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Item Ships From: England
The Angel and the Peacock Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Paul Wadsworth
Located in Brecon, Powys
Born of his love of the Indian subcontinent Paul Wadsworth created this series of paintings. The canvasses are lavishly painted and imbued with the myriad of colours one associates w...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century French Pastel Landscape of Trees in a Sunlit Public Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century French Pastel Landscape of Trees in a Sunlit Public Garden
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 15.25 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Mid-Century Modernist Portrait of a Woman in Muted Tones 1950's French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Portrait
signed and dated
French School, mid 20th century
oil on board, framed
Framed: 29 x 25 inches
Board: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Danseuse De Cabaret A Framed 1920s French Oil Painting Dancing And Excitement
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Paul Elie Gernez.
French ( b.1888 - d.1948 ).
Danseuse De Cabaret. (Cabaret Dancer)
Oil On Canvas.
Signed Lower Left.
Image size 15.6 inches x 12.2 inches ( 39.5cm x 31cm ).
Frame si...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside
By John Haskins
Located in Preston, GB
Man Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist
Art measures 28 x 20 inches
Frame measures 33 x 25 inches
Reframed in the highest quality black wooden moulding
John Haskins...
Category
20th Century Realist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
John HaskinsMan Fishing with Children Playing at a River Side in the English Countryside, 1985 Circa
$1,327 Sale Price
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Battle Ships at Sea Naval Engagement Signed British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Battle at Sea
by Gordon Wood Armstrong (British late 20th century)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 23 x 29 inches
board: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: pr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Every Single Minute (Minden Egyes Perc) - Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Figurative painting of a couple by contemporary Hungarian artist Gabor Rosko.
Oil on panel, 72 x 72 cm. Signed and dated on verso "RG GR 1987-2001"
Gáb...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,200 Sale Price
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'Fun on the Beach' Contemporary Colourful beach scene with figures, sea & water
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Fun on the Beach' is a fabulously warm and inviting piece that would bring the beach inside your own home! Losada Romeu paints with such delicate hues bringing together colours that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th Century pair of seascape oil paintings of ships at sunrise and sunset
By Adolphus Knell
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 12 INCHES X 15 INCHES**
Adolphus Knell
British, (b.1849, fl.1870-1890)
Shipping at Sunrise & Shipping at Sunset
Oil on boar...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jeune Fille en Blanc - 19th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Historical military oil painting of Wellington at Waterloo
By Abraham Cooper
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Abraham Cooper RA
British, (1787-1868)
The charge of the 1st Cavalry Brigade
Oil on panel
Image size: 11.25 inches x 15.5 inches
Size including frame: 16.5 inches x 20.75 inches
Pro...
Category
19th Century England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dutch Fishing Boats in a Swell Seascape with Sailing Ships in Rough Waters
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean Laurent, French 20th century marine artist
signed oil on board, framed
Framed: 13.5 x 21.5 inches
Board: 8 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good co...
Category
20th Century Dutch School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Vibrant Geometric Pink and Purple Quirky Abstract Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 24 x 20 inches
condition: overall very good, a few min...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Elegant Lady Pretty Flower Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden Terrace
by Paul Flaubert (French, 1928-1994)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Drinker - Early 20th Century French Post Impressionist Paris Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No import duty to the US on this item *
A superb 1930's French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting a drinker in a bar interior. Very high quality work which is indistinctly...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diana Bathing with Cupid Mid 20th Century French Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Diana & Cupid
French Surrealist artist, mid 20th century
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 18 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: a few minor scuffs and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Deux Chasseurs Mid Century French Naïf Figurative Jungle Landscape Painting
By Fernand Boilauges
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item *
A superb mid 20th century French naïf oil on panel depicting two hunters in a jungle, by Fernand Boilauges.
The work is signed lower right and presented in a fine carved wood frame by Emile Bouche...
