already submitted several drawings to the British War Memorials Committee. Dobson set up a studio in the Tregurtha family home in Newlyn but towards the end of the war he took a studio in Manresa Road in Chelsea and would live there until the start of the Second World War. Throughout the 1920s Dobson focused increasingly on sculpture, exhibited work in several influential exhibitions and played a leading role in a number of artistic groups. He was the only sculptor to take part in the 1920 Group X exhibition. Dobson was a founding member of the London Artists Association and spent three years as President of the London Group between 1923 and 1927. He made bronze portraits of several public figures. At the Group X exhibition he exhibited two sculptures and studies of Ben Nicholson and his bronze head of H. H. Asquith was shown at the Leicester Galleries in late 1921. Other subjects included Osbert Sitwell, Lydia Lopokova and Tallulah Bankhead. Dobson exhibited at the Venice Biennale in both 1924 and in 1926, was featured in the 1925 Tri-National Exhibition which visited London, Paris and New York and was also included in the 1926 European artists exhibition that toured America and Canada. In March 1927 he had his first major one-man exhibition when the Leicester Galleries exhibited twenty-three of his sculptures and several bronzes. In 1930 the Tate purchased a larger-than-life sculpture from Dobson and erected it outside the gallery on Millbank. During the early 1930s Dobson continued to receive portrait commissions, most notably for Sir Edward Marsh and the actress Margaret Rawlings. Dobson worked in other media including textiles and silver, as well. His silver gilt cup, Calix Majestatis, to mark the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth is now in the Royal Collection. During 1933 Dobson fractured his left arm which greatly limited his ability for heavy carving and his last monumental stone carving was to be Pax, which was first shown at the London Group in 1935. At the start of World War Two, Dobson and his second wife [Caroline] Mary Bussell, whom he had married in 1931, moved to Bristol, where a large retrospective of his work was held in March 1940. Dobson lived in the city throughout the Bristol Blitz and like several other artists painted the ruins of churches destroyed in the bombing. Dobson contacted the War Artists' Advisory Committee and offered his services as both a painter and sculptor. WAAC were reluctant to offer sculpture commissions but eventually did offer Dobson a short-term contract for two portrait busts of Naval personal. Later WAAC commissioned some paintings, including one of workers arriving for work at a factory that had been relocated to a tunnel. Dobson was appointed head of sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1946, a post he held until his retirement in 1953. For the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank of the Thames in 1951, Dobson created London Pride. The sculpture was originally exhibited as a plaster cast but was later, after Dobson died, cast as a bronze and placed in front of the Royal National Theatre in 1987. Among his last commissions were a bronze head of Sir Thomas Lipton and the zodiac clock...

Starlings in a Winter Landscape by British artist Raymond C. Boothe (1929-2015). Oil on canvas in a hand carved custom frame. Framed the dimensions are 35" wide, 29.38" high and 2.5 inches deep. The canvas measures 24" wide and 18.75" high. Boothe, a Leeds artist, is known as of one of Britain's most accomplished botanical, wildlife and natural history artists. He was represented by the Fine Art Society for 50 years, where he had eight exhibitions. This painting has been in a private collection for the past 30/40 years and was purchased from the art dealer Henri Tiercet. Despite rarely leaving his native Yorkshire, Booth developed an international reputation as a leading botanical and natural history artist. He Spent much of his career in his private studio at home in Alwoodley – an 'inner sanctuary', which no one besides the artist was permitted to enter. Booth's meticulous rendering of wildlife, woodlands, meadows and heathland found admiration far beyond the bounds of his beloved Adel Woods, where he spent much of his time studying and refining his technique, even 'sleeping under hedgerows', remembers Peyton. A plantsman as well as an artist, Booth would cultivate flowers, plants and botanical specimens at home in the garden before painting them in the studio. It was through this extensive and painstaking process that Booth developed an expert knowledge of his subject, a defining feature of his work. Starlings in a Winter Landscape was purchased in the 1980s from Henri Tiercet and owner of Henri Tiercet Galleries Inc...

