England - Animal Paintings

This charming mid-19th-century English school oil painting depicts a bay horse in a stable. The British aristocracy has always had a passion for equestrian activities, and during th...

Bird Sketches by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 13 x 20 inches good condition provenance: from the...

"The Galloping Racehorse" by John Frederick Herring Sr. is a stunning oil painting on canvas that vividly captures the dynamic motion and energy of a racehorse in full gallop. In thi...

Artist/ School: signed Guy Benard, French contemporary Title: 'Basse Coure' Medium: oil on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso Canvas: 18.5 x 21.5 inc...

This contemporary still-life depicts a two juicy sardines with a slice of lemon on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready t...

Heywood Hardy British, (1842-1933) The Arrival of the Coach Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19 inches x 29 inches Size including frame: 25.75 inches x 35.75 inches A superb paint...

'Mendip Hunt' depicting the english countryside with a pack of hounds, hunt masters and their horses. Michael Lyne was born in Upton Bishop in Herefordshire and studied at the Chel...

A charming naive study of a cob with white socks and a stripe in a grassy landscape. Unsigned. presented in a wooden frame. On board.

Edward Benjamin Herberte British, (1830-1896) The Meet Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1890, embossed makers mark to stretcher Image size: 15.5 inches x 23.5 inches Size including fra...

Serenity at Dawn - a beautiful misty morning at a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Spencer Coleman. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed. A...

The New Arrival Colin Impey (20th Century), British signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 2018 canvas: 16 x 20.5 the painting is in overall very good and ...

Horse in a Landscape by Henry Percy (British, first half 20th century) signed oil on board, unframed Board: 8.25 x 10 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very g...

Christopher Rainham has always been inspired by the natural world and more specifically an experience of the natural world. He is inspired by the way flora and fauna are woven into ...

A fine painting of sheep in a landscape setting follower of the talented Belgium painter of animals Eugene Verboeckhoven. Housed in a 19th century gilt frame. The size overall being 55 cm x 48 cm whilst the painting is 38 x 29 cm. The sheep have been beautifully captured especially their faces. An oil on board study ready to hang Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven...

"Tessa" by Eric Hargreaves, British mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 19.5 inches canvas: 20 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very ...

'The Farmyard' is a beautiful example of Calabuig's work capturing the stunning farmyard scene of chicken and cockerel. The beautiful colour palette and attention to detail is what m...

Edwin Douglas (1848-1914) Guarding the flock signed 'ED(in ligature)ouglas' (lower left) Oil on canvas Painting size 24 x 20 in Framed size 29 1/2 x 25 1/2 in Provenance Anonymous s...

