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Art Subject: Men
The Space Between - Large Portrait of Bearded, Shirtless Male, Original Oil
Located in Chicago, IL
Nathan Brad Hall's work comes together in this show to build an undeniably jaw dropping experience for viewers. “Undercurrents,” says Hall, “is about ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Edinburgh Town circa 1930
By Charles Eddowes Turner
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Famous Edinburgh scene with the foggy Castle on the Mount from the North Bridge, and a bustling city scene below. Impressionist style, dating to mid 1920s/1930s, presenting a glimps...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,255 Sale Price
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17th Century Large Italian Old Master Oil Christ and the Penitent Canaanite
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th Century Italian School
Christ and the Canaanite Woman
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 30.5 x 35 inches in an antique gilt 'hollow' fra...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Jesus Falls During the Way of the Cross 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The scene corresponds to a Stations of the Cross, during which Jesus falls under the weight of the heavy cross, which he carries on his shoulders as he ascends to Golg...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Continental Old Master oil after Murillo, fine gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18th/ 19th century Continental School, after Murillo
Title: Figures eating Grapes
Medium: signed oil painting on metal, framed.
Size:...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Qiang Lang
By Su Yu
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Beijing. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang
Chen Danqing at Oil Paintin...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
17th Century Oil on Panel Flemish Antique Religious Painting, 1650
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique 17th-century Flemish painting. Oil on panel artwork depicting the biblical scene of the casting of lots for Christ's tunic. The soldiers, after crucifying Jesus, took his clo...
Category
17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
1960
s French Portrait Jaw Dropped Man Caricature
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Character Portrait
French school, Mid 20th Century
Gouache paint on unframed paper
signed lower corner
Image : 12.5 x 9.75 inches
Superbly decorative 1960's French portrai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Portrait of a Young Man - Large Modern British Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item *
A superb large scale Modern British oil on canvas portrait of a smartly dressed young man wearing a striped shirt, suit jacket and tie.
...
Category
1960s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1916 Danish Interior Genre Painting Conversation w Reverend Scene Framed Oil
Located in Stockholm, SE
Painting is signed for acknowledged artist Niels Holbak 1884-1954, who educated at the Art Academy in Finland 1909-10 and was taught at the Art Academy in Copenhagen from 1912-1914 a...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
The Shepherd with Border Collie Dog Traditional Rural English Life Oil Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Shepherd and his Border Collie Dog
by John Edwards (English, 1940 - 2020)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 29 x 23.5 inches
canvas : 23 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 1700
s French/ Dutch Oil Painting on Copper Portrait Man Ruff Collar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Ruff Collar
Dutch/ French artist, 18th century
oil painting on copper, unframed
copper board : 6.75 x 5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
co...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
Figure in Landscape, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman sits in a relaxed position, her figure blending with the landscape of shapes and muted colors. Layers of paint and gestural line work give texture to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Spanish Old Master Oil on Wood Panel, Head Portrait of Christ
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: 18/19th Century Spanish School
Title :Head study of Christ
Medium: oil painting on wood panel, period gilt framed
panel : 6 x 5 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Universal - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Universal bank is an original modern artwrok realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
The artwork depi...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Torero - Óleo sobre tela - Año 1961 - 130 cm. x 73 cm.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1961
En la parte trasera, va con una etiqueta con los detalles de la obra
Se presenta enmarcada la p...
Category
1960s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$957 Sale Price
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"The Veil Of Now" - Mixed Media Abstract Figurative Portrait 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Crafted in 2024, The Veil of Now is an original mixed media on panel by artist Jon Wassom, measuring 16 x 12 x 1.50 inches. This striking figurative portrait demonstrates Wassom’s ad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,160 Sale Price
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Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, Skagen, 1892
Located in Stockholm, SE
Paul Graf (1866–1903), Swedish
Children Bathing by a Rocky Shore, 1892
signed Graf and indistinctly dated 1892
oil on canvas mounted on panel
unframed 139 × 175 cm (54.7 × 68.9 in)...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Antique Dutch School original oil painting on canvas, Genre scene, Gold Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This captivating antique oil painting on canvas is a fine example of Dutch School genre art, evoking the style of the 17th-century master Adriaen van Ostade. The composition features...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,900 Sale Price
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Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Gallant scene Lancret
Located in Varmo, IT
French Rococo painter (18th century) - Gallant scene in a landscape.
63.5 x 76 cm without frame, 91 x 102.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gilded wo...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,392 Sale Price
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By Heart
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"By Heart," a compelling artwork by Oyeleye Feranmi, beautifully captures the essence of unity and brotherhood transcending differences. In this poigna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,000 Sale Price
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Threshold - Large Scale Painting of a Nude Male Seated on a Green Chaise Lounge
Located in Chicago, IL
An intimate moment is interrupted as the viewer gazes upon this scene. Thresholds, a portrait of a nude male sitting upon a green chaise lounge with his eyes cast down in deep thought, is illuminated by an unknown light source highlighting his finely sculptured physique. This use of strong directional light is a hallmark of Hall's paintings.
