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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
The Parting Day - V Large 19th Century Oil Painting English Sunset Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'The Parting Day’ by Henry H Parker (1858-1930). The painting – which depicts figures and cattle on a country lane at sunset – is signed by the artist and hangs in a good quality gil...
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Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Fractured Mind' - Abstract Painting on Board by British Graffiti Artist
By Chris Pegg
Located in Preston, GB
'Fractured Mind' - Abstract Painting on Board by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg, using red, black & golden yellow. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artw...
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2010s Pop Art United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

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Wood, Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Bo...

Study of a hound in a landscape
By Sawrey Gilpin
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807) Study of a hound in a landscape Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 14 x 17 in Framed Size - 17 x 20 in Provenance: Victor Brockbank Fine Art, London; Private Collection, London. Sawrey Gilpin was a member of an old Cumberland family who chose a career in sporting painting, at which he was encouraged as a young man by the great Duke of Cumberland who had suppressed the Jacobite rising of 1745. Gilpin, though centred on London, always retained his Northern links, and had as patron many northern sportsman, like the sporting fanatic Colonel Thornton of Thornville Royal for whom he painted numerous pictures. Gilpin has suffered from being under the shadow of his incomparable contemporary George Stubbs, but he emerges as a leading horse and animal painter of a competence which is always reliable and occasionally inspired. He is an important link between the early English School of Wootton, Tillemans and the like, and the later painters exemplified by Ferneley and Herring. He was the president of the Society of Artists in 1773, and was elected RA in 1797. A clubbable man, he was popular with his fellow Royal Academicians. He frequently collaborated with them, adding portraits of favourite animals to numerous pictures by Barret, Walton, Romney, Zoffany, Reinagle and even the young Turner. He was the teacher of Thomas Gooch...
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18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reflected Flamingos, Original painting, Animal art, Tropical, Wildlife, Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
This joyful painting was inspired by a David Attenborough program! I was drawn to the symmetry of the reflections in the still water. The colours and composition make a fun yet peace...
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2010s Art Deco United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spaniel Hunting Dog in wooded landscape flushing a pheasant, medium oil framed
By Rene Jerome Legrand
Located in ludlow, GB
A lovely new work by Rene Legrand depicting a Springer Spaniel flushing out a pheasant, executed after joining friends at a Shropshire Shoot. He easily captures the action and drama ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

A greyhound in a landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Pieter Frederick Van Os (1808-1892) A greyhound in a landscape Signed 'P. F: Van Os. f 1825' lower left Oil on canvas Canvas Size - 46 x 39 in Framed Size - 51 x 44 in Provenance: C...
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19th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

First Lot on Newmarket Heath
By Sophie Harden
Located in Deddington, GB
Four horses heading out to do their first mornings work from the yard in Newmarket. All quietly walking towards the bottom of the gallop as the sun is rising. A huge statement piece ...
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2010s Abstract United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting English Victorian Summer River Landscape
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘A Quiet Nook’ by Arthur James Stark (1831-1902). The painting – which depicts a moorcock wading in the shallows of a stream in an English woodland ...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Purple Galloping Horses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed ( frame used in photos are for display purposes only. Not including in purchase.) meas...
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1990s Abstract United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Contemporary British Original Painting Quirky Horse Colourful Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed initials by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed measurements: 6.5 x 7 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large pri...
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1990s Abstract United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Motherhood, 19th Century English School Hound Dog & Her Puppies
Located in Blackwater, GB
Motherhood, 19th Century by Arthur Wardle Large 19th Century English School portrait of a weary mother hound and her puppies, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition painte...
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19th Century United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Pink and Blue Horse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed ( frame used in photos are for display purposes only. Not including in purchase.) meas...
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1990s Abstract United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Very Large Antique Italian Signed Oil Painting - The Hunting Party
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Marcel Falcinelli (1900 - 1980), European and signed Title: A Hunting Scene Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Size: canvas : 38 x 35.5 inches Provenance: private ...
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19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil The Red Lobster on the Kitchen Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Red Lobster by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1984 signed oil painting on board, unframed board: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large priv...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Still Life Dead Game Pheasant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Dead Game by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) dated 1974 signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 22 inches condition: very good provenance: from a ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed Victorian Oil Painting Terrier Dog Chasing Rabbit down Hole Gilt Framed
By Robert Cleminson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Terrier and the Rabbit by ROBERT CLEMINSON (1864-1903) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 32 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, England conditi...
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Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Setter Dogs/ Spaniels in Sporting Landscape Original Victorian English Dog Oil
By Robert Cleminson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Days Bag" by ROBERT CLEMINSON (British, 1864-1903) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 24 x 32 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private co...
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Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Contemporary British Original Painting Butterfly Reflections WallPaper Design
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card stuck on green card painting: 25.5 x 20.5 inches card: 24 x 19 inches condition: very good provenance:...
Category

