James Charles

James Charles - Victorian British marine oil painting of Selsey Bill, Sussex

c.1880

ERNEST NORMAND (1857-1923) St Lunaire, Brittany Signed, inscribed and dated l.l.: Ernest Normand/St Lunaire 1902 Oil on canvas Framed 26 by 49 cm., 10 ¼ by 19 ¼ in. (frame size 38 by 61 cm., 15 by 24 in.) Ernest Normand was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy Schools. He is best known as a painter of history and orientalist paintings and portrait commission. In 1884 he married the painter and writer Henrietta Rae. They lived in Holland Park and were part of that area’s artistic group which included Leighton, Millais, Prinsep and Watts. In the 1890s they travelled of Paris to study at the Academie Julian with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and works by him are in the collections of Glasgow Museum...

ROBERT WALKER MACBETH, RA (1848-1910) Fenland Reed Cutters Signed with initials and dated 1900 Oil on canvas 59 by 79 cm., 23 ¼ by 31 in. (frame size 82 by 102 cm., 32 ¼ by 40 in.) Provenance: Agnews; Fine Art Society, London. Macbeth was born in Glasgow, the son of the Scottish portrait painter Norman Macbeth, RSA. He first studied at the Royal Scottish Academy, before moving to London in 1870 to join the staff of The Graphic. On his arrival in London he first exhibiting at the Dudley Gallery. He soon became acquainted with Hubert von Herkomer, Fred Walker...

ARTHUR LEMON (1850-1912) New Forest Inscribed with title and Goupil Gallery details on the reverse Oil on panel 15 by 22 cm., 6 by 8 ½ in. (frame size 24 by 31 cm., 9 ½ by 12 ¼ in...

WALTER JAMES, 3rd BARON NORTHBOURNE (1869-1932) Landscape Oil on panel Framed 20 by 31 cm., 8 by 12 ¼ cm. (frame size 32 by 42 cm., 12 ½ by 16 ½ in.) ...

FRANCIS HELPS (1890-1972) View from Pool Bank Signed and inscribed with title on a label on the reverse Oil on board 14 by 38 cm., 5 ½ by 15 in. (frame size 27.5 by 52 cm., 10 ¾ by 20 ½ in.) Exhibited: Yorkshire Artists’ Exhibition, 1963. Francis William Helps was born in Dulwich, London, where he attended Dulwich College. In 1908 he enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, studying under Henry Tonks and Fred Brown...

LAURENCE HENRY IRVING, OBE (1897-1988) Gypsy Camp in a Chalk Pit Signed with monogram Oil on canvas Framed 16 by 21 ½ in.; 40.5 by 54.5 cm. (frame size 60 by 65 cm., 23 ½ by 25 ½...

JOSÉ MONGRELL Spanish, 1870 - 1937 VALENCIAN FLOWER PICKERS signed “J. Mongrell” lower left oil on canvas 29-1/4 x 45 inches (74 x 114 cm.) framed: 42-3/...

William Didier-Pouget 1864-1959 French Soleil levant, vallée de la Dordogne (Sunrise, Dordogne Valley) Signed "Didier-Pouget" (lower right) Oil on canvas The majesty of the Frenc...

A steamboat at Hudson River Pier.

The grandmother of modern American animal portraiture, Constance Depler Coleman's vibrant, stunning oil landscape and animal painting in Tibetan Himalayas, "Yaks Near Phasho" celebrates the bright colors of Tibet and the close relationship between Yaks and the Asian people in Tibet. Not just an ordinary buffalo, beloved Himalayan Yaks are decorated with colorful flags and beads. Yaks are one of the spiritual soulmates of the gentle Asian people who live at the top of the world. For Constance Coleman...

Scottish artist, David McEwen's oil painting of a Border Terrier dog and horse, "The Runaways" is a masterfully painted narration of Phillip, a dog, and...

"Brahmins of Guanacaste" an oil landscape of cattle set in the northwest region of Costa Rica is painted by Hans Guerin, a descendent of the founder of the...