James Downie - Original Oil on Canvas

Works on Canvas

Original 19th Century and 20th Century Paintings in Oil.

Works on Canvas Online Art Gallery

Oil paint is lauded for its versatility and as such has been the primary medium used throughout the history of art. Its popularity in Europe dates from around the 12th century where it progressed from egg tempera and wooden panels to oils and canvas. The history of painting on canvas is filled with innumerable innovations which is why it is as popular today as it has ever been.

Oakham Fine Art has a collection of outstanding and unique works on canvas including paintings by Sir Alfred East, Charles Spencelayh and Alfred de Breanski Jnr. Please click on the thumbnail images below to see the details and expanded image of each of the artworks.

If you would like further information on any of our artworks, or you are interested in purchasing any of the pictures and you require additional images then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to provide these on request.

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Works on Canvas for Sale

A Shady Pool - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

A Shady Pool - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5014 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 16" x 21½" (41cm x 55cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Gillespie Fine Art Gallery, Pittsburgh
Christie’s
Shannon’s Auction Rooms

Condition - Excellent

Wet Day for the Match (Memories of Man City in the 50s) - James Downie (1949 - )

Wet Day for the Match (Memories of Man City in the 50s) - James Downie (1949 - )

REF: 5052
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 11½" x 15½" (29cm x 39cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Purchased directly from the artist, 26th April 2011

Condition - Excellent

The Ise Valley, Northamptonshire - Neil Cawthorne (1936 - )

The Ise Valley, Northamptonshire - Neil Cawthorne (1936 - )

REF: 5054 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 19" x 27½" (48cm x 70cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso - Inscribed “The Ise Valley”

PROVENANCE
Purchased directly from the artist

Condition - Excellent

Self Portrait in Profile - Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854 – 1931)

REF: 5042 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 23" x 17" (59cm x 43cm)

PROVENANCE
Christie’s
Tennants

Condition - Excellent

On the Tewkesbury Road - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

On the Tewkesbury Road - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5003 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 28" x 35" (71cm x 89cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Christie’s

Condition - Excellent

Westminster Abbey - Alfred de Breanski Jnr (1877 - 1955)

Westminster Abbey - Alfred de Breanski Jnr (1877 - 1955)

REF: 5059
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 17½" x 23½" (44cm x 60cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso - Inscribed “Westminster”. Stamped Winsor and Newton, London

PROVENANCE
Clars

Condition - Excellent

An Idyll at Como - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

An Idyll at Como - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5002 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 40" x 60" (102cm x 153cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso - Signed, inscribed and dated '#64/Alfred East/A Gay Party at Como/1902/40 x 60' on an attached label

PROVENANCE
E.B. Marriage, Esq
Mr Ira Nelson Morris
Christie's
Exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts

Condition – Excellent

The Fly Fisherman - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

The Fly Fisherman - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5013 - SOLD
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 40" x 60" (102cm x 153cm)
Recto - Signed

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s as “Fishing a quiet stretch of the river”
Christie’s

Condition - Excellent

The Crucifix - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

The Crucifix - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5008
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 16½" x 22½" (42cm x 57cm)

Verso - Signed and inscribed as “The Crucifix” on an artist's label.

PROVENANCE
Gorringes Auction Rooms. A watercolour of the same name has been exhibited at The Alfred East Gallery in Kettering, Northants, England

Condition - Excellent

The Shepherd (A Pastoral Scene) - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

The Shepherd (A Pastoral Scene) - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5011
Medium - Oil on Canvas
Size - 16" x 22" (41cm x 56cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – Two old labels from different periods with different reference numbers that mention The Fine Art Society. The older label is not particularly legible but shows Ref No: 29051. The second label states “The Fine Art Society, no: 3269, date January 1969. Pastoral. Sir Alfred East RA”

The labels appear to indicate that the artwork was exhibited at The Fine Art Society in London on two separate occasions with the earlier one quite possibly being the Sir Alfred East Memorial Exhibition in 1918.

PROVENANCE
Keys Auction Rooms

Condition - Excellent

The Brook - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

The Brook - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5001
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 20½" x 28" (52cm x 71cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – The Institute of Painters in Oil Exhibition label signed by Alfred East with a Ref No: 3. The title on the label is obscured by a further label that states J & R. E. No 3

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s

Condition - Excellent

Trees - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

Trees - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5012
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 5½" x 7½" (14cm x 19cm)
Recto - Signed with the AE Monogram

Verso – Winsor and Newton stamp on the canvas. Inscribed in pencil “Trees by Alfred East, C. 1888”

PROVENANCE
Gardiner Houlgate

Condition - Excellent

A Boat on a Pond - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

A Boat on a Pond - Sir Alfred East (1844 - 1913)

REF: 5009
Medium - Oil on canvas
Size - 15½" x 21½" (39cm x 55cm)
Recto - Signed

Verso – Swains Auction label

PROVENANCE
Marilyn Swain

Condition - Excellent