Richard Taylor Fine Art

This superb Impressionist still life oil on board painting is by one of the leading American Impressionism artists who painted in Europe, William Samuel Horton. Horton moved to Engla...

This charming large British Old Master pastoral oil painting is by noted artist Francis Wheatley. It was painted in 1797 and depicts five figures, a family and a dog in a woodland s...

This superb British Victorian exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted female artist (Frances) Maud Porter. Her married name was Maud Bigwood and some of her later work is signed ...

This stunning British bronze sculpture is by world famous sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein. It was conceived in 1922 and is the second portrait of Kathleen Garman (1901-1979), Epstein's lo...

This superb British abstract expressionist oil painting is by noted Suffolk British artist Robert Sadler. Painted as oil on board it was painted in 1958 and is entitled Souvenir 1958...

This superb vibrant Post Impressionist African landscape oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and N...

This superb British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of noted artist Michael Dahl. Although born in Sweden, Dahl lived and worked most of his life in England ...

This gorgeous and vibrant early twentieth century British landscape oil painting is by Margaret Maitland Howard. Painted circa 1920 the landscape is of a rocky out crop or escarpment...

This beautiful, large British figurative landscape oil painting is by noted Slade School artist Franklin White. Painted circa 1920, the composition is of a large number of villagers ...

This charming British early 19th century portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir William Etty and is masterfully portrayed with beautiful pre Impressionist impasto. Pain...

This wonderful 19th century interior portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Martin Archer Shee. It is a half-length portrait of a seated lady in a black silk dress, ermine stole and superb floral bonnet. It is a super realistic depiction of different textures - fur, silk and her beautiful face and hair. She is also holding her glasses, suggesting she is an educated woman who likes to read. A really magnificent portrait. The fur of the white winter ermine or stoat, with its trademark black tail-tip can often be seen in portraits of royalty...

This lovely British Victorian portrait oil painting is by noted and well exhibited artist Alfred Fitzwalter Grace. Painted circa 1875 it is a seated profile portrait of Charles Franc...

This superb French Impressionist city landscape oil painting is attributed to Jacques Emile Blanche and has his characteristic brushwork. It was painted circa 1900 and portrays a civ...

This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is painted in the manner of Sir Henry Raeburn. Painted circa 1800, the sitter is Anne Neale Tucker Lauzun. She was born in St Geo...

This lovely French Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Painted circa 1810 it is a head and shoulders profile of a beautiful woman, resting her head on one hand. There is superb attention to detail and vibrant colouring. An excellent example of a French Old Master portrait of the period. Unsigned. Provenance. London estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame, 20 inches by 17 inches framed and in good condition. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style. Although he considered himself a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, it is his portraits, both painted and drawn, that are recognized as his greatest legacy. His expressive distortions of form and space made him an important precursor of modern art, influencing Picasso, Matisse and other modernists. Born into a modest family in Montauban, he travelled to Paris to study in the studio of David. In 1802 he made his Salon debut, and won the Prix de Rome for his painting The Ambassadors of Agamemnon in the tent of Achilles. By the time he departed in 1806 for his residency in Rome, his style—revealing his close study of Italian and Flemish Renaissance masters—was fully developed, and would change little for the rest of his life. While working in Rome and subsequently Florence from 1806 to 1824, he regularly sent paintings to the Paris Salon, where they were faulted by critics who found his style bizarre and archaic. He received few commissions during this period for the history paintings he aspired to paint, but was able to support himself and his wife as a portrait painter and draughtsman. He was finally recognized at the Salon in 1824, when his Raphaelesque painting of the Vow of Louis XIII was met with acclaim, and Ingres was acknowledged as the leader of the Neoclassical school in France. Although the income from commissions for history paintings allowed him to paint fewer portraits, his Portrait of Monsieur...

This lovely British Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Nottinghamshire artist Arthur Spooner. Painted circa 1930 it is a charming head and shoulders portrait of a young ...

