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Period: Early 20th Century
Still life 1920s antique floral watercolour drawing from Denmark by M.B.
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original Danish antique still life flower watercolour drawing from 1923 by artist M.B.
It is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom left corner and is framed with g...
Category
Danish Art Deco Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique original early 20th century O. V. Borch interior painting from Denmark
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is a signed antique oil painting by O.V. Borch (1891-1968) with a beautiful motive of the interior of a simple, well kept small holding.
The fireplace corner creates beautiful...
Category
Danish Romantic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Exclusive antique early 20th century original oil on plate genre painting
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original oil on plate painting estimated to be from the early 20th century. The motive is a lively café with the title: “I Kafeen” (At the café).
It has a mark on the bac...
Category
European Art Deco Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique Maritime British Steam Ship Seascape Oil Painting Birdseye Maple 27"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique nautical maritime oil painting on canvas depictting a British steam ship on a choppy sea. Beveled birdseye maple frame with gilt inner edge, no mat.
Dimensions:
27" x 1.25" ...
Category
American Colonial Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Gennaro Villani (1885-1948) Amalfi Coast
Located in New York, NY
Gennaro Villani (1885-1948) Amalfi Coast, oil on canvas in painted and gilt frame, signed lower left. Italy, circa 1920. Dimensions: 27" W x 23" H x 1.25" D; sight 24.5" W x 21" H.
Category
Italian Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting with Summerly High Mountain Landscape ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Painting with Summerly High Mountain Landscape ca. 1900s
A beautiful impressionist oil painting depicting a summerly high mountain landscape with a mountain hut and peasant woman in...
Category
German Country Antique Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Alex de Andreis (British, 1880-1929) Portrait of a Musketeer Painting Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Alex de Andreis (British, 1880–1929)—Portrait of a Musketeer, Signed Oil on Canvas
A richly painted and theatrical oil on canvas by British artist Alex de Andreis (1880–1929), celeb...
Category
English Belle Époque Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Antique Balinese Kamasan painting, rendered on handwoven cotton, beautifully captures the timeless elegance of classical Wayang-style storytellin...
Category
Balinese Folk Art Antique Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Vintage Eduard Enzmann Alpine Church Landscape Oil Painting on Board 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early to mid 20th century oil on board landscape painting depicting a church steeple in a little Alpine mountain village. Signed Enzmann in lower right. Beveled wood frame.
"Eduard ...
Category
Black Forest Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique Circa 1900 Gouache Painting of Great Lakes Lighthouse Steamships, signed
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming and historic antique circa 1900 gouache on board painting, signed "Tully", of the United States Lighthouse Tender (USLHT) Steamship Fleet. The ships ran supplies (tended)...
Category
American Folk Art Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Glass, Birdseye Maple, Paint
Italian Dolomites Oil on Canvas
Located in Vo', Veneto
The Vajolet Towers - Italy
Artist: A. Thöny
Period: Early 1900s
Origin: Italy
Technique and support: Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Dimensions:
Height – 33 cm
Width – 27 cm
Description:
The artwork depicts a landscape view of the Vajolet Towers, a prominent rock formation in the Catinaccio Dolomite massif. The artist employs a vertical composition, ideal for emphasizing the upward thrust of the towers, which rise monumentally against the sky.
Thöny’s pictorial language is marked by a dense and vigorous brushstroke, particularly evident in the rocky details, where the use of oil paint enhances the typical limestone hues of the Dolomite rock. Dominant tones include ochre, warm greys, and earthy greens, with accents of white and light blue suggesting reflected light or lingering snow.
The atmosphere is conveyed through a balanced interplay of solid and airy elements: the towers emerge from low-lying clouds, creating a contrast between the mountain’s solidity and the sky’s dynamic quality. The latter is rendered in cool tones—shades of blue and light grey—achieved through light glazing, contrasting with the more textured and impasto treatment of the rock.
The vantage point is elevated yet slightly off-center, offering a framing that enhances the landscape’s perspective and depth, with hints of blurred mountain ridges on the horizon, painted in cobalt blue and greys to evoke a sense of atmospheric distance.
Signed lower right, “A. Thöny”.
A. Thöny was active in Merano, in the alpine region of South Tyrol, and belonged to the romantic-naturalist school of the late 19th century, connected to the Central European tradition of alpine landscape painting...
