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Item Ships From: Europe
Awakening - Important Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Nudes Nymphs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Awakening’ by Herbert James Draper (1864-1920).
This monumental masterpeice oil painting – which depicts two wood nymphs rising to meet the morning sun – is signed by the artist an...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$81,409 Sale Price
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Tombs of the Sultans - 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting Royal Academy 1873
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Tombs of the Sultans’ by Frank Dillon R.I. R.O.I. (1823-1909).
The painting – which depicts the ancient Egyptian “City of the Dead” outside the old walls of Cairo – is signed by th...
Category
1870s English School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$32,948 Sale Price
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Vigilance, Loyalty & Devotion - 19th Century Oil Painting Society Beauty & Dogs
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vigilance, Loyalty, and Devotion’ by Arthur Wardle R.B.C. R.I. (1864-1949).
The painting – which depicts a young beauty surrounded by poppies and her three faithful canine companio...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
News from the Front - 19th Century Oil Painting Royal Academy Exhibition 1849
By Frederick Goodall R.A.
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘News from the Front’ by Frederick Goodall R.A. H.R.I. (1822-1904).
The painting – which depicts a diverse cross-section of Victorian figures gathered outside a post office as they...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vale of the Conwy, Snowdonia - 19th Century Oil Painting Wales Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Vale of the Conwy’ by Samuel Lines (1778-1863). The painting – which depicts a single female figure in Welsh dress walking with a goat in an extensive mountain landscape – is signed...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$10,946 Sale Price
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19th Century Oil Painting Victorian Holiday Summer Landscape Royal Academy 1859
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Day in the Country’ by William Frederick Witherington R.A. (1785-1865).
The painting – which depicts a group of Victorian figures on a summer’s day before an extensive landscape ...
Category
1850s Victorian Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Belle Epoque Beauty - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Young Beauty holding a Red Rose’ by Étienne Adolphe Piot (1831-1910). The painting is signed by the artist and hangs in a fine quality gold metal leaf frame.
Academy Fine Paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting King Arthur's Queen Guinevere Camelot
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English medieval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her lov...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique large post-impressionist oil painting 'Three Women Dancing'
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large antique post-impressionist oil painting of three woman bathers dancing by Harry Bloomfield. This is a stunning large size oil painting on thick board entitled, 'Three Dancing ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,382 Sale Price
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Charles PICART LE DOUX, Model on Green Background, Oil on Isorel, 1949
By Charles Picart le Doux
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on isorel panel by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1949. Model on green background. With frame: 97.5x76.5 cm - 38.4x30.1 inches ; without frame: 81x60cm - 31.9x23.6 i...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
1863-1936 English Impressionist signed Oil painting NEW FOREST SUNSET HAMPSHIRE
By Frederick Golden Short
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frederick Golden Short (1863-1936) British
TITLE: "New Forest Sunset"
SIGNED: unsigned - labelled verso for Louise Kosman Gallery where originally purchased
MEDIUM: oil on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
ORIGINAL MID 20thC THICK IMPASTO OIL PAINTING Fishing Western Isles Scotland
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Mid/late 20th Century (English/Scottish School)
TITLE: "Fishing In The Western Isles Scotland"
SIGNED: labelled verso
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: very good, a couple of s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist impressionist oil painting "Journey through nature"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This small-format semi-abstract expressive oil painting "Journey through Nature' by French artist Natalya Mougenot evokes the quiet ambiguity of nature.
Measuring just 20 x 20 cm (7...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Of Time. Horizontal, large format, fish, red, semi-abstract, design
Located in Oslo, NO
The fish, which is swimming slowly and smoothly in the waters of the river, represents the passage of time. The fish in the foreground is the "Here-And-Now", while the fish in the up...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage French landscape oil painting, mid-century impressionist oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique French framed landscape oil painting on stretched canvas. An animated mid-century oil painting in a very attractive vintage Montparnasse wood frame. A riverscape setting wi...
Category
1940s French School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$595 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Landscape Oil Painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique French framed landscape oil painting on thick board. This is a gorgeous atmospheric oil painting on thick board in a very attractive vintage Montparnasse wood frame. A land...
Category
1880s French School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
(1863-1936) English Impressionist signed Oil painting NEW FOREST HAMPSHIRE
By Frederick Golden Short
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frederick Golden Short (1863-1936) British
TITLE: "New Forest Landscape Hampshire"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 43cm x 46cm inc frame
CONDITION: very go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailing boat at Sea under a Summer Sky.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Acrylic and oil in the modern form of a sailing boat at sea by French artist Créqule. Signed bottom right. The painting is presented in a cream wood frame, under glass.
Very modern ...
