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Last Night, Shaftesbury Av -original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art
By Michael Alford
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. “Last Night, Shaftesbury Avenue” by Michael Alford is a striking oil on canvas tha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Last dance - Painting, Acrylic, ink ankara fabric on canvas
By Affen Segun
Located in London, GB
Affen Segun 1993 - Current Last dance, 2025 Acrylic, ink & ankara fabric on canvas 91.4 x 88.9 cm 36 x 35 in
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled - Painting, Fabric and acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Franklin Eze 1993 - Current Untitled, 2025 Fabric and acrylic on canvas 127 x 129.5 cm 50 x 51 in
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled - Painting, Fabric and acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Franklin Eze 1993 - Current Untitled, 2025 Fabric and Acrylic on canvas 129.5 x 127 cm 51 x 50 in
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic

"Profile in Red" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 26" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profile in Red" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 26" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for h...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Little Boy by Kurt Peiser (1887 – 1962) signed and dated August 1950
Located in Knokke, BE
Kurt Peiser Antwerpen 1887 – 1962 Brussel Belgian Painter 'The Little Boy' Signature: signed and dated lower middle left 'K.Peiser August 1950'
 Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: im...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"To Lie, with Love" Oil Painting 12" x 12" inch by Genevieve May
By Genevieve May
Located in Culver City, CA
"To Lie, with Love" Oil Painting 12" x 12" inch by Genevieve May About Genevieve May: Genevieve May is celebrated for her distinctive fusion of typography and symbolic realism. Comi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Untitled - Painting, Fabric and acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Franklin Eze 1993 - Current Untitled, 2025 Fabric and acrylic on canvas 129.5 x 127 cm 51 x 50 in
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic

"Profile in Yellow" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 26" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profile in Yellow" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 26" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled - Painting, Fabric and acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Franklin Eze 1993 - Current Untitled, 2025 Fabric and acrylic on canvas 127 x 129.5 cm 50 x 51 in
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic

Somerset House- original impressionism cityscape oil painting - contemporary Art
By Michael Alford
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. “Somerset House, Waterloo Bridge” by Michael Alford is a refined cityscape that ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled - Painting, Fabric and acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Franklin Eze 1993 - Current Untitled, 2025 Fabric and acrylic on canvas 129.5 x 127 cm 51 x 50 in
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic

Pietà - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Superb Mid 20th Century French Portrait of Woman in Blue Shirt, signed framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Shirt by Georges Eugène Delhomme (French, 1904-1989) signed oil on board, framed in original vintage frame. framed: 30.5 x 26 inches board: 24 x 32 inc...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th Century by Frans Van Der Mijn Portrait of a gentlewoman Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Frans Van Der Mijn (Düsseldorf, Germany, 1719 - London, UK, 1783) Title: Portrait of a gentlewoman Year: 1756 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 71.8 × 59.5 x 2 cm Pain...
Category

1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco French Portrait, Yvette.
By Auguste Chabaud
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Art Deco Fauvist portrait, oil on paper laid on canvas by Auguste Chabaud. The painting is signed bottom right and carries an atelier label, with date, to the rear of the canv...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

17th Century Antoon van Dyck Follower Religious Painting
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Roma, IT
17th Century Antoon van Dyck Follower Religious Painting A very important not signed painting from the Flemish school, attributed to an artist from the circle of the great painter A...
Category

1650s Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century Italian Religious Painting Credited to Luciano Borzone
Located in Roma, IT
This important oil painting on canvas, although it is not signed as is almost always the case with this artist's paintings, is attributed to the great Genoese painter Luciano Borzone...
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Portrait Sketch of a Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated Woman in Thoughtful Mood by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 13 x 9 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a pri...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Morgan La Fay" (2024) Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Nadezda's beautiful new oil on panel painting "Morgan la Fay" (2024) is a portrait of a mysterious, seductive female with an elaborate headdress. Nadezda is a painter, sculptor, ph...
Category

