About Academy Fine Paintings
Academy Fine Paintings is an international fine art dealership based in Buckinghamshire, England. We specialise in 19th century British and European oil paintings by some of the most important artists of the period; from Victorian landscapes and subject pictures to Belle Epoque portraits and Orientalist scenes. We are members of LAPADA, the Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers and CINOA, the International Confederation of Art and Antique Dealers. My name is Gavin Claxton and in addition to being an art dealer I also appear on BBC television as a fine art expert. Inspi...Read More
Established in 20121stDibs seller since 2017
Associations
LAPADA - The Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers
International Confederation of Art and Antique Dealers' Associations
Featured Pieces
Large 19th Century Victorian Oil Painting of English Summer River Landscape
By Henry Dawson
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘On the Ribble, Summertime’ by Henry Dawson R.B.A. (1811-1878).
The painting – which depicts cattle in the shade of a large tree on the river Ribble in Lancashire – is signed by th...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Diana Nemorensis - 19th Century NeoClassical Oil Painting of Roman Goddess
By Max Nonnenbruch
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Diana Nemorensis’ by Max Nonnenbruch (1857-1922).
The painting – which depicts the Goddess Diana of the Woods beside Lake Nemi – is signed by the artist and presented in a fine gol...
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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Welsh Landscape Oil Painting of Snowdonia Royal Exhibition 1888
By Edward Henry Holder
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Pass of Aberglaslyn, Beddgelert, North Wales’ by Edward Henry Holder (1847-1922). The painting is signed by the artist and dated 1888. Exhibited at the Royal Society of British ...
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1880s English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Portrait of Young Paris Beauty
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thames near Runnymeade - 19th Century Oil Painting Summer Sunset River Landscape
By Henry Dawson
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Thames near Runnymede’ by Henry Dawson R.B.A. (1811-1878).
The painting – which depicts an angler fishing on the riverbank under a spectacular evening sunset – is signed by th...
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1860s English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Une Affection Tacite - 19th Century Romantic Oil Painting Girl & Loving Admirer
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Une Affection Tacite’ by Adèle Kindt (1804-1893).
The painting – which depicts a young woman and her ardent admirer – is signed by the artist and dated 1862.
Born into a family o...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Longhorn Cattle on Highland Pass - 19th Century Scottish Landscape Oil Painting
By Henry Garland
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Longhorn Cattle on a Highland Pass’ by Henry Garland (1834-1913).
The painting – which depicts a herd of longhorn cattle on a high mountain pass in the Scottish Highlands – is sig...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fille de Fleur de Concarneau - 19th Century French Oil Painting of Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Fille de Fleur de Concarneau' by François-Alfred Delobbe (1835-1920).
The painting – which depicts a girl selling peonies in Concarneau on the coast of Brittany in North-West Franc...
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1890s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Baron's Charger - 19th Century Oil Painting English Soldier & Battle Horses
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Baron’s Charger’ by John Frederick Herring Jr. (1815-1907).
The painting – which depicts a 17th century Caroline nobleman with his battle horses and attendant hounds – is sign...
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Mid-19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Pre-Raphalite Exhibition Oil Painting of Ancient Greek Poet Sappho
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908).
The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the...
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arrest of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette - 19thC Oil Painting of French Revolution
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Arrest of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at Varennes’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts the King and Queen of France’s failed attempt to...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Important Large 18thC Royal Academy Old Master Oil Painting Georgian London
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘St. James’ Day’ by Richard Morton Paye (1750-1820). This very large and important 18th century oil on canvas depicts a diverse crowd of Londoners at an oyster stand on a summer’s ev...
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1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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