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
Jean-Victor Bertin French Neoclassical Italianate Landscape with River
Located in Mexico City, MX
A beautiful oil on canvas by French artist Jean-Victor Bertin depicting a landscape with a river, fishermen, a cottage, trees, a wood dock and a boat with ladies and a dog.
Oil on...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. Gilt and patinated wood Gouache
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An important and high quality Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. Gilt and patinated wood Gouache, by Maestri Michelangelo. This beautiful Gouache is framed within a rectang...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Trimph Der Venus Royal Vienna Platter Framed Signed and W Bee Hive Marking
By Berger Pinh
Located in Manhasset, NY
A Vienna style porcelain burgundy-ground tray, 'triumph Der Venus' late 19th century, blue beehive mark, signed bergère Pinh. The oblong octagonal tray painted with Venus rising from the sea...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Two Landscapes Attributed to Elias Martin
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of panels featuring battle scene in a landscape and soldiers in a landscape. The two scenes have a similar composition, with a foreground framed by trees and animated with figur...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Oak, Paint
Monumental French Oil on Canvas 19th- 20th Century Lovers in the Field
Located in Manhasset, NY
A monumental French oil on canvas 19th-20th century lovers in the field. This wonderfully detailed oil on canvas has been relined and sits in a custom gilt gold carved frame that is ...
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Gulbrandt Sether Signed Norwegian American Oil on Canvas of a Venice Canal
Located in Manhasset, NY
A Gulbrandt Sether Norwegian American oil on canvas of a Venice canal. Canal De lovo -Venice in a fine and highly detained gilt frame. (Paperwork on reverse).
Gulbrand Sether...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Paintings
Landscape with Lake, Oil on Canvas, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Landscape with lake. Oil on canvas. Century XVIII.
Landscape with a sunset situated on a lake, with some mountains in the background and some trees and a hut in the foreground. Sli...
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Other
Italian Neo-Classic Military Objects Print
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style print of various military arms, armor, and objects matted in stained walnut frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040101A-040101O)
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neo-Classic Military Objects Print
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style print of various military arms, armor, and objects matted in stained walnut frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040101A-040101O)
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neo-Classic Military Objects Print
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style print of various military arms, armor, and objects matted in stained walnut frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040101A-040101O)
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neo-Classic Military Objects Print
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style print of various military arms, armor, and objects matted in stained walnut frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040101A-040101O)
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neo-Classic Military Objects Print
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style print of various military arms, armor, and objects matted in stained walnut frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040101A-040101O)
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Walnut
Italian Neo-Classic Military Objects Print
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic style print of various military arms, armor, and objects matted in stained walnut frame (part of a set of 15; associated pieces: 040101A-040101O)
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Walnut
Samuel Reindorf Painting + A signed Book
By Samuel Reindorf 1
Located in New York, NY
Pastel scene by Samuel Reindorf "Americana" Titled "Red Boat" is accompanied but his signed book. Signed Lower right. The Original Frame is made of Wood, leather and glass.
Category
1970s American Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
$1,700 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage Boho Original Oil Portrait on Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A chic vintage original oil portrait on board. A fabulous painterly composition of a young girl. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Vintage 20th Century Portrait Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage portrait with an aesthetic is specific to the era it was created. Depicts a smiling women wearing pearls with a dainty rose in her hair. Acquired from a Palm beach estate.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"A Village School" American Oil on Canvas, Kids in Class, Constant Mayer, 1871
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful American oil on canvas school room scene with a teacher instructing students who are seated on benches and on the ground, with one student who appears to be wearing a dun...
Category
1870s American Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical Oil On Canvas Ceiling Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful wonderfully executed Italian 19th century Neo-Classical oil on canvas ceiling painting. The elongated octagonal shaped painting depicts se...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Italian Oil on Canvas en Grisaille Depicting Volumnia Veturi & Coriolanus
Located in London, GB
A fine and large Italian oil on canvas en grisaille depiciting Volumnia and Veturia with their retinue pleading with Coriolanus to make peace with Rome.
The later frame is silver gil...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Signed Oil on Board Painting by Artist Roger Hayward
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oil on board painting by Roger Hayward, a notable mid-century Californian painter, architect, and inventor, captures the grandeur of a Victorian-sty...