Category
Late 20th Century Europe - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
Bright but gentle.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The bright colors of summer in flower arrangements look great against a sky-blue background.
The painting brings memories of summer holidays, the smell of the sea and flowers into th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tender
Located in Zofingen, AG
Shades of light and color combinations convey the gentle image of a young dancer.
She is light and weightless, it seems that she will jump and fly like a bird
Category
2010s Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life of a Bottle. Op Art. Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late mid-century acrylic on canvas, still life of a bottle by Japanese artist Mayumi Ozawa. Signed bottom centre with dedication and date to the bottom right.
This vibrant artwork p...
Category
Late 20th Century Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Under the sun 50X70
Located in Zofingen, AG
This piece is a vibrant celebration of nature's beauty and light's transformative power. Layered with oil, each brushstroke contributes to the vivid visual symphony. The sun, breakin...
Category
2010s Expressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sitges Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean art spanish seascape
By Rafael Durancamps
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Sitges
Artist: Rafael Durancamps i Folguera (1891–1979)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38 x 61 cm (14.96 x 24.01 in)
Support: Canvas stretched over wooden stretcher
...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Superb Colourist / Fauvist oil painting of Santorini Greece c.1980
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Ann Winn (1930-2015) English
TITLE: "Light Clearning Finkia" Santorini Greece
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIGNED: labelled verso for Christopher Hull Galleries London
SIZE: 81cm x...
Category
Late 20th Century Fauvist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
MID 20th CENTURY French Coastal IMPRESSIONIST Summer Landscape OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Unsigned early / mid 20th Century Continental School
TITLE: "Coastal Expansive Landscape" (probably France or Italy)
SIGNED: appears unsigned
MEDIUM: oil on relined canvas
SI...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
ITALIAN LANDSCAPES A Pair EARLY 20TH CENTURY Antique Oil Paintings SIGNED
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Early 20th Century Italian School
TITLE: "Anticoli" & "Arsoli"
MEDIUM: oil on panel (both)
SIGNED: both lower left
SIZE: 30cm x 25cm inc frame (a matched pair)
CONDITION: ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Dancers, Choreography Diptych of Abstract Figures in Pastel Tones on Paper
By Ryan Rivadeneyra
Located in Barcelona, ES
Two Dancers is a fluid exploration of movement, balance, and emotional resonance through abstract form. This vibrant diptych captures a dynamic choreography of shape and color—overla...
Category
2010s Abstract Europe - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Victorian English Hunting Scene Horse & Riders in British Landscape Signed Oil
By Joseph Dixon Clark
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Broken Free!"
by Joseph Dixon Clark (British, 1849 - 1944)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 16 x 24 inches
board: 10 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: a ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hallström’s Masterful Vision of a Northern Evening
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sunset Over Northern Waters is an oil on canvas painting by Swedish artist Carl Hallström (1850–1929). It depicts a serene Nordic sunset in which a glowing red sun hovers low over st...
Category
1910s Romantic Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Venice - 2" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Wood - 92x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Category
1970s Modern Europe - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Huge Victorian Sporting Art Oil Painting Spaniels Chasing Pheasant in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flushing the Pheasant!
by J. Langlois, British 19th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 33 x 53 inches
canvas: 30 x 50 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Very Large 18th Century French Romantic Classical Landscape Figure in Roman View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Roman Landscape
French artist, .late 18th century
oil on canvas, framed in antique gilt frame
framed: 35.5 x 45.5 inches
canvas: 29 x 39 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fr...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alpine School – Vintage Bavarian Landscape Painting of Watzmann, signed T. Kell
Located in Zofingen, AG
Attributed to: T. Kell (Alpine School)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Technique: Impasto painting with expressive brushwork
Dating: Mid 20th century (ca. 1950s–1970s)
Signature: Signed “T. Ke...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1830's English Portrait of Young Baronet Gentleman Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School c.1830
Portrait of Sir John Turney, Baronet
oil on canvas, framed in antique period gilt frame
framed: 36 x 41 inches
canvas: 30 x 25 inches
Provenance: private collec...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 1990's French Contemporary Signed Oil Painting Gordes Luberon Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gordes, The Luberon Valley, Provence
French artist,
signed and dated 95
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 38 inches
canvas: 24 x 32 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Scottish Highlands Sunset over the River Glen Valley Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset over the Highland Loch
by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed (with pseudonym)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 36 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape 148 by Jean Krille - Oil on Masonite 100x100 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork signed at the bottom left.
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictio...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
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Fine English Sporting Art Oil Painting Hunting Hound in Country House Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Foxhound
Andrew Alexander ( Contemporary British)
signed and dated 1985
oil on board, framed
framed: 30 x 35 inches
board: 24 x 29 inches
Provenance: private collec...