Dame Elisabeth Frink. English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ). Hawk, 1969. Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 25.4 inches x 19.5 inches ( 64.5cm x 49.5cm ). Frame size 34.4 inches x 28.1 inches ( 87.5cm x 71.5cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and is dated 1969. The painting is presented and supplied in a glazed frame and mount dating from June 1997. This vintage watercolor is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. The watercolor is signed and dated lower right. Previously with Beaux Arts, London and Bath in 1999. Dame Elisabeth Frink was one of Britain’s most important post-war sculptors, an accomplished draughtsman, illustrator and teacher. She was part of the post-war school of expressionist British sculptors dubbed the Geometry of Fear, and enjoyed a highly acclaimed career that was commercially successful, broke boundaries and contributed greatly to bringing wonderful sculpture to public places. She was born on 14 November 1930 in Thurlow, the daughter of a cavalry officer, and brought up in rural Suffolk near to an active airbase. She was brought up a Catholic and educated at the Convent of the Holy Family, Exmouth. She then studied at the Guildford School of Art from 1947-1949 under Willi Soukop and Henry Moore’s assistant, Bernard Meadows, and then at the Chelsea School in London 1949-1953. She taught at Chelsea School of Art 1951-61, St. Martin’s School of Art 1954-62 and was a visiting instructor at the Royal College of Art 1965-1967, after which she lived in France until 1973. Frink first came to the attention of the public in 1951 at an exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London. In 1952 she represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, being described by Herbert Read as “the most vital, the most brilliant and the most promising of the whole Biennale”. The same year the Tate bought its first work by her, and she began to enjoy commercial success. Thereafter she exhibited regularly and was for 27 years associated with Waddington’s, London. The subjects which Frink was most concerned with were man, dog and horses, with and without riders. Interestingly she seldom sculpted the female form, drawing on archetypes of masculine strength, struggle and aggression. Her work has the recurring themes of the vulnerable and the predatory, in the spirit of an authentic post-war artist. It has been said that she was more concerned with representing mankind that portraits of individuals. The appeal of her work lies in its directness, provoking a frank statement of feeling. The anatomy is often exaggerated or incorrect; the impact growing more out of her interest in the spirit of the subject. Her animals and birds may be drawn from nature but verge on the abstract, conveying raw emotion and character rather than a realistic depiction. Her unique style is characterised by a rough treatment of the surface which embeds each piece with vitality and her personal impression. In her later work even the distinction between human and bird figures becomes blurred. Commentators have noted that the often rugged, brutal and contorted surfaces of her work reflect the destruction and terror of the six-year world-wide conflict that she witnessed as a child. Frink was an active supporter of Amnesty International. In the 1960s and early 1970s Frink produced a notable series of falling figures and winged men. Later, living in France during the Algerian war, she began making heads, blinded by goggles which had a threatening facelessness. Frink produced many notable public commissions, including Wild Boar for Harlow New Town, Blind Beggar and Dog for Bethnal Green, Noble Horse and Rider for Piccadilly, London, a lectern for Coventry Cathedral, Shepherd for Paternoster Square beside St. Paul’s Cathedral and a Walking Madonna for Salisbury Cathedral. In the early 1980s she produced a set of three larger than life figures The Dorset Martyrs which stand on the edge of the old walled town of Dorchester on the site of the old gallows, as a memorial to those who had been executed there ‘for conscience sake’. Frink’s Canterbury Tales was a collection of 19 etchings drawn directly on to copper plates and etched by her. The ‘book’ was issued in three limited editions. Her illustrations have been praised as “amongst the most successful illustrations of the century, encompassing the mood of the text in concise delineations and disarmingly ribald humour”. She illustrated other books with colored lithographs or drawings. Frink was on the Board of Trustees, British Museum from 1976, and was a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission 1976-81. CBR (1969), DBE ((1982), Associate of the Royal Academy (1971), Royal Academy (1977). She was made a Companion of Honour in 1992. She died on 18 April 1993, but not before completing her last commission, a monumental but unusual figure of Christ for the front of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, unveiled a week before her death. For several decades Frink exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. In her later years she lived and worked in Dorset where her home and garden became an arena for her work. In 1985 she had a retrospective at the Royal Academy. She died on 18 April 1993, but not before completing her last commission, a monumental but unusual figure of Christ for the front of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, unveiled a week before her death. There was a memorial show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall in 1994. Today Frink is venerated as one of the great twentieth century British sculptors. Her unique work is represented in the Tate Gallery and major public and private collections world-wide. © Big Sky Fine Art This original watercolor on paper painting of a hawk by Dame Elizabeth Frink...

Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...

John Ferneley Snr (1782-1860 Melton Mowbray) Sir Richard Sutton's foxhounds signed J. Ferneley lower right Oil on canvas Canvas Size 16 1/8 x 20 1/2 in Framed Size 21 x 25 in Proven...

A really charming and beautifully executed study of a horse by this very talented artist. A most attractive picture of this noble creature in ready to hang condition Rafael Mckenzi...

19th century oil painting Highland Pony and Retriever, Robert cleminson. A fine painting depicting a Highland Pony and Retriever, with the days bag. An oil on canvas, signed lowe...

'Portrait of a Bird in Snow', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a unique still-life painted by the artist in warm colours in an Impressi...

