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Item Ships From: England
North African Orientalist Scene Man on Horseback with Dogs outside City Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orientalist Scene
European artist, late 20th century
possibly a copy of an earlier work judging from the style
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private col...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Stylised French Harbour Town with Boats and Church in Cool Tones
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Stylised French Harbour Town with Boats and Church in Cool Tones
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 10.25 inches (height) x 10.5 inches (width)
Gouache painting o...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Rococo 18th-Century Portrait Young Boy Playing a Flute Oval Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Boy
French Rococo School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 24 x 20 inches
Canvas : 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very...
Category
18th Century Rococo England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
1950's French Oil Elegant Portrait of a Woman with Floral Accents in Bonnet
By French mid 20th
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Portrait of a Woman
Spanish/ French School, mid 20th century
signed
oil on canvas, framed in original period frame
inscribed verso
Framed: 30 x 27 inches
Canas: 22 x 18 inche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Le Pont Neuf - Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Amedee Marcel-Clement
By Amedee Julien Marcel-Clement
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated figures in cityscape oil on panel by French impressionist painter Amedee Marcel-Clement. The work depicts a view of the Pont Neuf bridge that runs over the River Sei...
Category
1910s Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1930's French Impressionist Male Figure Posed In Black Swimming Trunks On Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Posed Man on Beach
by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on board
painting: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
provenance: from a large private collection ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Rodeo Orange Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
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 whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
French Impressionist Moored Red Fishing Boats Under a Stormy Sky
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moored Fishing Boats
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 15 x 18 inches
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of aging...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century British Oil Painting Country Gentleman Shooting in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sporting Gentlemen
Attributed to Dean Wolstenholme Snr (1757-1837)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 18.5 x 22 inches
canvas: 14 x 18 inches
provenance: from a collection in the UK
c...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Victorian Portrait of Country Gentlemen Squire Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English artists, circa 1870
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 31 inches
canvas : 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: overall very good and pr...
Category
1870s Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's French Mediterranean Harbor Scene Vibrant Coastal Village Boats Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mediterranean Harbor Scene
French School, signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 20 x 24 inches
Inscribed verso, dated 1974
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Realist Oil Profile Portrait of Lady Beautiful Quality
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French realist artist of the 19th century
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 12.5 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Crime', c.1945 painting by Pamela Denyer
Located in London, GB
Pamela Denyer (1923-2013)
Crime
29 x 22 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell
Although little is known about Pamela Denyer other than that she studied under A. E. Halliwell...
Category
1940s Art Deco England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen/charcoal on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 9.5 (h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen, Charcoal
Signed 19th Century British Oil Painting Angler on Golden Light River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Angler on the River
British School, 19th century
indistinctly signed lower corner
titled to old label verso
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 10 x 8.5 inches
canvas: 8.75 x 7 in...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shepherd with Animals and Riders in a Landscape - Dutch 17thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Old Master oil painting is attributed to Pieter Bodding van Laer. Painted circa 1635 during the Dutch Golden Age the composition depicts a number of figures and ani...
Category
1630s Old Masters England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 1980's French Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Amazing Bright Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French abstract, by T. Fabris
Title: Abstract Surrealist Portrait
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Painting: 24 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
C...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-19th Century English River Landscape Cottage and Figure on River Wherry
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
River Landscape
English School, mid 19th century
circle of Joseph Paul (b.1804)
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 14 x 17.5 inches
Canvas: 10 x 14.5 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 19th Century French Portrait of Lady with Roses & Smart Dress oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
French School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 29 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sou...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960's French Portrait Brunette Man Side Profile Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
The Spanish Flower Girl. An antique oil painting on canvas
By Eduardo Leon Garrido
Located in St. Albans, GB
Eduardo León GARRIDO
(French, Madrid 1856-1949 Caen)
Picture Size: 16 x 13" (41 x 33cm)
Outside Frame Size: 22 x 19" (56 x 48cm)
Eduardo León Garrido was born in Madrid in 1856. He...
Category
Early 20th Century Mannerist 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
Antique French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Man
French School, late 19th century
indistinctly signed top right, 'Valadon'?
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 28 inches
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
private collect...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Playing in the Hazy Summer Meadows Original British Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Rural Landscape
Les Parson (b.1945)
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 17 x 22 inches
canvas: 12 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection
cond...
Category
20th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce
By Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas portrait by post impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The painting is of the artist's wife, Ambroisine "Simone" Bouin, seated in a chair with a vase ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Coastal Clifftop Scene with Waves Crashing Against Rocks
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Coastal Clifftop Scene with Waves Crashing Against Rocks
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Signed: Yes
Size: 9 inches (height) x 11.5 inches (width)
Oil painting on card, u...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Interior Jungle - Original Unique Artwork
Located in London, GB
Interior Jungle 2021
Original Unique Artwork
oil on linen
Interior Jungle 2021
oil on linen 46 x 36 cm
A figure surreal looking figure seemingly without a face sits on a red and white patterned sofa in an interior.