This superb British 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Frank Owen Salisbury also known as Frank O'Salisbury. Painted in 1944 it is a three quarter length portrait of a l...

This superb Royal Academy Art Deco exhibited portrait oil painting is by artist Walter Westley Russell. It was painted in 1927 and exhibited the same year entitled Mrs Guy Houlder, p...

This stunning Impressionist farm landscape oil painting is by one of the leading American Impressionist artists, William Samuel Horton. Horton moved to England in1918 and travelled e...

This superb British 18th century Old Master portrait oil painting is by William Williams of Norwich. It was painted circa 1780, after he had returned to England from in Philadelphia ...

This stunning 18th century Dutch Old Master Golden Age floral oil painting is attributed to Simon Pietersz Verelst. Painted circa 1700 it is a still life floral of a mixed flower arr...

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...

This lovely British Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Charles Henry Sims. Painted circa 1910, the young child in the painting is Alan Sims, the artist'...

This charming British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist Henry Robinson Hall. Painted circa 1900 the setting is Glen Sannox, Arran in the Scottish Highlands. Glen Sa...

This charming British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist Henry Robinson Hall. Painted circa 1900 the setting is in Perthshire. In the foreground several highland cat...

This gorgeous large Scottish Victorian Impressionist oil painting is by noted artist Robert McGowan Coventry RSA, also known as Robert Coventry. Painted circa 1890 the composition is...

This lovely British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted portrait artist James Penniston Barraclough. It was painted in 1923 and is signed and dated lower right. The compositio...

This stunning Scottish Impressionist Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Glasgow Boy artist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. Painted circa 1899 the composition is a rising moon ov...

This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painted circa 19...

This beautiful oil painting on canvas dates to circa 1840 and is by British Victorian artist William Edward Frost who was noted for his depiction of nudes and feminine beauty. The ov...

A fine Old Master British portrait oil painting which dates to circa 1830 and depicts a girl. Painted by the president of the Royal Scottish Academy, Sir John Watson Gordon...

This striking large Orientalist oil portrait painting is by a talented Turkish School artist from the late 19th century. The portrait is extremely well painted, dating to circa 1890 ...

This superb oil on panel painting is by British Victorian artist William Henry Crome, son of artist John Crome, founder of the Norwich School. Painted circa 1850 the painting depicts...

An original oil on canvas by the noted British female artist Sylvia Gosse which was an exhibited work and dates to circa 1926. A lovely architectural landscape of Envermeu France. Si...

This beautiful Scottish Impressionist Edwardian architectural oil painting is by noted artist James Kay. Painted circa 1900 the painting is of Exeter Cathedral in Exeter in Devon in ...

This intriguing British Edwardian figurative interior oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Croft Mitchell. It is entitled Two Worlds verso and dated as c1910. The composition of th...

This fantastic British 1940's figurative interior oil painting is by noted artist Leonard Fuller. Painted circa 1940, the colourful composition is looking into a busy Woolworths stor...

This superb Post Impressionist London landscape oil painting is by noted Slade School trained artist Bertram Nicholls. Painted in 1951 and with excellent provenance, the location is ...

This stunning, large British Impressionist 1940's landscape oil painting is by noted Nottingham artist Arthur Spooner. It was exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 194...

This lovely British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted artist William Henry Margetson. He was known for his aesthetic full-length portraits of women, often in hats, in an in...

This stunning British 1920's tempera oil on board painting is by noted artist John Young Hunter. It was painted circa 1927 and the composition is a f...

This impressive British 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Royce Bradbury. Painted in 1949 it is a half-length portrait of a young Scottish girl in a mountainous ...

This impressive British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted artist Frank Thomas Copnall. It was painted circa 1910 and hung in the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum in Birken...

This enigmatic 1920's Art Deco Slade School portrait oil painting is by noted Russian born British artist Jacob Kramer. Painted circa 1922 it is a seated portrait of Miss Hilda Wilki...

