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Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
Item Ships From: Europe
Portrait of Chlorinda with Letter - British art Victorian genre oil painting
By George Wells
Located in London, GB
This charming oil portrait painting is by noted British Victorian artist George Wells. Painted circa 1880 we know the elegant sitter is Chlorinda but her relationship to Wells is unk...
Category
19th Century Realist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Portrait of Pensive Madonna Blue Veil Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna in Pensive Thought
English 19th Century, Pre-Raphaelite artist
Oil painting on board, framed
Framed: 15 x 10.5 inches
Board: 13 x 9 inches
Condition: The painting is in o...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Fair Skipper: boating on a mountain lake ca 1830 the Swiss Alps painting
Located in Norwich, GB
Here is an almost two hundred year old painting which is so irresistibly charming that it's crazy! You may have seen painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes - but how many pretty...
Category
1830s Romantic Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato femenino - Año 1855
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1855
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco ...
Category
1850s Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$850 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Theatrical Oil Painting Merchants outside City Building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Merchants of the Temple
19th Century School
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 33 inches
Provenance: private collection, The Loire Valley, France
Condition: good condition
For mo...
Category
19th Century French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Magdalene, 19th Century after Carlo Dolci (1616-1686)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Mary Magdalene, 19th Century
after Carlo Dolci (1616-1686)
Large 19th Century Italian depiction of Mary Magdalene, oil on canvas. Large scale devotional scene of the penitent Magda...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Profil De Femme De Baumes Amédée (1820/1906)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Amédée de Baumes (1820–1906)
Huile sur toile, format ovale, cadre d’origine doré
Ce magnifique portrait en profil illustre tout le raffinement de la peinture académique du XIXe sièc...
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Romantic painting Painter Eugène CICERI Paris Salon 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Camille Auguste GASTINE
Paris, 1819– Paris, 1867
Portrait of the painter Eugène Cicéri
Oil on canvas
Signed, dedicated and dated lower right “1849 / C. Gastine / To his friend EC”
60...
Category
1840s Romantic Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique German Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Bavarian Lady in Head Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady
by Theodor Recknagl (1865-1945) German
signed oil on board, unframed
board : 7.5 x 6 inches
Attached provenance documents
Provenance: private collection, England
C...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,326
Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Spanish Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
Spanish School, head and shoulders portrait of a beautiful young woman in an elegant blue dress and lace mantilla. Well presented in a painted wooden frame. Unsigned. On canvas on st...
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Georges HYON
(Paris 1840 – Saint Germain en Laye 1913)
Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment
Oil on canvas
H. 115 cm; W. 146.5 cm
Signed lower left
A student of Portalis, Georg...
Category
1870s French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century English Victorian silhouette portrait
Located in Harkstead, GB
A finely detailed silhouette of a Victorian young lady.
Attributed to Hinton Gibbs (1783-1839)
Portrait of a young lady, bust length, turned to the right
watercolour, reverse painte...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
$213 Sale Price
30% Off
Thomas Gainsborough (Follower), Portrait Of Miss Sparrow
By Thomas Gainsborough
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exceedingly charming early 19th-century half-length portrait by a follower of Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA (1727-1788) depicts a lady traditionally identified as ‘Miss Sparrow’. ...
Category
1830s Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid 19th Century Oil - Man with A Long Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming mid 19th century study depicting a man smoking a long pip. Presented in a gilt effect composition frame. On board.
Category
Mid-19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$248 Sale Price
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Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a European Gentleman
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical portrait depicts an affluent gentleman in formal 19th-century attire. The subject is depicted against a muted background, with the artist skilfully capturing the textu...
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage portrait of a woman sewing by french artist Leon Garraud
Located in AIGNAN, FR
A quiet moment captured by the artist, Leon Garraud of a woman sewing. It's an oil on board framed under glass in beautiful tones of browns and greys highlighed by the light shining...
Category
1930s French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century, Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Stockholm, SE
A young girl with a bob haircut, gazing downward, wrapped in a shawl or blanket. A red hairband adorns her head. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, this captivating portrait, painte...
Category
1880s Other Art Style Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$3,590 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century By Giuseppe Molteni Portrait of a Woman Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giuseppe Molteni (Affori (Milano), Italy, 1800 - Milano, Italy, 1867)
Title: Portrait of a Woman
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 67 × 55 cm - with frame 91.5 x 80 cm
...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$26,174 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Scottish Oil Painting Circus Lady Performer, original antique oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Thomas Bromley Blacklock (Scottish, 1862-1903), signed and inscribed.
The son of the English teacher at Kirkcudbright Academy...