Category
German Other Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique original early 20th century L. Johansen interior painting from Denmark
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an antique oil on canvas painting by Danish painter Lars Johansen (1877-1954). The motive is a well kept small Danish holding with a bedside area, an arrangement at the firep...
Category
Danish Romantic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms
Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981)
Showa period, circa 1930
2-panel Japanese Screen
Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper
Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino.
Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting of a Tall Masted Ship by T. Bailey C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil On Canvas Seascape Painting of a Tall Masted Ship by T. Bailey C1900
Measures- 20.25"H x 16"W x .75"D
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Early 20th c. Virgin of Guadalupe, Bolivia, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Virgin of Guadalupe, unsigned, oil on canvas, unframed.
CREATOR Unsigned.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1910-1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil on Canvas.
CONDITION...
Category
Bolivian Spanish Colonial Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century French Oil on Canvas with Laundresses in Giltwood Frame
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Measuring 24 inches in height and 32 inches in width unframed, this large oil on canvas painting from the early 20th century depicts a pastoral scene at the riverside. In the lower l...
Category
French Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Large Japanese 2-Panel Byôbu 屏風 'Room Divider' with Painting of Bamboo & a Poem
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful, large two-panel byôbu (room divider) with a serene painting of red-leaved bamboo and rocks on an oxidized silver leaf background. Silver leaf continuously undergoes the process of oxidation, which creates a beautiful aged patina.
On the left an inscription from a ‘Zekku’ poem by the Chinese poet Yang Zai (1271?1323), titled: Shan shang zhu (bamboo (painted) on a fan).
Translated as :
Why would people plant a lot of bamboos?
The shade of a single culm is also beautiful.
In the autumn night it rocks on the wind,
And the fresh sound echoes in my dream.
Dated: Shôwa, the year kôshin (1938). Signature unknown...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Other, Silver Leaf
Antique American Leaded & Jeweled Glass Window of A Young Child C. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Reverse glass portrait of a child in stained glass and jeweled glass frame, American, circa 1900–1910.
This striking object unites the delicate intimacy of reverse glass painting wi...
Category
American Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Art Glass, Stained Glass
A Large imposing Edwardian still life Oil Painting in original Mahogany frame
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful, elegant and striking still life oil painting of a Lobster with fruit on an overflowing laid table with silverware, basket or fruit, foliage an upturned crab and ...
Category
European Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint, Giltwood, Mahogany, Canvas
Antique Miniature Landscape Oil Painting - Initialed - Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique miniature landscape oil painting on Masonite panel - complete with original ebonized soft wood frame with gilt filigree - signed/initialed by the artist - R.G.H.S. - mid 20th...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Greek Orthodox Icon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greek Orthodox icon painted over gold leaf laid on a wooden board. Byzantine style and painted with egg tempera .
Category
Balkan Balkan Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood
Antique early 20th century landscape oil painting of desert landscape
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original antique oil on cardboard impressionist painting from 1903. The motive is a desert landscape with mountains in the background kept in warm and intriguing colours.
...
Category
Danish Art Deco Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
1920s Painting on Wood Poppy Bouquet in Vase in Art Deco Passe Partout Frame
Located in Lisse, NL
1960s pair of sconces made of chrome white a large blown glass globe.
Each sconce is compose by a large chrome cylinder extended by a smaller chrome cylinder which contains the bulb...
Category
Dutch Art Deco Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood
20th Century Russian Oil Painting of a Dining Room by Vladimir Naïditch
By Vladimir Naiditch
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-blue, red still life oil on canvas painting, portraying a sunny day in a dining room with colorful flowers in vases, decorated by detailed wallpaper, painted by Vladimir Naïditch in a hand carved original gilded wooden frame, in good condition. The room depicts a console, small side table and a black French armchair...
Category
Russian Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Pair of Oil on Board Harbour Scenes Manner of Luigi Maria Galea
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Manner Of Luigi Maria Galea (1847-1917)
circa 1900
The Grand Harbour, Valetta, early morning; and The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk
signed illeg...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Imao Keisho (1902-1993)
Pine Trees
Early 20th Century, Circa 1930
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf.
Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm)
A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by the renowned Nihonga artist Imao Keisho. Here Keisho entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mountain Landscape with Lake, Oil on Canvas Paintings, Alps, 1920
Located in Vo', Veneto
Konigssee
Measures: 30 cm x 40 cm (without frame) - oil on canvas, 1920s
11.8 in x 15.7 in (without frame).
