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Conversation-original expressive oil painting- contemporary impasto artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. A playful assembly of penguins comes to life in Conversation, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fine Antique British Oil Painting Fishing Boats Heading out to Sea Sunrise Sky
By Frank Hider
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Departing Day by Frank Hider (1861-1933) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 24 inches canvas: 14 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, UK...
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Early 20th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Three Figures in Landscape
By (After) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Three Figures in a Landscape Continental School, late 18th century after the earlier painting by Murillo oil on canvas, framed Framed: 31.5 x 35 inches Canvas: 26 x 36.5 inches Prove...
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Late 18th Century Baroque United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large French Signed Oil Portrait of Nude Lady Signed & Dated 1950's Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Evelyne" French School, mid century titled verso signed oil on board, unframed dated 51' board: 24.5 x 20 inches provenance: private collection, northern France condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fritz’; and A friend (two terriers)
Located in London, GB
Edwin Loder of Bath (1827–1885) ‘Fritz’; and A friend Oil on card, each 5¼ x 6½ in. (13.3 x 16.6 cm.) A pair (2) This charming pair of Victorian terrier portraits by Edwin Loder cap...
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19th Century Realist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Elegant French Salon Interior with Antique Armchair and Flowers Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Interior signed by Charles Martin-Sauvaigo (French 1881-1970) * see notes below French Impressionist painter oil painting on canvas unframed size: 18 x 15 inches condition: ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Victorian Scottish Painting Rustic Cottage Interior Mother Feeding & Dogs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding Time, the Cottage Interior Scottish School, 19th century signed lower corner oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 24 inches board: 14.5 x 18 inches Provenance: private collecti...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of an aristocrat with a precious box, ca 1770, Louis XV enlightenment
Located in Norwich, GB
What is so wonderful and unusual about this 18th Century portrait is the relatability of the sitter. There is an openness to the world in his gaze, curiosity, a sense of humour, pass...
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Late 18th Century French School United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Rustic Houses Set Against Autumn Foliage
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Rustic Houses Set Against Autumn Foliage By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 11 x 13.75 inches (height x width) Signed: Yes Oil painting o...
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20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

British Original Impressionist Watercolor European Lake Landscape with Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below original watercolor on artists paper, unsigned paper dimensions: 11 x 15 inches condition: very go...
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Early 2000s Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Extensive Landscape - Large French Impressionist Atmospheric Antique Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large late 19th century French impressionist oil on canvas depicting an extensive landscape with trees in the foreground and an atmosph...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Traditional English Signed Oil Painting Children in Cottage Flower Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cottage Garden by Les Parsons (British b. 1945) * see below signed oil on canvas, framed in swept gilt frame. framed: 16 x 27 inches canvas: 12 x 24 ...
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20th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original Oil Painting of Beach Scene at Fairhead Ireland by Modern Irish Artist
By William Henry Burns
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of Beach Scene with Figures at Fairhead Ireland by Modern Irish Artist Artist William Henry Burns (1924-1995) Art meas...
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20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

