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By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped from London, UK.
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube.
Category
2010s Post-Modern London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
'Portrait of the Nephew of the Artist' by René Seyssaud, French Oil Painting
By René Seyssaud
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of the Nephew of the Artist', oil on canvas, by René Seyssaud (circa 1930s). Known for his use of vivid colours in his landscapes and depictions of workers in their fields,...
Category
1930s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Le Banc Public à Paris' by Jordi Roca (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
'Le Banc Public à Paris' ('The Park Bench in Paris'), oil on board, by Jordi Roca (circa 1980s). This atmospheric, sizeable work captures the quiet presence of a Parisian public benc...
Category
1980s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
$2,855 Sale Price
20% Off
Boats on a Pond
By Charles Kvapil
Located in London, GB
'Boats on a Pond', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (circa 1930s). This tranquil artwork depicts people fishing from their small boats. The motionless pond is surrounded by lush foliage with some homes as backdrop. The painting is spattered with light. With hardly any air moving in the scene, the still water plays...
Category
1930s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,624 Sale Price
40% Off
The Town Hall of Les Baux-de-Provence
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'The Town Hall of Les Baux-de-Provence', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (1946). Having spent several months a year in Provence, the artist created dozens of wo...
Category
1940s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape
By Charles Kvapil
Located in London, GB
'Landscape', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1928). The artist, Kvapil, has scores of tremendous artworks which depict scenes in nature such as this one. Here, a bit of Mediterrane...
Category
1920s Expressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Origin-original hyperrealistic figurative waterscape painting-contemporary art
By Abi Whitlock
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Origin" by Abi Whitlock invites viewers to explore a moment o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,582 Sale Price
20% Off
'Portrait of a Man', French School (circa 1970s)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Man', mixed media on fine art paper, French School (circa 1970s). Discovered in the south of France, this enigmatic portrait captivates with its quiet intensity and pa...
Category
1970s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$878 Sale Price
20% Off
They after Batoni and Hodges
By Derrick Guild
Located in London, GB
Dimensions variable: medium oval 7.5cm x 9.5cm; large oval 9cm x 11cm.
Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings fragment Old Master works to explore the social fabric bene...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Self-Portrait of the Artist
By Lilian E. Whitteker
Located in London, GB
'Self-Portrait of the Artist', oil on canvas, by Lilian E. Whitteker (1952). This may be the only self-portrait (or portrait) of Lilian Whitteker as her favourite subjects to paint w...
Category
1950s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,251 Sale Price
20% Off
Copper - Bath nude portraiture artwork realism oil painting modern human form
By Calvin Lai
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Contemporary figurative artist Calvin Lai paints a provocative...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Windsor Beauty after Sir Peter Lely (6)
By Derrick Guild
Located in London, GB
Dimensions variable: small ovals 5.5cm x 6.5cm; medium ovals 7.5cm x 9.5cm; large ovals 9cm x 11cm
Derrick Guild is a Scottish artist whose paintings fragment Old Master works to ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Mill
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'The Mill', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). A colourful wintery scene, the bare trees are like wireless telephone poles along ...
Category
1930s Expressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
$1,249 Sale Price
30% Off
Ecce Homo, after Carlo Dolci (1616–1686)
Located in GB
Ecce Homo is a superb, striking and emotive Old Master in oil on copper after the renowned Italian Baroque artist Carlo Dolci. The "Ecce Homo" shows the figure of Christ before His c...
Category
17th Century Baroque London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
View of Mont Ventoux Under the Provence Sky
Located in London, GB
'View of Mont Ventoux Under the Provence Sky', oil on canvas, by Michel Margueray (circa 2000). Mont Ventoux is the highest peak in Provence, not far from...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,033 Sale Price
40% Off
'Port of Saint-Malo', French Modern School
Located in London, GB
'Port of Saint-Malo', oil on canvas affixed to board, French Modern School (1984). Although the artist dated this painting '84, it depicts a nostalgic view of the port of Saint-Malo in Western France's, Brittany in 1884 judging by the clothing worn by the characters depicted. The crowd on the shoreline is watching a sailboat regatta starting just inside the port's breakwater. A rather rare sunny day in Brittany brought out the parasols of the sitting ladies on the edge of the old ramparts. The walled city...
Category
1980s Modern London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$672 Sale Price
30% Off
Golfers 45 - original figurative landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into the serene and orderly world of "Golfers 45," a char...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,899 Sale Price
20% Off
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 London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Protocol Droid
By Marco Araldi
Located in London, GB
Marco’s background is in engineering and architecture, making him familiar with mathematical design and the awareness of geometry.
