Beaux Arts Paintings

A very attractive & finely executed portrait of a beautiful young woman positioned facing the viewer, her hair worn in high chignon and wearing pearl drop earrings, attired in a whit...

A beautiful 19th Century genre painting in the Dutch style, clearly influenced by Vermeer, with light pouring in from an upper window. Depicting a kitchen maid preparing vegetable on...

Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...

A large 19th century French still life with melons and Mediterranean fruits. Oil on a mahogany board. Signed lower right: Estournet. Heavy gilded wood and gesso frame. Please refer to photos for more details. Pictures are part of the description. Please visit our showroom in Winter Park...

An oil painting of two rustic dogs fighting over a piece of food. It is painted on an oak panel. Signed top left. The signature is a bit faded, it's a monogram J.S. by Joseph Stevens. He often signed with a monogram. In a gilded frame frame with gesso moldings. Dimensions frame: 41 x 47 cm Dimensions painting: 17 x 23 cm. Joseph Stevens is the older brother of the very well-known artist Alfred Stevens. In the book 'The Belgian Art Book' by J. de Geest, it is written that Joseph Stevens has given a new dimension to painting animals. Joseph Stevens is an early representative of realism and social art. While Eugene Verboeckhoven has royal dogs pose on a beautifully embroidered cushion, Joseph Stevens already has an eye for the dark side of animal existence: exploitation by man, who in turn is a victim of society. His first successful painting, Brussels in the morning, shows how miserable dogs and poor people suffer the same fate. In the Sandman, Stevens shows a joint effort of man and dog, in which the viewer cannot ignore the social conditions: exhausting labor at dawn in some suburb. The gray sky and monochromy of the suburb add to the sinister atmosphere. Joseph Stevens was one of the first artists to take the urban proletariat as his subject. Stevens enjoys a very high reputation in his Parisian years. His brother Alfred writes: 'I am of this time, but you, Joseph, you are of the race, and thus you are of all times.' French critics agree. Stevens' works are a source of inspiration for the literature of the time. For example, Beaudelaire writes a poem about Stevens' dogs. Joseph Edouard STEVENS. Belgium, 1819-1892 Stevens was a painter, etcher and engraver. Brother of the gifted painter Afred Stevens. Education at the Academy in Brussels (1834-1835). Debuted at the Salon in Brussels in 1842. Continued his career in Paris in 1852. He was primarily the painter of canvases depicting domestic animals (dogs, monkeys, horses), sometimes in curious, even idiosyncratic situations, and far from romanticism. This realism, of which he was one of the pioneers, earned him the interest of critics and intellectuals. His approach was defined by this contemporary realism that eschewed idealized depictions of animals as heroic emblems of nobility. Rather, Stevens emphasized the ordinary animals of everyday life, with a particular focus on working dogs, stray dogs and all of the mutts that wandered the streets of Brussels. Museums and public collections, including' Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels, Ghent, Hamburg, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Rouen, Musee des Beaux-Arts. Stuttgart, State Gallery. King Leopold...

'The Ace of Spades' by J. L. Rónay J. L. Rónay French /Hungarian, 19th century genre painter. A finely painted oil on canvas of an Italian beauty seated on a stool, with tossed p...

A late 19th century Baroque revival style Beaux Arts period oil on canvas laid down on board. Most likely this was part of a larger mural at one time. Elaborate still life, beautifu...

"The theme of washerwomen bent over their task on the edge of a stream appears in Boudin's work from 1878. The painter continues to use this motif, which knows few variations in its ...

Impressive well painted 19th century Russian oil on canvas of hunt scene or chase featuring troika pulled by 6 horses in full stride. Man armed w...

Small oil painting, representing a port from the 19th century, France. Gilt wood frame. Vintage canvas.

Dutch painting 19th representing a cottage scene with moonlight figures.

O/5300 - Oval antique portrait of a young famous maiden, but critics questioned are undecided : is she The Duchess of Polignac or Madame de Warens? On the back of the picture someone...

O/7418 - Interesting pair of old paintings reproducing the very famous works by Tiziano Vecellio : his daughter in the guise of a noblewoman and of a...

Pleasant French still life with fruits and copper plate, frame with little pomegranates relief - Signed low to the left - O/7133 - Dimensions: canvas cm. 87 x70 H. Frame cm. 102 x 8...

Antique large German painting with an Italian landscape - Many European painters came to Italy to paint its beautiful natural landscape, full of sun. This painter was Franz Krause, b...

Depicts a white and grey winter landscape with figures ice skating and watching standing in the snow, under a set of tall trees. The swept gilt framed oil on canvas is signed, lower left. French Sight Size: H: 25 in / 64 cm W: 20.5 in / 52 cm Louis Béroud...

Delicious painting! Like a bouquet of fresh flowers: for a gift , always.. ref. O/6796

781/M - That's a wonderful very large painting! On a side: an imaginary garden with flowers' triumph, all lacquered on 9 panels - on the other side: some simple Chinese patterns on...

Pair of Mid 19th century Italian Neapolitan views, gouache on paper.

Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) a superb quality oil on canvas titled "Flowers of the Alps" ("Blumen der Alpen") Depicting young standing and posing young maiden holding a wicker b...