French Impressionist Village Street Scene with Figure Oil Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Village Street Scene with Figure signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 7.5 x 10 inches Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition: The painting is in good condition, with min...
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20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Swedish Original Landscape Oil Painting - Rural Terrain
Located in Bristol, GB
RURAL TERRAIN Size: 32 x 52 cm (including frame) Oil on board A very textured mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board. This painting is a landscape t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) Large Mid 20th Century Oil, Ode To Wildflowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautifully large, expressive piece depicting wildflowers arranged in a shallow vase on folded cloth. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a distressed gesso frame. Studio stamp...
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20th Century United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Huge 1700's Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Elegant Court Figures Musical Soiree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, early 1700's. Title: Elegant Court Figures at a Musical Soiree. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. Size: painting: 40 x 49.5 inches Provenanc...
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Early 18th Century United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, circa 1810 by Louis DEVEDEUX (1820-1874)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, 19th Century by Louis DEVEDEUX (1820-1874) sales to $40,000 Huge circa 1850 French portrait of a young gentleman, oil on canvas. Excellent quality an...
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19th Century United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Greyhound and Friends - Italian 17thC Old Master dog art oil painting
By Francesco Fieravino
Located in London, GB
This stunning Old Master 17th century oil portrait painting is attributed to Francesco Fieravino, an artist famous in his day for still lifes and carpets. This painting which dates t...
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17th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed 19th Century Oil - Tyrol Valley Landscape with Figures
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful depiction of a Tyrolean town hidden in the Alps, with figures in the foreground engaged in a proposal. Well presented in a stunning antique maple frame. Unsigned. On can...
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19th Century United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century English Oil Pastoral Landscape with Woodcutter and Cattle Grazing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastoral Landscape with Figure and Cattle English School, mid 19th century signed lower front corner oil on canvas, framed Framed: 18 x 24.5 inches Canvas: 14 x 21 inches Provenance:...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life, Fruit, Flowers and Classic Jug, Colourful Oil Painting
By Pamela Cawley
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life, Fruit, Flowers and Classic Jug, Colourful Oil Painting by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 15 inches Stunning original Im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Harvest Worker English Summer Fields Landscape Signed British Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Worker by Eric Tansley (1916-1979) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 32 inches Canvas: 20 x 28 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Village Scene with a Church Spire and Stone Bridge
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Village Scene signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 10.5 x 8.75 inches Oil painting on cardboard, unframed Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of agi...
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20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930's French Impressionist Painting Artists Mother Reading at Desk in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Mother by Etienne Auguste Krier (French, 1875-1953) oil painting on board, framed framed: 11 x 15.5 inches board: 9 x 13 inches condition: very good provenance: private c...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mediterranean Landscape II
By Pierre Dionisi 1
Located in London, GB
Mediterranean Landscape II', ink on art paper, by Pierre Dionisi (circa 1930s). Sepia-toned, original drawing in a compelling style depicts a view of a ...
Category

1930s Modern United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Still Life of Fruit - Dutch 17th century art Old Master still life oil painting
By Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Located in London, GB
This stunning Dutch 17th century Old Master still life oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jan Davidsz de Heem. Painted circa 1660 it is a magnificent vibrant painting of gra...
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17th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

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...
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1740s Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Highland Cattle in Majestic Mountain Landscape Victorian Oil Painting Glencoe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pass of Glencoe by Edwin Longstaffe (British, late 19th century) signed with monogram to the lower corner titled to label verso Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed: 24 x 18 inc...
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Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Watercolor of "Château de Plessis-Bourré" Reflected on Tranquil Waters
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of "Château de Plessis-Bourré" Reflected on Tranquil Waters by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017) Signed: Yes Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, ...
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Late 20th Century French School United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

1880's French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait Ambroise Vollard Famous Dealer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait believed to be of Ambroise Vollard by Adolphe GUMERY (1861-1943) oil painting on canvas stuck on board, unframed faintly signed & dated 1883 board: 10 x 8.5 inches condition...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Murols sous la neige - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figure in winter landscape oil on canvas circa 1915 by French Post Impressionist painter Victor Charreton, who was known as the painter of colours. The work depicts a man stro...
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1910s Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Arturo Orselli, The Flirtatious Huntsman
By Arturo Orselli
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late 19th-century oil painting by Arturo Orselli (fl. 1880-1896) depicts a huntsman wearing riding gear conversing somewhat flirtatiously with two ladies. Attired in o...
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1890s United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Self Love (Mixed Media and Collage on Canvas)
Located in London, GB
Joseph Kojo Hoggar Self Love, 2022 Mixed media and collage on canvas 203.2 x 210.8 cm 80 x 83 in
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2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master Oil Painting Two Topers in Deep Conversation
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Topers in Deep Conversation Dutch School, mid 17th entury circle of David Teniers (Dutch 1610-1690) oil on canvas canvas: 8 x 7 inches provenance: private collection, France conditio...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Midnight Blue Forest Landscape 20th Century British Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Midnight Blue Abstract by John Horwill, ARCA (British, 1927-1997) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 15 x 19 inches canvas : 12 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, the Cots...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Farm in the South of France by French Artist, Ely Laumonier (1895-1960)
Located in Preston, GB
Small Farm in the South of France by French Artist, Ely Laumonier (1895-1960) Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 28 x 22 inches (approx.) Antique Original Signed, Oil on ...
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1930s French School United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fine Classical Still Life Flower Painting Signed & Dated English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers English artist, 20th century signed oil on board, unframed dated 1980 board: 14.5 x 11.5 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: overall ...
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20th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil - Portrait of Man Writing at Desk
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed with initials and fully verso. Title: Portrait of a Man sitting writing, wearing spectacles and a green jacket/ jumper. Me...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fine Dutch Winter Ice Landscape Figures playing Ice Signed Oil Gilt Swept Frame
By Johnny Gaston
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter Landscape by Johnny Gaston (British b. 1955) signed oil on board, framed framed: 16.75 x 17.5 inches board: 10 x 12 inches provenance: private col...
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20th Century Dutch School United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life of Flowers in vase on Ledge - Dutch 17thC Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning 17th century Dutch Old Master Golden Age floral oil painting is by noted Dutch artist Simon Pietersz Verelst. The full attribution...
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1670s Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting - Terracottas
By Yvette Dubois Habasque
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists studio sale in Pa...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) The Prophecy of Simeon Large Antique Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Manner of Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian Title: The Prophecy of Simeon Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Painting: 21.5 ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Historic Miniature Watercolor of Chequers Inn Henham with Boat and Horse Riders
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Chequers Inn Henham with Boat and Horse Riders by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measur...
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20th Century English School United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Large 1950's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil - Bright Flowers Green & Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Fleurs" by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Signed lower front and back, 1959. oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with rick thick impasto oil and bold colors of deep greens...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

