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Self Portrait, 20th Century Female Artist Oil Painting
By Joan Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAA
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 17 3/4 x 13 inches (45 x 33 cm)
Contemporary hand made frame and oval mount
The Artist
Joan Fairfax Whiteside was a prodigious artist and illustrator. Bor...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beauté du XVIIIe siècle 4 by Agent X, Original Digitally Produced Art
By Agent X
Located in Deddington, GB
Beauté du XVIIIe siècle 4 by Agent X [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Original Digital artwork on Canvas
Image size: H:147 cm x W:127 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Portrait of Ambition
Located in Belfast, GB
Portrait of ambition
Oil on Canvas
39 3/8 x 27 1/2 in
100 x 70 cm
"The quirky manner in which Johnston pulls and twists narratives, highlighted by the realistic nature of his work, sheds light on the camouflaged absurdities hiding in plain sight. Johnston invites the viewer to dig through the layers of mundane normality with the shovel of imagination to unearth new perspectives." - Saatchi Art (2023)
Award winning artist Stephen Johnston...
Category
2010s Photorealist United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Big Red Turban, Lincoln Seligman, India, Acrylic, Vibrant, Traditional, Clothing
By Lincoln Seligman
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Big Red Turban is an Acrylic on Board by British Artist, Lincoln Seligman. Lincoln is fascinated by exotic landscapes, people, travel and experiences in new countries allowing him ...
Category
2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Portrait of a Man - Painting Russian Ukrainian
By Issachar Ryback
Located in London, GB
The painting is hand signed by the artist at the lower left part "I. Ryback".
It was probably painted between 1925 to 1935 in France.
Provenance: Josef Steiglitz Gallery, Tel Aviv.
...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nylons and Bric-a-Brac by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
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Nylons and Bric-a-Brac by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on canvas
73 x 60 cm (28 ³/₄ x 23 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and dated upper right Orovida 1951
Provenance
Estate of the artist
With John Bensusan-Butt, cousin of the artist
G Hassell, 25th November 1988
With John Noott, 10th June 1992
Literature
K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 141 (illustrated)
Exhibition
London, Redfern Gallery, Recent Paintings: Orovida, 3rd-26th January 1952, no. 51
Artist biography
Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies.
She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy.
Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gypsy Girl
By Howard Morgan
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 24 x 17 inches
Framed size: 30.5 x 23.5 inches
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance: Private collection, Surrey
Category
20th Century Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Young Lady
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
Oil on board
Image size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (14 x 11.5 cm)
Original 19th century oval mount and frame
Provenance;
With Richard Naworth, Blackburn
William Edward Frost (September 1810 – 4 June 1877) was an English painter of the Victorian era. Virtually alone among English artists in the middle Victorian period, he devoted his practice to the portrayal of the female nude. Specialising in portraiture from about 1830, Frost painted more than 300 portraits during a 15-year period, and showed some as his first exhibits from 1836.
William Edward Frost was born in Wandsworth, then in Surrey, in September 1810. He showed artistic talent from an early age, and was encouraged in this by his father: first by his arranging drawing lessons with a Miss Evatt, a neighbouring amateur, and then, in 1825, by his introducing him to William Etty, who became his mentor. On Etty’s recommendation, he entered Henry Sass’s School for Drawing and Painting at 6 Charlotte Street, in 1826, and spent three years there, while also studying at the British Museum each winter.
Frost was educated in the schools of the Royal Academy, beginning in 1829; he established a reputation as a portrait painter before branching into historical and mythological subjects, including the subgenre of fairy painting...
Category
19th Century English School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Oil Framed Painting - Portrait in Sepia
Located in Bristol, GB
PORTRAIT IN SEPIA
Size: 72 x 56 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A large and striking mid century modernist portrait in oil, painted onto board.
With a very distinctive dark sepia...
Category
1950s Expressionist United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Beauties (Pair)
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 15.25 x 11.25 inches
A signed lower right, B signed lower left
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Self Portrait. Original Oil Painting Austrian 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Joseph Weidner
Austrian 1801 - 1870
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Image size: 23 x 19 inches (58.5 x 48.5 cm)
Original gilt swept fra...