John Rattenbury Skeaping. English ( b.1901 - d.1980 ). Rodeo. Bareback Bronco, 1966. Gouache On Paper. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 21.3 inches x 29.1 inches ( 54cm x 74...

P. Remy (French, circa 1938) A wire fox terrier signed and dated '- P. Remy -/ 1938' (lower right) oil on canvas 18 x 13 in. (45.8 x 33 cm.) frame 24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.3 cm.) This c...

This is a diptych of Oyster & Lemon and Artichoke & Lemon. Both paintings are same size. This contemporary still-life depicts a fresh and vibrant oyster with a slice of lemon on b...

The Scruffy Terrier English artist, contemporary signed oil on board, unframed dated 24' Board: 9 x 9 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition For more ...

Artist/ School: Mervyn Goode (British, b. 1948), signed lower right Title: Tranquil Pastoral Landscape with Cattle grazing Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. Size: ...

John Sargent Noble R.B.A (1848-1896) Guardians of the flock signed 'J.S. Noble' (lower right) Oil on canvas Canvas Size 14 x 18 in Framed Size 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in Provenance The Coll...

English Farmhouse with Horses, Figures, Fields, Trees & Lake entitled 'Winters Morn' by 20th Century British Artist. Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 41 x 30 inches Ch...

Theodore LEVIGNE Oil on Canvas Picture Size: 20 x 24" (51 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 27 x 31" (67 x 77cm) Born in 1848 and died in 1912 in Lyon, France Painter of figures, portrait...

Artist/ School: James Rolfe, British 19th century, signed Title: 'A Highland Breakfast', interior with young family and dogs, Medium: signed oil paintin...

Sir Alexander Von BENSA Panel Size: 18 x 25" Outside Frame Size: 26 x 34" Oil on panel in very good condition and has benefited from a light clean only. Original frame Austrian Sc...

Large American Orientalist oil painting of a courtyard by F. A. Bridgman American, c. 1900 Canvas: Height 69cm, width 91cm Frame: Height 95cm, width 108cm, depth 8.5cm Wonderfully p...

'Waiting for Supper' English School, 20th century oil on board, framed Framed: 8 x 10 inches Board: 5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very good condition F...

This charming British Victorian genre oil painting is by noted exhibited artist Henry Tuner Munns. It was painted in 1865 in realist palette with superb detail in the young boy's fac...

Charles Jones British, (1836-1892) Highland Cattle & Sheep by a Loch Oil on panel, signed with monogram & dated (18)75, further inscribed & dated verso Image size: 9.25 inches x 13.5...

Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff Austrian (1850-1924) The Gold Convoy Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 26.25 inches x 40.5 inches Size including frame: 32.25 inches x 46.5 inches An animated winterscape of Cossacks on horseback with a number of covered wagons by Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff. The caravan is shown moving at speed and flanked by a group of armed Cossacks. During the 19th century, Cossacks were often used by the Czar to collect tributes or taxes from many of the native tribes in Russia. Adolf Constantin Baumgartner-Stoiloff was born Adolf Baumgartner...

Artist/ School: American School, 20th century, indistinctly signed Title: Soldiers on Horseback Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. framed: 31.75 x 43.75 inches canva...

The Mountain Pass Italian School, 19th century signed initials oil on canvas, framed framed: 13 x 11 inches canvas: 10 x 7.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: ...

James Pawley (1850-1879) Lord Hardinge's Arabian stallion 'Meanee', in a desert landscape signed and dated 'Pawley. pinxit/ 1849' (lower right) Oil on canvas Canvas size 17 x 21 in F...

Portrait Of A Greyhound, early 19th Century circle of Edmund BRISTOW (1787-1876) 19th Century English Portrait Of a Greyhound with a hunting party in the distance, oil on canvas ci...

Sea Gulls in Flight French, circa 1970's indistinctly signed verso oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 18.5 x 21.5 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition...

Birds on Pond European artist, indistinctly signed late 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 29.75 inches canvas: 19.75 x 28 inches provenance: private collection conditi...