1990s Abstract United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Huge 1830's British Oil Painting on Canvas Farmyard Scene with Animals Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Victorian Farmyard British School, circa 1830 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 34 x 48 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: good and sound condition, though w...
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Early 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Wacky Sea Horse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed measurements: 9 x 5.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large private collection ...
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1990s Abstract United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Lobster on the Kitchen Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lobster by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1978 canvas: 15 x 18 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large priva...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

French 19th century Chickens in a barn or chicken coop interior
By Charles-Emile Jacque
Located in Woodbury, CT
French 19th century Chickens in a barn or Chicken coop interior Charles-Emile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of animals ...
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1870s Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

19th Century Dutch School Oil Landscape with Bull and two Cows in Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cows & Bull In Landscape Dutch School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 13 x 11 inches painting: 10 x 8 inches provenance: private UK collection. The painting is in good a...
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19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sporting horse portrait oil painting of a race horse in a stable
By Frederick Albert Clark
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Frederick Albert Clark British, (1869-1954) Billy Boy Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1907 Image size: 16.5 inches x 20.5 inches Size including frame: 25.25 inches x 29.25 inches A f...
Category

Early 20th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nymphs with Butterflies - Impressionist Nude in Landscape Oil by Abel Faivre
By Jules-Abel Faivre
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist figure in landscape oil on canvas circa 1895 by French painter, illustrator and cartoonist Abel Faivre. The work depicts a water nymph with flowing red hair throwing flowers into a river. There are butterflies by her side. The sun set is lighting the sky red. Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 22"x19" Unframed: 16"x13" Provenance: Private French collection Born 30 March 1867, in Lyons; died August 1945. Painter, watercolourist, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator. Genre scenes, portraits, figures, nudes, interiors, still-lifes (fruit). Humorous cartoons...
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1890s Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Circle of Adolphe Monticelli Impressionist painting of horse and cart
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very atmospheric impressionistic painting of a horse and cart on a woodland track. The artist has very skillfully captured the dappled light of the forest as it picks out the movem...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Franklin White, British Australian Impressionist view of English country cottage
By Franklin White
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful image of an English country cottage set in a meadow with cattle grazing. Franklin White (1892-1975) A cottage in the countryside Signed with initials and dated (19)32 Oi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

19th Century landscape animal oil painting of cattle & sheep by a river
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Thomas Sidney Cooper British, (1803-1902) Canterbury Meadows Oil on canvas, signed & dated ‘T. Sidney Cooper RA/1894 Image size: 14.75 inches x 24.75 i...
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19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oil painting 'The Girl in The Red Dress' by William Frank Calderon (1865-1943)
Located in Uppingham, GB
Oil on Canvas "The girl in the Red Dress" by W Frank Calderon, RA (no58) Exhibit 1911. Calderon was influenced by the "Art Nouveau"period, this painting shows his beautiful detailed...
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1910s Art Nouveau United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait "Brutus" An Old English Sheepdog, 19th Century English School - signe
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait "Brutus" An Old English Sheepdog, 19th Century English School - signed & Dated Large 19th Century portrait of "Brutus" an Old English Sheepdog, oil on board. Excellent qu...
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19th Century United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mountain Lake in Spring Oil Painting of the Scottish Highlands by British Artist
By Andrew Grant Kurtis
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Lake in Spring Oil Painting of the Scottish Highlands by British Artist by British Artist, Andrew Grant Kurtis M.A.(Lon) B.Des.(Hons) L.S.I.A.D. Art measures 30 x 20 inche...
Category