Category
1860s Vienna Secession United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Steam Room 4, 20th Century Contemporary Acrylic
By Graham Dean
Located in London, GB
Graham Dean
1980
Steam Room 4
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: 14 x 10 inches
In keeping with Dean's passion for experiencing the subjects of his work, this ...
Category
1980s Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
What a Picture
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 20 x 16 inches
Framed size: 27 x 23.5 inches
Signed lower left
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman, 18th Century Oil Painting
By Anton von Maron
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 20 x 24 inches (51 x 61 cm)
Period gilt frame
This is a half-length portrait of a gentleman wearing a emerald coat and intricately designed waistcoat, dat...
Category
1760s United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Judge, 17th Century English Oil Portrait Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, on board
Image size: 30 1/4 x 27 inches (76.75 x 68.5 cm)
Contemporary style handmade frame
This is a attention-holding portrait of a 17th century English judge...
Category
17th Century English School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Speak From The Heart
By Danny O'Connor
Located in London, GB
Danny O’Connor is an artist based in Liverpool, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts.
Danny is predominately a figurative and portrait ar...
Category
2010s Abstract United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
Study of Woman in Black
Located in London, GB
Glasgow artist James Klinge is renowned for some of the city’s finest street art.
Specialising in stencils, spray-paint and acrylics he has easily made his name as one of the top st...
Category
2010s United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint
Penitent Saint Peter, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Penitent Saint Peter, 17th Century
School Of Carlo Saraceni (1579-1620)
Large 17th century Italian Old master depiction of the Penitent Saint Peter, oil...
Category
17th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-Portrait - Royal Academy Founding Member, 18th Century
By Francis Hayman
Located in London, GB
Francis Hayman RA
1708–1776
Self-Portrait
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 8 x 6¼ inches
Contemporary gilt frame
This newly discovered work is the earliest known self portrait by Francis Hayman, dated to the mid to late 1720’s. The small scale of the portrait gives it a strong sense of intimacy. Whereas clients would often dress themselves in their best clothes for a sitting, Hayman has portrayed himself in informal attire, with his shirt unbuttoned and a wig cap.
Born in 1708 to a respectable Devonshire family, his training began at the tender age of ten under the tutelage of the historical painter Robert Brown, who was probably an uncle. By the 1730’s he is known to have been engaged in painting scenery for the popular theatres on Goodman’s Fields and Drury Lane. He established a studio on St Martin’s Lane, and demonstrated his versatility as one of the most
important painters of his time in portraits, illustration and history painting.
Indeed, he was one of the first English painters deemed to have the skill and proficiency to rival that of the foreign masters, such as Holbein and Kneller, who were brought in by the court to make up for the perceived shortcomings of the native artists. Led by William Hogarth, Hayman and other artists began to create a new movement in the English art world. Thomas Gainsborough was one of his pupils, whom he is said to have introduced to the more lascivious and debauched underbelly of London life.
After mostly making his living as an illustrator, in the 1740’s Hayman was commissioned by the proprietor of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Jonathan Tyers, to produce a series of four large celebratory canvases depicting British victories from the Seven Years War. His association with Tyers continued, and over the next ten years he produced a number of large decorative paintings...
Category
18th Century Old Masters United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil Pastel
The Letter, Female Portrait, 20th Century German Artist, Signed and dated 1928
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 19'28'
Image size: 19 x 49 inches (48 x 124.5 cm)
Original Gilt frame
Johann Vincenz Cissarz
Johann Vincenz Cissarz was born on January 22nd 1873, Dan...
Category
1920s Modern United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ice Cream Picnic by Orovida Pissarro - Oil painting
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Ice Cream Picnic by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil on board
101 x 76 cm (39 ¾ x 29 ⅞ inches)
Signed and dated lower left Orovida 1953
Provenance
Richard Pissarro, gifted by the ar...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'A Fireside Read' and 'Threading the Needle' (Pair)
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 10 x 8 inches each
Framed size: 13 x 10.5 inches each
A signed lower left
B signed lower right
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait Of John Gilbert Seale, The Artists Father, With Sherry And A Cigar
By Barney Seale ARBS
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of John Gilbert Seale, The Artists Father, With Sherry And A Cigar, circa
by Barney SEALE (1896-1957)
Circa 1940 English portrait of the artists father John with a sherry and cigar in hand, oil on canvas by Barney Seale. Excellent quality and condition example of the eccentric artists work. Signed and presented in a gilt frame with losses.
