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Victoria Fine Art Victoria Fine Art is an established international art gallery that specialises in 19th century , Imp

Victoria Fine Art is a St Albans based art gallery established in 1965 specializing predominantly in 19th and 20th century oil paintings.

For conservators and art historians, fingerprints can offer a fascinating glimpse into how a painting was physically cre...
16/10/2026

For conservators and art historians, fingerprints can offer a fascinating glimpse into how a painting was physically created.

This famous example is Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness, begun around 1483. The unfinished painting preserves visible fingerprints in the paint surface, giving us a rare physical trace of Leonardo’s working process.

Louis Cazals, The River Seine with Notre Dame Cathedral in the Distance£1,800Artwork Size: 6 x 10"Artwork Size with Fram...
15/10/2026

Louis Cazals, The River Seine with Notre Dame Cathedral in the Distance

£1,800

Artwork Size: 6 x 10"

Artwork Size with Frame: 13 x 17"

Size: Small

Type/Medium: Oil on Panel

Signed and dated 53 bottom right

View this piece on our website here: https://snip.ly/oeb3kq

New In!A selection of our latest arrivals, all now available to view and purchase online on our website…
14/10/2026

New In!

A selection of our latest arrivals, all now available to view and purchase online on our website…

13/10/2026

Artists have been painting the landscape since ancient times. The Greeks and Romans created wall paintings of landscapes and gardenscapes. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the tradition of depicting pure landscapes declined, and the landscape was seen only as a setting for religious and figural scenes.

In the 1500s landscape painting rose to popularity again in the Netherlands, but it would be another hundred years before the classical landscape became popular in the rest of Europe, gaining acceptance into the academy in the late 18th century.

Popularity peaked in the 19th century, with impressionism, and a new, modern wave of landscapes hit the market.

Click here to view our collection of landscape paintings: https://snip.ly/18att8

Why were Victorian artists so fond of painting cows, dramatic skies and children? 🐄☁️🎨The answer wasn't simply artistic ...
12/10/2026

Why were Victorian artists so fond of painting cows, dramatic skies and children? 🐄☁️🎨

The answer wasn't simply artistic taste. These subjects could be extremely good business.

As Britain's middle classes grew wealthier, a new generation of collectors wanted paintings for their homes, and peaceful landscapes, rural scenes and sentimental images of childhood proved enormously popular.

Our latest article explores what Victorian buyers were really purchasing when they chose these seemingly simple subjects, and how artists responded to one of Britain's fastest-growing art markets.

Read the full article here: https://snip.ly/v63uvl

“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” — Vincent van Gogh
12/10/2026

“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” — Vincent van Gogh

Eugene Henri Cauchois, A Still Life of Roses in a Basket£3,200Artwork Size: 21 1/4" x 25 1/2" (54 x 65cm)Artwork Size wi...
11/10/2026

Eugene Henri Cauchois, A Still Life of Roses in a Basket

£3,200

Artwork Size: 21 1/4" x 25 1/2" (54 x 65cm)

Artwork Size with Frame: 27 x 31 1/4" (69 x 80cm)

Size: Medium

Type/Medium: Oil on canvas

Signed bottom right

Original Empire style antique frame

View this piece on our website here:
https://snip.ly/1woj9i

Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven1799 – 1881Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven was a Belgian artist and one of the 19th century’s mos...
10/10/2026

Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven

1799 – 1881

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven was a Belgian artist and one of the 19th century’s most celebrated animal painters, particularly admired for his highly detailed depictions of sheep, cattle and birds.
A successful exhibitor in Brussels and Paris, Verboeckhoven attracted royal and international patrons, including King Leopold I, and his work entered major museum collections during his lifetime.



Click here for more about his life and art and to view our works by him: https://snip.ly/zo27jv

It was used by some European artists before gradually falling out of favour as people became increasingly uncomfortable ...
09/10/2026

It was used by some European artists before gradually falling out of favour as people became increasingly uncomfortable with exactly what was in it.

A rather macabre reminder that art history can be just as strange as it is beautiful.

Karl Cartier, Horses Resting by the Riverbank£2,100Artwork Size: 15 x 21 3/4" (38 x 55cm)Artwork Size with Frame: 23 x 3...
08/10/2026

Karl Cartier, Horses Resting by the Riverbank

£2,100

Artwork Size: 15 x 21 3/4" (38 x 55cm)

Artwork Size with Frame: 23 x 30 1/4" (58 x 76cm)

Size: Medium

Type/Medium: Oil on Canvas

Signed and dated 1905 bottom right

Artists stamp on the reverse

View this piece on our website here: https://snip.ly/ucpl4o

Address

3 Long Spring Porters Wood
Saint Albans
AL36

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+441727861669

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