20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Scottish 20th Century naive oil painting of figures, dogs and birds in interior
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Catriona Millar (Scottish, b. 1956) Veva’s Guest Oil on canvas Signed with initials (lower left) 19.5/8 x 15.5/8 in. (50 x 39.7 cm.) Catriona Millar (born 1956) is a Scottish figura...
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20th Century Folk Art United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait on Horse in Landscape - British 50's art equine rider oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Lionel Ellis. Painted in 1955 the painting is a self portrait of the artist on a beautiful chestnut horse in the foregrou...
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1950s Realist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

English early 20th century portrait of two dogs, terriers in a landscape
By Lilian Cheviot
Located in Woodbury, CT
Investing in a late 20th-century Victorian-style portrait of two terrier dogs in a landscape is an opportunity to bring a touch of nostalgic charm and timeless elegance into your liv...
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1980s Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Oil Painting of English Countryside with Horses & Ploughman by British Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Traditional Oil Painting of the English Countryside with Horses & Ploughman by 20th Century Modern British Artist, James Wright. Art measures 30 x 16 inches Frame measures 36 x 22 ...
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Late 20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Scottish 20th Century naive oil painting of figures, dogs and birds in interior
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Catriona Millar (Scottish, b. 1956) Holiday Oil on canvas Signed with initials (lower left) 19.5/8 x 15.5/8 in. (50 x 39.7 cm.) Catriona Millar (born 1956) is a Scottish figurative ...
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20th Century Folk Art United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dog Walk in a Silver Birch Woodland in the English Countryside by British Artist
By James Wright
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Dog Walk in a Silver Birch Woodland in the English Countryside, by 20th Century Modern British Artist, James Wright Art measures 30 x 16 inches Frame measures 36 ...
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Late 20th Century Realist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

French Modernist, Beautiful Summer Butterfly
By Henri-André Martin
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly striking image of a white butterfly set against a background of yellow petals. Painted with great energy and with a most appealing texture to the paint surface. This lo...
Category

20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Le Louvre, Paris - contemporary landscape colourful mixed media painting
By Ellie Hesse
Located in London, GB
Entirely self-taught, Ellie is mainly known for her vibrantly coloured townscapes, though in recent years, she has gone on to develop her art to include more figurative work, focusin...
Category

2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Western Travellers, Signed Victorian Oil Painting, Horses
By RUDOLF STONE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Western Travellers by Rudolf Stone, British late 19th century Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil painting on wood panel, framed Framed size: 8 x 14 inches Wonder...
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Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jaguar Laying on Branch Huge French Signed Oil Painting Wooden Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Jaguar French School, mid 20th century indistinctly signed lower right corner oil on wood panel, framed in deep wooden frame framed: 30 x 43.5 inches panel: 21.5 x 31.5 inches pr...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of William Stonestreet - Dutch Golden Age 17thC art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Dutch Golden Age portrait is attributed to circle of Dutch artist Wybrand Simonsz de Geest. Painted in 1666 it is a full length portrait of a young William Stonestreet. H...
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1660s Old Masters United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Modernist, Beautiful Summer Butterfly
By Henri-André Martin
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly striking image of a white butterfly set against a background of yellow petals. Painted with great energy and with a most appealing texture to the paint surface. This lo...
Category

20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French 19th century Chickens in a landscape
By Charles-Emile Jacque
Located in Woodbury, CT
French 19th century Chickens in a landscape Charles-Emile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of animals (animalier) and engr...
Category

1870s Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Hunter with his Dogs
Located in St. Albans, GB
Gaston Le Sargeant De MONNECOVE Oil on Canvas Picture Size : 18 x 24" (46 x 61cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 32" (66 x 81cm) A classic example of De Monnecove's work capturing French hunting art...
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1890s French School United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century oil painting of a grey horse at an encampment, British school
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Circle of George Morland (British, 1762 – 1804) A grey horse at an encampment Oil on board Indistinctly with signature (lower left) 12.1/8 x 10in. (31 x 40.8 cm.)
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18th Century English School United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

