Category: Paintings of interiors

Neo-Pompeian art with a 19th-century Italian spin. Alfonso Savini, artist. Living from 1838 to 1908, he exhibited at the Exhibition of Fine Arts in Turin in 1884.

"Lydia and the Lyre." 1874.
“Lydia and the Lyre.” 1874. Image © Stanworth Fine Art, Leicester. Fair use license. via https://stanworthfineart.com/herring-senior-2/
"An Old Testament Story." No date.
“An Old Testament Story.” No date. Photo and image © Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima. Fair use license. via https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/savini-alfonso-18361908/search/nationality:Italian/page/38# An Old Testament Story
"Scène à Pompéi avec la servante aveugle Nydia et le Noble Glaucus." 1869.
“Scène à Pompéi avec la servante aveugle Nydia et le Noble Glaucus.” 1869. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://leprincelointain.blogspot.com/2018/06/alfonso-savini-1836-1908-scene-pompei.html
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Paintings of children trying to have fun when the grownups aren’t looking. Belgian. Franz Verhas, artist (1827-1897). Painted many portraits and genre scenes.

"The Lion." 1874.
“The Lion.” 1874. Oil on canvas. Collection of the the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent. In the public domain in the United States it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Verhas_(1832-1894)_De_leeuw_(1874)_MSK_Gent_22-11-2015_11-58-03.JPG
"La lecture au salon." 1850-1894.
“La lecture au salon.” 1850-1894. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Verhas_-_Reading_in_the_living_room.JPG
"The Master Painter." 1877.
“The Master Painter.” 1877. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent. In the public domain in the United States it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Verhas_-_The_master_painter.jpeg
"The Broken Flower Pot." 1876.
“The Broken Flower Pot.” 1876. Lithograph. Image © 2019 – WorthPoint Corporation. Fair use license. via https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/jan-frans-verhas-broken-flower-pot-537812522

Watercolors of rooms in the New Hermitage, Saint Petersburg from back when it was new. Russian. Various watercolorists. In the collections of the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Formerly in the personal collections of the tsar.

"The Room of Manuscripts." 1855.
“The Room of Manuscripts.” 1855. Russian. Watercolor on paper. Konstantin Ukhtomsky, artist (1818-1881). Image © 1998 – 2019 The State Hermitage Museum. Fair use license. via https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/02.%20drawings/288986/!ut/p/z1/jZDLTsMwEEV_hS6yxJ44ceJ2ZxmJUlqCKh7GG5SW1DFK4sgJtcTXYyE2IAid3Uj3cWaw
"Room of Russian Sculpture."
“Room of Russian Sculpture.” 1854. Watercolor and paper. Luigi Premazzi, artist (1814-1891). Image © Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Fair use license. via http://desharel.blogspot.com/2018/12/vi.html
Interior of the sculpture gallery. 1854.
Interior of the sculpture gallery. 1854. Watercolor. Konstantin Ukhtomsky, artist (1818-1881). Image © Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Fair use license. via https://endlesspaintings.blogspot.com/2014/10/interiors-of-new-hermitage-room-of-sculpture-konstantin-andreyevich-ukhtomsky.html

A set of watercolors of rooms in Clarence House, London, home of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, but back when the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria’s mother, lived there. 1861. James Roberts, watercolorist.

Duchess of Kent's bedroom. 1861.
Duchess of Kent’s bedroom. 1861. Image © Royal Collection Trust 2017. Fair use license. via https://www.watercolourworld.org/painting/views-clarence-house-duchess-kents-bedroom-tww003db9
Duchess of Kent's sitting-room. 1861.
Duchess of Kent’s sitting-room. 1861. Image © Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2015/02/clarence-house-under-duchess-of-kent.html
Dining room. 1861.
Dining room. 1861. Image © Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-royal-palaces-part-two.html

Victorian children doing their best to be good until the painter goes home. Mothers and children by Belgian artist Gustave de Jonghe (1829-1893. Starting out with religious and historical subjects he is known for his society portraits and genre pictures.

"Mother with her Young Daughter." 1865.
“Mother with her Young Daughter.” 1865. Oil on panel. Image courtesy Sotheby’s. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_L%C3%A9onard_de_Jonghe_-_Mother_with_her_Young_Daughter.jpg
"Game Time." 1866.
“Game Time.” 1866. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_L%C3%A9onard_de_Jonghe_-_Game_Time.jpg
"Motherly Love." ca. 1860.
“Motherly Love.” ca. 1860. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://pixels.com/featured/motherly-love-gustave-leonard-de-jonghe.html

Rooms in the dacha at Peterhof just waiting for a grand duchess to walk in the door. 1850’s. Russian. Watercolors by Luigi Premazzi, artist (1814-1891).

Bathroom in the Dacha. Peterhof. 1852. Watercolor.
Bathroom in the Dacha. Peterhof. 1852. Watercolor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.kunst-fuer-alle.de/deutsch/kunst/kuenstler/kunstdruck/luigi-premazzi/8787/1/138168/datscha/index.htm
Interior, Peterhof dacha. 19th c.
Interior, Peterhof dacha. 19th c. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.kunst-fuer-alle.de/english/fine-art/artist/image/luigi-premazzi/8787/1/138173/datscha/index.htm
Interior, Peterhof dacha. 1852.
Interior, Peterhof dacha. 1852. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.kunst-fuer-alle.de/deutsch/kunst/kuenstler/kunstdruck/luigi-premazzi/8787/1/140168/datscha/index.htm

Life in Britain just a bit back. Pictures by 20th century British artist James Durden.

"Summer in Cumberland." 1925.
“Summer in Cumberland.” 1925. Collection of the Manchester Art Gallery. © Estate of James Durden. Photo credit: Manchester Art Gallery. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/summer-in-cumberland-204899
"In the Garden." ca. 1920's.
“In the Garden.” ca. 1920’s. © Estate of James Durden. Fair use license. via http://www.renegadetribune.com/james-durdens-paintings-european-leisure/
"June Morning." 1920's.
“June Morning.” 1920’s. © Estate of James Durden. Image © Keswick Museum and Art Gallery. Fair use license. via http://readingandart.blogspot.com/2012/12/james-durden.html