When he decided to create art, he was naturally dra...
Category
2010s Other Art Style London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mountain Landscape
By Louise Jeanne Cottard-Fossey
Located in London, GB
'Mountain Landscape', oil on canvas, by Louise-Jeanne Cottard-Fossey (circa 1950s). A very idyllic, verdant scene depicted by this renown French fem...
Category
1950s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,239 Sale Price
40% Off
Golden Deck-original impressionism seascape sail oil painting-contemporary art
By Juan del Pozo
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Embark on a journey of nautical elegance with Juan del Pozo's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish bullfighting, Spanish School, 20th century
Located in GB
This striking and dynamic painting, attributed to the 20th-century Spanish School, captures the raw intensity and drama of a traditional Spanish bullfighting scene, focusing on the r...
Category
20th Century London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Against the Glass
By Michael Leonard
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on Masonite board, 102cm x 83cm, (124cm x 104cm framed). The painting comes directly from the artist.
Michael Leonard is most probably most famous for his portrait of HM ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-War London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Alkyd
Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Nude at the Window Overlooking Sacré-Coeur', oil on paper mounted on canvas, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930s). Although later in Latapie's career he embraced cubism and abstraction, t...
Category
1930s Expressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Canvas
$3,375 Sale Price
30% Off
Sicilian Farmhouse
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Sicilian Farmhouse', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1950s). A dedicated lover of Mediterranean countries and their varied landscapes, this charming and diminutive work by the ...
Category
1950s Modern London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Pansies, 1930s art deco design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Pansies
Gouache
30 x 47 cm
c.1930
Label to reverse 'Baynard Press', Signed lower right, further signed in pencil and dated 1929.
Provenance: Family of the...
Category
1930s Art Deco London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Man Reaching Down: Tondo
By Michael Leonard
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on Masonite, signed and dated (middle left), 61cm (diam.), (83cm diam. framed). (This work was kept by the artist for his personal collection. It remained in his collection...
Category
1980s Post-War London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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 London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple Horse
Located in Norwich, GB
Painter and printmaker, born in Famagusta, Cyprus, whose family – involved in the restaurant business – settled in London in 1946. He attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1960–4, then Royal Academy Schools, 1964–7.
Kiki’s pictures were often on a large scale, figurative, vigorous, using high-pitched and unconventional colours and reflecting his Mediterranean background.
Group exhibitions included Young Contemporaries, Mall Galleries, 1966; British Painting ’74, Hayward Gallery, 1974; and Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College, Cardiff, 1986.
Later solo shows included Art Space Gallery, from 1991, and SeaChange Gallery, Great Yarmouth, 2002, Frames of Norwich, The Saint Giles Street Gallery and Chappel Galleries, Chappel, both 2003, and The Warehouse, Lowestoft, 2005.
Saatchi Collection holds his work.
Lives and works in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Purple Horse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Nostalgia - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Aliaa Essam is an Egyptian-Spanish painter. Currently lives in Geneva.
She started her art journey at a very early age. Spending hours watching her mother and grandmother drawing an...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Paris la Bourse
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Paris, la Bourse', gouache on paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). Created at the beginning of the 19th century by Napoleon, la Bourse, or the Stock Exchange, was intended to assert and encourage France’s prosperity in industry and trade. In 1826 the Stock Exchange was installed in the palace that the architect Brongniart had begun in 1808. Surrounded by a large peristyle of Corinthian columns, the rectangular structure reflects the official neo-classicism of the Empire Period. The artist, Génin, depicts a typically lively 1930s day in front of the building with cars of the period zooming by pedestrians on the walkway and others on the stairs leading to the entrance. He has an extremely charming, almost childlike style particularly the way he renders the people and the vehicles. The building, on the other hand, is accurate in its detail and more seriously presented. Our gallery has held and has sold over a dozen of Genin's paintings but this one stands out for its pure stylish appeal and ability to captivate while inducing a smile in the viewer. The artwork is in good overall condition - there are some minor blemishes not on the artwork itself but on the edges of the mount to which it is attached. The frame is in fair condition showing some nicks and scratches. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request a video can be provided. Signed by the artist in the lower right hand.
About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer...
