Neoclassical Paintings
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Neoclassical Landscape Painting with Floral and Mermaid Ornamentation
Located in New York, NY
Vintage neoclassical-style (20th century) acrylic painting featuring a central circular landscape scene of two women by a waterfall, held by two mermaids and an elaborate shadowed fo...
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20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Singerie Carriage Painting on Wood
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) singerie depicting monkeys in a horse-drawn carriage surrounded by an ornate foliate border painted on weathered wood in a rectangular green, washed wooden frame.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Unframed Floral Painting on Canvas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty floral painting of a bouquet of flowers in a vase. This piece features creamy white flowers with accents of yellow. The roses sit in a black neoclassical style vase upon a b...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Framed Painting, Michael Lemmermeyer
Located in Bradenton, FL
Michael Lemmermeyer (American, 1891-1970).
Framed Oil on Canvas in heavy impasto paint. Wonderful scene of a circus with children and adults around circus tents having fun. Bright c...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting of Buzzards Bay Railroad Station Cape Cod 1974
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine example of plein aire oil painting on linen canvas using the palette knife technique (that is, no brushes were used). Signed and dated 1974 and noted in verso on the stretcher Buzzards Bay...
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1970s American Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint
"Pair of Country Life Scenes" by George Henry Durrie
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A pair of oil on panel paintings featuring the "Farm in Autumn" and "A Fisherman in the Mountains".
Autumn initialed 'D' lower right and The Fisherman ...
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19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Capriccio in the Manner of Panini
Located in Montreal, QC
Italian 19th century Grand Tour oil painting on canvas in the manner of Giovanni Panini depicting a landscape with roman ruins, framed in a shaped carv...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Continental 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and large scale Continental 19th century Neo-Classical st. oil on canvas painting. The painting is set within its original giltwood framed with a fine mottled design an...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Italian Neo-Classic Style Acrylic Garden Scene Painted Panel
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classical style (mid-20th Century) acrylic genre painting on a wooden panel depicting a central group of people in a garden above a vignette painting of architectural rui...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Neoclassical Landscape Painting with Mermaid and Floral Ornamentation
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Neoclassical-Style (20th Century) acrylic painting featuring a central circular landscape scene of men and a donkey at a mountain fortress overlook, held by two mermaids and ...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Framed Still Life Book Painting on Canvas in Gilt Frame with Stand
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A traditional still-life painting of a variety of books. This pretty piece is framed in a gilt faux fern leaf frame with gold details. The painting is small and features a set of boo...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
German 18th Century Neoclassical Themed Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A superb quality German 18th century Neo-classical themed oil on canvas by Johann Dominicus Fiorillo. The painting depicts a courtship in the town square with townspeople looking on. The maiden is draped in modest classical dress and the young man in a vibrant red garment, holds her hand. Wonderful execution and detail throughout. Johann Dominicus Fiorillo (Hamburg 1748 - 1821) was a German painter and historian of art. Fiorillo, a son of Italian...
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18th Century German Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Singerie Carriage Painting on Wood
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) singerie depicting monkeys in a horse-drawn carriage surrounded by an ornate foliate border painted on weathered wood in a rectangular green, washed wooden fra...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Original Oil Painting, a Couple in a Horse Team by French Painter Bousquet
By Bousquet
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This painting, is an original oil painting. Representing an 19th century couple, in a horse team. They are dressed in the clothes of the time, impressive dress and top hat . It has b...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Neo-Classic Style Painted Pastoral Scene Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
2 Vintage Italian neo-classic style four-paneled folding screens painted with an idyllic scene of women on either side of a river playing music, bathing and eating, a tower on a brid...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Life-Size Original 3-Dimensional "Garden of Versailles" Two-Panel Wall Mural
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted by our very own starving artist here at Old Plank. A Garden in Versailles. This stunning Wall Art is 3- dimensional, so you actually feel as though you are in the garden, per...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood
"Shepherd in a Clearing" Attributed to Alexander Nasmyth
By Alexander Nasmyth
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas with faint signature lower left.
Measuring 20.5" x 24" including frame.
Provenance: Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. R.V. Krikorian also, Christie's label verso, May 29, 2001 sale, lot 107
Alexander Nasmyth...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
Classical Architecture, Monuments and Ruins Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Italian Neoclassical-style (20th Century) painting capturing a street scene unfolding before classic architecture and monuments, with ruins in the distance, all under a large...
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20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Ted Schuyler 40's Female Figure Oil Painting
Located in Fulton, CA
An original oil on canvas painting of a female figure wearing a stylized ladies hat. Painted by Theodore Roosevelt Schuyler (1904-1990) Trinidad, Colorado. Retains original frame. Canvas only measures 20"H 24"W.
Ted Schuyler:
Ted Schuyler was born in Trinidad, Colorado on November 2, 1904, which was the day Teddy Roosevelt was elected President, hence the name. Ted was the son of John and Frances Schuyler, and had five brothers and two sisters. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1920's, as well as having some art education in New York. He met his wife, Lee Clarke...