Sarah Jeffries...
Category
2010s Surrealist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait painting
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in London, GB
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Tête de Femme Blonde by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Oil on canvas
26.1 x 19 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 7 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed upp...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Woodland Landscape with River Figure Antique Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Woodland Landscape
French Barbican School, 19th century
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
North African Traveller with Camel in Landscape Large Orientalist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Traveller in Landscape
French School style, late 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 36 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, Cornwall, England
condition: very good a...
Category
Late 20th Century French School England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moon Magic. Contemporary Welsh Landscape Painting
By Therese James
Located in Brecon, Powys
There’s a whole world contained in Theree James’s paintings. Her people and scenes of Welsh life breathe animation into this world and create such a feeling of joy and wellbeing. Moo...
Category
2010s Outsider Art England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Distinguished Portrait of Authoritative Gentleman in Glasses French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Distinguished Gentleman Portrait
Signed by D - Lubin (French, early 20th century)
Dated 1915
oil on panel, unframed
panel: 13.75 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Paris
...
Category
1910s Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 12 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifully colorful and characterfu...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
1950's French Modernist Blue Figurative Oil Painting of a Fisherman Mending Nets
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Filet"
Fisherman Mending Nets
French School, mid 20th century
signed
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 32 x 26 inches
canvas: 25.5 x 20 inches
Provenance: Private collection, France
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century Impressionist Portrait of an Elderly Woman Seated with Oranges
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elderly Woman
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on canvas unframed
canvas: 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For mo...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1700's French Old Master Oil Painting The Penitent Magdalene in the Wilderness
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Penitent Magdalene
French School, 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 33 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition, ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting of Irish Countryside Scene with Cathedral in the distance Ireland
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a beautiful Irish Countryside Scene with Down Cathedral in the distance, Northern Ireland
Art measures 12 x 16 inches
Frame measure ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Landscape with Boaters Trees Distant Village French Mid Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tranquil River
by Georges Leroux (French 1892-1972)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 15 x 17 inches
Canvas: 9 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cannes, South of Fra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Courting Couple with Musical Instrument Antique French Rococo Period Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Courting Couples
French Rococo artist, 19th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 13 inches
board: 9 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collecti...
Category
19th Century Rococo England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1920's British Portrait of Young Girl in Interior Signed & Dated Oil Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Micky"
by John Young-Hunter (British 1874-1955)
signed and dated 1920
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 50 x 31 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Traditional Fishing Boats Beached on Shore Signed English Oil Painting
By J. Hardy
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century)
signed oil painting on board, framed
board: 8 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: overall very good
Category
2010s Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wild Rose, Original painting on paper, Nature, Rose, Flower
By Ellen Williams
Located in Deddington, GB
This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gardens and the countryside.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Colour Pencil on Paper
Sold...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Port de Honfleur Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Reflections
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Port de Honfleur Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats and Reflections
By F.T. Roussel
Signed: yes
Size: 11.25 x 14.25 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on paper, unframed
Condi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trafalgar Square Big Ben Westminster London England by British Cityscape Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
An original painting of Westminster from Trafalgar Square with Big Ben, London, England, by leading British urban landscape artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major larger scale wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
On the French Coast - 20th Century English Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting
By Walter John Beauvais
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 20th century oil on panel by the very popular English impressionist artist Walter John Beauvais. This work depicts fashionable ladies walking on a promenade by the French coast.
This superbly executed impressionist study is signed with monogram lower left and presented in a painted wood frame.
Artist: Walter John Beauvais (British, 1942-1988)
Title: On the French Coast
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 23 x 19 inches (58 x 48 cm) including the frame
Walter John Beauvais was born in 1942 near Windsor, Berkshire, England. He was a grandson of French artist and lithographer Charles Henri Beauvais (1862-1909) and son of Arnold Beauvais (1886-1984), artist and one time President of the London Sketch...
Category
1970s Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century oil sketches for a Baroque interior - a pair
Located in London, GB
A FEAST OF THE GODS WITH VENUS AND BACCHUS
Collections:
With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957;
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961;
John and Eileen Harris, acquired from the above, to 2015.
Literature:
Jacob Simon and Ellis Hillman, English Baroque Sketches: The Painted Interior in the Age of Thornhill, 1974, cat. no.12 (as by Louis Laguerre);
Elizabeth Einberg (ed.), Manners and Morals: Hogarth and British Painting, 1700-1760, exh. cat., London (Tate Gallery), 1987, cat. no.10 (as by Louis Laguerre);
Tabitha Barber and Tim Bachelor, British Baroque: Power and Illusion, exh. cat., London (Tate Britain), 2020.