Measurements: 27" x 23" framed approx
Barney Seale (1896–1957)
National Portrait Gallery, London
Sculptor and painter, noted for his portrait sculptures in bronze, but also as an architectural sculptor. He worked with the sculptor William Silver Frith, who taught at Lambeth School of Art and who was also an architectural sculptor. Seale was elected RBA in 1938, also exhibiting at RA, RCamA and RSA and having solo shows in London and New York. He was an associate of RBS. Seale’s striking figure I Write for the New Kensington Library, one of a series of three and in stone, is illustrated in Arthur T Broadbent’s Sculpture Today in Great Britain 1940–1943, published in 1949. In 1986 the Fine Art Society included him in the survey Sculpture in Britain Between The Wars. Seale, a huge, hard-drinking man...
Category
Early 20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Pot Carrier - Bright Colour Portrait, Women, Texture, Face
Located in London, GB
Nicolle was born in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia as it was then) and grew up in Africa and then travelled the world for some years before settling in the Uk.
“My love of colour stems from my ...
Category
2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Acrylic
Portrait Of Mr Edward Dyer, Kasauli Whiskey Distillery, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Mr Edward Dyer, Kasauli Whiskey Distillery, 19th Century
English School
Large 19th Century English portrait of a Mr Edward Dyer, Kasauli D...
Category
Early 19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fine Wine
By Benjamin Eugène Fichel
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 7 x 5 inches
Signed and date '1859' lower left
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Maxwell Ashby Armfield Portrait Of The Artist's Mother Margaret Armfield Maxwell
By Maxwell Ashby Armfield
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of the Artists Mother,
MAXWELL ASHBY ARMFIELD (1882-1972)
Portrait of the artist's mother, Margaret Armfield née Maxwell, depicted full length in a mock entourage with t...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Tempera, Panel
A Gentleman of Distinction
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 7.25 x 5.5 inches
Framed size: 12.5 x 11 inches
Signed top left
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Young Girl Oil Painting 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Circle of Thomas Derrick
British 1885 - 1954
Oil on panel
Image size: 21 1/2 x 14 inches (55 x 36 cm)
Hand made frame
Category
1950s United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of the Artist's Assistant, Watercolour and Ink, 20th Century British
By Frank Dobson
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and ink on graphite, signed lower right
Image size: 22 x 17 1/2 inches (56 x 44.5 cm)
Original frame
POA
Inscribed on reverse 'Frank Dobson's Assistant - Celia Gills'
F...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Enjoying a Smoke
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 9.5 x 7 inches
Framed size: 13.25 x 11 inches
Signed upper right
Provenance: Private collection, Herefordshire
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches
Framed size: 12 x 10.5 inches
Signed upper right
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Fine Bouquet (Pair)
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 14.5 x 12 inches each
Framed size: 21 x 19 inches each
Signed upper
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Quiet Smoke
By Fritz Wagner
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 8.75 x 7 inches
Framed size: 13.75 x 11.75 inches
Signed upper left
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
More than Admiration
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel
Panel size: 19.25 x 12.5 inches
Framed size: 31.25 x 25.5 inches
Signed lower left
Category
19th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Study of Lockdown
Located in London, GB
Glasgow artist James Klinge is renowned for some of the city’s finest street art.
Specialising in stencils, spray-paint and acrylics he has easily made his name as one of the top st...
Category
2010s United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint
Portrait of a Girl, British School 20th Century Oil
Located in London, GB
British School
20th Century
Oil on canvas
Image size: 12 x 8 inches
Framed
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady
Located in London, GB
Gilbert Soest
1605-1681
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Original carved gilt frame
Provenance
Private Estate, England
This portrait dep...