Category
19th Century Victorian Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Croele Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973)
Creole woman
1938
Oil on canvas
89 x 74 cm
(97 x 85 cm with frame)
35.04 x 29.13 in
(38.19 x 33.46 in with frame)
Signed and dated top right
Online ca...
Category
1930s Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Jeannie Netter, wearing a Burgundy dress
By Fedor Encke
Located in West Sussex, GB
Fedor Encke (1851-1926) – German
Full length Portrait of Jeannie Netter, standing in an interior, wearing a Burgundy Velvet Dress holding a Pink Rose
Oil on canvas :85 ¾ x 50 ¼ in. Frame :103 x 67 ¼ in. Signed & inscribed ‘New York’. Circa 1910
Jeannie Netter was an American born musician and song-writer but was mostly merited for her sculpture having been taught by the Russian artist Bernstamm.
Fedor Encke was born in Berlin, Germany in 1851. Younger brother of Erdmann Encke who was a sculptor, Encke was the illegitimate grandson of King Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia and Mistress Wilhelmine Encke, Countess of Lichtenau.
Fedor studied under Karl Gussow in Berlin and then went on to study in Rome and Paris.
Although he set up a studio in Berlin during the 1880’s, he seems to have travelled regularly between Paris and New York painting many American Society sitters, including President Theodore Roosevelt.
Encke’s portrait of Roosevelt dressed in Rough Rider uniform, originally hung in the dining room of the White House and is now at the Presidents place of birth, Segamore Hill, New York. This portrait was also published as the frontispiece of ‘The Rough Riders’ by C. Scribners&Sons, 1899.
Encke was in Paris in 1902 and painted the two banking giants, John H. Harjes and J.P. Morgan both having their portraits painted at the same time.
To try and finish Morgan’s painting Encke hired a young photographer named Edward Steichen to take Morgan’s picture as a kind of aid memoir to minimize the sitting time. This photograph and the painting that resulted from it caused a considerable stir because of the uncompromising pose of Morgan. The portrait became synonymous with the new capitalism.
Encke seems to have been very well connected socially and painted for many members of the European nobility as a result. Encke died in 1926.
Works in Museums: Segamore Hill, New York (Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt) National Portrait Gallery America; Smithsonian; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bibl: Book on Moses Ezekiel...
Category
1890s Realist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Four large French family portraits
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Suite of four large family portraits, kept together to this day. Created around 1840 by the painter Théophile Morel, who presented portraits at the Salon des Artistes Français from t...
Category
1840s French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Lady - 19th Century French Oil on Panel Antique Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 19th century French oil on panel portrait of a lady wearing a red hat. Finely painted and unusual portrait, presented in its original ornate frame.
Artist: French School...
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Circassian Guerilla, 19th Century Russian School - Turkish History
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Circassian Guerilla, 19th Century
Russian School
Large 19th Century Russian School portrait of a Circassian Guerilla, oil on canvas. Remarkable quality and historica...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,794 Sale Price
35% Off
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Vintage English Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog
English artist, late 19th century
Watercolour drawing on paper stuck on card
card: 10 x 8 inches
paper: 5.5 x 4 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portraits of two sisters
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Bernard GAILLOT
(Versailles 1780 – Paris, 1847)
Portraits of two sisters
Pair of oil on canvas
H. 92 cm; L. 73 cm
One signed
Student of David, he presented his first works at the Sa...
Category
1810s French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cornish Fisherman Antique English Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Sea Man
By David W. Haddon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Old Salt" (Cornish fisherman)
by David W. Haddon (British, late 19th/ early 20th century)
signed and dated
oil on board, framed
framed: 18 x 14 inches
board: 16 x 12 inches ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Woman - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
By Antonio Feltrinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Original oil on plywood.
Beautiful and representative artwork of a female...
Category
1930s Modern Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
German school (XIX) After Bartholomäus Bruyn "the elder" - Portrait of a woman
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
El estado de la obra es aceptable
Se presenta enmarcada la pintura con un marco bastante actual
Medidas obra: 30 cm altura x 24 cm ancho.
Medidas marco: 39 cm altura x 33 cm ancho.
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18th/ 19th century Continental School, after Murillo
Title: Figures eating Grapes
Medium: signed oil painting on metal, framed.
Size:...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
J. Bonnevay, Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
J. Bonnevay (active in France in the late 19th century)
Portrait of a Gentleman
Signed upper left
(the signature is quite difficult to read, but without a doubt Bonnevay's)
Oil on c...
