Biedermeier Paintings
Biedermeier Style
The authentic Biedermeier furniture on 1stDibs is representative of the first modern European decorative style not dictated by the tastes of the aristocracy. Following the Napoleonic wars, a growing, wealthy urban middle class in the German-speaking states of Central Europe began to demand rights and privileges once granted only to nobles. To avoid trouble, the upwardly striving confined their political discussions to one another’s homes. And so the salon was born.
Cabinetmakers in cities such as Vienna, Berlin and Mainz began to offer goods that reflected the tastes and needs of the new class. The makers of Biedermeier chairs, tables and other furniture used little or no gilding, silver hardware or other lavish ornament. Ebonized trims are common on Biedermeier cabinetry, and neoclassical elements — lyre-shaped chair splats, carved scrollwork, table supports shaped like Greek columns. But the strongest aesthetic statement came from the wood — richly-grained, honey-colored, often book-matched veneers of walnut and fruitwood.
There are two iconic Biedermeier furniture forms, both made to outfit rooms designed for conversation. One is the sofa, deeply upholstered with a strong, architectural wooden frame. The second is the circular pedestal table, which stood at the center of the room, offering a surface on which to place coffee and cake services; or to roll out a map, or sketch out ideas on paper.
“Biedermeier” was originally a derogatory term — it derives from the pen names of two German magazine writers who mocked bourgeois manners. Looking at the elegant and refined antique, new and vintage Biedermeier furniture offered on 1stDibs, that is now an amusing irony.
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Style: Biedermeier
19th century Antique oil Painting of an prominent German gentleman
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This large remarkable mid-19th-century oil painting shows Julius Ferdinand Dreysel, a prominent cotton and embroidery manufacturer from Plauen, Germany. Painted around 1840 on a mult...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
19th Century Biedermeier Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Couple
Located in Berlin, DE
Biedermeier portrait of a couple, circa 1830-1850.
Two elaborately restored portraits painted on a new wedge frame. Oil on canvas with gold frame.
Category
19th Century French Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Framed Print of an Antique German Map of Morocco
Located in Queens, NY
Antique German map (print) of Morocco (circa 1728) featuring a central map above two city views depicted below and an upper scenic cartouche featur...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Sailing Seascape Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a seascape painting titled "Sailing" showing small boats under sail in a strong breeze and choppy seas
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Ships Under Sail Seascape
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a seascape painting showing ships under sail in open ocean
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Girl Interrupted at Her Music Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Dutch master style painting titled "Girl Interrupted at Her Music" with girl seated under window
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Painting Cattle Carriage on an Alpine Lake, Oil on Canvas 19th century
A lovely antique oil painting depicting a Tyrolian farmers family which loads their cattle heard onto a boat. The scene is located on an mountain lake in the Alpine landscape. Oil on canvas 1st half of the 19th century. Framed with vintage gilded frame, paint partly with craquelure. This painting will be a highlight in each rural decoration.
Alpine oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Woman, Wien, 1877
Located in Budapest, HU
The girl's gentle features, while knowing nothing about her, convey a sense of familiar empathy.