Nathan Brad Hall...
Category
2010s Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Large 17th Century Flemish Old Master Oil Painting Resurrection of Lazarus
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Resurrection of Lazarus
Flemish Old Master, 17th century
(unsigned as is typical for the period)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 38 inches
canvas: 19 x 27 inches
Provenance: ...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Old Bearded Man
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer a captivating portrait, most likely painted in the late 18th century, attributed to an artist within the circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. This oil ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Seated Nude in the Studio – A Modernist Study from the 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative oil painting, titled Studio Muse, depicts a seated nude in a quiet moment of contemplation. The model is shown in profile, resting on a simple wooden stool against a n...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist Venetian painting - 18th century figure painting - Turkish scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Venetian painter (18th century) - Turkish nobles with parrot and musician.
43.5 x 63.5 cm without frame, 50 x 70 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,392 Sale Price
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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 figurative painter born in Milngavie, Glasgow. She studied at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, where her tutors included Joyce Cairns RSA and Keith Grant...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Oil Painting Ladies Chatting Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Discussion'
Abstract Composition
signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 39.5 x 39 inches
condition: the work is in overall very sou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The New Dress - British Victorian 1896 art figurative Interior oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Albert Chevalier Tayler. Painted in 1896 the composition is four women in a sitting room. One young woman is holding u...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Fire Starter" Oil Painting by Karen Offut, Male Portrait
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "Fire Starter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a male portrait with his face in profile wearing a fur coat in a cold winter landscape. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
An elegant lady and gentleman hare coursing in an extensive landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752) & Thomas Spencer (1700-1753)
An elegant lady and gentleman hare coursing in an extensive landscape
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 33 x 50 in
Framed Size - 41 x...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$67,766 Sale Price
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The First Lovers, an Art Nouveau "Adam and Eve"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Working in the Art Nouveau period style of Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, artist Irina V. Karkabi has given form in this painting to the unimaginable, the moments whereby B...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"London in Shades of Blue" by Lindsey Kustusch, Realist Cityscape, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "London in Shades of Blue" is a compelling handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, measuring 12 x 12 inches. This 2025 piece is a primary market item, arrivin...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Very Large 18th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting of Georgian London Festival
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘St. James’ Day’ by Richard Morton Paye (1750-1820). This very large and fine 18th century oil on canvas depicts a diverse crowd of Londoners at an oyster stand on a summer’s evening...
Category
1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Butterfly Kisses for You #2" - Oil on Linen Sheep Painting 2018
Located in Denver, CO
Brian Keith Stephens’ "Butterfly Kisses for You #2" (2018) is an original oil on linen painting that captures the gentle charm of a sheep rendered in expressive brushwork and a harmo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV.
A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
A truly ...
Category
18th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude of Klaudia from One Side - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Klaudia from one side is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello. It is made on canvas, painted in oil in 2021.
The subject of the work is the representation of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nuns And Doves, The Family, Avant-garde Woman Artist Marcel Duchamp
s daughter
Located in Norwich, GB
In 1910, having separated from her first husband, the artist model Jeanne Chastagnier Serré had a relationship with the surrealist Marcel Duchamp: you know, the one of the porcelain ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
I Love You the First Time, Large Scale Portrait, Bearded Man in Dappled Light
Located in Chicago, IL
Dappled light brings an intimacy to this large scale portrait of a bearded man who gazes directly at the viewer. While Hall’s depictions may at first-glance seem hyper-realist in execution, the artist’s selective use of thickly modeled paint passages add a more intuitive and textural dimension to the surface.
Nathan Brad Hall...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of a Gentleman with Moustache - Oil Paint - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized between 1900 and 1930.
A finely executed portrait of a seated gentleman, depicted in half-length against a neutral brown-grey background. The sitter, with nea...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Holding Leather Bag (Brown leather bag surréaliste oil painting vintage dark)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe bold original painting on canvas depicting the vivid portrait of a red boxing glove held by an anonymous figure in a coat.
keywords; boxing glove, red glove, Brown coat, ame...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Protupka 19th century, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Classic Figurative
Year: 2005
Title: Protupka 19th century
Size:...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neighbors
By Norman Barr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neighbors, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 26 inches
Norman Barr was an American Scene painter and muralist known for his poignant depictions of working-clas...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Here - Nude Figure Painting, Original Oil on Linen
Located in Chicago, IL
Nathan Brad Hall's work comes together in this show to build an undeniably jaw dropping experience for viewers. “Undercurrents,” says Hall, “is about ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Darling, sometimes let go of your dreams
from the series Perichoresis
This work addresses one of the most delicate and mature emotional states — the moment a perso...