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Bradshaw Crandell Original Water Nymph Illustration Art for Iodent Toothpaste
Located in Ferndale, MI
Bradshaw Crandell ( 1896 - 1966 ) Having had many Hollywood stars pose for him became known as the artist to the stars . Inducted into the society of Illustrators hall of fame 2006 ....
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Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Tall Original Sailing Ship at Sea Painting by Haydan Signed in Giltwood Framed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall original nautical painting by Ruppert Haydan. Known for his love for painting ships at sea, this piece is one of a kind. It is tall, and framed in a giltwood frame, with linen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
The Pantheon in 18th Century Rome Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) unframed canvas oil painting of bustling 18th century life - figures, carriages and horses - unfolding before the Pantheon in Rome, capturing the building's Co...
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Oil Painting Attributed to Claude Joseph Vernet, France
Located in Traversetolo, IT
18th century old masters oil painting attributed to Claude Joseph Vernet, France. View of a Mediterranean port at sunset. Great pi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Juan Archuleta Gates and Garden Painting
Located in Stamford, CT
Juan Archuleta gates and garden painting. Well done in a fine custom gilt frame from a fine New Jersey private. collection.
Juan S.E. Archuleta, Bor...
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Italian Painting of the Muses in an Ornate Carved Giltwood Frame
Located in New York, NY
Italian (19th Century) oil painting of 2 classically dressed women in front of a fountain of a dolphin by the ocean in a carved ornate giltwood frame titled: "A Musical Interlude" (s...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Wood
Framed Figurative Drawing by Robert Henri Ashcan School
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed pencil/charcoal drawing of a figure by Robert Henri (1865-1929). The work depicts an old man dons a cape and a hat and holds an umbrella, and is likely a study by the artist...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Late 18th Early-19th Century French Drawing View of Rome
Located in CH
A late 18th-early 19th century French neoclassical drawing on paper, view of the Tiber River with the Aventine hill in Rome.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Wagner Porcelain Plaque Portrait of 'Daphne' by C.M. Hutschenreuther
Located in San Francisco, CA
C.M. Hutschenreuther porcelain plaque depicting 'Daphne'
signed 'Wagner' l/r , in an elaborate gilt frame
Germany circa 1910
Measures: Plaque: 6" H x 4" W
Framed: 14" H x 12" W x...
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Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Neo-Classic Style Garden Genre Scene Painted Panel
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classical style (mid-20th century) genre painting on a wooden panel depicting a central group of people in a garden above a vignette painting of architectural ruins frame...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Travelers on a Country Path" by James Stark
By JAMES STARK (1794-1859)
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on panel, signed lower left
Measurements: 18.75" x 24.5" panel and 23.5" x 29.5" including frame.
An excellent example of the artist's work.
James Stark...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
Empire Portrait Painting of Julie and Desiree Clary by Robert Lefevre
By Robert Jacques LeFevre
Located in Essex, MA
Period First Empire portrait of the Sisters Julie and Desiree Clary, Future Queens of Spain and Sweden by Robert Jacques Francois Lefevre (1755...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Midcentury Original Impressionism Oil Painting Landscaping by Thomas
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors extra large framed oil on canvas painting by Thomas circa 1970s, frame its original shows some wear but looks good.
Category
20th Century North American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian 19th Century Big Size Architectural Watercolor with Black Gold Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Rare extra-large (cm 59 x 85) antique watercolor from a collection of architectural details of Florence monuments painted in Italy in the mid-19th century.
Black mat with gold hand ...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Venetian Baroque Neoclassical Oil Painting of Grand Scale
Located in Essex, MA
Grand Scale Venetian oil painting. Neoclassical form in early 18th century. Two mythological figures almost life sized. A figurative art work painted in the Venetian School style. An...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Original Gilbert Stuart Oil Painting Portrait of Henrietta Hillegas, ca. 1796
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Gilbert Stuart oil painting portrait of Henrietta Hillegas (Mrs. Joseph Anthony), ca. 1796
Exquisite portrait by the American painter Gilber...
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Late 18th Century American Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Renaissance Revival Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Peabody, MA
A late 19th Century Renaissance Revival profile portrait of a young man, Italian School, ca. 1880s.
This atmospheric portrait comes to us from a prominent North Shore of Boston fami...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
John Joseph Owens Model Nude Figural Study, Torso, 1909, Charcoal and Ink, Paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Owens, John Joseph (American/West Virginia 1887-1931), Model Portrait Study, signed and dated 1909, charcoal on laid paper and pen and ink, about 21 x 17 inches. Provenance: artist's...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
2 Monumental Neoclassical Wall Mirrors with Original Peter Edlund Oil Paintings
Located in Dayton, OH
Monumental neoclassical wall mirrors with original Peter Edlund oil paintings
A one of a kind pair of handmade French neoclassical inspired wall mirror...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Classical Ballet Dancers Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Oil painting on canvas classical ballet dancers.
