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Sep. 29, 2026
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 – London, 1895). “Andalusian Scene.” Oil on canvas. With period frame. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €2,400 - €2,800
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 – London, 1895). “Andalusian Scene.” Oil on canvas. With period frame. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 92 x 71.5 cm; 114 x 94 cm (frame). The son of woodcarver and gilder William Kemm, Robert Kemm’s passion for painting must have been sparked at a very early age, as he is listed in the census as an artist at just fourteen years old. During his early years, Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolors depicting churches in Wiltshire. Following in the footsteps of his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess, and E. Long, he traveled to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years leading up to his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself primarily to portraiture. His first show at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this debut exhibition, Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, featuring works with Spanish themes. Of particular note is the presentation of several of Kemm’s works in the exhibition “English Romantic Painters in 19th-Century Spain,” organized in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, featuring pieces from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, the Sunderland Museum, and the Sheffield Museum, as well as in several major private collections. During the 19th century, Spain and England maintained a special relationship. The valuable support provided by Great Britain to the Spanish patriotic fervor in the face of the French invaders led the Spanish to view the British with sympathy. For their part, British painters and writers flocked to Spain, a country that offered them the quintessence of Romantic idealism. Perhaps in search of a more natural and authentic landscape, they traveled to the Iberian Peninsula, where the Industrial Revolution had not yet marred the landscape. Advances in transportation turned Spain into an exotic yet accessible destination for young English painters who rejected the industrial bourgeoisie and the spiritual poverty that was taking hold of the ever-expanding major cities. In fact, after the War of Independence, our country began to take on an aura of exoticism and extravagance that attracted a large number of English intellectuals and artists. Moorish Andalusia, the bandit, the obscurantist Church, the dashing bullfighter and the maja, the lady in a mantilla, the barefoot children, the beggar clad in rags, Cervantes’s little gypsy girl... Paintings such as the one presented here bring us closer to the essence of Romanticism—the exaltation of the emotional as a response to an era that placed reason on a pedestal. To achieve this goal, Romantic painters ceased to subordinate color to line, thereby rendering pictorial subjects with greater expressive power and naturalism. The brushstroke becomes impetuous, color achieves its autonomy, the impasto is thicker, and so on.
Setdart Auction House
Sep. 01, 2026
ROBERT KEMM (English, 1837-1895)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Young Girl with Guitar Oil on canvas Signed bottom right H. 36 1/2" x W. 28" (92.5cm x 71cm)
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Jul. 07, 2026
Robert Kemm (British, 1837-1895) Taverna scene
Est: £800 - £1,200
Robert Kemm (British, 1837-1895) Taverna scene signed 'R Kemm' (lower left) oil on canvas Unframed: 61 x 91 cm. (24 x 35 3/4 in.) Framed: 85 x 116 cm. (33 1/2 x 45 5/8 in.) Provenance: Private collection, UK
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 24, 2026
ROBERT KEMM (1837–1895), SPANISH FA
Est: -
Robert Kemm (1837–1895), Spanish family crossing a pass in the Sierra Nevada with mules, oil on canvas, signed lower right, lined, restored and retouched, 90 x 126 cm, framed 102 x 138 cm
Historia Auctionata
Apr. 29, 2026
Robert Kemm. Buying grapes
Est: -
Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado en el ángulo inferior izquierdo.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Apr. 29, 2026
Robert Kemm. Los Picadores
Est: -
Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado en el ángulo inferior izquierdo.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Apr. 16, 2026
ROBERT KEMM (1837–1895), SPANISH
Est: -
Robert Kemm (1837–1895), Spanish family crossing a pass in the Sierra Nevada with mules, oil on canvas, signed lower right, backed, restored, and retouched, 90 x 126 cm, framed 102 x 138 cm
Historia Auctionata
Feb. 25, 2026
Robert Kemm. Buying grapes
Est: -
Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Nov. 29, 2025
ROBERT KEMM (BRITISH, 1837-1895)
Est: $400 - $800
Oil on canvas painting depicting a lute player serenading a beauty in a garden by Robert Kemm (British, 1937-1895), signed lower right, mounted in giltwood frame, 19th century; canvas 18"H 14"W overall 30"H 40"W
Clements
Nov. 22, 2025
Kemm, Robert (1837-1895) ‘Galant scene with guitar player and three ladies’, oil on canvas, signed lower right, pompous frame, 71.5x91.5cm (w.f. 95x114cm), rest.