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Board, Oil

French Modernist, Beautiful Summer Red Admiral Butterfly
By Henri-André Martin
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly striking image of a Red Admiral butterfly set against a background of petals. Painted with great energy and with a most appealing texture to the paint surface. Looks re...
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20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polo Pony Smiths Lawn Windsor Polo Fields Original British Horse Oil Painting
By British Sporting Art
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Security" Tania Butler (second half 20th century) ‘Security, Smith's Lawn, Windsor’ oil on canvas, signed and dated 1961 lower right, inscribed verso, gilt frame oil on canvas, fram...
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Mid-20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Isidore Verheyden, Study Of A Farmyard, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Isidore Verheyden (1846-1905) depicts a small farmyard. Snuffling and grunting amid the grubby hay, a chubby pig with a muddy n...
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1890s Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century landscape oil painting of a woman with cattle near a river
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Arthur Walker Redgate British, (1860-1906) On the Tow Path by the Trent Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches Size including frame: 25 inches x 35 inches Pro...
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19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

French Modernist, Beautiful Summer Swallowtail Butterfly
By Henri-André Martin
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly striking image of a Swallowtail butterfly. Painted with great energy and style. This would look stunning against a white wall. Henri-André Martin (1918-2004) A Swallowtail butterfly Signed Oil on canvas 23½ x 23½ inches excluding frame 26½ x 26½ inches including frame Provenance: The artist's studio sale Born in Lyon in 1918, Henri-André Martin spent his youth in Saint-Étienne. Following his father into the medical profession, he spent his first years studying medicine in Lyon, but also enrolled in the École de Beaux Arts during this time. Upon returning from captivity in 1942, Martin soon became director of the otolaryngology clinic at Édouard-Herriot hospital. Painting, however, remained his true calling in life - it was, to him, an invaluable form of self-expression. Reserved and extremely modest, and frequently regarded as somewhat aloof, art was a means of articulating his anxieties and apprehensions, as well as giving a voice to his inner child. Martin had a brush in hand at all times, wherever he went, and painted countless gouaches of varying sizes. His beach paintings in particular have been compared to those of Boudin. Until the 1970s, Martin had a tendency to paint ‘on the ground’, yet in all of his paintings, there is a distinct sense of distance and removal from the subject-matter. In the years that followed, we see a development in this simplification and abstraction of the subject-matter, as seen, for example, in his images of almond trees standing alone against the stark winter sky of Provence. The palette begins to darken, his work acquires a feeling of gravity, as his paintings of Hamburg Port evidently reflect. His collection entitled ‘Trunks’, six lithographic plates, draws on visual and written material in the book, L’Olivier. His interest in the symbolism of the olive tree subsequently grew, and he turned to literature, painting and historical traditions to develop and nuance his understanding of its allegorical value. This fascination with the olive tree, and more broadly, with the nature of symbolism, came to profoundly inform his later work. What he learnt to represent was not merely the physical reality of his subjects, but their implicit interconnection with abstract ideas. As René Déroudille writes, the lithographic plates are ‘especially devoted to and embrace renewal’, revealing an artist who is in ‘full mutation’. In the 1980s, Martin’s work took a more explicit turn towards abstraction. It was during this time that he produced a series of large nudes, which he entered into the major exhibition at L’Atrium in Lyon, in 1992. In the years that followed, Martin focused on animating the shapes and forms born of his imagination, eventually accomplishing this and changing his focus once again, turning to more attractive, even decorative subjects, like Japanese...
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20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Mastiff Broomcourt Romeo Dog
By Dorothy Alexandra Johnson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mastiff: "Broomcourt Romeo" by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988) signed lower right oil painting on canvas, unstretched 5.5 x 7.25 inches (frame 7.5 x 9.25 inches) Delightful ...
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1950s Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sleek City Swimmers-original New York Cityscape-wildlife painting-contemporary
