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P. Slater - Continental School 19th Century Oil, View of The Cathedral

19th Century

A charming continental oil scene depicting two men and a donkey crossing a wooden bridge to a coastal town up on the cliffs. The scene is finely painted capturing smaller, intricate ...

Rustic cottages dot the bank of a tranquil river in this serene depiction of rural life. The river passes under a small bridge towards a church in the distance, whilst a woman washes...

A charming early 20th century oil depicting Saint Stephen's Church in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The town square is flocked with people as the impressive architecture looms over on a...

A truly striking and impressively sized architectural view of a French cathedral in an ornate Gothic style. The painting is in thinned oil that looks like gouache, due to the thinnes...

Felice Auguste Rezia 1835 - 1907 London painter of continental town scenes, originally from Italy, exhibited at the Royal Society and British Institution, Both Oil on canvas 16 x 12...

William George Meadows (1825 - 1901). A painter of colourful Venetian scenes, and some stable views. He was the son of James Meadows and brother to Arthur, Edwin and James, all artis...

Oil Painting by William George Meadows "A Continental Townscene" 1825 - 1901 A London painter of Continental Town views and stable interiors. Part of the Meadows family of artists, h...

Ludwig Hermann German, (1812-1881) A Bustling Harbour Town Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1863 Image size: 26 inches x 36.5 inches Size including frame: 35.25 inches x 45.75 inches A wonderful continental townscape scene of a bustling harbour by Ludwig Hermann. The Medieval architecture is reminiscent of North Germany and the Baltic sea area with its busy trading ports. Figures can be seen chatting to traders as ships sail around the harbour. Ludwig Hermann or Herman was born Elias Ludwig Julius Herrmann at Greifswald, Germany in 1812 to Wilhelm and Sophie Herrmann. Although little is recorded about his early life and education, he is known to have left his home in 1831 at the age of 19, to pursue an artistic career in Berlin. There he entered the Prussian Academy of Arts where he studied under Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850). Hermann started exhibiting at the Berlin Academy exhibitions in 1836. A year later in 1837, he travelled to Paris to study under Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) and Eugène Lepoittevin (1806-1870). By 1841 he had returned to Berlin where he married Caroline Wilhelmine ‘Auguste’ Dupont on 16 October, 1841. From his base in Berlin he travelled around Europe painting views of France...