CLASSICAL DUTCH WINTER SCENE OIL PAINTING - FIGURES SKATING ON ICE - SIGNED
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, 20th century, signed Title: Winter Sports Medium: oil painting, on canvas, framed. Size: frame: 24 x 28 inches painting: 20 x 24 in...
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Late 20th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Fishermen and Beached Boats at Low Tide
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Fishermen and Beached Boats at Low Tide by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 9.75 inches (height) x 12.5 inches (width) Oil painting on boa...
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20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Modern Vintage Original Landscape Oil Painting - Village Pathway
Located in Bristol, GB
VILLAGE PATHWAY Size: 71 x 49.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A striking mid-century modernist painting that captures a female figure walking along a village pathway, gracefully...
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Mid-20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Modernist French Landscape with Figures Sunbathing by the River Signed Oil
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
On the River Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed and inscribed verso in a wooden frame oil painting on canvas framed: 29 x 37 inches All the paintings we have for sale b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original-Meeting Van Gogh-Study Master Series-British Awarded Artist-Ink Drawing
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category

2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Acrylic

Antique Portrait of Hound and Terrier Dogs in Kennel Oil Painting after Landseer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Kennel Companions British School, late 19th century Kathleen Lee, after the painting by Edwin Landseer signed oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 20 x 16 inches Provenance: private colle...
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Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Travellers, Horse Drawn Carriage, Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Travellers, Horse Drawn Carriage, Impressionist Oil Painting, Signed By French artist J.Dubois, Mid 20th Century Signed and dated '1958' by the ar...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair Mid 20th Century French Still Life Painting Ornate Flowers in Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornate Flowers in Glass Vase Pair of original French paintings, circa 1950's period 2 x oil paintings on unframed board, with added collage/ mixed media each of the boards measures: ...
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Mid-20th Century French School United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Impressionist view of people in St. Marks Square in Venice
By Pam Masco
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist view of St. Marks Square, Venice. Pam Masco was an American from Massachusetts, and a graduate of the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1976). She was married to the English artist John Heseltine. Her work is in well-known private and corporate collections and has been shown at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Watercolour Society and other London Galleries as well as in the Provinces. She travelled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe and painted American and European subjects, portraits, landscape and figure compositions, still life and interiors. From 1978 she was involved in drawing, painting, technical painting courses, watercolour and graphic design. She illustrated for major British and American publishers until 1988. Authors include Bruce Chatwin...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Young Ballerinas Playing with Ribbons
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov (Born 1974) Russian Young Ballerinas Playing with Ribbons Oil on canvas: 13 x 16 1/2 inches. Frame: 20 x 24 inches. Konstantin Razumov's work has been offered...
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2010s Impressionist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique German Orientalist Painting of a Cairo Street by Macco
Located in London, GB
Antique German Orientalist painting of a Cairo street by Macco German, Early 20th Century Canvas: Height 77cm, width 116cm Frame: Height 108cm, width 147cm, depth 10cm This vibrant ...
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Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline 19th Century School oil on canvas, framed framed: 39.5 x 3...
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19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Onward Christian Soldiers - British Edwardian 1911 art religious oil painting
By Frank Owen Salisbury