Category
1980s English School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eventide by Richard K Blades. Oil painting of the sea at sunset after a storm.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Richard K Blades is an expressive landscape painter working in the English Romantic tradition. He follows in a long line of artists such as Turner, Constable, Seago, Daubigney and C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Blue Coral Forest, Coral Reef, Illustration Style Painting, Organic Gestures
Located in Barcelona, ES
Blue Coral Forest is a vibrant diptych that captures the rich diversity and texture of underwater coral life. The artist uses confident lines and bold, layered colors—reds, blues, ye...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Europe - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
5pm by Richard K Blades. Oil painting of seascape at dusk. Turner influence.
Located in Coltishall, GB
A firey cloud over a calm sea captured in oil paint.
Richard K Blades is an expressive English landscape painter in the English Romantic tradition. He follows in a long line of art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique portrait oil painting of two sisters French child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A truly beautiful oil portrait painting on canvas of two sisters. This wonderful old painting is breathtakingly beautiful! The sisters look straight into the eye of the artist, the...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,382 Sale Price
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Cadaques in Calm oil on canvas painting mediterranean spanish seascape art
By Ramon Pichot i Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Cadaqués in Calm
Artist: Ramón Pichot Soler (Figueres, 1924 – Barcelona, 1996)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 73 cm (23.6 x 28.7 in)
With frame: 66 x 79 cm (26 x 31...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Days That Didn't End - Contemporary Architecture Pool House Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Symbolist Oil Painting Christ in Garden of Gethsemane & Disciples
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
French Symbolist artist
late 19th Century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: a few ...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique dog painting 19th Century French portrait oil painting of two dogs
Located in AIGNAN, FR
19th Century Antique oil painting of two dogs, a Bichon & Yorkie, I think!! Cute dog painting and unusual because there are two dogs, one looks bored with the whole process and the...
Category
1880s French School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XXI
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XXI", oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an inter...
Category
1980s Modern Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$770 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Dutch Classical Still Life Oil Painting Ornate Flowers in Bowl Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Floral Still Life
Dutch School, mid 20th century
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 29 x 23 inches
board : 25 x 19 inches
Provenance: private collection, Europe
Condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century British Signed Oil Painting Tranquil River Landscape Calming Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tranquil River Landscape
by John Radwel, British 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 35 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Myriad passion
Located in IT
All taxes /customs charges are included in the final price agreed.
acrylic, oil on canvas
one-of-a-kind
Dimensions of the painting:
100x175 (105x180cm full size)
the painting wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
French School Impressionist Landscape Signed oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️
⏩It is signed J Moreau, probably Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) ⏪
Jacques Gaston Moreau (1903-1994) was a French painter renowned for his evocative landscape...
Category
Early 1900s Tonalist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$524 Sale Price
76% Off
French Impressionist Landscape, Road by the Barn
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid century oil on board landscape. The painting is unsigned and presented in a deep gilt wooden frame.
This painting captures the serene essence of rural life, presenting a quaint ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary semi-abstract small oil painting on canvas "Nature hides home"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This small-format semi-abstract expressive oil painting Nature Hides Home by French artist Natalya Mougenot evokes the quiet ambiguity of nature.
Measuring just 20 x 20 cm (7.9 x 7....
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Italian Fishermen in their Boats at Dusk and a Quiet Sea
Located in Stockholm, SE
Italian fishermen in their boats at dusk and a quiet sea.
Oil on canvas, Mounted in a gilttwood frame. 74 × 131 cm
Signed and dated P. Gabrini Roma 1905
This evocative painting by ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian School Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XVII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category
1980s Modern Europe - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,046 Sale Price
20% Off
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category
1980s Modern Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,430 Sale Price
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Farblichtung grün gelb orange - abstract contemporary modern sculptural painting
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farblichtung grün gelb orange is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern sculptural painting by German artist Sybille Pattscheck. Her sculptural paintings are made by applying num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wax, Pigment
Still Life with Oysters - The earliest known still life in Swedish art history
Located in Stockholm, SE
This previously unpublished painting was first securely attributed to Govert Dircksz Camphuysen in 1944, following an examination at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm during which the ...
Category
1650s Old Masters Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
Wooded River Landscape - Early 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautful early 20th century French imprressionist oil on panel depicting a wooded river landsape.
The work is superbly executed very, atmospheric and in excelllent original condi...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Jan KOBELL Romantic Landscape ruins mountains river Dutch 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jan KOBELL the elder
Delfshaven (Rotterdam), 1756 – 1833
Landscape with ruins, bridge and river
Oil on cardboard
35 x 44 cm (49.5 x 60.5 cm with frame)
Signed lower left “JK f.”
Very...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Europe - Paintings
Materials
Oil
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