2010s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

20th Cent French Modernist Oil Painting Captivating Portrait Woman Black Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman in a Black Dress by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 10.5 x 9.5 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: f...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Girl with the Red Cape - 21st Century Figure Painting of a Girl in a Robe
By Carolien van Olphen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen The Girl with the Red Cape Oil on wood panel 60 x 35 cm (Framed 68 x 43 cm, frame is included) Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Head Shoulders Portrait Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait Sketch of a Woman by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 10.75 x 9 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a priva...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Orest
By Henri Deparade
Located in Wien, 9
Orest by Henri Deparade is a striking and emotionally resonant painting that immediately captivates through its expressive abstraction and layered human forms. The work reveals multi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil

Surreal Illustration - Glamorous Blond at the Piano
By Jon Whitcomb
Located in Miami, FL
Today's newly minted fine art stars are from the mid-century surrealism school and include Gertrude Abercrombie, Remedios Varo, and Leonora Carrington, who were mostly unknown five y...
Category

1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Mixed Media

Paar
Located in Wien, 9
Paar by Hans Eduard Kozel is an intimate and emotionally charged painting that captures the quiet complexity of human connection. The composition shows two closely positioned figures...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Caeruleo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Lady Reading - Early 20th Century French Figurative Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's French oil on canvas portrait of a seated lady reading in an interior. Superb quality and striking work in very good original condition. Indistinctly signed lower...
Category

Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“Daffodils” oil painting, impressionist, still life of yellow flowers in glass
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Amy Florence (b. 1989, London) of yellow dandelions in a glass vase. The wildflowers glow against a blue backdrop. Painted from direct observation, each flower is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’
Located in Oxford, GB
After Maurice-Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788), Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), Bonnie Prince Charlie (later Jacobite 'King C...
Category

Mid-18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Girl with Orchids - 21st Century Figure Painting of a Girl with a Green Robe
By Carolien van Olphen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen Girl with Orchids Oil on wood panel 60 x 50 cm (Framed 68 x 58 cm, frame is included) Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many place...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

“The Rose, 11.01.2025” oil painting, impressionist orange flower, signed framed
By Nelson H. White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Nelson H. White (b. 1932, New London, CT) of an orange rise blossom against a black backdrop. Painted thickly with oil paint, a textural composition offers depth. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

All day breakfast cafe
Located in Roma, IT
John Madu Contemporary Figurative Work - A Dialogue with Modern Art History This work by John Madu belongs to the series developed through a direct engagement with Vincent van ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Interior Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Vintage Landscape Portrait of a woman in a garden, figurative painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Vintage Swedish landscape painting/figurative oil painting of a woman reading in the garden by Swedish artist Gunnar Wallentin (1905-1997). A very charming, oil on board with an ama...
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dreamer - 21st Century Figure Painting of a nude Girl Sleeping on a Couch
By Carolien van Olphen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Carolien van Olphen Dreamer Oil on wood panel 23 x 35 cm (Framed 31 x 41 cm, frame is included) Dutch artist Carolien van Olphen has left a great impression in many places with her...
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Contemporary large abstract figurative woman s portrait "Reborn identity "
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Reborn Identity" is a large -scale contemporary figurative portrait painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her acclaimed ongoing series dedicated to women and feminine ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Contemporary abstract figurative woman s portrait on paper "Coffee Moment"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Coffee Moment" is a large-scale contemporary figurative work by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her ongoing and highly cohesive series dedicated to women. Measuring 70 × 100...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Contemporary abstract figurative portrait of two women on paper "Dual Unity"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Dual Unity" is a large-scale contemporary figurative work by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her ongoing and cohesive series dedicated to women. The painting explores conne...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Cheese Dip, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A man in a suit holds a woman as she leans back. The limited palette helps the viewer to take in the scene quickly and emotionally. Her teal dress creates a nea...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