Russian style classical ballet oil painting.
3 couples of ballerinas and ballet male dancers wearin...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The World of Armand Hammer by John Bryson, Hardcover Coffee Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The World of Armand Hammer by John Bryson -
Large hardcover coffee table book.
A photographic journal follows the eighty-seven year old oil executive as he chairs a panel devoted t...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Antique Architectural Watercolor of Two Neoclassical Buildings
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique neoclassical watercolor drawings are renderings within the same frame of two elongated buildings. The top view shows a center arched opening and two smaller side openings...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Original Clair Seglem Still Life Fruit Painting of Fruit on Table
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A landscape still life painting of fruit and white vessels on a table. Measures: 13" x 17.5". This lovely painting depicts deep purple plums and green pears sitting upon a table. A w...
Category
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
American School, Rural Hilly Landscape w/ Lake and Railway O/C Painting, 19 C
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Unknown.
Painting: Rural Hilly Landscape with Lake and Railroad.
Period: XIX century.
Style: American School, Primitivism.
Medium: Oil on canvas, framed.
Dimensions: H: ...
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1870s American Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Set of 3 Gouache Paintings "Doria Pamphilj"
Located in Doylestown, PA
A set of 3 gouache paintings of frescos from the Doria Pamphilj Palace in Rome, each titled and dedicated in French to Monsignor Cardinal Joseph Doria P...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Still Life Painting of Green Apples and Jug
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely still life painting of a grouping of green apples in a woven brown wicker basket. A brown jug sits behind the basket, with a knife all sitting upon a table with a brown tabl...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Floral Still Life Oil Painting with Beautiful Original Frame, 1940s
Located in Fulton, CA
Artist signed still life oil painting of flowers and tablecloth, circa. 1940s. Appears to be signed J. W. Arthur? Retains original period frame. Partial exhibit label on verso. Measu...
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Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
American Realism A Pictorial Survey from the Early 18th Century to the 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Realism, a pictorial survey from the early 18th century to the 1970s.
Mathey, François
Published by Portland House, 1987
Title: American Realism: A pictorial survey from....
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Four Antique Italian Extreme Erotica Hand Painted Pottery Tiles of Monks & Nuns
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of four antique hand painted pottery tiles are all unsigned, so no specific artist can be identified, but are presumed to have be...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Pottery
Italian 19th Century Big Size Watercolor with Black and Gold Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Rare extra-large (cm 59 x 85) antique watercolor representing a coat of arms and coming from a collection of architectural details of Florence monuments painted in Italy in the mid-1...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Piety". Oil on Board. Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The work presented here is a devotional painting, especially for its small format, probably intended for a private altar. It represents with a scenographic sense and deep dramatism t...
Category
18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood
Dutch Style Still Life Oil Painting with Oranges and Metal Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Dutch style still life oil on Masonite painting depicting oranges placed in a metal wire bowl atop a marble table. The piece is set in its origi...
Category
1950s Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Masonite
J.G. Clonney Signed Oil on Board Portrait Royal Dog Spaniel Painting Gold Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
J.G. Clonney signed oil on board royal dog spaniel painting. Item feature oil on panel, gold finish, wood frame, signed on lower corner, brass-mounted...
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20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Nude, Józef Krzyżański '1898-1987', 1929, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chorzów, PL
Nude, Józef Krzyzanski (1898-1987), 1929, oil on canvas.
Dimensions: with a frame, height 113 cm x 86cm, without frame 77 cm x51 cm
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kr...
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1920s Polish Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Neapolitan Pair of Paintings on Paper, in the School of Michaelange
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Neapolitan pair of paintings on paper, in the school of Michaelangelo Meucci (Italian, 1840-1909), depicting winged putti milking a herd of goats and warding off wolves.
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Italian 19th Century Big Size Watercolor with Black and Gold Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Rare extra large (cm 59 x 85) antique watercolor representing a coat of arms and coming from a collection of architectural details of Florence monuments painted in Italy in the mid-1...
Category
1840s Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century, Roman Architectural Capriccio Attributed to Francesco Chiarottini
Located in IT
Francesco Chiarottini (1748-1796)
Roman Architectural Capriccio
Oil on glass, cm 52 x 67 without frame, 63.5 x 79cm with frame
The valuable painting, attributed to the Italian p...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Glass
Signed painting on Board of the Aragon Region in Spain , 1931
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Southwestern painting of the Aragon Region in Spain.
Dated 1931. Oil on board, gilt solid wooden antique frame.
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Nicholas Berger Fine Oil on Panel, "Island Roses"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A seaside house on the water with rose bushes on the grounds and a flag blowing in the wind. Sailboats are on the water in the background.
Presented in a gilt frame. Signed lower ri...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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