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No Pasaran - Lone Soldier Symbolizing the Human Desire for Equality and Freedom
Located in Chicago, IL
Hugh Goffinet stares out from the canvas in the dress of a soldier, without being one. He is a reenactor of an African American volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. His inspiration is the Lincolns—the battalion’s volunteers—but they are pictured only symbolically, in his dress. Their inspiration was Lincoln, who many decades earlier helped give meaning to the American Civil War, but who is invisible in the painting except by implication—the pose of Hugh Goffinet—which carefully emulates Lincoln’s pose in the celebrated presidential portrait by George Healy. Entirely hidden, at the deepest layer of history, is the true source of inspiration: the human desire for equality and freedom. To understand, honor, and preserve it requires remembrance, in this case with history animating reenactors who animate art that animates memory.
"No Pasaran" - an expression of determination to defend a position against an enemy - channels the spirit of Winslow Homer's war imagery, bringing it into the contemporary world, asking us to reflect upon the decisions forced to be made in wartime, some of which will never leave us. As for the paintings, William uses materials and methods of the Civil War era. The linen on which he paints was in use at that time as well as the tubed oil paints. He is one of the few artists who tacks his canvas to the stretchers using similar tacks that would have been used by Winslow Homer. While he leaves the works unframed for this reason, the artwork could certainly be framed. This piece is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
William Blake
No Pasaran
oil on linen
48h x 30w in
121.92h x 76.20w cm
WIL047
Known for his highly charged depictions of Civil War reenactments, William Blake’s powerful paintings show the recursive bodies of reenactors as they gesture across time. Participating in over 40 reenactment events, Blake currently interprets as the artist-correspondent Winslow Homer at these battle reenactments. He immerses himself in the materiality of his own obsession by constructing period clothes, camping on battlefields, and documenting the reenactment similar to Homer’s documentation of the authentic war.
The figures in the paintings reverberate the past with respect and with a desire to educate, humble, and play. With each annual iteration of American Civil War reenactments, the reanimation of the past encourages a review of history and aids in its continuous revision.
For his second exhibition with Gallery Victor Armendariz, William Blake presents A Great Battlefield, a collection of new paintings depicting US Marines at the Gettysburg National Military Park. A Great Battlefield, takes its title from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address which poetically looks to the battlefield as a site of rebirth. Following the tradition of nineteenth-century American history painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The African dentist acrylic on board painting Africa
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
George Lilanga (1934-2005) - The African dentist - Acrylic on board
Painting size 61x61 cm.
Frameless.
George Lilanga was born in 1934 in the city of Kikwetu, in the southeast of Ta...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,148 Sale Price
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18th/19th Century French Old Master Oil Christ entering Jerusalem
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
18th/19th Century School
'A scene of Christ entering Jerusalem'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Size of painting: 21.5" x 18.25" inches
condition: overa...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A man and his boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x66 cm.
Category
1980s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$478 Sale Price
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Amor et Pietas - Important 19th Century Royal Academy Exhibition Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Amor et Pietas’ by Ursula Wood S.W.A. (1868-1956).
Academy Fine Paintings is fully conversant with the legal exemptions which, under the supreme law of the U.S. Constitution, enabl...
Category
1890s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, 1891, signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
French School of the 19th century
Portrait of a young man, 1891
Signed (illegible) and dated 91 on the lower right
Oil on canvas
46 x 38 cm
Framed 52 x 44
In good condition, recently...
Category
1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$909 Sale Price
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The Bathers Impressionist Figurative Landscape Painting of nude bathers, lake
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 28" x 32.5"
The Bathers, depicts a serene riverside featuring nude or partially nude bathers engaged in both swimming and leisure. Lush greenery surrounds a calm body ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Language of Strings -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Music, Modern Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The violin speaks where words fall silent—echoing resilience, tenderness, and the shared rhythm of our humanity. Its language is universal, reminding us that even in life’s division,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Military french painting 1870 war soldier horse Sketch 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Alphonse de NEUVILLE
Saint-Omer, 1835 - Paris, 1885
Oil on wood panel
14.5 x 24 cm
Signed lower right
Alphonse de Neuville painted french soldier...
Category
1870s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$861 Sale Price
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YVES DIEY The Nude, Oil on canvas, 1930s
By Yves Diey
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), France – The Nude. A striking oil on canvas by the renowned French artist Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), depicting a sensual and elegant nude. This wo...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1980
s French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Model Man in Top Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Nu Aux Voiles Bleus'
by Henri Fuss (French, 1930-1985)
signed, dated and titled
oil on canvas
framed: 43 x 59 inches
canvas: 35 x 51 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fete Champetre - Garden Party - French 18thC figurative landscape oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
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...
Category
1740s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$17,488 Sale Price
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Nude of Woman - Oil on Canvas by Donato Frisia - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding painting by the italian artist Donato Frisia, dated 1930. Signed lower left in red.
A sensual nude of woman reclined on a sofa is depicted with, at the same time, appeal...
Category
1930s Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking devotional image, painted by a follower of Jan Gossaert, represents one of the most influential compositions of the Northern Renaissance: Christ on the Cold Stone, or C...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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