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Large Dog Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs Jules Chardigny
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Double Portrait: Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs Jules Chardigny (France, 1842-1892) circa 1870
Category

1870s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19thC. Figures Hunting Classical Ruins Mountainous Sunset Landscape North Africa
By Continental School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Continental, 19th Century oil on canvas, framed Monogrammed 'WM' and dated '1868' lower right
Category

19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique 20thC Framed Hunting Scene Oil On Canvas By Frederick Thomas Daws c.1923
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An antique 20th Century oil on canvas piece by Frederick Thomas Daws portraying a hunting scene. In
Category

Vintage 1920s British Country Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"HUNTING DOG" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ART FRAMED 24 X 36
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Medium: Oil on Board "Hunting Dog" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Oil on Canvas Still Life of Hunting Game, Signed Dated J Madsen 1913
Located in Round Top, TX
Original oil on canvas still life painting of hunting game with hare and foul. Unframed. Danish
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

"La muerte del cisne siamés" - figurative, animals, swan, hunting, pastels
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are explicitly erotic in that they focus exclusively on
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Dog Portrait of a Hunting Dog by Jules Chardigny (1849-1892)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Circa 1870 Oil on paper. 8 x 6
Category

1860s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

The Hunting Party, 17th Century - School of Simon KICK (1603-1652)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Master interior of a hunting party after the hunt, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and condition that
Category

17th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

portrait of 2 dogs, Grand Griffon Vendéen Hunting Dogs by Jules Chardigny
Located in York, GB
A fine oil painting on canvas depicting a Portrait of what i believe to be 2 Grand Griffon Vendéen
Category

19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunting in Fontainebleau, Georges Stein, Paris 1870 – 1955, French Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Hunting in Fontainebleau, France Stein Georges Paris 1870 – 1955 French Painter Signature: Signed
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

August Querfurt (attributed, 1696–1761), Hunting Party, First Half of the 18th C
By August Querfurt
Located in Greding, DE
Oil painting depicting a vivid hunting scene with a mounted party, accompanied by hunting dogs and
Category

Early 18th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th C. English Oil on Canvas of Hunting Dogs in Gilt Frame Signed R. Valley
Located in Dallas, TX
Enhance a study or office with this distinguished antique oil on canvas, painted in England circa
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Hunting Dog Two Birds Flying in the Woods in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Hunting Dog Two Birds Flying in the Woods in the English Countryside by British Artist Art
Category

Late 20th Century English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Still Life and Hunting Dogs, 1851" P. M. Guillemin (French, 1800-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Still Life and Hunting Dogs, 1851" P. M. Guillemin (French, 1800-1874) Monogrammed "EG" on right
Category

1850s Romantic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Pair of Hunting Dogs at Rest; artist unknown, French, Mid-19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Pair of Hunting Dogs at Rest; Artist unknown, French, 19th century (monogrammed "JS" Circa 1850 10
Category

1830s Romantic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Otter Hunt, English Hunt Scene, Sporting Art, Hunting Dogs, Dog
By Walter Hunt
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Walter Hunt (English, 1861-1941) Signed: W. Hunt 1933 " The Otter Hunt ", 1933 Oil on Canvas 10
Category

Early 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

17th C, Baroque, Hunting Scene, Wild Boar Hunt in the style of Frans Snijders
Located in brussel, BE
different in the 17th century. Paintings depicting hunting scenes were hung, for example, in the hunting
Category

17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oak, Oil

Josef Mathauser, 19th Century, Hunting Scene in a Wintry Forest, "The Wolf Hunt"
Located in Berlin, DE
Josef Mathauser, 19th century, dramatic hunting scene in a wintry forest Decorative oil painting
Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Animal scene Duck hunting with dogs 18th century Swedish Master by Philip Korn
Located in Stockholm, SE
oil painting on wooden panel, in a non-original frame of the 19th century. Size app.: 49 x 64 cm
Category

18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Dog Portrait of a Grand Vendéen Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) ca 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Dog Portrait of a Grand Vendéen Hunting Dog Jules Chardigny (1849-1892) Signed lower right Circa
Category

Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

End of the fox hunting day. Hunter with his horse trying to open a gate, signed
Located in GB
continued his artistic endeavours until his death in 1943 . "The End of the Fox Hunting Day" This oil on
Category

Early 20th Century English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Stag Hunting in the Vicinity of Nuremberg by a German Artist Peter von Bemmel
Located in PARIS, FR
This small landscape shows a hunting scene: two riders are chasing a stag with their dogs at the
Category

1720s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Copper

English fox hunting scene with fox hounds, men up on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Coulson has been painting professionally for over 47 years and has a reputation that is second to none
Category

