John George Naish Paintings & Artwork for Sale | John George Naish Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 14, 2023
JOHN GEORGE NAISH (BRITISH, 1824-1905) Midsummer Night's Fairies oil on pa
Est: $50,000 - $80,000
JOHN GEORGE NAISH (BRITISH, 1824-1905) Midsummer Night's Fairies oil on panel 13 7/8 x 18 in. (35 x 45.7 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 14, 2022
John George Naish (British, 1824-1905) South Side of the Cull Rock (Serpentine),
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
John George Naish (British, 1824-1905) South Side of the Cull Rock (Serpentine), Mullion Cove, Cornwall Oil on canvas 30-1/2 x 50 inches (77.5 x 127 cm) Signed and titled on backing board, and stamped with artist's brand on the stretcher and frame: JG Naish HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Apr. 30, 2019
¤ John George Naish (British, 1824-1905) Life Boat Returning: A sea to starboard 30 3/8 x 50 1/2in (77 x 128cm)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
John George Naish (British, 1824-1905) Life Boat Returning: A sea to starboard signed and dated 'J.G. Naish / 1877' (lower center); incised 'J.G NAISH' on stretcheroil on canvas30 3/8 x 50 1/2in (77 x 128cm) ExhibitedThe Royal Academy, London, 1877.
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2019
JOHN GEORGE NAISH (BRITISH 1824-1905) PUCK - FAST THROUGH THE FLOWER THERE . . . (ACT 2, SCENE 2 - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DRREAM) 23cm...
Est: £400 - £600
JOHN GEORGE NAISH (BRITISH 1824-1905) PUCK - FAST THROUGH THE FLOWER THERE . . . (ACT 2, SCENE 2 - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DRREAM) Signed with initials, oil on board 23cm x 23cm (9in x 9in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 30, 2014
NAISH, John George (British 1824-1905) Racing Down
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
NAISH, John George (British 1824-1905) Racing Down the Wind Oil on Canvas 39x49cm
Davidson Auctions
Dec. 13, 2012
John George Naish (1824-1905)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
John George Naish (1824-1905) Mooring up signed and dated 'J.G. NAISH/1868-9' (lower left) and inscribed 'Foam FTYC Ilfracombe.' (centre left, on the boat) oil on canvas 26½ x 31¾ in. (67.3 x 80.6 cm.)
Christie's
Jul. 10, 2012
John George Naish (1824-1905), PUCK - A SCENE FROM
Est: £150 - £250
John George Naish (1824-1905), PUCK - A SCENE FROM A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ACT II, SCENE II Signed with initials l.r., inscribed verso, oil on board, painted circle, diameter 25cm
Sworders
Jun. 19, 2012
John George Naish (1824 - 1905)
Est: £600 - £900
John George Naish (1824 - 1905): Pendinnis Head, St Mar'ys Scilly Islands - coastal craft off a rocky shore, signed and inscribed with title on reverse, oil on canvas, 53cm x 84cm unframed.
Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
Sep. 06, 2011
John George Naish (1824-1905) - Pair of oil
Est: £750 - £1,000
John George Naish (1824-1905) - Pair of oil paintings - "The Shutter Rock, Lundy Island" and "The Ebbing Tide (Rocks at Ilfracombe)", boards 24ins x 20ins, signed in red and with artist's stamp to reverse, in gilt moulded frames and glazed Note : Both pictures have the artist's stamp to the reverse and they are titled in the artist's hand with his name and address "Runnacleve, Ilfracombe", one dated 1881
Canterbury Auction Galleries
Nov. 04, 2010
JOHN GEORGE NAISH
Est: $120,000 - $150,000
JOHN GEORGE NAISH BRITISH 1824 - 1905 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S FAIRIES signed with the artist's monogram (lower right); inscribed Midsummer Night's Fairies/ Painted by John George Naish/.../ Royal Crescent/ Notting Hill/ London on the reverse oil on panel 14 by 18 in. 35.5 by 45.7 cm 14 x 18 inches
Sotheby's
Jun. 16, 2010
John George Naish (1824-1905)
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
John George Naish (1824-1905) The Water Nymph's Hymn to the rising moon signed and dated 'J G Naish/1850' (lower left) oil on board laid down on panel 7 x 8 in. (17.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 07, 2008
John George Naish (British, 1824-1905)
Est: $700 - $900
John George Naish (British, 1824-1905) "Landscape," c. 1870, watercolor, 7" x 10.25", signed lower left, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 03, 2008
John George Naish (1824-1905)
Est: £3,500 - £4,500
John George Naish (1824-1905) Streaming water with monogram of Sir John Everett Millais (lower right) oil on board 18 x 21½ in. (45.7 x 54.6 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 28, 2008
John Naish (1824-1905), Distant ruins in a sunset
Est: £120 - £180
John Naish (1824-1905), Distant ruins in a sunset landscape, watercolour, signed, 18cm x 26cm.