Category
1930s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,653 Sale Price
50% Off
The Mouth of the Little Rhone
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'The Mouth of the Little Rhone', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (circa 1960s). The Petit Rhône, one of the two arms of the Rhône delta, marks the boundary between the Camargue and the...
Category
1960s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,266 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Man
By Yvonne Guégan
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Man', oil on canvas, by Yvonne Guégan (circa 1970s). This is not a portrait of the reclusive billionaire, Howard Hughes. Regrettably, we d...
Category
1970s Modern London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,730 Sale Price
40% Off
The Church in Billy
By André Lemaître
Located in London, GB
'The Church in Billy' (Calvados Region Normandy), oil on canvas by André Lemaître (1936). Billy is a former commune in Normandy, France. This depiction ...
Category
1930s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,121 Sale Price
30% Off
Still Life with Pineapple
By Lucien Martial
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Pineapple', oil on panel, by Lucien Martial (circa 1960s). Like human life, fruit is perishable and ephemeral, and thus many believe th...
Category
1960s Expressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,730 Sale Price
40% Off
Les Baigneuses by Paulémile Pissarro - Nude scene, riverscene painting
By Paul Emile Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Les Baigneuses by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
89 x 118 cm (35 x 46 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Paulémile - Pissarro. 1928.
This work is accompanied by...
Category
1920s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Presents for George, Mary & Gladys, 1930s art deco poster design
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Presents for George, Mary & Gladys
Gouache and collage
46 x 33 cm
c.1930
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist...
Category
1930s Art Deco London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Academic Study
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Signed, dated and dedicated (upper right)
46cm × 38cm (59cm × 51cm framed)
Forichon was a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and was taught by Jean-Léon Gérôme...
Category
1880s French School London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Oranges and Apples', Oil on Canvas Still Life Painting
By Guillaume Dulac
Located in London, GB
'Oranges and Apples', oil on canvas, still life by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). A magnificent study of fruit and light painted with a deft touch and a delicate brushstroke. The evi...
Category
1920s London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,036 Sale Price
40% Off
Grand 19th Century English Marine Painting in Stunning Light
By John Wilson Ewbank
Located in London, GB
John Wilson Ewbank (1799 - 1847)
Shipping in the Harbour, South Shields
Oil on canvas
39.5 x 58 inches unframed
47.75 x 66.5 inches framed
Provenance:
Christie's October 2002; Lot 11.
Fine Art Society;
Private Collection
This marvellous up to scale Ewbank is full of light and warmth and almost certainly his greatest work of the sort rarely - if ever - seen on the market.
John W. Ewbank (4 May 1799–28 November 1847), was an English-born landscape and marine painter largely operational from Scotland.
The Humber river is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England.
Life
Ewbank was born at Darlington on 4 May 1799, the son of Michael Ewbank, an innkeeper. He was adopted as a child by a wealthy uncle who lived at Wycliffe, on the banks of the River Tees, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Intended for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he was sent to Ushaw College, from which he absconded.
In 1813 Ewbank was apprenticed to Thomas Coulson, an ornamental painter in Newcastle. In around 1816 he moved with Coulson to Edinburgh, where he had some lessons with Alexander Nasmyth. He found work both as a painter and a teacher. He was nominated in 1830 one of the foundation members of the Royal Scottish Academy.
In 1833 he is listed as living at 7 Union Street on the eastern fringe of the New Town in Edinburgh.
Works
His sketches from nature were especially admired, and a series of 51 drawings of Edinburgh by him were engraved by W. H. Lizars for James Browne's Picturesque Views of Edinburgh (1825). He also made a reputation with cabinet pictures of banks of rivers, coast scenes, and marine subjects.
As an illustrator he illustrated some early editions of Scott's Waverley Novels and one edition of Gilbert White...
Category
19th Century Old Masters London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sir Anthony Van Dyck 17th Century Oil Painting Study of a Head of a Man
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641, Flemish)
Study of a Head of Man
Circa 1627-32, Van Dyck’s second Antwerp period
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions 15 x 14 inches (38.1 x 3...
Category
17th Century Old Masters London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Walking Down the Strand - contemporary impressionism London oil painting
By David Hinchliffe
Located in London, GB
Based in his homeland of Australia, David has painted extensively throughout his travels in the United States and the UK, where he is regularly represented by select commercial galle...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Jardin du Luxembourg
By Marie-Anne Nivoulies de Pierrefort
Located in London, GB
'Le Jardin du Luxembourg', oil on canvas, by Marie de Nivouliès de Pierrefort (circa 1910). Parisians are not equivocal about their park preferences. Some clearly favour the Tuileries, while others stand firmly with feet planted in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Perhaps this is analogous to residents' strongly-held preferences for either the Café Deux Magots or the Café de Flore, just down the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Back to the gardens though, I have always been captivated by the Luxembourg Gardens. It's the lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as the picturesque Medici Fountain...
