Late 19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Three botanical studies, watercolor on paper, mounted together in a single frame. Signed and dated Ester Brunstedt, 1898 on the reverse. This elegant group of three botanical waterco...

This delicate still life scene depicts an elaborate floral arrangement in a ceramic vase with fruits in the foreground, set against a scenic mountain backdrop. Well presented in an o...

A finely-drawn, pastel still-life showing red tulips informally arranged in a Chelsea soft paste porcelain Chocolate pot decorated in the Japanese style and set beside a cup and sauc...

This is a beautiful and highly decorative watercolor painting, featuring a charming garden scene filled with pink and white hollyhocks alongside blooming roses. Nestled among the del...

Signed lower right, 'Laurence Bell' (British, died 1916) and painted circa 1910. Bell studied at the Bushey School of Art in Hertfordshire in England. His preferred subject was land...

English School, late 19th century botanical study - Morning Glory. Presented in a glazed oval frame. Signed and dated to the lower edge. On paper.

Flowers, 1882 Gouache and watercolor on paper 14 x 20 1/8 inches (35.6 x 51.1 cm) Framed dimensions: 23 x 29 1/4 inches Signed and dated lower right: J. Alden Weir / '82 Signed lowe...

JOHN GEORGE SOWERBY (1849-1914) Tailpiece for “A Rainy Day” Watercolour heightened with white, circular Unframed, in mount only Diameter 7 cm., 2 ¼ in. (mount size 25.5 by 20 cm., 10 by 8 in.) Reproduced: J G Sowerby & Thomas Crane, At Home, Marcus Ward & Co, 1881, p.17. The current work was reproduced in Sowerby and Crane’s 1881 children’s book...

Conditions: Very good overall condition. Edge right, visible under UV Light, minor retouching (5mm). The frame is period frame original baring stickers from Galleries in London. Di...

Condition: Excellent overall Condition. Original canvas and frame. No restauration necessary. No retouching under UV light. Dimensions with frame 28 x 34 cm. Complementary shipping w...

A delicate late-nineteenth century still life study in watercolour by Pauline Walker. The composition depicts a blue and white china vase of flowers, their stems beginning to droop a...

This delicate still life scene depicts an elaborate arrangement of white roses, lilies and delicate blue flowers in a ceramic vase. Presented in an ornate gilt frame with intricate m...

Martin Jules CHOUARD (1839-1919) Swags of Apples a Pair of Watercolours c1890 A near pair of decorative watercolour paintings signed and presented in expensive stylish maple frames....

Lowell Nesbitt Untitled Rose, 1983 Graphite on Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper Signed and dated on the front Framed Unique, poignant, exquisitely rendered graphite drawing on watercolor paper with deckled edges. This work is framed and ready to hang; frame bears Alan Brown Gallery (Hartsdale) label verso. It was acquired from the Estate of Noel Frackman, renowned art historian, scholar, writer, and professor with a lifelong passion for 20th Century Art - and a close personal friend of Lowell Nesbitt. She earned a M.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in English Literature and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. She was an art critic for the Patent Trader Newspaper and the Scarsdale Inquirer, contributing editor for Arts Magazine, author of numerous catalogs including ''John Storrs'', for the Whitney Museum of American Art. For 19 years she was a faculty member at Purchase College, State University of New York. Measurements: Framed: 13 inches by 13 inches x .5 Artwork: approx. 10.5 inches by 10.5 inches Lowell Nesbitt Biography: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 October 1933. He studied at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Nesbitt worked in abstraction until Robert Indiana suggested in the early 1960s that he explore realism in his paintings. As subjects for his work he favored studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, his Rottweiler, the Neo-Classical facades of 19th century cast iron buildings, and Manhattan's bridges. He was also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. In 1980, the United States Post Office issued...

An original still life painting by Edith Mary Cottam (1864-1942) depicting an abundant arrangement of tropical and temperate fruits, including a prominent pineapple, clusters of pale...

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842 Berlin - 1915 ibid.). Sketch of a female torso with hands and an umbrella. Pencil on paper, 27.5 x 22.5 cm (visible size)...

Evelyn De Morgan (British, 1855 – 1919) Narcissi Pencil on paper 5.1/2 x 15 in. (14 x 38 cm.) Provenance: The Clayton-Stamm Collection. Dominic Wint...

A finely detailed watercolour study of a dead robin in a snowy landscape. An exhibition label to the reverse reveals that this painting - as well as another by the same artist of a s...

[ANON.] Collection of Watercolour Designs for Silverware. South Germany, [Late 19th century]. A series of 9 watercolours, each framed and glazed, ...

