British artist

Fine Victorian English Oil Rural Cottage Landscape Figures & Animals in Lane

"Dangerous" Portrait of the 1833 Derby racehorse winner by John Frederick Herring Snr (1795-1865) British signed lower left, titled lower right oil painting on canvas: 10 x 14 inches...

Pastoral Landscape English School, late 19th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 25 inches board: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: the painti...

The Winding River by Andrew Grant Kurtis (British, 20th century) signed oil on canvas, framed Framed: 25.5 x 35.5 inches Canvas: 20 x 30 inches Provenance: Private collection, UK Con...

The Close of Day Scottish Highland Loch at sunset with cattle watering British School, early 20th century signed initials lower left corner oil on board, unframed board: 7 x 10 inche...

A painting of a chestnut hunter in a landscape with a horse and rider accompanied by two hounds by a woodland river in the distance. Signed and inscribed 'Melton Mowbray', lower left. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame. John Ferneley Sr (1782-1860) was born the son of a Leicestershire wheelwright, the youngest of six children. He is known as one of the great British equine artists, perhaps only second to Stubbs in terms of raw ability. Ferneley originally worked with his father, until by chance the Duke of Rutland saw some of his work on the side of a cart on which Ferneley and his father had been working. The Duke was so impressed with Ferneley that he persuaded John's father to allow him to become the pupil of Benjamin Marshall. Ferneley was so talented that apparently he produced almost perfect copies of his tutor's paintings and they were said to have been indistinguishable from the master’s. Marshall also enrolled him as a student of the Royal Academy Schools. In 1804 Ferneley paid a man named Thomas Harrison...

Sunrise at Village by River in the English Countryside with Church Spire & Birds by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 21 x 17 inches This ori...

'Setter on Point' is by 19th century British artist John Sutcliffe known for his paintings of animals. One of his paintings of a dog in a landscape, same size as this one, sold at Ch...

Portrait of the Long-Haired Black Labrador, 19th Century, English School This distinguished portrait of a long-haired black Labrador is attributed to the circle of John Ferneley (18...