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Boho Original Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Enrich your decor with this Vintage Boho Original Landscape Oil on Canvas. Featuring a beautifully detailed American-style landscape, this artwork brings a serene and rustic charm to...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Ebony wall plaques
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very unique and powerful true pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Ebony wall plaques. Each most decorative plaque is set within a think Ebony frame displaying ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Ormolu
"The Lighthouse at Sunset" by Peter Poskas
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A luminous painting featuring a lighthouse at either sunrise or sunset by Peter Poskas. Oil on panel signed in the lower right. The dimensions include the frame.
Prominent 21th Ce...
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
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: ...
Category
1870s American Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
20h Century Los Angeles Oil // Chinaton Canvas Painting by R. Platt, circa 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
20h century Los Angeles oil // Chinatown , on canvas painting by R. Platt. A landscape of buildings with figures in the foreground. Original canvas and frame. Cleaned and in excellen...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Oil Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In excellent condition with original Giltwood frames... you can tell from the back. One painting is signed. Hard to read: Harold Holding?? Paintings look very real.
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
$4,850 / set
Vintage Signed Original Oil Portrait of a Mother & Daughter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho original oil portrait. A brightly colored composition of a mother and daughter. Signed by the artist. Acquired from a Miami estate.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Jean-Victor Bertin French Neoclassical Italianate Landscape with River
Located in Mexico City, MX
A beautiful oil on canvas by French artist Jean-Victor Bertin depicting a landscape with trees, women, peasants, a river and a wood dock.
Oil on canvas. Signed on lower left, circ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Capriccio in the Manner of Panini
By Giovanni Paolo 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
Large Oil on Canvas, "Theater Decor" Around 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large oil on canvas, "theater decor"
Around 1930
The canvas separates from the frame, some cuts, provide for restoration.
Category
1930s European Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
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.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
Signed Oil on Board Painting of a House by Artist Roger Hayward Circa 1957
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This evocative oil on board painting by Roger Hayward, an esteemed mid-century Californian artist known for his architectural prowess, portrays the impos...
Category
1950s American Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Wood
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
William Frederick Foster ''Portrait of Youth'' Oil
Located in Dallas, TX
William Frederick Foster (1883-1953 American) ''Portrait of Youth'' Oil on Canvas 30''x25'' Image. Signed middle left. Gilt gallery framing 36''x31''. Professionally cleaned and reli...
Category
1890s American Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Oil Painting Young Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-19th Century painting of fancy young boy in a beautifully giltwood and hand-painted frame (not original frame). The canvas itself is 20" x24". Paint is very stable even though cr...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Monumental Painting of Doc from Snow White
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental oil painting of Doc from Snow White on a large canvas.
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Charles-Louis Clerisseau 18th Century Gouache Of A Dance Amongst Classical Ruins
By Charles-Louis Clérisseau
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles-Louis Clerisseau (French, 1721-1820), a depiction of figures dancing amongst Classical ruins, gouache on paper, unsigned, framed.
Being of the late 18th century, circa 1770...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paper
$8,210 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Portrait Painting Boy with a Parrot, Denmark Signed Erik Pauelsen
By Erik Pauelsen
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very decorative neoclassical 18th century Danish portrait painting of a young boy feeding a parrot with cherries. Signed by Erik Pauelsen and dated 1788. Oil on canvas, lined and framed. Measurements of the frame: 78 cm x 93 cm.
Erik Pauelsen (1749–1790) was a Danish painter. He is most notable for his landscapes and was also a popular portraitist. From an early age he had his mind set on becoming an artist. He travelled to Copenhagen and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1770-1777 where he won the large silver medal and the small gold medal in 1775 and finally the large gold medal in 1777 together with the Academy's travel scholarship. He travelled to Rome by way of Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Paris and visited Dresden and Berlin on his way back. During his travels he became a member of several foreign art academies and was granted the title of professor in Düsseldorf.
After his return to Denmark, he became a member of the art academy, but was passed over for the post of professor by Jens Juel...
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Late 18th Century Danish Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Oil on Canvas, "Theater Decor" Around 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large oil on canvas, "theater decor"
around 1930.
The canvas separates from the frame, some cuts, provide for restoration.
Category
1930s European Vintage Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Narcissus, " Superb Male Nude, Neoclassical Painting, by Student of Eckersberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Because Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, a celebrated 19th century Danish painter, used his "Narcissus" painting as a teaching tool, at least five of his pupils painted sight variatio...
Category
1810s Danish Antique Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
Neoclassical paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, 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, more furniture and collectibles, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paint, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical paintings made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include Christopher Willett, Mitch Billis, George C Thomas, and Jean-Victor Bertin. 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 $45 and tops out at $175,000 while the average work can sell for $3,200.
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