Exhibited:
Twickenham, Marble Hill House, English Baroque Sketches: The Painted Interior in the Age of Thornhill, 1974, no.12 (as by Louis Laguerre);
London, Tate Gallery, Manners and Morals: Hogarth and British Painting, 1700-1760, 1987, no.10 (as by Louis Laguerre);
London, Tate Britain, British Baroque: Power and Illusion, cat. no 92, 2020.
CUPID AND PSYCHE BEFORE JUPITER
Collections:
With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957;
Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961;
Anthony Hobson, acquired from the above, to 2015.
These recently re-united paintings are the most ambitious surviving baroque ceiling sketches made in Britain in the early eighteenth century. From the Restoration until the rise of Palladianism in the 1720s decorative history painting formed the preeminent artistic discipline in Britain. It was a field dominated by Continental artists including the Italian Antonio Verrio and the Frenchmen Louis Laguerre and Louis Chéron...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Honfleur Harbor Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Honfleur Harbor Scene
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 5.75 x 7.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, unframed
...
Category
20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large Early 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting Figures Far Reaching Views
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures before Far Reaching View
attributed to William Alfred Delamotte (English, 1775-1863)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 36 inches
provenance: private collection, England
c...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seated Nude Study in Soft Pastels - Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Nude Study in Soft Pastels - Contemporary Oil Painting
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 15.25 (height) x 12.5 (width) (Mounted:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1900's French Portrait of Lady with Earings Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady with Earrings
French School, early 1900's
oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 12 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ireland Seascape Landscape with Boats & Figures by Contemporary Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Ireland Lake Seascape Landscape with Boats & Figures by Contemporary Irish Artist, Frank Fitzsimons
Art measures 36 x 16 inches
Frame measure 40 x 2...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Courtier Presenting Himself to Elegant French Ladies in Rococo Parkland, 1800's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Courtier Presenting Himself Before Elegant Ladies in Parkland
French artist, circa 1800 period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 19 inches
provenance: private collection, France
c...
Category
Early 19th Century Rococo England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Anna Costa (circa 1960s). This is a beautifully expressive portrait painted by the artist using vibrant colour...
Category
1960s England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
19th Century coastal townscape oil painting of Cannes, France
By Edward Henry Holder
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Edward Henry Holder
British, (1847-1922)
The Port of Cannes
Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)95
Image size: 14 inches x 39.75 inches
Size including frame: 21.5 inches x 47.25 inche...
Category
19th Century Victorian England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fete Champetre - Garden Party - French 18thC figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming 18th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to circle of Joseph Frans Nollekens. Painted circa 1740 it is described as a fete champetre - a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. They were often elegant affairs and became very popular in 18th French paintings. Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710 and they were also included as a category in the French Academy. In this painting, several well dressed figures are sat in the foreground by a fountain and statue, being entertained by a musician. Beyond, a wide avenue of trees leads towards a very grand country house with countryside beyond. There is superb detail in the figures and their colourful clothing. The brushwork in the trees and sky is also superb. This is a charming example of an 18th century fete champetre and of a French Old Master oil painting.
Provenance. Gloucester estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 49 inches by 30 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a fine gilt frame, 56 inches by 37 inches and in good condition.
Josef Frans Nollekens or Joseph Frans Nollekens (1702–1748)[2] was a Flemish painter who was principally active in England where he is often referred to as "Old Nollekens" to distinguish him from his famous son, the sculptor Joseph Nollekens. He painted conversation pieces, galant companies and fêtes champêtres in the style of Watteau, genre scenes as well as portraits. He was also active as a picture restorer.
A fête champêtre was a form of entertainment in the 18th century, taking the form of a garden party. This form of entertainment was particularly practised by the French court, where in the Gardens of Versailles and elsewhere areas of the park were landscaped with follies, pavilions, and temples to accommodate such festivities. The term is a French expression, very literally translating as "party in the fields", meaning a "pastoral festival" or "country feast" and in theory was a simple form of entertainment, perhaps little more than a picnic or informal open air dancing. In practice, especially in the 18th century, the simplicity of the event was often contrived. A fête champêtre was often a very elegant form of entertainment involving on occasions whole orchestras hidden in trees, with guests sometimes in fancy dress. Such events became a popular subject in French 18th-century painting, representing a glamourized aristocratic form of pastoral, with "scenes of well dressed dalliance in a park setting". Antoine Watteau invented the genre, from around 1710, and is its best exponent, imitated by others such as Nicolas Lancret and Jean-Baptiste Pater...
Category
1740s Old Masters England - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