A Game Of Cards, 19th Century by Henry George Sharp (1834-1900) Large 19th Century interior scene of a St Bernard, Jack Russell Terrier and a King Charles Spaniel at a cards table...

‘Pit Pony’ My abstract artwork celebrating the Pit Ponies who worked the coal mines of Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Painted as a Celtic War Horse surrounded by the sight...

Julius von Blaas (1845-1923) At The Gallops circa 1905 Oil on canvas Signed and dated “Julius von Blass / 1905” (lower left) 110 x 200 cm (140 x 230 cms framed ish) This enormous and grand depiction of horses exercising is an iconic image not only of the edwardien era but also of today’s racing elite. Julius von Blaas was taught by his father Carl von Blaas (1815-1994) and trained in Venice, Florence and Rome. He was also influenced by his celebrated brother Eugen von Blaas...

Portrait of Princess de Joinville riding a Bay Horse Henri d’Aincy, Le Comte Monpezat (French 1817-1859) Painted circa 1837-9 oil on canvas 113 x 92 inches (including frame) 92 x 70 inches (unframed) Provenance – from a private royal collection This magnificent portrait depicts Princess de Joinville, the daughter of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and the King of Portugal. Through her illustrious family she was directly related Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia and the Russian royal family, as well as to many of the great ruling families of Europe. The work clearly confirms Monpezat as one of the most accomplished equestrian portrait painters in France in the early nineteenth century. In terms of scale, quality and dramatic power, it must surely be considered amongst his finest works. The stance of the powerful thoroughbred - in half rear - emphasises the calm nature and courage of the Princess. Francisca of Brazil (1824-98) married a son of Louis Philippe I, the King of the French, and had three children. Born at the Imperial Palace of Saint Christopher, her youngest brother was the future Pedro II...

Artist/ School: signed and dated 1950 Title: The Dancing Horse Medium: oil on linen board, unframed size: 18 x 14.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The...

Barbara Rae Norridge’s Birds of a Spotted Feather reflects the artist's deep understanding of ornithology, blending abstraction with realism to evoke both motion and harmony. Norridg...

French Countryside Landscape by Edmond Quinton (French 1892-1969) *see notes below signed lower front corner oil painting on board/ panel, unframed size...

The Master of the Fox Hounds by John Renney (British circa 1960's) signed to label verso oil painting on board, framed painting: 18 x 22 inches framed: 23.5 ...

fine landscape oil painting of a farmyard scene by Georgina Lara (act.1840-1880) British. Oil on canvas,housed in a gilt frame. Signed, and inscribed on a label verso, The overall si...

Title: Original French Abstract Artwork of a Horse in a Forest Setting Artist: Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014) Medium: Acrylic on paper drawing: 11.5 x 9.5 inches condition: Good pro...

This gorgeous British Edwardian dog portrait oil painting is by noted animal artist Robert Morley. Painted circa 1910 the composition is of a black and white spaniel, sitting down, against a white wall and door way. The dog has a black face and black patches with lovely roan type speckles up its legs and body. Morley has beautifully captured the wispy softness of its fur and fluffiness on its chest. Of course the dog has those mesmerising dark brown spaniel eyes that would melt any heart. This is a simply wonderful spaniel portrait...

Title: Original French Anatomical Frontal View Study of a Horse's Head Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014) Medium: Oil pastel on paper Size: 11.75 (Height) x 8.25 (Width) Sign...

Oil Painting of a Trout Run in a Woodland River in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist, John Caesar Smith (British, Born 1930) Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measure...

Lobster by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1978 canvas: 15.5 x 18.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large priva...

Artist/ School: David Vivian, British 20th century, signed lower left Title: The Pekingese Dog Medium: oil painting on board, framed Size: painting: 1...

Artist/ School: J. Langlois, British 1855-1904, signed lower corner Title: Chasing the Mouse! Medium: oil on board, framed framed: 6 x 7.5 inches board: 4.75 x 6.75 inches Proven...