José Benlliure

En el monasterio

Circa 1885

Presented in a gilt slip. Signed. On canvas on stretchers.

View of Valdelateja. Oil on canvas. SANTA MARÍA SEDANO, Marceliano (Burgos, 1866-Madrid, 1952). 1925. Titled, signed and dated (bottom right). Bibliography: La Esfera Magazine (Ma...

A beautiful and significant painting undoubtedly attributable to the great Italian artist Eugenio Gignous. Here, the artistic flair of this great painter – who specialised in depicti...

Malaga Street Scene, 19th Century REUBEN LE GRANDE JOHNSTON (1850-1918) Large 19th century Malaga street scene with a donkey in a courtyard, oil on canvas. Good quality and conditi...

Early 1920s Spanish Village Landscape Oil Painting Mediterranean Plein Air Artist: Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874–1959) Title: Spanish village landscape Date: c.1925 Medium: Oil on cardboard Dimensions: 11.5 × 19 cm (4.53 × 7.49 in) Frame dimensions: 22 × 28 cm (8.66 × 11.02 in) Signature: Signed lower left Condition: Good vintage condition Frame: Included Charming early 20th-century Mediterranean village landscape painted around 1925 by Spanish artist Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau. This small yet atmospheric plein-air composition captures the luminous architecture and open spatial rhythm typical of Catalan and Spanish townscapes of the period. The warm ochre building at left anchors the composition while the distant white houses and terracotta roofs dissolve softly into a quiet horizon under a pale sky. Executed with a fresh and direct brushstroke typical of outdoor painting practice, the work preserves the immediacy and spontaneity of early modern Iberian landscape tradition. The palette balances sandy earth tones with soft greys and Mediterranean light blues, creating a refined decorative presence despite its intimate scale. Works of this type were often painted on location and function today as authentic visual fragments of pre-industrial Spain, highly appreciated by collectors seeking original European atmosphere rather than studio reinterpretations. A refined and elegant example of early 20th-century Spanish plein-air painting. Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874–1959) was a Spanish painter and photographer trained at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid and later active in Vic, Catalonia. His work reflects the transition between late academic landscape tradition and early modern plein-air practice in Spain, focusing on architecture, village environments, and atmospheric studies of Mediterranean light. Today his paintings are appreciated for their documentary sensitivity and their connection to the development of early 20th-century Catalan landscape painting. This work relates to the Mediterranean plein-air tradition associated with: Joaquín Sorolla Santiago Rusiñol Modest Urgell Eliseu Meifrèn and early Catalan landscape painters working between Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Original early 20th-century Spanish plein-air paintings of this intimacy and authenticity are increasingly difficult to source. Spanish landscape painting Mediterranean village painting Catalan landscape painting plein air oil painting 1920s Spanish painting European townscape small antique oil painting...

Cirano Castelfranchi (1912-1973) "In the sacristy" oil painting on panel signed lower right depicting the sacristy of the church of San Fedele in Milan in 1966 as indicated on the ba...

Girl with a Basket in a Lane in the Roman Countryside Oil on canvas, late 19th century Signature and date traces in the bottom right On the reverse, the work bears an ancient autographed dedication reading ‘Authentic Pio Joris’, which confirms its authenticity and enhances its collectible value. This artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important Italian private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood. There is an original antique brass plaque...

Oriental scene is an orientalist artwork realized by Giulio Rosati (1857 – 1917) . The artwork depicts an oriental palace with lady and horse rider in l...

This spectacular and one of a kind oil on canvas, signed by the artist José María García Fernández, better known as “Castilviejo,” dates from around the 1980s. It depicts a rural, ge...

19th Century Italian Signed and Located Painting Beautiful and rare oil on canvas painting by the great Lombard painter Eugenio Spreafico. It best represents the talent of this gre...