1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pointer Setter" Original Oil Painting by Henry Hintermeister
By Henry Hintermeister
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
selling – we hope to be your trusted source. Painting, Oil painting, Art, Hunting, Pointers, Dogs, Bird
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"The Perfect Point" Original Oil Painting by Ernest Hart
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
trusted source. Oil paintings, Dogs, Hunting, Setters.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

19th Century English Gilt Trumeau Mirror with Hunting Scene Oil Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This tall English trumeau mirror combines the narrative charm of a 19th-century countryside hunting
Category

Antique 19th Century English Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Canvas, Mirror, Giltwood, Paint

Maitland Smith Hand Painted Hunting Dog Portrait Oil Painting Marbled Frame 58"
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
1980s hand painted oil on canvas by Maitland Smith. Features a hunting dog seated on a tiger rug
Category

Late 20th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Paint

The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar - 17th Century Figurative Oil Painting
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Arles, FR
paintings of mythological subjects, as seen here in today's painting, The Hunting of the Calydonian Boar
Category

17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

" Hunting "
By Carel Van Fales
Located in Madrid, ES
"Carel Van Fales Assigned '(1683/1723) "Hunting"" Oil on canvas Attributed to'Carel Van Fales
Category

17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique oil painting on canvas of Brown Prize Hunting Horse 19th century
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Hailsham, GB
A fine example of a good quality impressive Victorian 19th century portrait antique oil painting on
Category

1870s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil on Canvas, "Two Tigers Hunting"
By Carl Witzmann
Located in Hamburg, DE
Painting "Two Tigers Hunting in the Savannah." Oil on canvas signed by Carl Witzmann, unframed.
Category

Early 20th Century German Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Hunting Dog"
By Jef Louis van Leemputten
Located in Antwerp, BE
oil on canvas, 42x60cm, 55x73cm frame included. Painter of animals, mostly dogs, horses and sheep
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

17th Century Still Life with Hunting Scene, Oil on Canvas Painting
By Antonio Lagos
Located in Lisbon, PT
Still life with hunting scene. Attributed to Antonio Lagos, 17th century, Portugal. Oil on canvas
Category

Antique 17th Century Portuguese Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Hunting Dog Setter, Italian Painting Oil on Cardboard Hunter, 19th Century
By Antonio Milone
Located in Rome, Italy
-after painter especially for hunting subjects. The measurement shown is of the painting without frame
Category

Antique 1890s Italian Paintings

Materials

Paper

" Return of Hunting "
By Carel Van Fales
Located in Madrid, ES
Carel Van Fales (1683/1723) "Return Of Hunting"" Oil on Canvas "Return of the Hunting" Attributed
Category

17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunting For Mice
By George Armfield
Located in Edinburgh, GB
painted piece by Armfield . George Armfield was a British genre artist specializing in oil paintings of
Category

Mid-20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of Oil on Canvas Hunting Dogs
Located in Lawrenceburg, TN
Pair of original oil paintings on canvas, landscape scenes with hunting dogs, signed Andrews
Category

Vintage 1970s Paintings

Hunting Party Sam Jusics Original 20th Century Sporting Art Painting
Located in Whitefish, MT
Hunting Party Sam Jusics Original 20th Century Sporting Art Painting 30" x 40", 40" x 50" Framed
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Prince of Fondi Hunting
By Filippo Palizzi
Located in Roma, RM
. Anticipating some of his more famous hunting paintings executed in the 1850s, such as The Fox Hunt in the
Category

19th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Fine Pair of 17th Century Oil Portraits of Hunting Hounds or Dogs
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
highly detailed landscape behind.   Both paintings are richly coloured, highly detailed and present
Category

Late 17th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Fine Pair of 17th Century Oil Portraits of Hunting Hounds or Dogs
Located in London/Yorkshire, GB
highly detailed landscape behind.   Both paintings are richly coloured, highly detailed and present
Category

Late 17th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Hunting with Hounds Oil On Canvas by Eugene Pechaubes circa 1935
By Eugene Pechaubes
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas representing a hunting. Signed bottom right E. Pechaubes. Eugène Pechaubes (1890
Category

Mid-20th Century Academic Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas

French Large Scale Mid-19th Century "Hunting Marshes" Oil on Canvas
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Wonderful large-scale mid-19th century oil on canvas of hunters and dogs hunting in the marshes
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Paintings

Gentleman, Horse, dogs, Shooting, hunting, Country Scene - 19th century, landscape
Located in York, North Yorkshire
A fantastic painting of a Gentleman standing in a field with horse and dogs hunting/Shooting
Category

19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lord Derby s Foxhounds, A English Hunting Scene by James Barenger
By James Barenger
Located in Lincoln, GB
. 1809-' (lower right) oil on canvas 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.) Barenger was born in Kentish Town
Category

