Peter Kuhfeld Furniture

Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also a...

The love affair between the Emperor Hadrian and his Greek companion Antinous is perhaps the most famous and tragic romance in Ancient Rome. So great that it inspired the final great...

This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...

A late 19th century framed oil painting on canvas depicting ‘The Bath of Psyche’ after Sir Frederick Leighton. Marked ‘1892’, this antique oil painting by an unknown artist is a scal...

Antique Framed oil painting on canvas by L. Vanvalsem depicts a wonderful impressionistic rendition of the wheat harvest, with excellent compositional ar...

Traditional oil on canvas depicting a gorgeous woman draped in a diaphanous, layered sundress that delicately flows around her, accentuating her beautiful figure. The artist has masterfully captured the woman's beauty, with her elegant posture and delicate features. The use of light and shadow creates a striking contrast, enhancing the three-dimensionality of the figure and giving her a radiant presence within the courtyard. The painting is a remarkable example of French academic art...

Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1850. Oil on antique English millboard, panel measures 20 x 24 inches. Excellent condition with surface stress cracking and paint shrinkage consisten...

American, 20th Century Signed: Smiley (Lower, Center) " Portrait of a Native American Man " Oil on Board 23 3/4" x 17 3/4" Housed in a 2" Vintage Gold Frame Overall Size: 27 3/...

A Large Continental Oil on Canvas "The Prohibited Reading " after Karel Ooms (Belgium, 1845-1900). This beautiful executed painting depicts a historical scene of an old man and a young woman who are huddled over a bible. The pair is gazing in apparent concern or alarm, over the old man's shoulder, towards something outside of the picture. The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic Church at the time. Signed (l/r) A. Ribas 15-12-913. Within a giltwood carved frame. circa: Probably Belgium, 1913. Karel Ooms was born in Dessel on January 27, 1845 as the youngest son of a large peasant family. At school his extraordinary talent for drawing was discovered. When he was twelve his hometown provided financial support which allowed him to study at the Antwerp Academy of fine Arts. One of his teachers at the Academy was Nicaise de Keyser, one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting and a painter of mainly history paintings and portraits. After graduating from the Academy 1865 Karel Ooms was welcomed with pomp in his home town Dessel. He painted two altarpieces for the local church Saint Nicolas, to express his gratitude to his city. Karel Ooms settled as an independent artist in Antwerp around 1871. He quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. In addition, he received commissions for religious paintings and history paintings. He gained particular recognition with two large paintings...

In the Manner of Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen I (English, 1592-1661) Unsigned " Portrait of a Gentleman ", 19th Century Oil on Board 27” x 32" Housed in a 5" 19th-century orn...

Alfred Wheeler (1851–1932) Portrait of Three Fox Hounds Oil on board, signed lower left A wonderfully characterful late nineteenth-century sporting portrait by the English animal pa...

Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by F. Schloten 'Sheep in the Meadow' is a peaceful pastoral painting captures a familiar countryside scene with a quiet, old-world charm. A small flock ...