Painting depicting the Königssee, probably the most famous German alpine...
Category
German Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Circus Dogs
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A sweet little painting depicting two dressed up circus dogs. The dogs are painted against a sober background.
The painting is oil on panel and dates from...
Category
Belgian Other Antique Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Giuseppe Casciaro (1861 - 1941) Villa Floridiana in the Snow, Naples 1922
Located in New York, NY
Giuseppe Casciaro (1861 - 1941) Villa Floridiana in the Snow, Naples 1922. Pastel on paper recording very rare snowfall in Naples in the garden of the Villa Floridiana, the palatial ...
Category
Italian Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Screen, Early 20th Century Wagtail & Chrysanthemum by Ishizaki Koyo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947)
Wagtail & Chrysanthemum
Early 20th century
Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf.
Sign: Koyo
Seal: Koyo
This ...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Art Deco Period Erotic Drawings / Watercolours by Umberto Brunelleschi
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A few beautiful works of art by the Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi. They are female nudes, slightly erotic in appearance with a beautiful display of transparent fabrics.
Dimensions frame: 25,5 x 20 cm
Dimensions paper: 23,5 x 18 cm
Umberto Brunelleschi (21 June 1879 - 16 February 1949) was an Italian artist. He was born in Montemurlo, Italy, studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence and moved to Paris in 1900 where he soon established himself as a printer, book illustrator, set and costume designer. He worked for Le Rire as a caricaturist and was a contributor to many of the deluxe French fashion publications including Journal des Dames et Des Modes, La Vie Parisienne...
Category
Italian Art Deco Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
French Giltwood Framed Oil on Panel Kitten Painting Signed Jules Le Roy
By Jules Leroy
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small French oil on panel kitten painting from the early 20th century, signed by Jules Le Roy. This charming small French oil on panel kitten painting f...
Category
French Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique early 20th century landscape oil painting from Denmark
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original antique oil on canvas painting with landscape motive of small village with Danish flags.
The painting is signed by the artist in the lower right corner and framed in...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Parisian Street Scene" French Impressionist of Paris with Figures Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
Impressionist Oil Painting with Figures in Parisian Village
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionist manner, capturing cafes and a busy street ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Masonite
Early 20th Century Oil Painting on Canvas Flower Stil Life Signed
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower painting, oil on canvas, dating from circa 1920. The painting is painted with a quick, somewhat coarse touch and a beautiful palette of contrasting colours. The painting shows a beautiful incidence of light and a sense of liveliness.
The painting is signed at the bottom right, but the signature is not clearly legible.
The artwork is framed behind glass in a wooden gilded frame...
Category
Belgian Romantic Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Arms Raised", Striking Portrait of Nude Male Youth by Jarl, Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking combination of realism and abstraction, this portrait of a nude male youth with his arms behind his neck -- Stanley Christensen -- is beautifully expressed in tones of cha...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Antique Handmade Arts & Crafts Floor Easel / Artist Display Stand c. 1900
Located in Lisse, NL
Fine quality Arts & Crafts picture / painting stand in excellent condition.
This beautiful gallery easel comes with two large hand crafted wooden pegs for holding your large size pa...
Category
French Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Constructivist Mixed Technique Russian Painting
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
20th-century constructivist mixed technique Russian painting...
Category
Russian Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Albert Claes-Thobois (Belgian 1883-1945) Oil on Canvas "Atelier Cubisant"
Located in San Francisco, CA
An evocative oil on canvas in the Art Deco style depicting a view from a window, signed and dated 1929 in the lower center of the picture. Claes-Thobois was born in 1883 and studied ...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Oil Painting With Four Saints, Germany ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Oil Painting With Four Saints, Germany ca. 1920s
A great antique painting depicting the saints St. Elisabeth, St. Gregorius, St. Nikolaus and St. Barbara. Handpainted with e...
Category
German Country Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Glass
Early 20th Century Framed Architectural Painting
Located in Houston, TX
The Early 20th Century Framed Architectural Painting depicts a grand building or home with intricate architectural details characteristic of that era. The painting is expertly execut...
Category
Unknown Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Early 20th Century Classic Oil Painting by W. Roelant Still Life Lobster
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful and attractive painting in a classic gilded frame.