Category
17th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of William Chiffinch
By John Riley
Located in London, GB
John Riley
1646 – 1691
Portrait of William Chiffinch (c.1602-88)
Oil on canvas
Image size: 30 x 25 inches
Original frame
Another version of this can be found in the Dulwich Pictur...
Category
1680s Old Masters United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of a Lady in Blue
By Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Located in London, GB
Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Portrait of a Lady in Blue
1903-1973
Oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated '30'
Image Size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.7 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Thi...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Possible Portrait of William Shakespeare
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 17 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches (44 x 56.5 cm)
Period oak frame
This is a portrait of a Tudor gentleman in an open next shirt with one hand raised to his chest. ...
Category
Early 1600s United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil
Christ as a Boy
Located in London, GB
Attributed to Francesco Bonsignori
Italian 1455-1519
Christ as a Boy
Oil on wood panel
Image size: 12 1/4 x 16 inches (31 x 40.5 cm)
Original gilt frame
In this painting on panel, ...
Category
16th Century Italian School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of Nicholas Poyntz
Located in London, GB
Remigius Van Leemput
Portrait of Nicholas Poyntz
1607-1675
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 13 x 10 1/4 inches (33 x 26 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Provenance
The Dalva Brothers Colle...
Category
17th Century Flemish School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey 16th Century Oil Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
16th Century
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 22 1/4 x 18 inches (56.5 x 46 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Provenance
Tudor Exhibition, New Gallery, ...
Category
16th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oak
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour
By Robert Walker
Located in London, GB
After Robert Walker
1599 - 1658
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), bust-length, in armour
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 x 29 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Original carved gilt frame
This...
Category
17th Century English School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Located in London, GB
Studio of Adriaen Isenbrandt
1510 - 1551
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Oil on oak panel, wax seal verso
Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27 x 20.5 cm)
Contemporary style frame (image below)
POA
Provenance
Collection of Mrs Marianne Hudson
Mary, holding Jesus in her arms, is centrally positioned against a gold detailed architectural backdrop, reflecting the traditional iconography of the enthroned Virgin and Child. This composition suggests the theme of “Maestà” or “Majesty,” emphasising the figures religious significance.
In the painting from the studio of Adriaen Isenbrandt, the artist masterfully infuses the scene with rich symbolism and hidden meanings that reflect the cultural and religious context of the period. The infant Christ, seated on the Virgin Mary’s lap, is draped in a delicate, translucent white garment that symbolises his purity. In his hand, he clutches a piece of coral, a multifaceted symbol representing immortality, youth, and health. Notably, coral was also a common teething tool during that era, adding another layer of contemporary relevance.
A scarlet-headed blackbird, native to South America, perches gracefully on Christ’s outstretched finger. This bird is a potent symbol of creation and protection, enhancing the divine narrative of the scene. Mary, with a tender and loving gesture, caresses Christ’s back while gazing adoringly at her son, underscoring her role as the nurturing mother of God.
Mary is centrally positioned within an architectural alcove, which subtly suggests a heavenly halo without explicitly depicting one. The alcove’s niches, traditionally used to emphasise the importance of sculptures, further highlight her significance. She is adorned in a voluminous red gown, with the undulating folds of the fabric accentuated by white highlights. The red colour of her dress symbolises maternal qualities, while the iridescent blue undercoat, visible in certain areas, signifies sanctity and purity due to its rarity and expense at the time.
Moreover, Mary is depicted as the epitome of contemporary Medieval...
Category
16th Century Dutch School United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
La Tarte aux fraises by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul - Oil painting
By Jean-Pierre Cassigneul
Located in London, GB
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La Tarte aux fraises by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (b. 1935)
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm (51 ¹/₈ x 38 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lowe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Man
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 13 x 16 1/2 inches (33 x 42 cm)
Contemporary style frame (Image below)
Provenance
Private European Collection
Darnley Fine Art offers this boldly brushed ...