Category
1890s Academic Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog Charming Antique English Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Pekingese Dog
English artist, late 19th century
Watercolour drawing on board, unframed
drawing: 7.25 x 5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, UK
Condition: This paint...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady with Lace Collar - British 19th century art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in London, GB
This very charming British 19th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1810 it is a seated half length portrait of a l...
Category
1810s Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,081 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Gentleman in Red
Located in Corsham, GB
This striking late 19th century oil portrait features a handsome gentleman in a rich red cloak. The artist captures the subject's penetrative stare and air of importance in great det...
Category
Late 19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Myth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family
By Blair Hughes-Stanton
Located in London, GB
This superb British 1930's modern art tempera painting is by noted interwar artist Blair Hughes-Stanton. Painted in 1936 it is part of the myth se...
Category
1930s Modern Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera
Blair Hughes-StantonMyth III - British 1936 Modern art tempera painting Ida Graves poet family, 1936
$19,548 Sale Price
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19th century antique portrait lady in landscape Godfrey Kneller (manner of)
Located in York, GB
Fine Portrait of a lady standing in a landscape wearing a white satin dress
and holding a posy of flowers.
Manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)
...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s.
Good condition.
Category
1930s Modern Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 19th Century French Signed Portrait of Gentleman with Letter & Quill Pen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman
French School, mid 19th century
signed to the letter and dated
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 28 inches
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto figurativo italiano ritratto di nudo maschile del XIX secolo
By Michele Cammarano
Located in Florence, IT
Sebbene atteggiato in una delle pose convenzionali adottate in Accademia per l’esercitazione della copia dal nudo, il modello anziano qui ritratto è indagato con tale sensibilità ana...
Category
1860s Realist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Dandy a Salon in Paris 19th Century portrait of a young man French painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful depiction of a dapper Parisian dandy, dating from 1848. I love his air of decadence! It is a work by F de Korff, a mysterious French aristocratic portrait artist who had ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Mid 19th Century Oil - Boy in Thought
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 19th century oil depicting a young boy with a school book in hand, deep in thought. The artist has rendered the boy in impressive detail as he stands out illuminated against a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame
By Franz Ludwig Kiederich
Located in London, GB
'Woman by the Window with Embroidery Frame', oil on canvas, by Franz Ludwig Kiederich (circa 1930s). A delightful depiction of a woman, comfortable...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,710 Sale Price
30% Off
Henry Wyndham Phillips
By Thomas Phillips
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Thomas Phillips R.A. 1770-1845, was an English portrait painter and he painted many of the greatest people of the day including , artists, poets, writers, scientists and many other p...
Category
Mid-19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pair of Artworks "Genre Painting Jovial Monk with a Drink"
By Eduard von Grützner
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Antique Oil Painting (pair)
Jovial Monk with a Drink Attributed to Eduard VON GRÜTZNER
(XIX - XX)
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions:
Framed: 37 x 30 cm Artwork: 27 x 21 cm
Framed 38 x 31 cm Flat 27 x 22 cm
Style: Traditional European Genre Painting
This charming oil paintings, attributed to Eduard VON GRÜTZNER, depicts a jovial, cheerful monk raising a glass in a toast. The composition reflects the long-standing European tradition of genre painting, capturing moments of everyday life with warmth and humor. The subject, dressed in a flowing brown robe and wearing a Renaissance-style beret, exudes an air of contentment and mirth, making this work a delightful representation of the age-old connection between monastic life and brewing culture.
Executed in oil on panel, the painting exhibits fine attention to detail, particularly in the expressive facial features and rich textures of the monk’s clothing. The deep blue background contrasts beautifully with the warm tones of the figure, creating a striking visual impact. This type of subject matter was popular in 19th and early 20th-century European art, often appearing in German, Flemish, and Dutch tavern scenes...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Cardinal in His Though' by Georges Croegaert ( Antwerp 1848 - 1923 Paris )
Located in Knokke, BE
Georges Croegaert
Antwerp 1848 – 1923 Paris
Belgian – French Painter
'Cardinal in His Thoughts'
Signature: signed lower right and placed ‘Georges Croegaert Paris’
Medium: oil on pa...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Female Portrait - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1931
By Antonio Feltrinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is an original artwork realized in 1931 by Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 - Gargnano, 1942).
Original Painting on canvas.
Hand-signed on the lower right corner. ...
Category
1930s Modern Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Elegant Georgian Young Ladies Woodland Park Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Morning Amusement'
English School, circa 1800's
after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, British 1723-1792
oil painting on canvas, unframed
please...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harvest Time - British Victorian exhibited art figurative landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb large exhibited British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Thomas Falcon Marshall. Painted in 1849 it was exhibited at the Royal Academy London that year. This lar...