Superb painting by Daniel Van der Putten, depicting a wonderful rural snow scene, a snow-covered dirt road with a tall snow-covered towering tree on a hillside and alone peacock on t...

David Hewitt (1878-1939), a listed British artist. “In the Pass of Aberglaslyn – facing south” (Wales) Oil on board. In excellent condition. Dimensi...

A Pair of hand painted watercolors of country Landscapes by Henley-on Thames. Both artist signed on the lower corners depicting landscapes from the town Henely on Thames, England, da...

English orientalist school; late 19th - early 20th century. "Slave market". Oil on canvas. Presents stamps on the back. Measurements: 26,5 x 36 cm; 27 x 37 cm (frame). The orien...

Persian Paintings in the India Office Library: A Descriptive Catalogue by India Office Library. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The catalog covers...

An exceptionally fine quality example of a framed still life of fruits oil painting on Artists board by well documented English Artist Oliver Clare, first quarter of the 20th century...

Alfred Wheeler (1852-1932) Oil on Panel of the Brilliant Racehorse Pretty Polly. Signed and Dated 1906 with Jockey Danny Maher up and Trained by R Gilpin and Owner Major Eustace Loder. Alfred Wheeler was born near Bath in Somerset to John Alfred Wheeler (1821-1877), who retired early from the Army to pursue a successful painting career. Alfred is thought to have studied under his father and to have worked closely with him. He married Catherine Muspratt in 1874 and moved next door to his father at Raglan Villas, Bath. Alfred then followed his father when he moved to Hanwell. Alfred and Catherine had six children of whom Walter Herbert and John Frederick became artists. The Wheeler family specialised in sporting subjects such as horseracing and foxhunting. They also painted animal portraits. There is often confusion between Alfred Wheeler and his father because their style is so similar and they both signed J. A. Wheeler or A. Wheeler senior. They even painted some of the same racehorses and both received commissions from Baron Rothschild and the Prince of Wales. Alfred's work is thought to be less prolific. However, Alfred did contribute to many of his father's paintings toward the end of his life. Generally, Alfred's pictures tend to have more of a photographic quality about them than those of his father. Pretty Polly (March 1901 – 17 August 1931) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. One of the greatest fillies ever to race in Britain, she won fifteen consecutive races and was only the fifth horse to win the British Fillies Triple Crown since its inception in 1814. Pretty Polly also became one of the greatest broodmares of the century. Pretty Polly was bred and owned by Major Eustace Loder and trained by Peter Gilpin, she won nine races from nine starts as a two-year-old in 1903. The following year, Pretty Polly won the 1,000 Guineas as 1-4 favourite, winning easily by three lengths in record time. Other wins as a three-year-old were The Oaks, the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood, the St. Leger Stakes (completing the Fillies' Triple Crown) and the Park Hill Stakes with jockey William Lane. Pretty Polly stayed in training as a four and five-year-old, winning six more races, including the Coronation Cup...

A large and impressive oil painting of a male nude, by acclaimed British artist Alan Brassington. This dates from the late 20th century. Alan Brassington specialises in portraits an...

Superb traditional oil painting by Daniel Van der Putten, depicting a wonderful Irish river and farmyard scene with wandering children and animals within the grounds. The remains of Ballycowan Castle in County Offaly are visible in the distance. Oil on board complete with its original exceptional traditional giltwood ornate frame. The Artist's majestic brush work captures with consummate finesse the magical colours of this rural Winter scene and his shadow and light work is superb. Signed lower left Daniel Van der Putten and titled at back. Condition: Perfect showroom condition with no imperfections. Height (entire including frame) 25" (65.5cm). Width: (entire including frame) 31” (79cm). Height (image only) 15.75" (40cm). Width: (image only) 21.5” (54.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Van der Putten is Dutch born but resides and paints in England. Exhibited only in the finest Galleries, we are pleased to offer this exceptional Artist’s work on-line. Ballycowan Castle is an Irish castle...