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Kemm, Robert (1837-1895) ‘Galant scene with guitar player and three ladies’, oil on canvas, signed lower right, pompous frame, 71.5x91.5cm (w.f. 95x114cm), rest. Kemm, Robert (1837-1895) "Galante Szene mit Gitarrenspieler und drei Damen", Öl/Leinwand, u.r. sign., Prunkrahmen, 71,5x91,5cm (m.R. 95x114cm), rest.
Kendzia
Oct. 29, 2025
Robert Kemm. Shepherds in Granada
Est: -
Oil on canvas. A very beautiful romantic work depicting a family on a road alongside shepherds with Granada and the Sierra Nevada in the background. Like other artists from his country such as John Phillip, Edwin Long, and John Bagnold Burgess, he traveled to Spain around 1861, particularly exploring Andalusia, seeking inspiration in landscapes and traditional scenes such as "The Baptism," "Exit of the Majas and Bullfighters from the Church," and "Gallanting at the Fountain," both housed in the Museum of Romanticism. He captured delightful figures of bullfighters, bandits, beggars, guitarists, and various popular figures on canvas.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Oct. 19, 2025
ROBERT KEMM OIL ON CANVAS SEA SHORE SCENE
Est: $500 - $1,000
Robert Kemm (United Kingdom, 1837-1895) Oil on canvas, shore scene with two dutch women next to wood pilings with fisherman setting up their sailboat; Signed lower right [ROBERT KEMM]; set in wood frame / Visible Art Size: 19.5"H x 23.5"W / Frame Size: 22.5"H x 26.5"W
Dargate Auction Galleries
Jul. 28, 2025
Robert Kemm "The Fruit Market at Seville"
Est: $50 - $1,000
Robert Kemm "The Fruit Market at Seville". Oil on canvas, signed (ll). Sight: 34 1/2"h x 27"w Condition: Some paint loss, relined, loss of gilt & chips to frame.
The Auction Barn
Jul. 08, 2025
ROBERT KEMM. LA BUENAVENTURA.
Est: €8,500 - €9,000
Robert Kemm (Salisbury, Inglaterra, 1837-Londres, 1895) La Buenaventura. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado y fechado en 1874. Basado en la obra de John Philipp realizada en 1846. 64 x 76 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Jul. 08, 2025
ROBERT KEMM. ESCENA COSTUMBRISTA.
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
Robert Kemm (Salisbury, Inglaterra, 1837-Londres, 1895) Escena costumbrista. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado y fechado en 1873. 76,5 x 92 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Apr. 27, 2025
Robert Kemm (1837 - 1895) Signed English 19th Century Figurative Landscape Oil Painting
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Antique English oil painting by Robert Kemm (1837 - 1895). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 34 by 42 inches and 28 by 36 painting alone. Please see all images for condition. Size is measured and written on the back of the painting. The first size is the overall size, the second size is the image size. For detailed condition questions please email hello@curatedgallery.com. Flat rate domestic UPS or FedEx shipping is $325 for this lot.
Curated Gallery Auctions
Apr. 09, 2025
ROBERT KEMM (Londres, 1837 - 1895) - Confidencias
Est: €2,400 - €2,600
Subasta: SUBASTA ABRIL 2024 Lote: 173 Precio de salida: 2000€ // Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm". Robert Kemm fue un pintor inglés romántico que al igual que hicieron otros artistas contemporáneos de su país viajó a España hacia 1861 recorriendo principalmente Andalucía. Principalmente se inspiró en paisajes y escenas costumbristas del día a día en las que aparecen majas, toreros, bandoleros, mendigos, guitarristas y diferentes personajes populares en muchas ocasiones representando escenas galantes. Muchas de sus obras reflejan el ambiente de la ciudad de Sevilla. La obra que nos ocupa esta catalogación se trata de una de sus típicas escenas costumbristas con dos figuras femeninas vestidas con los ropajes típicos de la zona en esa época. En ella encontramos la calidad y coloridos típicos del autor durante su estancia en nuestro país.