The painting depicts a still life with lobster, cabbage and eggs. It is oil on canvas. The painting is signed at the bot...
Category
Belgian Romantic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Oil Painting, "Jesus Heals the Sick Child" After Gabriel Cornelius V Max
Located in Norton, MA
A religious oil painting on canvas, Jesus Heals the Sick, after the original painting by Gabriel Cornelius von Max, British, German, Czech, 1840 to 1915....
Category
European Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood
Antique Oil on Board Seascape Painting with Clipper Ship, Artist Signed, C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil on Board Seascape Painting with Clipper Ship, Artist Signed, C1930.
25" x 32" x 1 1/8".
This antique oil on board painting features a majestic clipper ship navigati...
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Framed Silk Painting, Turtledoves and Peaches, Taisho Era, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Nakamura Daizaburo
Turtledoves in a Peach Tree
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments, ink and gofun on silk
Signed: Daizaburo
Dimensions (framed)...
Category
Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Silk
"Spring, " Important 1920s Painting Evoking Stravinsky Ballet & Polish Folk Dress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great Modernist artists -- Salcia Bahnc -- in 1925, and evoking Igor Stravinksy's "Rite of Spring" ballet and the native folk costume of Poland, where the artist grew up, this large and important piece depicts 10 figures in brilliantly-hued dress, some in dance poses that suggest the choreography and costumes of Vaslav Nijinsky and Nicholas Roerich...
Category
Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Danish antique early 20th century landscape oil painting by Rasmus Larsen
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original antique oil on canvas landscape painting from 1925 by artist Rasmus Larsen (1867-1950).
Rasmus Larsen was a renowned Danish painter known for his landscape motives a...
Category
Danish Art Deco Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Self portrait of Maurice Molarsky, 1855-1950
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A self portrait of Maurice Molarsky (1885-1950) painted in 1925 This very large portrait measures 54 inches high, 52 inches wide, with a period Harer black and giltwood frame. Maur...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Antique Arts & Crafts Hand Carved Oak Floor Easel / Artist Display Stand ca1910
Located in Lisse, NL
Excellent condition, Arts & Crafts handmade solid oakwood picture stand.
This beautiful gallery easel is another one of our recent rare finds and it...
Category
European Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Brass
Signed Oil on Canvas by French Artist Jean Hubert Gautier
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Oil on Canvas by Jean Hubert Gautier (1872-1930). Nice heavy impasto technique of a classic french riverscape. The composition includes heavy clouds with a basilica in the bac...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th century Danish vintage still life oil painting of flowers and plants
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original vintage oil on plate still life painting from 1927. The motive is flowers and leaves in red and white nuances.
It is possibly signed “Holger” in the lower left ...
Category
Danish Romantic Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Oil Painting Sheep In Landscape By D.H. Winder
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality early 20th century oil on board of a Herd of sheep in a landscape pasture. Signed and dated 1916 by D.H. Winder.
Daniel H Winder (1870 - c.1920) was active/lived in Uni...
Category
British Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, Willow and Sparrows, circa 1920 Taisho era
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Summer willow and sparrows
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments, mica, gold, ink and gofun on silk
Dimensions (framed):
H. 98 cm x W. 135 cm x D...
Category
Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Silk
Otto Ackermann - Summerly High Mountain Landscape ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Otto Ackermann - Summerly High Mountain Landscape ca. 1920s
An impressionist oil painting depicting a high mountain landscape with pine trees in front of the mountains. Oil painting...
Category
German Country Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique French "Edouard Detaille" (1848-1912) Oil on Canvas Infantry Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French early 20th century oil on canvas painting of a French infantry march during the Franco-Prussian War, signed "Edouard Detaille" (1848-1912).
Category
French Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
British School W/C Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho India
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A British School watercolor of Kandariya Mahadeva Temple at Khajuraho, Located in Central India, Watercolor over pencil on paper, unframed measures 19 3/8"-inches high x 12 3/4"-inches wide, Framed measures 28 1/4"-inches high x 21 1/4"-inches wide, inscribed in pencil on the lower part; "32 Khandaria Mahadev Temple Khajraho". Framed with silk matting.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paper
Oil on Canvas "the Prohibited Reading" After Karel Ooms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
Category
Belgian Renaissance Revival Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