Bellmans Auctioneers
Dec. 12, 2007
John George Naish English (1824-1905) NAVAL BATTLE
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
John George Naish English (1824-1905) NAVAL BATTLE OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT 1790 Watercolour Signed Size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
Dec. 11, 2007
Ruins overlooking a romantic landscape
Est: £400 - £600
John George Naish (1824-1905) Ruins overlooking a romantic landscape signed 'J G Naish' (lower left) pencil and watercolour with scratching out 7 x 10½ in. (17.8 x 26.7 cm.)
Christie's
Jun. 27, 2007
JOHN GEORGE NAISH (1824-1905) On the West Coast of
Est: £600 - £800
JOHN GEORGE NAISH (1824-1905) On the West Coast of Lundy Island, 1884 with old pen inscription as title on the stretcher oil on canvas 8 x 6in (20.3 x 15.3cm)
Brightwells
Feb. 28, 2007
Puck riding on a moth
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
John George Naish (1824-1905) Puck riding on a moth oil on panel 3 7/8 x 3½ in. (9.8 x 8.9)
Christie's
Sep. 06, 2006
John George Naish (1824-1905)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
West coast of Lundy Island inscribed and signed 'West coast of Lundy Island/J. G. Naish/1864' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 8 x 6 in. (21.3 x 15.2 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2005
JOHN GEORGE NAISH 1824-1905
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
PROPERTY OF A LADY PUCK RIDING ON A MOTH measurements note 10 by 9 cm., 4 by 3 1/2 in. oil on panel PROVENANCE Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The Stone Gallery; Private Collection NOTE A similar picture by Naish entitled Moon Fairies II and dated 1853 is reproduced in Christopher Wood's study of Victorian fairy painters (Fairies in Victorian Art, 2000, p. 126). He also painted a naked fairy riding a moth in his masterpiece Elves and Fairies, A Midsummer Night's Dream of 1856. The present work was probably painted by Naish in the 1850s before he moved to Ifracombe in Devon and lost his fascination with the fairy world and became a rather conventional landscape painter.
Sotheby's
Apr. 20, 2005
JOHN GEORGE NAISH BRITISH, 1824-1905 ELVES AND FAIRIES: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
signed with monogram (lower left) oil on panel PROVENANCE Private Collection, England (thence by descent to present owner, Queensland, Australia) CATALOGUE NOTE Flying across a moonlit sky, a fairy with butterfly wings rides a moth while others frolic in flowers or rest on clouds as diaphanous as their gowns. Such scenes defined Naish's reputation in the 1850s as a painter of fairy and mythological subjects. He would rework this grouping of midsummer fairies a number of times (see: Sotheby's New York,February 28, 1990, The McCormick Collection of Victorian Paintings, lot 156, illustrated). Art historian Susan P. Casteras believes the image was derived from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; the riding figure of the impish Puck and his band of carefree sprites was a frequent source of inspiration for fairy painters. Yet, Naish imbues this subject with very Victorian imagery, notably in the flowers, geraniums and nasturtiums, unfamiliar to the Bard but widely recognized in contemporary gardens. The flowers are painted with intensely vivid, saturated colors contained within darkened lines that define shape and texture. This detail reflects Naish's kinship with John Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who prioritized the observation of nature---even in the tweaked, miniature scale of this painting. The work's small scale actually allows for an expansive study of the subject, as if the viewer were peering through a microscope to examine the fairies' various costumes and anatomies. This was perfectly suited for the Victorian viewer; many believed in fairies as real-life specimens of minute perfection, and often went on "scientific expeditions" to find the creatures. Fairy paintings reinforced the lore that their ideal bodies were eternal and their home worlds un-changing; this was particularly comforting to those faced with the ever-quickening pace of modern life. Indeed, in appreciating the world of the fairy, the imagined becomes realistic, the supernatural, natural.
Sotheby's
Nov. 23, 2004
John George Naish (1824-1905)
Est: £800 - £1,200
A dead seabird, Shanklin, Isle of Wight signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'J.G.N. Shanklyn [sic] 1861' (lower left) oil on canvas 20 7/8 x 30 in. (53 x 76.2 cm.)
Christie's
Jan. 21, 2004
JOHN GEORGE NAISH, BRITISH 1824-1905
Est: £600 - £800
EVENING RED - NEAR LYDFORD, DARTMOOR
Sotheby's
Feb. 26, 2002
John-Georges Naish (British, 1824-1905)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Hoisting the sails on two frigates signed 'J G Naish' (lower right) watercolor on paper 113/4 x 171/4 in. (29.9 x 43.8 cm.).
Christie's