Category
1910s Impressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,492 Sale Price
50% Off
Colorful Figurative Painting of a Woman in Pink Dress
By Khalid Nadif
Located in East Quogue, NY
Contemporary Moroccan figurative painting by Khalid Nadif.
Mixed media and paint on canvas, offered framed.
Signed on back by the artist.
Portrait, female figure, figurative art,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
L'avenue Des Champs-élysees au Crepuscule
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 13 x 18 inches
Framed size: 20 x 25.25 inches
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Impressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Astounding She Monster
Located in Norwich, GB
US One Sheet Film Poster
41¼ x 27 in. (105 x 68.5 cm.)
Backed on linen
Artwork by Albert Kallis.
Country of origin U.S. One Sheet poster for the 1958 B-...
Category
20th Century Contemporary London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Gypsy camping, by Henry and Charles Shayer 19th century British
Located in GB
Charles Thring 1825-1894 and Henry Waller Shayer 1826-1914 were sons of accomplished figure and landscape painter William Joseph Shayer (1787-1879). Taught and influenced by their fa...
Category
19th Century London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street Life, Chelsea-original impressionism figurative cityscape painting- Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Street Life, Chelsea" by Richard Gower is a vibrant original ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magnificent early 20th Century Oil Painting of Race horses - At the Gallops
By Julius von Blaas
Located in London, GB
Julius von Blaas (1845-1923)
At The Gallops
circa 1905
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated “Julius von Blass / 1905” (lower left)
110 x 200 cm (140 x 230 cms framed ish)
This enormous and grand depiction of horses exercising is an iconic image not only of the edwardien era but also of today’s racing elite.
Julius von Blaas was taught by his father Carl von Blaas (1815-1994) and trained in Venice, Florence and Rome. He was also influenced by his celebrated brother Eugen von Blaas...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Oil Painting Horses Feeding at the Stables
By James Seymour
Located in London, GB
James Seymour (1702–1752)
Feeding Time in the Stables
Oil on canvas
32 x 38 inches inc. frame
Provenance: Private Collection, Lambourn
James Seymour (1702–1752) was an English painter, widely recognized for his equestrian art.
Seymour was born in London. His father was an amateur artist and art dealer, whose other business dealings (as a banker, goldsmith, and diamond merchant) afforded young Seymour the leisure time to study art on his own, either his father's or the art at the Virtuosi Club of St. Luke - a gentleman's club his father belonged to, specializing in art. In a short time the boy was a self-taught artist, familiar with many of the prominent artists of the period.
Seymour's love of art was matched only by his love of horses. He began spending time at racetracks early on, and before long found himself absorbed in the sport - drawing, painting, owning, breeding, and racing horses. His art proved popular among the prominent sporting families of the day, eventually garnering Seymour patrons in Sir William Jolliffe and Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset...
Category
18th Century Old Masters London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Come Home!-original impressionism figurative oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Come Home!" by Richard Gower is a captivating original citysc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Surprise Visit
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 32 x 45 inches
Framed size: 35.5 x 50 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Romantic London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$102,911
Lifts and Stairs Galore, c.1930 underground poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Lifts and Stairs Galore
Gouache
53 x 33 cm
c.1930
Signed lower right
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, ...
Category
1930s Art Deco London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
'Chinatown San Francisco at Twilight', French School (circa 1950s)
Located in London, GB
'Chinatown San Francisco at Twilight', ink and gouache, diptych on card stock, French School (circa 1950s). This artwork was discovered in Paris, France. The unnamed artist skilfully captured that magical moment at dusk when light is at its most beautiful. The scene is Chinatown, San Francisco in the 1950s. The Far East Café, depicted in this artwork was established in 1920. It is the oldest banquet-style Chinese restaurant in the city. Of course, Chinese cuisine in large cities in America has since moved on from the chop suey...