Isbilya Subastas
Feb. 20, 2025
ROBERT KEMM (London, 1837 - 1895) Confidences
Est: €4,000 - €4,500
Oil on canvas 92 x 76.5 cm. Signed in the lower right corner: "R. Kemm". Robert Kemm was a romantic English painter who, like other contemporary artists from his country, travelled to Spain around 1861, mainly touring Andalusia. He was mainly inspired by landscapes and everyday costumbrist scenes in which majas, bullfighters, bandits, beggars, guitarists and different popular characters appear, often representing gallant scenes. Many of his works reflect the atmosphere of the city of Seville. The work that concerns us in this catalog is one of his typical costumbrist scenes with two female figures dressed in the typical clothing of the area at that time. In it we find the quality and colors typical of the author during his stay in our country.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Feb. 11, 2025
ROBERT KEMM. PARTIDA DE CARTAS. ÓLEO SOBRE LIENZO.
Est: €5,000 - €5,500
Robert Kemm (Inglaterra, 1830-1897) Partida de cartas. Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado. Reentelado. 71 x 90 cm.
Aletheia Subastas
Feb. 05, 2025
ROBERT KEMM (Londres, 1837 - 1895) - Retrato de joven con cántaro
Est: €2,200 - €2,600
Firmado en el ángulo inferior izquierdo: "R. Kemm".
Isbilya Subastas
Dec. 12, 2024
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "A stop on the road, with Granada in the background." Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "A Stop on the Road, with Granada in the Background". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Size: 101 x 127 cm; 146 x 172 cm (frame). Son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, his interest in painting must have awakened very early, as at the age of only fourteen he is registered in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolours of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1955 and 1955. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th century Spain", organised in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, Sunderland Museum and Sheffield Museum. During the 19th century, Spain and England maintained a special relationship. Britain's valuable support for patriotic fervour in the face of the French invaders led the Spanish to look sympathetically on the British. For their part, British painters and writers descended upon Spain, which offered them the quintessence of romantic idealism. Perhaps seeking a more authentic, natural landscape, they travelled to the peninsula, where the Industrial Revolution had not yet degraded the face of the landscape. Progress in communications made Spain an exotic yet nearby destination for the young English painters who rejected the industrial bourgeoisie and the poverty of spirit that was engulfing the ever-growing big cities. In fact, after the War of Independence, our country began to acquire an aura of exoticism and extravagance that attracted a good number of English intellectuals and artists. Moorish Andalusia, the bandit, the obscurantist Church, the handsome bullfighter and the maja, the lady in a mantilla, the barefoot children, the beggar in rags, Cervantes' gypsy girl... Paintings such as the one we present here bring us closer to the essence of Romanticism, to the exaltation of the soul as a response to an era that placed the cloth on the altar of Reason. To achieve this aim, Romantic painters ceased to subordinate colour to drawing, thus reproducing pictorial motifs with greater expressive force and greater naturalism. The brushstroke became more impetuous, the colour became more autonomous, the impasto was thicker, etc.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 11, 2024
Robert Kemm. Card game and flirting in Seville
Est: -
Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Duran Arte y Subastas
Sep. 18, 2024
ROBERT KEMM (Londres, 1837 - 1895), Pastora y cabrero
Est: €3,800 - €4,200
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm".
Isbilya Subastas
Sep. 18, 2024
ROBERT KEMM (Londres, 1837 - 1895), El cortejo
Est: €2,600 - €3,000
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm".
