The Prelude, Early 20th Century Egg Tempera on board
By Francis Plummer
Located in London, GB
Francis Plummer 1930 - 2019 The Prelude Egg Tempera on board Image size: 39 ½ x 49 ¼ inches Original Frame This work comes from a rare collection of w...
Egg Tempera
Touchstone and Corin, British Pre-Raphaelite 19th Century Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Adolphus M. Madot Circa 1833 - 1861 Oil on canvas Image size: 36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61 cm) Arched Pre-Raphaelite style frame The subject of the present picture is the dialogue between the court jester Touchstone and the shepherd Corin in the Forest of Arden ( As You Like It, Act III, scene 2). The work of William Shakespeare 'As You Like It' was a popular literary source in Pre-Raphaelite circles, inspiring such artists as John Everett Millais, Walter Howell Deverell and Arthur Hughes. The present picture is comparable in style to the work of Edward W. Rainford and Henry Stacy Marks...
Oil
The Judgement of Paris, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1920s, Gilt Frame
By Glyn Philpot
Located in London, GB
Glyn Warren Philot 1884-1937 The Judgement of Paris Oil on canvas, initialled lower right 'GP' Image size: 46 × 35 inches (116 × 89 cm) Gilt frame During the 1920s Philpot was a hi...
Oil
Figurine, 20th Century Oil on Board Signed Painting, Contemporary Frame
Located in London, GB
Mayer 20th Century Figurine Oil on board, signed lower right Image size: 16 x 13 inches Contemporary frame
Oil, Board
Forgotten Journey, 20th Century British Artist, Signed and Dated 1939
By Harold Yates
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and ink on paper, signed and dated '1939' bottom left and entitled on the reverse Image size: 18 x 9 inches (45.75 x 23 cm) Original frame This is a wonderfully moving w...
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Lady, Early 20th Century Oil
By Arthur Ambrose McEvoy
Located in London, GB
Follower of Ambrose McEvoy (unsigned) Circa 1910 Portrait of a Lady Oil on canvas Image size: 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.5 cm) Original ebonised Frame A stunning portrait of a lady ...
Canvas, Oil
Monogrammed "TG", Late 19th Century Symbolist / Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting
Located in Holywell, GB
Monogrammed "TG", Late 19th Century Symbolist / Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting A captivating late 19th-century oil painting imbued with imaginative symbolism and strong Pre-Raphaelite ...
Oil
Large Antique German Oil Canvas Hermann Frobenius Pre-Raphaelite Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A Large and impressive antique oil on canvas Pre-Raphaelite painting by the German artist, Hermann Frobenius (1871-1954), signed and dated 1900. Frobenius had classical training and studied both in Rome and Florence, he later was in the circle of Arnold Bocklin and Hans von Marees, he settle in Munich but also in Dresden briefly and latterly in Berlin. He, like many other European painters was fascinated with North Africa and painted many oriental scenes of Algiers, Tunis and Cairo, he was represented at many exhibitions, including the "Great German Art Exhibition" in Munich 1941. This painting (an early example of the artist's work) is very finely painted in the Pre Raphaelite style, depicting a medieval costumed...
Canvas, Oil
20th-Century Oil on Canvas, Signed by Vera Willoughby, Mythological Painting, 1911
Located in Vicoforte, IT
A large oil-on-canvas painting signed "Vera Willoughby" and dated 1911, depicting a magnificent mythological Bacchanal. At the center of the composition is the young Dionysus, crowne...
Canvas, Oil
Fine 19th Century French Oil Painting Classical Roman Figures Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Attributed to Antoine Felix Boisselier (19th Century) French (unsigned) 'Classical figures in a bed chamber Medium: oil on canvas, with inscription verso S...
Oil
Robert Anning Bell - Inspiration - British Pre-Raphaelite Oil on Board
By Robert Anning Bell
Located in London, GB
ROBERT ANNING BELL (1863-1933) Inspiration Signed and dated l.l.: R A Bell ’18; signed and inscribed with title on the reverse (beneath the backboard) Oil on board Framed 29.5 by ...
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Framed Allegorical Oil Painting 'The Temptation' on Canvas
By Benjamin II Vautier
Located in Genève, GE
Allegorical Garden Scene (The Temptation) — Signed Oil on Canvas, 20 Century Swiss School Dimension without frame : 81 x 80.5 x 4 cm A refined and evocative oil on canvas by Swiss painter Benjamin Vautier, depicting an allegorical scene traditionally interpreted as The Temptation. The composition presents a young shepherd-like figure offering a fruit to a nude female — an allusion to Adam and Eve — while two additional female figures observe, set within an idyllic, Edenic landscape populated by symbolic fauna, including a striking white peacock. Vautier demonstrates exceptional sensitivity in the modeling of the human form, rendered with academic precision softened by a poetic, almost symbolist atmosphere. The lush vegetation, filtered light, and harmonious palette of deep greens, warm flesh tones, and earthy hues create a serene yet subtly charged narrative space. The artist’s controlled brushwork and nuanced tonal transitions reflect his training within the European academic tradition while revealing a distinct personal lyricism. Signed lower right, the painting embodies the 20th-century fascination with classical mythology, biblical allegory, and Arcadian pastoral themes. Works of this subject and quality are increasingly sought after for both private collections and sophisticated interior settings. Benjamin Vautier painting, Swiss 20th century painting, antique oil painting signed, European academic painting, mythological oil painting, allegorical painting 20th century, Adam and Eve painting, Eden garden scene painting, classical nude painting...
Oil, Canvas