19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

original oil on canvas XIX th fox hunting dogs and horses signed de marcillac
By De Marcillac
Located in Lyon, RH-Alps
original painting signed de marcillac XIX th century representing a fox hunting oil on canvas
Category

Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Portrait of a woman in hunting in front of a vineyard
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Jean-Marcel POUSSARD (1891-1972) Portrait of a woman in hunting attire in front of a vine H. 80 cm
Category

1930s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

How To Get Started In Hunting - Masked Girl Old World Red Dress and Bow Arrow
Located in Milton, AU
painting techniques of the Old Masters and borrowing from the vast catalogue of pre-industrial western art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Two Lionesses Hunting a Roebuck, after Baroque Oil Painting by Frans Snyders
By Frans Snyders
Located in Fairhope, AL
Roebuck" while the original Baroque oil painting was rendered in 1610 by Flemish artist Frans Snyders
Category

Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Baroque Decorative Art

19th Century Oak Screen with Oil Paintings by Paul Frenzeny
By Paul Frenzeny
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
19th century solid Oak four-fold screen, depicting deer hunting scenes. The four oil paintings
Category

20th Century British Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Oak

Rustics: Winter Hunting Lodge
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a colorful, absurdist world inhabited by eccentrics of ambiguous
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Hunting Dogs with Geese, Landscape by 19th Century French painter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hunting Dogs with Geese" is a 26 x 21.5 inches, oil on canvas landscape of two dogs on the trail
Category

19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunting Dogs, Landscape by 19th Century French painter, period frame
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hunting Dogs" is a 26 x 21.5 inches, oil on canvas landscape of two dogs on the trail by the river
Category

19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century Folk Art Hunting Scene, Landscape, Animal and Figurative, 1852
Located in Doylestown, PA
This mid 19th Century, 25" x 30", oil on canvas, Folk Art hunting scene was painted in 1852, and
Category

1850s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Enormous 19th Century British Sporting Horses Hounds Hunting Oil Painting
By Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens
Located in London, GB
Framed 64 x 98 inches Oil on Canvas Signed Provenance: Possibly commissioned by George William Coventry
Category

1880s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Pair English Equine Horse Hunting Oil Paintings Edward Benjamin Herberte
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Wonderful Pair of English Landscape Oil Paintings on wood panel complete with their original good
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Pair English Equine Horse Hunting Oil Paintings Robert Stone Gilt Frames
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Wonderful pair of English landscape oil paintings on wood panel complete with their original good
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

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    To identify an oil painting, look closely at its surface. Compared to other paintings, pieces produced in oils usually show off a variety of textures across the canvas, and the paint will appear layered on. If you're looking to determine the name, age or creator of a work, try snapping a photo with your smartphone’s camera and conducting a reverse image search online. Shop a diverse assortment of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
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    Jan van Eyck is widely considered by art historians to be the father of oil painting. While the usage of oil paints dates back to 7th-century China, the Flemish painter popularized the material, using oils to produce highly detailed works such as The Arnolfini Portrait. The Northern Renaissance master also influenced many other artists, such as Hugo van der Goes and Gerard David. Shop an assortment of fine art on 1stDibs.
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    To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).

    You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)

    To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.

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    You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)

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    To find the artist of an oil painting, look on the back of the canvas. Sometimes, you will find the artist’s name and the year of production on the back. If the canvas is in a frame, gently peel away the paper covering the back to access the canvas. In the event you cannot find any identifying information, seek the help of a licensed art appraiser. Shop a selection of oil paintings on 1stDibs.
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    Yes, oil paintings darken over time. As oil paint is made of pigment particles, the range of substances that are used as pigment in oil paint can render certain colors susceptible to aging. Slowing the aging process for an oil painting involves storing your painting properly and keeping the work out of exposed sunlight. Temperature control and humidity are also important in preserving the life of an oil painting and slowing the aging process.

    To maintain oil paintings that you purchased for your home, experts suggest that you keep them out of direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to the sunlight coming in from a window can fade the colors in your painting. Do not hang your oil painting near a heat source or where it can get wet (bathrooms and kitchens are not safe for your oil painting).

    You may wish to dust your oil painting so that layers of dust don’t begin to gather on its surface. This should only be considered to remove loose dust. Never spray any chemical substance on your oil painting. Do not use a damp cloth to dust your oil painting. (Again, your painting should not be exposed to moisture.)

    To remove loose dust, use a soft brush that measures approximately one to two inches wide with natural-hair bristles. Do not use a dust cloth or a feather duster, as those items may catch or leave threads or feathers behind. Do not apply pressure or dust your painting for an extended period of time.

    If you think that your oil painting is considerably dirty or believe that other issues may be at work, experts strongly suggest that you consult with a professional conservator.

    Read about how to arrange your wall art and find oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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