Isbilya Subastas
Sep. 12, 2024
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 – London, 1895). "The priest's nap". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €4,000 - €5,000
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "The Priest's Nap. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Size: 71 x 91 cm; 89 x 108 cm (frame). Son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, Robert Kemm's love of painting must have awakened very early, as he was only fourteen years old when he was registered in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolours of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1955 and 1955. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th century Spain", organised in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, the Sunderland Museum and the Sheffield Museum, as well as in several important private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 02, 2024
Robert Kemm (UK,1837-1895) oil painting antique
Est: $1,150 - $1,500
ARTIST: Robert Kemm (British, 1837 - 1895) NAME: Courting Couple MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Missing few flakes of paint. Some scattered inpaintings mostly on skirt. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119239 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Kemm was born in 1837, in London. Robert Kemm traveled to Spain, (especially to Andalusia) like other painters of his country, including John Philip, Edwin Long, and John Bagnold Burgess. He painted genre scenes with Toreros, beggars, and guitarists, often depicted in the historic center of Seville.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 25, 2024
GALLANT SCENE AT THE GATES OF THE ALHAMBRA IN GRANADA, ROBERT KEMM (SALISBURY, 1837-LONDON, 1895) ENGLISH ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Est: €14,000 - €16,000
Robert Kemm (Salisbury, 1837-London, 1895) was an English romantic painter. Oil on canvas measures: 90 x 70 cm, measures with frame: 120 x 100 cm. Like other artists from his country such as John Phillip, Edwin Long or John Bagnold Burgess, he traveled to Spain around 1861 and developed a large part of his career in Andalusia, seeking inspiration in landscapes and scenes of manners such as The Baptism, with the departure of the church of majas and bullfighters, or the Galanteo in the fountain, both preserved in the Museum of Romanticism. He captured on canvas delicious figures of bullfighters, bandits, beggars, guitarists and different popular characters. Many of his works reflect the atmosphere of the city of Seville, such as the one titled The Spanish fruit seller (The Spanish fruit seller) in which a saleswoman is represented and in the background you can distinguish La Giralda (bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville). Bibliography and related works: Christopher Wood: Dictionary of British Art Vol. 4, Victorian Painters. Consulted on March 25, 2011. Provenance: important private collection from Seville, Spain.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Apr. 25, 2024
THE BONAVENTURE, ROBERT KEMM (SALISBURY, 1837-LONDON, 1895) ENGLISH ROMANTIC SCHOOL OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Est: €14,000 - €16,000
Robert Kemm (Salisbury, 1837-London, 1895) was an English romantic painter. Oil on canvas measures: 76 x 64 cm, measures with frame: 100 x 90 cm. Like other artists from his country such as John Phillip, Edwin Long or John Bagnold Burgess, he traveled to Spain around 1861 and developed a large part of his career in Andalusia, seeking inspiration in landscapes and scenes of manners such as The Baptism, with the departure of the church of majas and bullfighters, or the Galanteo in the fountain, both preserved in the Museum of Romanticism. He captured on canvas delicious figures of bullfighters, bandits, beggars, guitarists and different popular characters. Many of his works reflect the atmosphere of the city of Seville, such as the one titled The Spanish fruit seller (The Spanish fruit seller) in which a saleswoman is represented and in the background you can distinguish La Giralda (bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville). Bibliography and related works: Christopher Wood: Dictionary of British Art Vol. 4, Victorian Painters. Consulted on March 25, 2011. Provenance: important private collection from Seville, Spain.
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Apr. 24, 2024
Pastora y cabrero
Est: -
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm".
Isbilya Subastas
Apr. 24, 2024
Confidencias
Est: -
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm". Robert Kemm fue un pintor inglés romántico que al igual que hicieron otros artistas contemporáneos de su país viajó a España hacia 1861 recorriendo principalmente Andalucía. Principalmente se inspiró en paisajes y escenas costumbristas del día a día en las que aparecen majas, toreros, bandoleros, mendigos, guitarristas y diferentes personajes populares en muchas ocasiones representando escenas galantes. Muchas de sus obras reflejan el ambiente de la ciudad de Sevilla. La obra que nos ocupa esta catalogación se trata de una de sus típicas escenas costumbristas con dos figuras femeninas vestidas con los ropajes típicos de la zona en esa época. En ella encontramos la calidad y coloridos típicos del autor durante su estancia en nuestro país.
Isbilya Subastas
Feb. 07, 2024
El cortejo
Est: -
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm".
Isbilya Subastas
Jan. 15, 2024
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 – London, 1895). "The priest's nap". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "The Priest's Nap. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Size: 71 x 91 cm; 89 x 108 cm (frame). Son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, Robert Kemm's love of painting must have awakened very early, as he was only fourteen years old when he was registered in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolours of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1955 and 1955. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th century Spain", organised in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, the Sunderland Museum and the Sheffield Museum, as well as in several important private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Dec. 17, 2023
Robert Kemm (UK,1837-1895) oil painting antique
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: Robert Kemm (British, 1837 - 1895) NAME: Courting Couple MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Missing few flakes of paint. Some scattered inpaintings mostly on skirt. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119239 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Kemm was born in 1837, in London. Robert Kemm traveled to Spain, (especially to Andalusia) like other painters of his country, including John Philip, Edwin Long, and John Bagnold Burgess. He painted genre scenes with Toreros, beggars, and guitarists, often depicted in the historic center of Seville.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 31, 2023
Kemm, O/C Portrait of Young Girl
Est: $50 - $5,000
Robert Kemm (Br. 1837-1895), illegibly inscribed verso, signed lower right. Frame size: 12 3/4" high, 10 3/4" wide. Canvas warp, crazing.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Sep. 20, 2023
Confidencias
Est: -
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm". Robert Kemm fue un pintor inglés romántico que al igual que hicieron otros artistas contemporáneos de su país viajó a España hacia 1861 recorriendo principalmente Andalucía. Principalmente se inspiró en paisajes y escenas costumbristas del día a día en las que aparecen majas, toreros, bandoleros, mendigos, guitarristas y diferentes personajes populares en muchas ocasiones representando escenas galantes. Muchas de sus obras reflejan el ambiente de la ciudad de Sevilla. La obra que nos ocupa esta catalogación se trata de una de sus típicas escenas costumbristas con dos figuras femeninas vestidas con los ropajes típicos de la zona en esa época. En ella encontramos la calidad y coloridos típicos del autor durante su estancia en nuestro país.