Category
Mid-20th Century England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 19th century Scottish Oil Painting Castle on Hill overlooking River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Castle on the Hill
Scottish artist, early 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
unsigned
framed: 21 x 27 inches
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: ...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Tranquil Harbor Scene with Boats and Coastal Village
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil harbor scene
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.5 x 10 inches
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rolex Submariner
Located in London, GB
About the artwork
Having always had a love for vintage watches, Martin thought it was about time he painted a couple. Here we have a timeless classic the Rolex Submariner.
Launched ...
Category
2010s England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bright Green Impressionist Landscape with Figure in Dunes Mid 20th Century
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Landscape
by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 19 x 22 inches
Canvas : 13.5 x 16.5 inches
Inscribed Verso
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venice - Post Impressionist Venetian Landscape Oil Painting by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1910 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. This work is painted in a divisionist style and depicts a view of gondolas on the canal in...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lavandieres - Barbizon Figurative Landscape Pastel by Leon Lhermitte
By Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in riverscape oil on canvas by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts a rural landscape with washerwomen in traditional Breton clothing was...
Category
1920s Barbizon School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Fisherman and his Fishing Basket 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fisherman Portrait
by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 47.5 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good, minor surface s...
Category
Late 20th Century French School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers in a Glass Vase
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers in a Glass Vase
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9.5 x 7 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, unframed
Co...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folk Art Naive English Oil Painting Country Gentleman on Horseback with Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Naive/ Folk Art School, 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 12 x 16 inches
board: 11.5 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall very good
Category
20th Century Folk Art England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Portrait of a with Woman Voluminous Curly Hair Pencil Sketch
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9.5 height) x 6 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Sur la Plage - Impressionist Oil, Figures in Coastal Landscape by Alfred Stevens
By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figures in seascape oil on panel by Belgian impressionist painter Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens. The work depicts an elega...
Category
1890s Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Women and Children, 2000 - Oil Painting of Colourful Figures on Two Boards
By Fred Yates
Located in Kingsclere, GB
"It is the man in the street that I'm after, whom I feel closest to, with whom I want to make friends and enter into confidence and connivance, and he is the one I want to please and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
English Harvest - Vintage Impressionist Landscape Painting with Horses & Figures
Located in Preston, GB
English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde
Art measures 16 x 12 inches
Frame m...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,512 Sale Price
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Vintage Mid Century Mini Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - Figures in Motion
Located in Bristol, GB
FIGURES IN MOTION
Size: 29 x 33.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
A brilliantly executed abstract figurative oil composition painted by the established Swedish artist Ivar Morsing...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Penitent Mary Magdalene c1750 Oil on Copper Old Master
Located in Holywell, GB
A finely painted picture, possibly of the penitent Mary Magdalene, painted in oil on to a copper plate and dating to c1750.
Condition
Two old touch ins, tiny chip to the forehead...
Category
1750s Old Masters England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Mid 20th Century Watercolor of Pink Roses in a Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Watercolor of Pink Roses in a Glass Vase
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolour and pen on unframed paper
Size: 15....
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Orientalist North African Figures Market Stall City Scene large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Market Stall Conversation
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: sound condition but with consi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Radio City New York NYC Sunset by Contemporary British Urban Landscape Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Radio City New York NYC Sunset by Contemporary British Urban Landscape Artist Angela Wakefield
Art measures 31.5 x 31.5 inches
Frame measures 36.5 x 36.5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$23,698 Sale Price
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French Riverside Village with Trees and Church Spire Watercolour
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Riverside Village with Trees and Church Spire Watercolour
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 8.25 inches (height) x 10.25 inches (width)
Watercolor paintin...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"The High Street". Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Christopher Barrow
Located in Brecon, Powys
Christopher Barrow has studied the smallest details of life in urban society and translated these details into engaging paintings. His scenes are familiar to us but also ever so slig...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Leaping Bull". Contemporary Naive School Oil Painting
By Penny Rumble
Located in Brecon, Powys
Leaping Bull oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm (2' 6" x 3' 3") + edge frame
Penny's interpretation of the legendary leaping bull from the palace of Knossos in Crete. Sacred in Minoan civi...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of A Lady in White In The Pink Lily Pond Landscape French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Lily Pad Portrait
by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 41 x 34 inches
canvas size: 39 x 32 inches
condition: overall ver...
