About Academy Fine Paintings
Academy Fine Paintings is an international fine art dealership based in Buckinghamshire, England. We specialise in 19th century British and European oil paintings by some of the most important artists of the period; from Victorian landscapes and subject pictures to Belle Epoque portraits and Orientalist scenes. We are members of LAPADA, the Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers and CINOA, the International Confederation of Art and Antique Dealers. My name is Gavin Claxton and in addition to being an art dealer I also appear on BBC television as a fine art expert. Inspi...Read More
Established in 20121stDibs seller since 2017
Associations
LAPADA - The Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers
International Confederation of Art and Antique Dealers' Associations
Featured Pieces
Jeune Fille en Blanc - 19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Young Paris Beauty
By Jacques Emile Blanche
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Jeune Fille en Blanc’ by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942).
The painting – which depicts one of the artist’s favourite models Wanda Zielinska – is signed and dated 1896. It is lis...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Une Affection Tacite - Large 19th Century Oil Painting of Young Lovers
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Une Affection Tacite’ by Adèle Kindt (1804-1893).
The painting – which depicts a young woman and her ardent admirer – is signed by the artist and dated 1862.
Born into a family o...
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1860s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Longhorn Cattle on Highland Pass - 19th Century Oil Painting Scottish Landscape
By Henry Garland
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Longhorn Cattle on a Highland Pass’ by Henry Garland (1834-1913).
The painting – which depicts a herd of longhorn cattle on a high mountain pass in the Scottish Highlands – is sig...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fille de Fleur de Concarneau - 19th Century Oil Painting of French Flower Girl
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
'Fille de Fleur de Concarneau' by François-Alfred Delobbe (1835-1920).
The painting – which depicts a girl selling peonies in Concarneau on the coast of Brittany in North-West Franc...
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1890s French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cherry Blossom - English Flower Oil Painting Still Life with Grapes and Peaches
By Cecil Kennedy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Cherry Blossom’ by Cecil Kennedy (1905-1997).
The painting – which depicts pink and white blossom in a blue Salviati glass vase with peaches and grapes on a mahogany table – is sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Baron's Charger - 19th Century Oil Painting English Nobelman & Battle Horses
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Baron’s Charger’ by John Frederick Herring Jr. (1815-1907).
The painting – which depicts a 17th century Caroline nobleman with his battle horses and attendant hounds – is sign...
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Mid-19th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Melancholic Sappho - Large 19th Century Pre-Raphalite Oil Painting Greek Goddess
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908).
The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the...
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arrest of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette at Varennes - 19th Century Oil Painting
By Robert Alexander Hillingford
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘The Arrest of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at Varennes’ by Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
The painting – which depicts the King and Queen of France’s failed attempt to...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Very Large 18th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting of Georgian London Festival
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘St. James’ Day’ by Richard Morton Paye (1750-1820). This very large and important 18th century oil on canvas depicts a diverse crowd of Londoners at an oyster stand on a summer’s ev...
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1780s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Goddess Hera - 19th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting Ancient Greek Myth
By Eduard Niczky
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Hera’ by Eduard Niczky (1850-1919).
The painting - which depicts the Greek queen of the gods in golden diadem and yellow robe - is signed by the artist and hangs in a newly commis...
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Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children of the New Forest - Very Large Royal Academy Oil Painting, 1901
By Edgar Barclay
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Children of the New Forest’ by Edgar Barclay (1842-1913).
Depicting two girls gathering kindling in winter woodland, this very large painting is signed by the artist and was exhibit...
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20th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moel Siabod - 19th Century Landscape Oil Painting of Snowdonia North Wales
By Sidney Richard Percy
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Near Moel Siabod, North Wales’ by Sidney Richard Percy (1822-1886). The painting – which depicts a figure herding cattle before an extensive landscape in Snowdonia – is signed by th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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