By Nathan Neven
Located in London, Chelsea
"Sleek City Swimmers" by Nathan Neven invites viewers into a fantastical realm where the sleek elegance of dolphins meets the iconic urban landscape of New York City. In this surreal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Algernon Talmage, Large Impressionist scene, sheep grazing in a summer landscape
By Algernon Talmage
Located in Harkstead, GB
An idyllic scene on an impressive scale of sheep grazing in Constable country. Algernon Mayow Talmage (1871-1939) ​Sheep grazing in a summer landscape Signed and dated 1927 Oil on c...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Modernist, Beautiful Summer Butterfly
By Henri-André Martin
Located in Harkstead, GB
An incredibly striking image of a black and yellow butterfly. Painted with great energy and style. This looks stunning against a white wall. Henri-André Martin (1918-2004) A Swallowtail butterfly Signed Oil on canvas 23½ x 23½ inches excluding frame 26½ x 26½ inches including frame Provenance: The artist's studio sale Born in Lyon in 1918, Henri-André Martin spent his youth in Saint-Étienne. Following his father into the medical profession, he spent his first years studying medicine in Lyon, but also enrolled in the École de Beaux Arts during this time. Upon returning from captivity in 1942, Martin soon became director of the otolaryngology clinic at Édouard-Herriot hospital. Painting, however, remained his true calling in life - it was, to him, an invaluable form of self-expression. Reserved and extremely modest, and frequently regarded as somewhat aloof, art was a means of articulating his anxieties and apprehensions, as well as giving a voice to his inner child. Martin had a brush in hand at all times, wherever he went, and painted countless gouaches of varying sizes. His beach paintings in particular have been compared to those of Boudin. Until the 1970s, Martin had a tendency to paint ‘on the ground’, yet in all of his paintings, there is a distinct sense of distance and removal from the subject-matter. In the years that followed, we see a development in this simplification and abstraction of the subject-matter, as seen, for example, in his images of almond trees standing alone against the stark winter sky of Provence. The palette begins to darken, his work acquires a feeling of gravity, as his paintings of Hamburg Port evidently reflect. His collection entitled ‘Trunks’, six lithographic plates, draws on visual and written material in the book, L’Olivier. His interest in the symbolism of the olive tree subsequently grew, and he turned to literature, painting and historical traditions to develop and nuance his understanding of its allegorical value. This fascination with the olive tree, and more broadly, with the nature of symbolism, came to profoundly inform his later work. What he learnt to represent was not merely the physical reality of his subjects, but their implicit interconnection with abstract ideas. As René Déroudille writes, the lithographic plates are ‘especially devoted to and embrace renewal’, revealing an artist who is in ‘full mutation’. In the 1980s, Martin’s work took a more explicit turn towards abstraction. It was during this time that he produced a series of large nudes, which he entered into the major exhibition at L’Atrium in Lyon, in 1992. In the years that followed, Martin focused on animating the shapes and forms born of his imagination, eventually accomplishing this and changing his focus once again, turning to more attractive, even decorative subjects, like Japanese...
Category

20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Huge 17th Century Italian Old Master painting The Return of the Ark of Covenant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Late 17th Century Italian School. The Return of the Ark on the Covenant, Oil on Canvas, in a Fine 17th Century Italian Frame, canvas: 40.25" x 49.75" (102.3 x 126cm) Fine quality and rare 17th century Italian Old Master...
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17th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Dodo - Pekingese Dog - Scottish 1920's art dog portrait oil painting
By Samuel Fulton
Located in London, GB
This absolutely charming portrait of a Pekingese dog called Dodo is attributed to much loved Scottish artist Samuel Fulton. Famous as an animal artist and chiefly a painter of dogs, this has got to be one of his best if you are a Pekingese fan. Painted circa 1920, Dodo, a lovely little black and tan dog is sat profile but is turning to look at the artist/viewer. Beneath him is a beautiful orange and brown Persian rug...
Category

1920s Realist United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Golden Pheasant
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
DAVID KOSTER (1926-2014) British 20th century printmaker and illustrator who studied at the Slade School of Art and later at the Medway College of Des...
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20th Century United Kingdom - Animal Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

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