Isbilya Subastas
Sep. 20, 2023
El cortejo
Est: -
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm".
Isbilya Subastas
Sep. 10, 2023
Robert Kemm (UK,1837-1895) oil painting antique
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: Robert Kemm (British, 1837 - 1895) NAME: Courting Couple MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Missing few flakes of paint. Some scattered inpaintings mostly on skirt. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119239 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Kemm was born in 1837, in London. Robert Kemm traveled to Spain, (especially to Andalusia) like other painters of his country, including John Philip, Edwin Long, and John Bagnold Burgess. He painted genre scenes with Toreros, beggars, and guitarists, often depicted in the historic center of Seville.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 26, 2023
Exceptional Pair of Gypsies playing the Guitar, Robert Kemm (Salisbury, 1837-London, 1895), English Romanticist school of the 19th century
Est: €4,500 - €5,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. Canvas measures: 92 x 71, framed measures: 111 x 90 cm
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Jul. 04, 2023
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 – London, 1895). "The priest's nap". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "The Priest's Nap. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Size: 71 x 91 cm; 89 x 108 cm (frame). Son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, Robert Kemm's love of painting must have awakened very early, as he was only fourteen years old when he was registered in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolours of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1955 and 1955. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th century Spain", organised in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, the Sunderland Museum and the Sheffield Museum, as well as in several important private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 15, 2023
Un alto en el camino
Est: -
Firmado "R. Kemm". Exposiciones: "Pintores románticos en la España del XIX". Caja Duero, 2009. Bibliografía: VV.AA. Catálogo de la exposición "Pintores románticos en la España del XIX". Caja Duero, 2009. Reproducido en pág. 85.
Isbilya Subastas
Jun. 12, 2023
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "A stop on the road, with Granada in the background." Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner.
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "A Stop on the Road, with Granada in the Background". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Size: 101 x 127 cm; 146 x 172 cm (frame). Son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, his interest in painting must have awakened very early, as at the age of only fourteen he is registered in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolours of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1955 and 1955. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th century Spain", organised in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, Sunderland Museum and Sheffield Museum. During the 19th century, Spain and England maintained a special relationship. Britain's valuable support for patriotic fervour in the face of the French invaders led the Spanish to look sympathetically on the British. For their part, British painters and writers descended upon Spain, which offered them the quintessence of romantic idealism. Perhaps seeking a more authentic, natural landscape, they travelled to the peninsula, where the Industrial Revolution had not yet degraded the face of the landscape. Progress in communications made Spain an exotic yet nearby destination for the young English painters who rejected the industrial bourgeoisie and the poverty of spirit that was engulfing the ever-growing big cities. In fact, after the War of Independence, our country began to acquire an aura of exoticism and extravagance that attracted a good number of English intellectuals and artists. Moorish Andalusia, the bandit, the obscurantist Church, the handsome bullfighter and the maja, the lady in a mantilla, the barefoot children, the beggar in rags, Cervantes' gypsy girl... Paintings such as the one we present here bring us closer to the essence of Romanticism, to the exaltation of the soul as a response to an era that placed the cloth on the altar of Reason. To achieve this aim, Romantic painters ceased to subordinate colour to drawing, thus reproducing pictorial motifs with greater expressive force and greater naturalism. The brushstroke became more impetuous, the colour became more autonomous, the impasto was thicker, etc.