This charming British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist (Alfred) Clive Gardiner. It was painted in 1918 and shows the influence of the French a...

This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite Royal Academy exhibited oil painting is by noted historical female artist and suffragette Jessie MacGregor. She was tutored by Lord Frederick Leighton at the Royal Academy art schools in the 1870's and his influence can be seen here. Painted in 1892 and exhibited that year, the subject matter is when Dante, (1265-1321) later an Italian Florentine poet, first met Beatrice, the love of his life when he was nine. They met in a gathering at her father's palazzo in Florence. She was a few months younger than Dante and dressed in a crimson dress. They never actually spoke for another nine years although Dante often observed her. They were both married off during this time, as was the custom then and Beatrice died aged only 24. Dante remained devoted to Beatrice for the rest of his life and she was his principal inspiration for much of his well known work, such as La Vita Nuova (The New Life) and La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy). (see below biography for more details on Dante and Beatrice). This stunning Pre-Raphaelite oil painting depicts Beatrice kneeling on the grass, holding flowers and gazing up at Dante as he stands beside her, hands over her head, perhaps miming crowning her. Other children and their maids dance around them. Beyond them is a Florentine garden with beautiful arches and some figures to the right. To the left one can glimpse the landscape under a summer's sky. MacGregor has portrayed superb detail in the figures expressions and clothing with rich red and gold tones and the vivid blue sky echoing in the little boy's tunic. The brushwork is fantastic. MacGregor painted some fantastic paintings in her time, many of which were exhibited and now hang in art galleries. This painting is a superb example of her work, with excellent provenance and would grace any wall. Signed twice 'Jessie Macgregor/1892' lower right. Provenance. Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 11 December 1972, lot 195. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1892, no. 905 entitled In the Childhood of Dante. From this time forward love ruled my heart. Literature Royal Academy Illustrated, 1892, p. 78. Condition. Oil on canvas, 65 inches by 35 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame with ornate flower corners and reeded edge, 87 inches by 57 inches, in good condition. Jessie MacGregor (1847–1919) was a British painter. She was born in Liverpool to a Scottish father, Alexander (1820-1898) and Liverpudlian mother, Sarah (1820-1894). She had an older brother and 7 younger siblings. MacGregor first learned drawing at the drawing academy in Liverpool run by her grandfather Andrew Hunt, a landscape painter. Her mother taught her to use water colours. Her parents went to live in London and she began to study painting there, becoming a pupil at the Royal Academy Schools in 1870 for seven years where her teachers were Lord Leighton, P. H. Calderon, R.A., and John Pettie, R.A. She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in December 1871, the prescribed subject being An Act of Mercy. She was the second woman after Louisa Starr's gold medal in 1867, and the last woman to do so until 1909. She first exhibited at the RA whilst still a student, in 1871. She continued with a historical genre when history paintings were broadening their reach towards literature and romance. Her subjects were almost always women or children. MacGregor was made an Academician for the Liverpool Academy of Art in 1874. By 1880 she was using a studio on Elm Tree Road and exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy. in 1884 her brother Archibald also started working from this address and they both had paintings at the RA that year. In 1888 she moved studio to Hill Road St John's Wood. In 1892 MacGregor had two painting at the RA, a portrait of Miss Phyllis Eden and our painting, In the Childhood of Dante. This was described as a fresh bit of Italian Childhood and harmonious colour grouping by the Western Daily Press. Portraits rarely got a mention in the papers but narrative works were much more popular. She lectured widely for the Victorian University extension scheme at the Arts Clubs of Liverpool, the National Gallery and Leighton House museum and other regional centres. MacGregor had a studio in Chalcot Gardens Hampstead from 1900 and began to get involved with women's issues. In 1904 she was on the committee of the Lyceum Club London along side Henrietta...

This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite Royal Academy exhibited oil painting is by note female Suffragette artist Emily Mary Osborn. Painted in 1877 it was exhibited at the RA...