Category
Mid-20th Century London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$1,071 Sale Price
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Portrait of a Man with a Rifle
Located in London, GB
Oil on layered paper
Image size: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (26.5 x 21 cm)
Contemporary swept frame
This is an eighteenth century portrait of a...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Chinatown, San Francisco
By Edward Wilson Currier
Located in London, GB
'Chinatown, San Francisco', gouache on fine art paper, by Edward Wilson Currier (1903). Spofford Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown is best known for an address (number 36) where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen plotted the overthrow of China's last dynasty. During Prohibition, it was the site of turf battles over local bootlegging and protection rackets. Today it is lined with seniors' community centres. However, the quiet alley livens up in the evenings when a Chinese orchestra strikes up a tune, mah-jongg games begin with a cascade of clicking tiles, and barbers and florists use the pretence of sweeping their doorsteps to gossip. In this artist's depiction, a man smokes a long-stemmed Chinese pipe under the awning and colourful lanterns hanging from the wooden supports while a child looks on. The artwork is interesting from several standpoints including architectural, cultural and historical. Shortly after this work was painted, the neighbourhood was completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that levelled most of the city. From 1910 to 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained at the Angel Island...
Category
Early 1900s Expressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,373 Sale Price
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18th century allegorical painting of The Triumph of Beauty
Located in London, GB
Exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93
What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history painting following the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, this is a question which is rarely posed and one which is not easily answered. Examination of surviving Royal Academy exhibition catalogues reveals a profusion of artists’ names and titles, few of which remain immediately recognizable, whilst endeavours to explain the impact of exhibition culture on painting - such as the 2001 Courtauld show Art on the Line - have tended to focus on the first and second generation of Royal Academician, rather than young or aspiring artists in the early nineteenth century. This makes the discovery and identification of the work under discussion of exceptional importance in making sense of currents in English painting around 1800. Executed by Edward Dayes...
Category
18th Century Old Masters London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mexican Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro' Lithograph by Yves Brayer Modern Landscape
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Mexican Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro', lithograph by Yves Brayer (1963). Unframed. The artist, Yves Brayer, spent time painting in Mexico in 1963, one of the many worldwide destinati...
Category
1960s Modern London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night, original oil-UK award artist-Summer Roses
Located in London, GB
Taking on the inspiration of the legendary poet, Dylan Thomas, the poem, Do not go gentle into that good night, is a painting celebrates life in its ageing; as Rosa Albertine only flowers once in early Summer with the most festive blooms and heavenly scents, a symbol of a fully lived life.
Painted Plein Air, in Artist's own garden of her very own planted memorial roses.
This is Rosa Albertine, the first Old English variety Artist Shizico Yi planted in 2016 in her garden before her late dog died; Old English Roses...
Category
2010s Expressionist London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gesso, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne
c. 1592
oil on panel
35 x 29 inches, unframed;
41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame
Inscribed 'Lady Dormore'
Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton who gave birth to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton - one of the great figures in Shakespears"s circle and founder of the Virginia company, developers of Virginia USA.
Henry Wriothesley, born 6 October 1573 at Cowdray House, Sussex, was the only son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne, the only daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife, Jane Radcliffe.[5] He had two sisters, Jane, who died before 1573, and Mary (c. 1567 – 1607), who in June 1585 married Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour.[6]
After his father's death, Southampton's mother married firstly, on 2 May 1595, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Heneage (d. 17 October 1595), Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, and secondly, between 5 November 1598 and 31 January 1599, Sir William Hervey. She died in November 1607.[7]
Early life
When his father died on 4 October 1581 Southampton inherited the earldom and landed income valued at £1097 6s per annum. His wardship and marriage were sold by the Queen to her kinsman, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham, for £1000. According to Akrigg, Howard then "entered into some further agreement, of which no documentation can now be found, which transferred to Lord Burghley personally the custody and marriage of the young Earl, but left Howard holding his lands", and late in 1581 or early in 1582 Southampton, then eight years of age, came to live at Cecil House in the Strand.[8]
In October 1585, at age twelve, Southampton entered St John's College, Cambridge,[9] graduating M.A. on 6 June 1589.[10] His name was entered at the Gray's Inn legal society before he left the university, and he was admitted on 29 February 1588.[11]
On Southampton's 16th birthday, 6 October 1589, Lord Burghley noted Southampton's age in his diary, and by 1590 Burghley was negotiating with Southampton's grandfather, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, and Southampton's mother, Mary, for a marriage between Southampton and Lord Burghley's eldest granddaughter, Elizabeth Vere, daughter of Burghley's daughter, Anne Cecil, and Edward de Vere...
Category
16th Century Old Masters London - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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