In Prayer, Early 20th Century, Rabbi Portrait Judaica Oil Painting
By Samuel Seeberger
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed upper left Samuel Seeberger (Sieberger) was a known French artist and post-card designer who lived in Paris and was active around 1900-1940. He was arrested for being a ...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Bride, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A bride and two of her bridesmaids hold bouquets. The composition focuses on ritual and repetition, with the three women cropped at the neck and waist forming a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Rabbi
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaica Oil Painting, Portrait of a Rabbi.
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Marylin Portrait Oil Painting
By Staszek Kotowski
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Marylin 2025 Oil on canvas artist signed 56x40x1.5 Staszek Kotowski studied at Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts from 1979 to 1985. After he had been awarded a Master’s degree in Fine A...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Samson and Deliah
Located in Roma, IT
OLAMILEKAN ABATAN Samson and Delilah, 2024 Charcoal pencil, acrylic paint and fabric on paper 156 × 107 cm - unique work Published on the cover of the official exhibition cat...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Cotton, Paper

Saint Michael Angels Roman School 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Saint Michael the Archangel expels the rebellious angels from paradise (probably a preparatory sketch) Roman school, 17th/18th century Oil on canvas 99 x 73 cm Framed 119 x 94 ...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of an artistic Gentleman, c. 1720s
By John Vanderbank
Located in Henley-on-Thames, England
John Vanderbank (London 1694 - London 1739) Portrait of an artistic Gentleman, c. 1720s Three-quarter-length, wearing a turban Oil on canvas 125.5 x 101.7 cm.; (within frame) 145.6...
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1720s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745), three-quarter length
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745), three-quarter length, standing wearing Armour, holding his baton, a skirmish beyond Oil on canvas In a carved wood frame ...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Prince Christian V of Denmark, half-length wearing armour
By Justus Sustermans
Located in Taunton, GB
After Justus Sustermans Portrait of Prince Christian V of Denmark, half-length wearing armour with a blue and white sash and a white lace collar Oil on Canvas 28 × 22 ½ inches TH...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th century English Victorian sketch portrait of two Young Girls
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to William McGregor Paxton Hay (William M. Hay) Portrait of Two Young Girls English, circa 1860 Oil on canvas Unsigned ⸻ A sensitive and quietly compelling Victorian ge...
Category

