Mid 20th Century Dutch School

The Bar - Mid 20th Century Dutch Naif Interior Figurative Oil on Canvas Painting

c.1950

A fine c.1960 oil on board by Stanley Simmonds depicting the famous white coated porters at the original Billingsgate Market in the City of London. This painting comes from an important series of Billingsgate Market paintings that the artist created in the late 1950's and early 1960's, some of which are now in museum collections. Stanley Simmonds was an important modern British artist and art teacher who exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the London Group. Among others he was friends with the artists John Bratby and Ivon Hitchens and he taught Quentin Blake...

Beautiful 1940's French post impressionist oil on board by Simon Simon-Auguste. The work depicts a simple bedroom interior with shoes, candle and a single picture on the wall. Signed lower left and presented in a swept impressionist style frame. Provenance: Chilham Castle, Kent Artist: Simon Simon-Auguste (French, 1909-1987) Title: Bedroom Interior Medium: Oil on board Size: 25.5 x 30.5 inches (65 x 77 cm) including frame Simon Joseph Simon-Auguste (20 April 1909 – May 1987) was a French artist, known for his intimate paintings, mainly portraits, nudes and still lifes. His production is characterized by a calm, intimate feel, and the effective use of glaze. Born in Marseille, Simon-Auguste was the son of Antonin Auguste, a cabinetmaker specialized in restoring furniture in the chateaux of the Provence. Simon studied at the École communale of his neighborhood at rue Eydoux, in Marseille, where he excelled in design. In 1931 Simon-Auguste finished his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Stanislas-Torrents award. He was commissioned to execute the mural decorations of the town hall in Allauch. He began exhibiting in Marseille where doctors and lawyers purchased his paintings. In 1932 he invested into a 6-month stay in Paris where he frequented the Louvre Museum and became specially interested in the Camondo Collection. At the invitation of art dealer Adolphe Basler, he took part in the Moins de trente ans exhibition, at the Galerie de Sèvres, along with Jacques Despierre, André Hambourg, Louis Dideron, Léon Couturier...

A beautiful c.1950 oil on board by Lord Paul Ayshford Methuen RA depicting the artist's studio with light pouring in through two large sash windows. The ...

A beautiful oil on canvas which has been laid on board by the English artist David William Burley depicting a group of friends playing football in a park. Signed lower right and pres...

A beautiful Modern British oil on canvas by Ruth Farrelly which depicts a lady putting her washing out on a line in her garden. Superb quality and striking painting, presented in the...

Fine large 20th century oil on canvas self portrait of the artist as a Big Boss in New York. Inscribed twice with title on the reverse. Excellent quality work by an unknown artist. P...

A large (48 x 48 inch) painting of a scene in the art studio by American artist John Winslow (1938 - ).

Surreal large-scale figurative abstract depicting two nude female figures in a red interior space juxtaposed by a bearded man seated next to a sculptural bust of a man, with a white skeleton in the foreground by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "The Red Studio...

Oil on canvas

Veranda, window, summer,flowers GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the following museums: Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery Moscow, The Ministry of Culture Collection Moscow, Central Museum of the Revolution St. Petersburg, Russian State Museum St. Petersburg, History Museum Tblisi, Fine Arts Museum Tambov, Fine Arts Museum Irkutsk, Fine Arts Museum London, National Gallery Manchester, Fine Arts Museum Dresden, National Gallery Bratislava, National Gallery Tokyo, Contemporary Art Gallery Osaka, Soviet Art...

Scottish Impressionist 20th century oil, figures inside a clothing market. He exhibited at the Royal Academy; Royal Society of British Artists; Royal Hibernian Academy; Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. Murray Urquhart was the son of Dr. Andrew Urquhart, Oakley, Kirkcudbright.  His mother, who died two weeks after Murray’s birth, was the daughter of Alexander McNeel Caird, Procurator Fiscal for Wigtownshire. This is a very unusual subject and market scenes like this are quite rare, I guess due to the complex nature of the subject and the difficulty in balancing the composition. The artist has done a wonderful job of painting this subject, it is a wonderful example of Scottish Impressionist painting...

Noemi Martín belongs to a generation of young painters for whom the avant-garde of the mid-twentieth century is just another feature of the history of art, capable as they are of obs...