Category
19th Century Victorian Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Lady on the Sofa' by Herman Richir (1866 – Brussels – 1942)
By Herman Richir
Located in Knokke, BE
Herman Richir
1866 – Brussels – 1942
Belgian Painter
'Lady on the Sofa'
Signature: signed lower right
Medium: pastel on canvas
Dimensions: image size 134 x 106 cm, frame size 152,5...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Portrait of Major General Harding Steward - British 19thC military oil painting
By Edyth Starkie
Located in London, GB
This striking British 19th century portrait oil painting is by noted established Irish female artist Edyth Starkie. She studied at the Slade School as well as the Académie Julian in ...
Category
19th Century Realist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Convent Boat - British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite art religious oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Hughes. It was painted circa 1874 and has extensive provenance. The composition is of a novice n...
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Of A Regency Gentleman 19th Century European School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Regency Gentleman, 19th Century
European School - unfinished study
Large 19th Century European School unfinished portrait of a gentleman, oil on canvas. Excellent qua...
Category
19th Century Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,059 Sale Price
35% Off
Portrait of Molly in Red Beret - British thirties Art Deco portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking Art Deco portrait oil painting is by female artist Jolan Polatschek Williams. Williams was born in Austria but settled in England in the 1920's where she remained. Pain...
Category
1930s Art Deco Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Portrait of a Nun Large Oil Painting 1898
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nun
by Joseph Albert, signed and dated to the back, 1898
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: ove...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
‘Oriental Girls - Mediants à Tanger’, Jean François Portaels ( 1818 - 1895 )
Located in Knokke, BE
Jean François Portaels
1818 - Brussels - 1895
Belgian Painter
‘Oriental Girls - Mediants à Tanger, Maroc’
Signature: signed lower right ‘J. Portaels’
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: image size 40,5 x 28,5 cm, frame size 67,5 x 56 cm
Biography: Jean François Portaels, also known as Jan Portaels, was a versatile Belgian painter born on April 3, 1818, in Vilvoorde and passed away on February 8, 1895, in Schaerbeek. He was celebrated for his genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. As a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent and the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Portaels significantly impacted Belgian art, becoming a pivotal figure in the Belgian Orientalist school. His works were known for their 'everyday elegance and feminine grace,' and he played a crucial role in influencing the next generation of Belgian artists, including notable figures like Théo van Rysselberghe.
Portaels was the son of a wealthy brewer who also served as Vilvoorde's mayor. Showing an early passion for drawing, he was sent to the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1836, where he studied under François-Joseph Navez, a former student of Jacques-Louis David. Navez invited him to his studio, which was renowned at the time, allowing Portaels to refine his skills alongside other talented students like Charles de Groux and Joseph Stallaert.
In 1841, Portaels moved to Paris, enrolling at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studying under Paul Delaroche. He became influenced by the emerging Orientalist movement, which was gaining traction in Paris. In 1842, he won the Grand Prix de Rome, which funded his travels across Italy and other regions, including Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Judea, Spain, Hungary, and Norway. These journeys profoundly influenced his artistic vision, particularly his Orientalist works.
Upon his return to Belgium in 1847, Portaels was appointed Director of the academy in Ghent. In 1849, he married Marie Hélène Navez, the daughter of his first teacher. Despite being offered the directorship of the Brussels Academy, he initially declined, opting to preserve his independence. He later accepted a teaching position at the Academy and eventually became its director in 1878, succeeding Eugène Simonis.
Portaels was known for his broad range of artistic talents, including history painting, portraiture, and genre art. He was particularly recognised for his Orientalist depictions, often portraying the 'Oriental woman' with distinctive features like arched eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. His style, marked by charm and elegance, distinguished him from the dominant artistic movements of Classicism and Romanticism.
He was a pioneer in monumental art in Belgium, working with Jean Baptiste van Eycken to introduce fresco techniques like water glass painting...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century French Oil Painting Madonna & Child Carved Wood Scrolled Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna & Child
French School, 19th century
presented in carved wood scrolled frame
oil on canvas, framed
frame: 27 x 20 inches
canvas: 15.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private colle...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Madame Hermann-Joseph REINACH, born Julie BÜDING (1828-1870)
Located in Paris, IDF
Frédéric Adolphe YVON
(Eschviller, 1817 – Paris, 1893)
Portrait of Madame Hermann-Joseph REINACH,
born Julie BÜDING (1828-1870)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated on the left
65 x 54 ...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Europe - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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