McClelland Barclay Figurative Paintings

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...

This is a wonderful Guardi's Triptyc, composed by three oval oil painted panels attributed by some of most reputable scholars to the Venetian old master Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)....

Signed, titled and dated figures in landscape oil on canvas by Spanish post impressionist painter Emilio Grau Sala. The work depicts a large group of jockeys and horse owners talking...

Robert Alexander Hillingford British, (1828-1904) The Duke’s Musicians – A Reminiscence of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 40 inches x 59 inches Size including frame: 47.5 inches x 66.5 inches Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883, no. 844 Exhibited at the Yorkshire Institute A large-scale Royal Academy painting...

Fine 19th century oil painting of a bustling Austrian/Germanic village with horse, rider and various figures outside an Inn, attributed to Arthur Georg Ramberg (1819-1879), well known for figurative genre paintings. The rider is carrying a bugle, apparently announcing news to the people; men are sitting by the table drinking, one with a raised stein. Women walking by stop to listen, a man carrying a sack has stopped to watch the rider, people are in the Inn doorway, and one is looking out the window. Children pause their playing. The scene is under a large tree beside the Inn; a whole community waiting for news. There is a great deal of detail in the scene, tree and Inn house...

Tea at Sunset Vibrant Oil On Canvas, Signed and title. Born 1945 in Poland, lives and active in Canada. His work was exhibited in galleries and Museums of Fine Arts in Canada.

"Thin Ice" is a richly layered oil painting featuring a composition of elegant female figures spread across a cool, moody room. Each woman is dressed in a classic silhouette. Some in...

Carl SCHLICHTING-CARLSEN (Flensburg 1842 – Hellebæk 1931) The Painter's Rest Oil on canvas H. 130 cm; W. 93 cm Signed and dated lower left – S. Carlsen (18)94 This artist of German ...

JOSÉ VILLEGAS CORDERO Spanish, 1844 - 1921 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE signed & dated "J. Villegas. / Junio 1913." (lower left) oil on canvas 19-3/8 x 28-3/4 inches (49 x 73 cm.) framed: 27-1/2 x 36-3/4 inches (69.5 x 93 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, Seville, Spain José Villegas Cordero (Seville, August 26, 1844-Madrid, November 9, 1921) was a Spanish painter. He directed the Prado Museum between 1901 and 1918. He was the brother of the painter Ricardo Villegas Cordero. He began his apprenticeship very young with José María Romero, with whom he remained for two years until entering the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was under the tutelage of Eduardo Cano. In 1860, when he was only 16 years old, he sold his work Little Philosophy for 2,000 reais at the Seville Exhibition. In 1867 he traveled to Madrid, where he entered Federico Madrazo's studio. There he established friendship with painters Eduardo Rosales and Fortuny. He went regularly to the Prado where he copied Velázquez, from whom he acquired spontaneity and the use of color for his technique. Finally, and out of admiration for Fortuny's orientalist painting, he returned to Seville and organized an excursion to Morocco. At the end of 1868 he decided to travel to Rome accompanied by the painters Rafael Peralta and Luis Jiménez Aranda...

After the painting by John Lomax,who was an English genre painter The scene is great fun, as we can see different groups all enjoying the Classic English Pub interior...

"Just Think of It" is a moody, figurative oil painting that layers soft pale blues against deep grays and black, creating a quiet tension. A stylish man sits at the edge of a couch, ...

In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Seine by the Hotel de Paris. The streets of Paris are portrayed in the distan...