Superb painting by Daniel Van der Putten, depicting a wonderful rural snow scene, a snow-covered dirt road with a herd of sheep on the left and a view of Glenquin Castle Killeedy Cou...

Antique English framed oil painting on wood panel of "dogs in front the family hearth," Circa 1920's. A lovely old painting in Birdseye Maple f...

Vintage Original Oil on Board Landscape Painting An accomplished work that captures the essence of British life with skilful use of colour. Painted confidently with broad impressio...

Christie's London, Nureyev Part I and II. Pair of Christies 1st ed catalogs, London: Christie's, 1995. Volume I hardcover with dust jacket Volume II softcover. With old master and 19th century paintings, drawings, prints, books, sculpture, furniture, textiles, ballet costumes...

Wonderful watercolor of working dogs by Raoul Millais. Signed with Monogram HRM Raoul Millais (1901-1999) : Born in Horsham, Sussex in 1901, Raoul Millais was the grandson of the ...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "The Old Barn - Manor Farm, Claygate, and Surrey", a vibrant farming scene with figures working and leading a horse away towards fields. Medium: acrylic over pencil, on board, unframed. Painting: 14.5 x 10 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. We have measured to exclude the unpainted edges. 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 1940s -early 1950s 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 favorite areas to paint, a 1953 Art...

Oil on canvas by the English artist John Wright (b. 1932) dated 1965, and composed of four graphic panels depicting scenes relative to the work’s title “A Journey in Cardiganshire”. ...

Montague Dawson: Racing Six-Metre yachts, goache on paper showing a yacht number 6/18, running before the wind with ‘goosewinged’ sails as she leads three other six-meter yachts. Sig...

Would be very pretty oil in old frame, sweet for a girl's room. Nicely done, very pretty flowers. Charming in the shabby chic manner. Measurement below is for the larger painting. T...

MINTON - Arthur Dale Holland (Artist/Painter, 1896-1979) - Fine and rare vintage bone china cabinet plate - hand painted - featuring a display of fr...

Still life Oil on canvas Hawthorns, blossoms and flowers Gold frame By Vincent Clare Signed bottom right Early 20th Century

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "Derrington Mill, Holsworthy, Devon", a detailed and delightful scene of a West Country village bridge...

Modernist abstract oil on canvas painting, by Jock MacInnes, British, circa 1980s. Signed with artist's monogram and dated at lower ed...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso. Title - "Rochester Castle from C...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "Rochester Cathedral Priory Gate from St Margaret's Mews", a finely painted street scene, with two figures approaching the gate. Medium: watercolor (artist indicates pencil and watercolor on the label verso but this is predominantly watercolor) on board, unframed. Painting : 14.5 x 10.5 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. We have measured to exclude the unpainted edges. 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...

Antique Original Oil Painting Depicting a Hilly Countryside Scene A dramatic landscape, instantly made me think of the Brecon Beacons. A patchwork of ...

Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley (British, 20th century, 1908-1996), 1993, signed to the front and inscribed verso Title - "Summer Evening by the Thames near Hampton Middlesex", a colourful busy scene of people enjoying boating and fishing on the river near London. Medium: pastel on thick layered card, unframed. A sheet of protective paper is attached to the upper edge, which we will leave in place to protect it until it is with its new owner for framing. Measures: Painting : 15.5 x 10.5 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. We have measured to exclude the unpainted edges. 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...

R.H. Craig (active primarily in the 1880s in the United Kingdom) Portrait of a hunter, 1920 ca. oil on canvas cm. 85x66 within frame for cm. 92x74 Signed lower left Signed upper left Painting in excellent condition depicting an elderly hunter depicted seated while holding his rifle in his hands. Behind him, a poster bears some inscriptions including the word SKIE which could lead to the attribution to a Scottish painter...