Yachting Oil Painting, a Good Breeze

Oil painting Of Rissersee, Germany. A very scenic oil painting of Rissersee, a lake in Grainau near Garmisch - Partenkirchen, surrounded by the Bavarian Alps. Painted by the German ...

Joe Davis Billiard painting. A well executed portrait of Joe Davis, demonstrating the Masse shot. Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1961 by the artist,...

The Autumn Run, Salmon Fishing Oil Painting. A signed oil painting on board of a leaping salmon by Arthur J.W. Burgess, R.I. R.O.I. The oil painting is si...

Oil on canvas fishing river scene painting. A charming colourful oil on canvas painting of a chocolate box river scene, could easily be the Thames. In the foreground can be seen a r...

Impressive modern Golf Portrait, William Laidlaw Purves. Large oil on canvas of Dr. William Laidlaw Purves after the original oil painting by the Hon. John Collier (1850 - 1934), a prominent London artist. The painting is un-framed but is stretched and ready to hang, artist of this particular painting is unknown. The original painting now hangs at Royal St. George's, Sandwich. William Laidlaw Purves, oculist and obsessive golfer, was an Edinburgh born surgeon who worked in London, but remembered by most for his contributions to the golfing world. A very influential man, he was one of the key figures behind the spread of the game of golf in England towards the end of the 19th century. He won many important club trophies, the last being in 1914, aged 71 with a handicap of 3. He died at his home Hardwick Cottage, Wimbledon Common on 30th December 1917, and at the time he was a member of no fewer than 32 golf clubs. As a student Purves had played golf at Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh and by the time of his London appointment he was a member of both the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. Upon his move to London in 1874 he joined the London Scottish and Wimbledon Golf Club. The two clubs shortly separated into two separate clubs, The London Scottish Golf Club and the Wimbledon Golf Club, but both continued to play on Wimbledon Common. In 1882 the Wimbledon became the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club and Purves became an active committee member, later being elected Captain. As the two clubs also shared the Common with the public play was restricted, so together with a fellow Scot and keen amateur golfer (Henry Lamb...

A very competent, well executed water color by unknown artist, painted on panel of ‘Cardiac Hill’ on the course of Royal Cromer Golf Club. The painting is mo...

Delightful painting 'Oil on board' - children on the rocky beach at Gareloch, Scotland with a sailing ship in the near distance. Signed JM Gibson.      

A wonderful 17th century oil on copper painting from the Catalan region of Spain housed in a beautiful frame of painted wood. The painting depicts a saint or a religious man...

Oil on canvas abstract painting depicting figures and horse races. This bright and colorful artwork contains the use of bold, rapid brushstrokes and dynamic angles. Signed. Ar...

The good Samaritan. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. Measures: 80 x 100 cm. Provenance: Former chief curator at The Royal Collection of Prints and Drawings a...

A breathtaking 18th century Spanish oil on canvas painting of Mary Magdalene - Madeleine - in is original frame. Beautiful detail.

Beautiful antique oil painting on wood board. Excellent pictorial quality. Flemish school of the 17th century. A scene of everyday life in the village where in the foreground a farrier works on the horse's hooves. Not signed. Sold with rare antique wooden frame.