1880s Interior Paintings

JOSÉ BENLLIURE Spanish, 1855 - 1937 EN EL MONASTERIO signed "José Benlliure" (lower right) oil on wood panel 7-1/2 x 9-2/3 inches (19 x 24.5 cm.) framed: 15-1/2 x 18-1/3 inches (39.5...

Georges Roussel a.k.a. Géo Roussel, "Portrait of Elegant" , oil on wood panel signed lower right Géo Roussel. This beautiful painting depicts an elegant young Parisian woman preparing to go out: she has stopped in front of a small table to cut from a beautiful bouquet of flowers a small bouquet to pin on her coat. She wears a beautiful blue coat with a fur collar, white gloves and a hat with a veil. The colors are exceptionally beautiful, highlighted by a recent cleaning at a Paris restoration laboratory. The painting has a splendid coeval frame in wood and gilded pastille. PAINTER'S BIOGRAPHY Georges Roussel or Geo Roussel, born December 19, 1860 in Beauvais and died March 29, 1928 in La Seyne-sur-Mer, was a French genre and history painter. Son of Joseph Eugène Roussel, painter on glass, and Adélaïde Marguerite Lecarpentier, resident of Beauvais. He married Lucienne Jeanne Savoie on May 26, 1896, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. A fellow of the Oise department of the School of Fine Arts in Paris, he is a student of Alexandre Cabanel, Théodore Maillot and William Bouguereau. He graduated first from this school. He holds 14 awards and 2 special prizes in addition to a diploma award in decorative arts; came first in the Paris City Teachers' Competition, and won the competition to decorate the 14th arrondissement city hall. He exhibited, from 1886 to 1923, at the Salon of French Artists and, in 1889, received an honorable mention for a painting, purchased by the state, located at the Beauvais Museum; in 1892, he received a grant for his painting "Marceau's Body Returned to the French Army" purchased by the state and exhibited at the Amiens Museum. In the following salons he exhibited several of his works, "The Wagram Vigil," "Families and Motherhood," paintings belonging to the General Council of the Seine, as well as various portraits. In 1898 he received the second medal out of competition for the work "L'Empereur" purchased by the state, and in 1900 he exhibited "The Camp of Boulogne, Institution of the Legion of Honor," a work belonging to the Château d'Écouen. At the 1889 Paris World's Fair he received a mention for his painting "The Virgin's Funeral Vigil," and at the 1900 World's Fair he received a bronze medal. He made several decorative canvases including the ceilings of the 1904 Universal Exposition in Saint-Louis, the decoration of the Ivry-sur-Seine city council hall with the work "The Day After the Taking of the Bastille," and the decoration of the wedding hall of the Charenton-le-Pont city hall at the request of the Seine department. He was a member of the Society of French Artists and general secretary of the society in 1906. He attended the young seaside resort Paris-Plage, where he met painters such as Édouard Lévêque, Émile Maillard...

JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ ARANDA Spanish, 1837 - 1903 HUSSARS AT REST signed, located and dated “Jz. Aranda. / Paris 1884.” (lower left) oil on wood panel 21 x 26-5/8 inches (53.5 x 67.5 cm) framed: 35-1/4 x 40-1/2 inches (89.5 x 102.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, France José Jiménez Aranda (7 February 1837 – 6 May 1903) was a Spanish painter and brother of the painters Luis Jiménez Aranda and Manuel Jiménez Aranda. He was initiated in his first steps towards becoming a painter by Manuel Cabral and Eduardo Cano. Gifted at drawing, in 1851 he entered the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary) in Seville. In 1868 he studied the collections in the Museo del Prado (Prado Museum) in Madrid, especially those of Goya and Velázquez. In 1867 he travelled to Jerez de la Frontera to work as a restorer and designer of stained glass. In 1871 he moved to Rome, where he remained for four years, getting to know Mariano Fortuny, who greatly influenced his paintings. In 1881 he moved to París, where he studied for nine years, painting works set in the eighteenth century in the style of Fortuny with notable success. In 1890 he moved to Madrid, painting scenes of everyday life in a more costumbrista style. The death of his wife and daughter in 1892 resulted in his returning to his city of birth for the rest of his life. There he was appointed member of the Academy of Fine Arts, where he became a teacher, a position he held until his death in 1903. Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Eugenio Hermoso, Ricardo López...

Jean Georges VIBERT (1840-1902) Jehan Georges Vibert, known as Jean-Georges Vibert, born September 30, 1840 in Paris and died July 26, 1902 in Paris, is a French painter and playwri...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Edwin Hughes (1842-1922) depicts a blacksmith holding a horseshoe while conversing with a gentleman through a window. His assist...

Work on canvas Plaster frame and gilded molded wood 44.3 x 51 x 5 cm

Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, 20H x 26L.

This late 19th-century oil painting by American-German artist Hermann Hartwich (1853-1926) depicts the interior of a palace. Born in New York, Herman Hartwich was the son of renowne...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist James Hayllar (1829-1920) depicts an elderly woman standing by a flight of stairs while brushing a top hat. It was shown at an exhibition of The Society of British Artists at Suffolk Street, London, in 1880 and referred to in the British press. A leaded window with decorative stained glass brightly illuminates undulant wooden stairs. The light, carefully observed, cascades down to old stone. At the foot, attired in widow’s weeds, a doting grandmother attends to a top hat. It’s a familiar scene within a remarkably loving home. When Hayllar produced this, he was residing at Castle Priory, a large manor house in Wallingford on the River Thames. He painted here often, as did several of his daughters. The lady shown is probably his mother Mary Ann Hayllar who appears in numerous works by the family. The title, which is inscribed on the reverse, suggests that the family are heading for church dressed...

Though holding a broom, this pretty young servant girl does not seem very focussed on work. In fact, he mind seems miles away. She seems to be dreaming, imagining a different life, a...

Frans HASELEER Brussels, 1804 – Brussels, 1890 Oil on panel 52 x 40 cm (67 x 54.5 cm with the frame) Signed and located lower right “F. Haseleer / Brussels» Collection stamp in wax on the verso of the painting Beautiful golden wooden frame Excellent condition Frans Haseleer is a Flemish painter who studied with François Joseph Navez. He painted charming genre scenes, some "under the lamp" like in our painting. Painting under the lamp is a special genre of painting from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The painting under the lamp represents intimate scenes in bourgeois interiors lit by the light of the oil lamp which was to disappear in the 20th century with the rapid development of the urban use of electricity. Several artists became famous with this kind of painting like Victor Lecomte, Marcel Rieder...

Antique American school dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board.Framed. Image size, 9L x 9H.