Category
Late 20th Century French School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950’s Fashion Illustration Original Painting Of A Lady In A Stunning Pink Dress
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Dress
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
ink/watercolour/pencil drawing on card, unframed
paper: 10 x 6.5 inches
double sided
very good condition
provenance: from the artists...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Fine Victorian 1870’s English Oil Painting Lady Walking on Country Path framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'A Lady on a Country Path'
C. Ward (19th-20th Century) British
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
dated 1877
framed: 16 x 24 inches
canvas: 12 x 20inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Charming 19th Century Oil Painting of Rural English Cottage Scene with Figures
By Victorian School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rural English Cottage Scene
English School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 12 x 16 inches
Canvas : 8 x 12 inches
Provenance: privat...
Category
19th Century English School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Market Day in Piazza Grande Locarno Switzerland
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
Category
1940s Expressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$734 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique English Signed Oil Coach & Four Horses with Passengers in Countryside
By Philip Rideout
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coach and Four Horses
By Philip Henry Rideout, British 1960-1920
Signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 7.5 x 12 inches
board: 6 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection, Eng...
Category
19th Century England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Walk in the Forest - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Gustave Cariot
By Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on board figures in landscape by French post impressionist painter Gustave Cariot. The piece is set in Wiesbaden, Germany depicts a breathtaking view of the Rive...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Victorian British Oil Horses Drinking Water Trough in Village Rural Country Lane
By Samuel Joseph Clark
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Plough Horses Watering
Circle of Samuel Joseph Clark (1841 - 1928) British
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 27.5 x 35 inches
canvas: 21 x 28 inches
provenance: private collecti...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Elegant Lady on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady under Parasol, the beach in the distance
English School, Impressionist
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 32 x 27 inches
board: 24 x 20 inches
provenance...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Original Figurative Oil Painting -The Expectant Nude
Located in Bristol, GB
THE EXPECTANT NUDE
Size: 55.5 x 70.5cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed and emotive mid-century modernist figurative portrait of a reclining pregnant nude...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Painting of Figures & Boats on Truro Harbour with Cathedral by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Figures & Boats on Truro Harbour with Cathedral by British Artist, Michael Kerris (1934-2024)
Art measures 47 x 20 inches
Frame measures 53 x 25 inches
Kerris, could n...
Category
1980s Realist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
French Old Master The Garden of Gethsemane Unusual Shape Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: The Garden of Gethsemane
Medium: oil painting on wooden panel, unframed.
painting: measurem...
Category
18th Century Old Masters England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil River Seine Paris Skyline
By Claude Marin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris
by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001)
signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 28.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris, France
Condition: very good condition
Origina...
Category
1980s Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Misty Golden Yellow River Landscape with Winter Trees in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Misty Golden Yellow River Landscape with Winter Trees in the English Countryside, by 20th Century British Artist, Christopher Osborne.
Art measures 16 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charming English Village Street Scene Young Mother & Child Chickens Cottages
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Village
English School, circa 1931
signed oil on board, framed
dated 1931
framed: 15 x 12.5 inches
board: 12.5 x 10 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Post Impressionist Busy French Market Scene Many Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Market
Simone Forge, 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
signed verso "Sim"
board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: good and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Category
1960s Pointillist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Fine Antique Scottish Oil Painting Mother & Child Walking Romantic Highland View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Walk
Scottish artist, late 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24.5 x 20.5 inches
canvas: 18 x 14 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romantic Elegantly Dressed Couple Mid Century French Sketch
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Three Figures in Landscape
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Three Figures in a Landscape
Continental School, late 18th century
after the earlier painting by Murillo
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 31.5 x 35 inches
Canvas: 26 x 36.5 inches
Prove...
Category
Late 18th Century Baroque England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Young Child Antique European Oil Painting Fine Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child
European School, early 20th century
oil on canvas, framed
frame: 21 x 18 inches
canvas: 15 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: extensiv...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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