Category
1870s Austrian Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Dutch Flemish Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Dutch Flemish still life painting showing a table set with meats, wine, fruits and crystal
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Crystal
$2,500
Antique Portrait Painting of a Gentleman of the Coburg Elite
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This rare German 19th-century portrait oil painting presents a gentleman of the Coburg Aristocracy. He is dressed in the style of the Biedermeier and early Victorian periods and was ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Dutch Oil Painting of Interior Window Scene
Located in Queens, NY
Continental Dutch (19th Cent) oil painting of an interior scene with a mother and children by an open window (signed: WEILAND)
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Self Portrait 1887
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Impressionist portrait painting titled "Self Portrait 1887"
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
$5,850
Painting "Landscape with Ford"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of painting titled "Landscape with Ford" showing foot traffic at a busy stream crossing in a forest
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
19th Century Antique Portrait Painting of a German Baron in Military Uniform
Located in Sakskøbing, DK
This elegant 19th‑century oil portrait painting presents the aristocrat Adam Franz Bernhard, Baron von Hirschberg, Lord of the condominium at Ebnath and Schwarzenreuth and Royal Bava...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Hardwood
Copy of a Portrait of an Admiral
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting of an Admiral in blue dress uniform with red sash full of medals
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Ash
Stormy Sky Tall Ship Seascape
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of seascape painting "Stormy Sky" showing tall ship under full sail in stormy sea
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Flemish Landscape "Wooded Landscape"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Dutch Flemish landscape painting titled "Wooded Landscape" showing impenetrable woods
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Still Life with Gilt Goblet Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Dutch Flemish painting titled "Still Life With Gilt Goblet" depicting food items on a serving table
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Dutch Flemish Still Life
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Dutch Flemish still life of oysters with bread, wine, lemon and service pieces
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,500
The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Dutch landscape of a procession of blind men titled "The Parable of the Blind Leading the Blind" (1568)
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Landscape "Wooded River"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a landscape painting titled "Wooded River" showing men in a boat with a horse and rider in the distance
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Wood
$9,700
Painting "Bacchus"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of painting titled "Bacchus" (1638-40) featuring a nude corpulant Bacchus and his followers
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
$16,250
Landscape "Monlandschaft"
Located in Queens, NY
Thanks Copy of a Impressionist style landscape painting by Schindler titled,"Monlandschaft" or "Shaft of Moon Light" showing water lilys in a pond lined with trees under the moon
Co...
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Set 4 Old Master Charcoals
Located in Queens, NY
Set 4 Old Master matted Charcoals of scuptural figures in black frames (PRICED AS SET)
Category
20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paper
$12,000 / set
Landscape "The Avenue at Middellaruis"
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an Impressionist landscape painting titled "The Avenue at Middellaruis" showing a tree lined road
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Fishing Boats Near Saintes Maries Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an impressionist seascape painting titled "Fishing Boats Near Saintes Maries" done in gold tone pen and ink
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Standing Nube with Blue Robe Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting in Viennese Secessionist style titled "Standing Nude with Blue Robe".
Category
Late 20th Century Austrian Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Dutch Hydrangea and Tulip Flora Still Life Oil Painting in an Ornate Giltwood Fr
Located in Queens, NY
Dutch (19th Century) flora still life oil painting featuring a prominent red and yellow tulip arrangement accented by hydrangeas, overflowing from a ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Friedrich Schilcher, Biedermeier Portrait of a Young Woman, Vienna 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
Portrait of a young woman dressed in a white lace blouse, with a red bow in her dark curly hair. She is placed in front of a diffuse blue background in three quarters view. Oil on ca...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century, Aquarell, Florence, Uffizien
Located in Epfach, DE
Architectural view of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Watercolour on Paper, not signed.
The fine watercolor work in delicate shades of brown, blue and g...
Category
1830s German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paper
Antique Biedermeier Ladies Portrait / Painting, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Biedermeier ladies portrait / painting, 19th century.
Oil on canvas. Masterfully high quality representation of a lady in a blue dress and o...
Category
20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Oval Biedermeier Gentlemen's Portrait / Painting, 19th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique oval Biedermeier gentlemen's portrait / painting, 19th century.
Oil on canvas. Masterful high quality representation of a gentleman in a black suit.
Expresses high qualit...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Copy of "Tree With Crows" Landscape Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a German Romantic style landscape painting titled "Tree With Crows" showing a bare tree with crows against a sunrise
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century German Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Azealas Painting with Woman in Sun Room
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an interior scene painting titled "Azealas" showing a woman in Victorian dress in a sun room
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Beach at Schevenigen Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a landscape painting titled "Beach at Schevenigen" showing figures unloading boats
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Paint
Landscape of Houses in the Woods
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of Impressionist landscape painting showing houses nestled in woods on a hillside
Category
Late 20th Century European Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Wood
Famous Painter Walther Firle Oil on Canvas with Leaf Gold Frame
Located in Berlin, DE
The present painting comes from the hand of the painter Walther Firle. It was created circa 1884 after a stay of the artist in Holland. In The Hague he s...
Category
19th Century German Antique Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$6,619 Sale Price
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Biedermeier paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Biedermeier paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Mid-20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, folk art, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with canvas, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Biedermeier paintings made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include KPM Porcelain, and Michelangelo Meucci. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $311 and tops out at $9,165 while the average work can sell for $1,365.
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