Setdart Auction House
Jun. 11, 2023
Robert Kemm (UK,1837-1895) oil painting antique
Est: $1,250 - $1,600
ARTIST: Robert Kemm (British, 1837 - 1895) NAME: Courting Couple MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Missing few flakes of paint. Some scattered inpaintings mostly on skirt. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119239 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Kemm was born in 1837, in London. Robert Kemm traveled to Spain, (especially to Andalusia) like other painters of his country, including John Philip, Edwin Long, and John Bagnold Burgess. He painted genre scenes with Toreros, beggars, and guitarists, often depicted in the historic center of Seville.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 30, 2023
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "The Fiesta." Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner.
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
ROBERT KEMM (Salisbury, England, 1837 - London, 1895). "The Feast. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 73 x 63 cm; 81 x 68 cm (frame). In this work of costumbrist character Robert Kemm shows the moment in which a clergyman lights the candles of a chapel in the middle of the street. The act is observed by a group of faithful who kneel and pray to the religious image. The son of the carver and gilder William Kemm, Robert Kemm's interest in painting must have awakened very early, as at the age of only fourteen he is recorded in the census as an artist. During his early years Kemm produced two series of 256 watercolours of Wiltshire churches. Following his contemporaries J. Phillip, J. Bagnold Burgess and E. Long, Kemm made a trip to Spain in the years between 1955 and 1955. Long, he made a trip to Spain between 1861 and 1864, visiting Seville and Granada in particular. In the years preceding his first exhibition, Kemm devoted himself mainly to portraiture. His first exhibition at the Royal Society of British Artists took place in 1874. In this first exhibition Kemm already displayed all the typical elements of his style, with works on Spanish themes. It is worth mentioning the presentation of several works by Kemm in the exhibition "English Romantic Painters in 19th century Spain", organised in Zamora by Caja Duero in 1999, from a private Spanish collection. Robert Kemm is represented in the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Salisbury Museum, the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, the Sunderland Museum and the Sheffield Museum, as well as in several important private collections.
Setdart Auction House
Apr. 19, 2023
Confidencias
Est: -
Firmado en el ángulo inferior derecho: "R. Kemm". Robert Kemm fue un pintor inglés romántico que al igual que hicieron otros artistas contemporáneos de su país viajó a España hacia 1861 recorriendo principalmente Andalucía. Principalmente se inspiró en paisajes y escenas costumbristas del día a día en las que aparecen majas, toreros, bandoleros, mendigos, guitarristas y diferentes personajes populares en muchas ocasiones representando escenas galantes. Muchas de sus obras reflejan el ambiente de la ciudad de Sevilla. La obra que nos ocupa esta catalogación se trata de una de sus típicas escenas costumbristas con dos figuras femeninas vestidas con los ropajes típicos de la zona en esa época. En ella encontramos la calidad y coloridos típicos del autor durante su estancia en nuestro país.
Isbilya Subastas
Mar. 12, 2023
Robert Kemm (UK,1837-1895) oil painting antique
Est: $1,350 - $1,700
ARTIST: Robert Kemm (British, 1837 - 1895) NAME: Courting Couple MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Missing few flakes of paint. Some scattered inpaintings mostly on skirt. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119239 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Robert Kemm was born in 1837, in London. Robert Kemm traveled to Spain, (especially to Andalusia) like other painters of his country, including John Philip, Edwin Long, and John Bagnold Burgess. He painted genre scenes with Toreros, beggars, and guitarists, often depicted in the historic center of Seville.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 23, 2023
Madonna in Prayer on panel, follower of Andrea del Sarto, Italian school from the 17th - 18th century
Est: €4,000 - €4,500
Board measurements: 114 x 75 cm, framed measures: 124 x 85 cm
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Jan. 26, 2023
Exceptional Pair of Gypsies playing the Guitar, Robert Kemm (Salisbury, 1837-London, 1895), English Romanticist school of the 19th century
Est: €4,500 - €5,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. Canvas measures: 92 x 71, framed measures: 111 x 90 cm
Templum Fine Art Auctions
Dec. 20, 2022
Exceptional Pair of Gypsies playing the Guitar, Robert Kemm (Salisbury, 1837-London, 1895), English Romanticist school of the 19th century
Est: €4,500 - €5,000
Oil on canvas. Signed. Canvas measures: 92 x 71, framed measures: 111 x 90 cm
Templum Fine Art Auctions