Located in London, GB
This striking British Edwardian religious oil painting is by noted artist Francis 'Frank' Owen Salisbury or Frank O'Salisbury as he is largely known. Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the 'Christian Soldiers' from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent example of O'Salisbury's work. painted in oil and illuminated in gold leaf. Signed and dated with monogram lower right 1911. Provenance. From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire. A version of this painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy London in 1911 entitled the Passing of War. Condition. Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 24 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed a complementary frame, 44 inches by 32 inches framed and in good condition. Francis ("Frank") Owen Salisbury (18 December 1874 – 31 August 1962) was an English artist who specialised in portraits, large canvases of historical and ceremonial events, stained glass and book illustration. In his heyday he made a fortune on both sides of the Atlantic and was known as "Britain’s Painter Laureate". His art was steadfastly conservative and he was a vitriolic critic of Modern Art – particularly of his contemporaries Picasso, Chagall and Mondrian. His father, Henry Salisbury, described himself as a "plumber, decorator and ironmonger" (his mother was Susan Hawes), yet his son Frank would become one of the greatest society artists of his generation. One of 11 children, Salisbury was such a delicate child that he was educated at home, in the main by his student teacher sister, Emilie. He had only a few weeks formal schooling and began work by repairing bicycles at his father’s Cycle Depot in Harpenden. Uncertain as to his ability to find and maintain a job, the family determined that he be apprenticed, at the age of 15, to Henry James Salisbury, his eldest brother, who managed a major stained glass company in Alma Road, St Albans. He rapidly acquired all the practical skills of a stained glass artist and exhibited exceptional skills in the painterly detail that was applied to glass before its final firing. This led to his brother sponsoring him to attend Heatherley’s School of Art three days a week to further a career in painting. He then won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools which he attended for five years and where he won two silver medals and two scholarships, including the Landseer scholarship which funded his to travel to Italy in 1896. In due course he would have seventy exhibits accepted for the annual Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, from 1899 until 1943, though he was never offered membership, which reportedly disappointed him very much. In 1901 he married Alice Maude (d. 1951), daughter of C. Colmer Greenwood, with whom he had several children, including twin daughters Monica and Sylvia. His first Royal Academy exhibit was a portrait of Alice and he often painted pictures of their children. It is for portraiture that he is best known. His speed in producing portraits stemmed from his painting his own twin daughters every morning for an hour and his career began with child portraiture and his painting the Hertfordshire gentry and members of the Harpenden Methodist Church. He had a studio at his home, Sarum Chase. A providential meeting with Lord Wakefield, founder of Castrol Oils and a Methodist philanthropist, saw his introduction to society portraiture. Salisbury’s being selected to paint the Boy Cornwell in the Battle of Jutland then brought him to the notice of Royalty. Lord Wakefield then arranged for him to paint President Woodrow Wilson whilst he was in London, but Wilson departed for Paris and the opportunity was lost. It was to be John W. Davis, American Ambassador to London, who encouraged Salisbury to go to the USA; Davis had met Salisbury at art receptions and had admired his child portraits. Twenty-five members of the Royal House of Windsor sat for Salisbury and he was the first artist to paint HM Queen Elizabeth II. In 1919 he painted a mural for the Royal Exchange, London National Peace Thanksgiving Service on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, 6th July 1919. He painted Winston Churchill on more occasions than any other artist; the two iconic images of Churchill – The Siren Suit and Blood, Sweat and Tears are both Salisbury images. Mayoral regalia was a ready made requisite for the Salisbury style with Councillor Sam Ryder (of Ryder Cup fame) as Mayor of St Albans being the most famous of his civic images. Other significant portraits include those of Richard Burton, Andrew Carnegie (posthumous), Sir Alan Cobham, Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, Maria Montessori...
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1910s Realist United Kingdom - Paintings

Materials

Oil

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