Category
17th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Caligne' Contemporary portrait painting of a woman, gold leaf, blue and bird
By Ignacio Trelis
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Caligne' by Ignacio Trelis, is a contemporary figurative painting. Showing a beautiful woman with long black flowy hair being circulated by a black flying crow. Blue swirls encompas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Foil, Gold Leaf
Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 18th English Century Painting
By George Romney
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 22 x 20 inches (22.75 x 51 cm)
Pierced gilt frame
This half-length portrait shows the sitter with her head and eyes looking over her shoulder, to the right. She is dressed in a delicate blue dress and blue shawl with her hair tied up away from her face. The composition of the painting is simple but effective; the woman stands out and is the undeniable focus of the viewer's attention.
George Romney's artistic style is characterised by its focus on the beauty and elegance of human forms. Here, one can appreciate his ability to capture the delicacy of facial features and the soft textures of clothing. In addition, Romney has used a soft and diffuse brushstroke technique that creates a light and soft effect in the work. The dark and diffused background highlights the young woman's figure even more, creating an effect of depth and realism.
It is possible that this sitter is Miss Anne Dutton.
George Romney
Romney was a fashionable portrait painter of late 18th-century English society. In his portraits Romney avoided delving into the character or sensibilities of the sitter. His great success with his society patrons depended largely on just this ability for dispassionate flattery. Line rather than colour dominates; the flowing rhythms and easy poses of Roman classical sculpture underlie the smooth patterns of his compositions.
From 1755 to 1757 Romney was the pupil of Christopher Steele, an itinerant portrait and genre painter. Romney’s career began when he toured the northern English counties painting portraits for a few guineas each. In 1762 he went to London. His history painting The Death of General Wolfe won him an award from the Society of Arts; nonetheless he turned almost immediately to portrait painting. In 1764 he paid his first visit to Paris, where he was befriended by Joseph Vernet. Romney especially admired the work of Nicolas Le Sueur, whose use of the antique strongly appealed to him. In 1773 he went to Italy for two years, where he studied Raphael’s Stanze frescoes in Rome, Titian’s paintings...
Category
18th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, Oil on Oak Panel Portrait, 16th Century
Located in London, GB
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (36 x 30 cm)
Period style frame
This portrait shows Chaucer with a string of beads in one hand and a writing implement in the other. The Arms in the top left of the picture are the Arms of Chaucer, featuring a per pale argent and gules, a bend counterchanged.
This painting appears to derive, like all other portraits of Chaucer, from an illustration in an early fifteenth-century manuscript, Hoccleve's De Regimine Principum. Here Hoccleve included one portrait of Chaucer, showing him with an inkhorn around his neck and holding a rosary in one hand. Since it is likely that Hoccleve had met Chaucer, many scholars believe this could be the most genuine representation of the English writer with all other depictions being seemingly based on it.
In almost all portraits of Chaucer, including this one, the poet is shown wearing a pendant attached to his vest. This item is often considered to be a penner, included in the artworks as a sign of the general occupation of a writer. Whilst the pendant is generally accepted as a case for a writing instrument, possibly with equal plausibility, it has also been suggested that the item is an ampulla, a small lead vial containing water and the blood of St. Thomas Becket...
Category
16th Century United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a Lady in a Landscape - British 19thC art oil painting
By Annie Louisa Swynnerton
Located in London, GB
This stunning British 19th century Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting is attributed to famous Manchester born artist and elected associate of the Royal Academy, Annie Louisa Swynne...
Category
19th Century Realist United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Debutante - British Victorian oil painting portrait Elsie Elizabeth Ebsworth
By Annie Louisa Swynnerton
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century British Society portrait oil painting of a beautiful young debutante by Victorian artist Annie Louisa Swynnerton which is signed and dated 1893. It has been sugge...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Harlequin. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Blue Harleking - a beautiful piece from Berlins' Harleking series. This mesmerising painting is cooler and more sculptural in its construct. The sculptural quality & cooler palette d...
Category
2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Vincent
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A portrait of the artist long before his fractured life ended. Here we see the freshness & purity of the young van Gogh. An elemental lightness suffuses the piece in symbolic represe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Obscure Visions Rise to Consciousness (Mind of the Poet)
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Part of Sax Berlin's Silver Series; a portrait of a beautiful woman, she looks gentle and wise. Oil on canvas with pure gold and silver leaf.
Quote from Sax Berlin
"Obscure visions...
Category
United Kingdom - Portrait Paintings
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