Pair of Anglo-Chinese School Oils on Canvas, Harbor Scenes

Continental School (19th century), a pair of decorative oils on canvas depicting various wildflowers in a landscape, 15" x 19". Both framed alike in original rope-molded giltwood frames...

Landscapes, Xalapa, Mexico. Pair of oils on canvas. Spanish school, around 1840. Provenance: Conde de la Cortina collection, Jalapa, Mexico. Couple of landscapes framed within the Spanish school of the first half of the 19th century, with a clear romantic affiliation. Both evidence the knowledge of the Dutch classicist landscape, one of the main influences on the Spanish romantic landscape. Thus, we see compositions in "V", closed on the sides and open in the center, very low horizons that allow a wide development of the sky, spaces built in depth based on successive planes subtly differentiated by light and color, and small figures perfectly integrated into the natural setting. In addition, the skies are scenographic and dramatic, with low clouds behind which the golden light characteristic of the classicist landscape filters. One of the most radical aspects of romantic painting was the attempt to replace large canvases with historical or religious themes with landscapes. They wanted the pure landscape, almost figureless or totally devoid of them, to achieve the heroic significance of history painting. They were based on the idea that human feeling and nature should be complementary, one reflected in the other. In other words, the landscape should arouse emotion and transmit ideas. Thus, landscapers like the author of these canvases tried to express their feelings through the landscape, instead of imitating it. The romantic landscape had two main aspects: the dramatic one, with turbulent and fantastic views, and the naturalistic one, which emphasized images of a peaceful and serene nature. This second conception is what we see embodied in these works; the painter tries to communicate a religious reverence for the landscape, nature in its fullness. In fact, the author's own use of light here conveys a foggy, cloudy, dreamlike atmosphere that invites the viewer to meditate and contemplate himself in the landscape. The romantic landscape is constituted, however, by manifestations of very different types and not comparable to each other; it does not affect all national schools equally, staying more faithful to tradition in schools such as the French or the Dutch. Thus, in this canvas we do not find the grandiose scenery of the British and Germans, the steep mountains or the monumental Gothic ruin...

PRESENTING a BEAUTIFUL Pair of classic Original Victorian British Oils on Canvas of River and Forest Scenes. Unsigned, Oils on Canvas featuring river and forest scenes. Both in the...

A pair of Continental European oil painting of impressionist style harbor scenes in later giltwood frames. The painting are 14.5 wide, 11.5 high with frames, 11 wide, by 9 high unfra...

A vibrant French oil on canvas painting from the mid-20th century, depicting a working harbor surrounded by rolling hills of lush vegetation. Two figures are seen standing on a dock ...

Italian harbor scene by Giuseppe Salvati (1900-1968) in oil on canvas. Beautiful warm colors and an original 1960's frame. Signed in the lower left. Overall 41 1/2 x 30 1/2. Image si...

PRESENTING A STUNNING & RARE Pair of 19C Oils on Canvas of Highland Cattle by John W Morris. Circa 1890-1900 and painted by John W. Morris, a renowned B...

Very nice pair of oil on canvas depicting animated countryside landscapes. signed by Edmund Pick Morino, Early 20th Century Artist. Beautiful landscapes of nature, which gives a feel...

Paolo Corvino "Cigar Friends" Signed in upper left corner. 19” x 29” sight. 26” x 36” framed. We will sell individually.

Heavy Impasto oil on board of Harbor Scene. Signed lower right.