This lovely British 19th century landscape oil painting is by noted artist Frederick Waters Watts. Painted circa 1840, the composition is a drover with cattle watering in an extensiv...

This lovely British 1920's Art Deco vibrant portrait oil painting is by Charles A. Buchel. Painted in 1925 and signed and dated it is a seated portrait of a young woman, Mary Haggie,...

This very interesting British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by noted Slade School artist Algernon Cecil Newton. Newton became primarily a landscape artist and exhibited numerous...

This interesting British 19th century coastal landscape oil painting is by noted Suffolk School artist Edward Robert Smythe. Painted circa 1850 it is a busy coastal landscape with fi...

This lovely Scottish Impressionist Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Joseph Henderson. Painted circa 1880 it is entitled Washing Day. The composition is of two women laying o...

This gorgeous Scottish Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist Robert McGown Coventry, also known as Robert Coventry. Painted circa 1890 it is a spring Highland landscape...

This beautiful British Art Deco 1930's water colour and ink painting on paper is by well respected artist Averil Mary Burleigh. Painted circa 1935 the composition is of three female figures with flowing robes and head dresses with slender tree trunks beyond them and vivid blue of the sky meeting the sea. (Caerula pertains to the colour of the sky and sea). They are playing between them with two balls or globes. A beautiful painting full of fun and movement and that amazing blue. Signed lower left, and inscribed on a label verso. Provenance: Surrey estate. Condition. Water colour and ink on paper. Image size is 24 inches by 16 inches and in excellent condition. Frame. Housed in a gilt frame. Framed size is 30 inches by 22 inches and in good condition. Averil Mary Burleigh born Averil Mary Dell (1883 – 1949) was a British artist and painter. Based in Sussex, Burleigh was known for painting in egg tempera with the subject usually involving a central figure. Her husband and daughter also painted but she is the best regarded of the three. Burleigh was born in 1883 in Hassocks in West Sussex and went on to study at the Brighton School of Art. She married the painter Charles Burleigh and they lived and worked together as artists in Hove and Sussex. They designed a house with a large sun-lit top floor studio. Their daughter Veronica, who would also become a notable artist, was born there in 1909. The family never became rich from their works, and often relied on Burleigh's flair for buying and selling shares. In 1911 Burleigh illustrated a book of John Keats' poetry and went on to illustrate plays by Shakespeare. In 1913 she was featured in Studio magazine. In 1927 Burleigh illustrated Thistledown by Leolyn Louise Everett. From 1939 she was a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours. Burleigh became very ill in the 1940s, dying in 1949. Shortly before she died, Burleigh was elected an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society. Burleigh specialised in tempera painting, although she also worked in chalk and watercolour. Her works tend to have a bright colour palette with contrasting colours to lead the eye around the picture. A sharp luminosity and strong sense of design govern Burleigh's tempera and watercolour paintings. Frequently, her works portray decorative renaissance subjects, usually dominated by a female figure who is regularly modelled on her daughter, Veronica Burleigh...

This superb Abstract Expressionist Scottish oil painting is by noted artist William Gear. It was painted in 1957 and is entitled Black/Red Figure no. 2. This abstract composition is ...

This superb British 1950's abstract oil on board painting is by noted Slade School trained contemporary artist Leo Davy. Davy was born in Yorkshire but settled in Cornwall in 1968 an...

This superb Abstract Expressionist Scottish oil painting is by noted artist William Gear. It was painted in 1959 and is entitled Red Idol 2. This abstract com...

This lovely British Edwardian Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Percy William Gibbs. Pained circa 1910 it is a head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman in a da...

This fantastic Italian Baroque 17th century Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Carlo Dolci. Painted circa 1685, the composition is a waist length portrait of...

This superb British town landscape oil painting is by noted artist Ethelbert White. Painted circa 1940, the composition is along the river towards the bridge over the river Avon in B...