1860s Victorian Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Lady Mary Burke, later Wife of Edward Southwell
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of Lady Mary Burke, later Wife of Edward Southwell, 2lst Baron, three-quarter length seated, wearing Red Coat and Fur Robes, a Landscape beyond Signed Oil on canvas 55 x ...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Professor - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Board realized in the mid-20th Century by Sirio Pellegrini. Includes a coeval wooden frame. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano),...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Cromwell as The Magdalen with a Prayer Book
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Southwell (neé Cromwell), as the Magdalene, half-length wearing a red dress with black veil, a prayer book by her side Oil on canvas, circa 1705 In a ca...
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Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Korean Contemporary Art by Shin Seung-Hun - Beyond Adventure - Fantasy universe
By Shin Seung-Hun
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered by critics as the new Korean Takashi Murakami. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lady Elizabeth Cromwell, full length wearing a white dress with golden robes
By Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Cromwell, full length standing wearing a white dress with golden robes, leaning on a plinth Signed, inscribed and dated 1702 Oil on canvas in a carved woo...
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17th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Edward Southwell, three quarter length
By Thomas Hudson
Located in Taunton, GB
Portrait of Edward Southwell, three quarter length standing in a landscape, wearing a rust coat and a white satin waistcoat holding his cane Inscribed Oil on canvas in a carved woo...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Korean Contemporary Art by Shin Seung-Hun - Beyond Adventure - Fantasy Universe
By Shin Seung-Hun
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered by critics as the new Korean Takashi Murakami. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Westmount, QC
William Arthur Winter, Canadian, 1909 – 1996 Oil on canvas panel 10 x 8 in signed framed For our US customers: 1) The artwork is shipped from Montreal, Canada; 2) Please note that ...
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1960s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Korean Contemporary Art by Shin Seung-Hun - Beyond Adventure - Meeting of Chunja
By Shin Seung-Hun
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered by critics as the new Korean Takashi Murakami. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Korean Contemporary Art by Shin Seung-Hun - Beyond Adventure
By Shin Seung-Hun
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered by critics as the new Korean Takashi Murakami. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A group portrait of the Southwell family with a Negro Page and Macaw
By Charles Philips
Located in Taunton, GB
A group portrait of the Southwell family on the terrace with a negro page and Macaw. Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1731 Canvas size 25 x 30 ¼ inches 63.5 x 77 cms Frame exterior 32 x 37 ¼ inches 81 x 94.5 cms This evocative family portrait offers a glimpse into the life of 18th Century English nobility. The Southwells are a noble family whose roots go back to the early 17th Century. In 1776 Edward Southwell III was granted the Barony of de Clifford (a title in abeyance at the time), and the line extends to today, with the 28th Baron de Clifford sitting in the House of Lords. Charles Phillips (1708-1747) was a leading portraitist of his time, having painted many noble and royal portraits. Two of his paintings are part of the Royal Collection Trust. In this portrait, signed and dated 1731, we see Edward Southwell Sr (1671-1730) and his family on the grounds of their Estate, Kings Weston House near Bristol. On the far left is Mrs. Helena Le Grand (Edward’s sister). Next to her is Mrs. Southwell (Edward’s second wife, the first having died in 1709). On the right is Edward Southwell Jr (1705-1755), Edward’s son by his first marriage and next to him a “Negro Page” (in the euphemistic words of an old label on the painting; more on him below.) Phillips has arranged the figures in an arc, anchoring the composition. The arc stretches from Mrs. Le Grand’s red dress on the left, through the colourful parrot, onward to the heads of Mr. and Mrs. Southwell, down again to the younger Southwell and finishing on the right with the enslaved boy. As Edward Sr. died in 1730, this must be a posthumous portrait, making it especially poignant. (Presumably Phillips used another portrait to capture his likeness.) One can imagine the late Edward’s family looking affectionately at the portrait, remembering the time spent with him on the grounds of Kings Weston House. Southwell stands between wife and son, eyes directed toward one, hand pointed toward the other, symbolically balancing the needs of both. Devoted husband and father? Perhaps. Slave-owner as well. English noble families of the 18th Century often had financial and practical connections with the slave trade. The Southwells themselves were granted a tract of land by the Crown in 1766, which Edward Southwell III (1738-1777) – the son of the younger Southwell in the portrait – developed with partners into a plantation worked by slave labour. This portrait shows us that slave ownership was not always a matter for distant colonies. This young boy, likely deprived of his freedom from birth (born to enslaved parents), was made to serve the Southwell family in their home. We see him here sitting half cross-legged, wearing a house servant’s uniform and a faint smile. He gaze is turned upward; at first we think is looking at his Master, then we realise he must be in fact enjoying the sight of the parrot eating from the hand of his Master’s sister. Phillips has placed him on the ground, beneath the rest of the family in pose as in station. Yet here he is in this portrait just the same, as if he were a member of the family. Was the family fond of him? Was he a playmate of the younger Southwell? Or was he simply there in the Garden that day to serve them their refreshments? The answers to these questions must remain unanswered, known only to the sitters frozen in time by Phillips’ paintbrush. Three centuries later we are fortunate to have this portrait as a snapshot of 18th Century England, both its nobility and its baseness. Charles Philips, the son of a portraitist, likely acquired his artistic skills from his father. He specialised primarily in painting small portraits and conversation pieces. George Vertue observed that in painting small figure portraits and conversation scenes, Philips gained significant recognition and patronage among fashionable circles, including members of the Royal Family. In 1732, he produced conversation works for the Duchess of Portland and the Duke of Somerset. During the 1730s, his conversation pieces became increasingly complex, featuring more numerous subjects engaged in a greater variety of activities. Following the precedent set by contemporaries such as Philippe Mercier and William Hogarth, both prominent painters of small-scale conversation pieces, Philips transitioned into the more lucrative field of portrait painting later in the decade. His career peaked in 1737 when he painted full-length portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales was renowned for his patronage of the arts, particularly towards immigrant artists including Jacopo Amigoni and Philippe Mercier, who were principal influences on Philips. Two of Philips' paintings in the Royal Collection depict fashionable London clubs not recorded elsewhere. The first, from 1732, shows Frederick...
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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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