A fine study in watercolour and gum arabic depicting a goldfinch and its nest. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.

JEBEZ BLIGH (1832-1900) Mushrooms in a Basket Signed and dated l.r.: J BLIGH / 74 Watercolour Framed 22.5 by 31.5 cm., 9 by 12 in. (frame size 42.5 by 51 cm., 16 ¾ by 20 in.) Jeb...

A fine watercolour study depicting a blue tit by a nest of eggs and primroses. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.

A fine watercolour study of a game bird and hare in a pantry interior. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a part gilt frame.

JEBEZ BLIGH (1832-1900) Mushrooms in a Basket Signed and dated l.r.: J BLIGH / 74 Watercolour Framed 22.5 by 31.5 cm., 9 by 12 in. (frame size 42.5 by 51 cm., 16 ¾ by 20 in.) Jeb...

Alexander Frenz (1861 Rheydt - 1941 Düsseldorf). Plant impression in Locarno. Gouache and watercolour. 35 x 23,5 cm (visible size), 49,5 x 38,5 cm (fra...

[CHINESE SCHOOL]. Group of Eight Exotic Fruit. 19th century, c.1880. Group of eight watercolour and gouache pith papers of Exotic Fruits, edged in turquoise silk ribbon and laid ...

Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) A Flowerbed signed lower left Watercolor on paper, 15.5 x 23.5 cm Framed : 25.5 x 33 cm This is a particularly original work by Paul Lecomte. It shows his ...

Gustave Riquet (1866-1938) Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 (Carnations of life) Signed and dated on the lower right, The text on the lower left is the following "Cueille dès aujourd'hui les oeillets de la vie" , which can be translated as "Pick today the carnations of life" watercolor on paper 37.5 x 51.5 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 53 x 67 cm The text clearly gives the meaning of this allegorical portrait...

Hans Richard von Volkmann (1860 Halle (Saale) - 1927 ibid.), Clay jug on a bench. Pencil and Watercolour on paper. 20 x 26,7 cm (visible size), 37 x 45 cm (frame), dated and monogrammed lower left "Februar 1890 - HR. V. V." - Minimally tanned. Framed behind glass in a passepartout. About the artwork Using the technique of his early youth - pencil and watercolour - Hans Richard von Volkmann depicts a still life. However, this is not a conventional indoor still life, but an open-air depiction, painted outdoors and not in the studio. It is therefore an open-air painting, characteristic of von Volkmann's oeuvre, which could have been painted in the Willingshausen colony of painters, where open-air painting was programmatically practised there and the artist stayed there that year. And indeed, this painting is a manifesto of open-air painting. Von Volkmann demonstrates that leaving the studio for the light of nature leads to an entirely new quality of art. To prove this, he uses the genre of still life, which can be described as the studio subject par excellence. Moreover, light plays an essential role in the classical still life. It is the real protagonist of the still life. And it is precisely this moment, essential to the still life, that von Volkmann exploits to demonstrate the potential of plein-air painting: He presents the objects as they appear in the sunlight. The date of February and the bare branches in the foreground make it clear that this is a clear winter day in bright sunlight. The delicate plant in the foreground casts a clearly defined shadow, as does the jug. However, the shadow is most pronounced on the jug itself: The underside of the handle appears almost black, making the top, and therefore the jug itself, shine all the more brightly. The shining of the objects in the sunlight is also visible on the bench. As complementary phenomena to the shadow zones, light edges can be seen on the boards of the seats and the upper foot of the bench shines entirely in the light. To achieve this intensity of light, von Volkmann activated the bright white of the painting ground. By depicting the objects in glistening sunlight, von Volkmann demonstrates that this quality of light is only to be found outdoors. And this light leads to a new way of looking at the objects themselves. The jug on the bench seems like an accidental arrangement, as if the artist had stumbled upon this unintentional still life and captured it with fascination. And in this fascination there is a moment of realisation that refers to the objects themselves. It is only when they shine brightly in the sunlight that their true nature is revealed. In this way, sunlight allows the objects to come into their own, so to speak. Sunlight, which is not present in the studio, gives the still life an entirely new dimension of reality, which is also reflected in the colours interwoven by the sunlight: The bench and the jug stand in a harmonious grey-pink contrast to the green of the implied meadow. The emphasis on the jug as the central subject of the picture also implies that the watercolour has not been completed. This non finito inscribes a processuality into the picture, making it clear that something processual has been depicted, the temporality of which has been made artistically permanent. This is why von Volkmann signed the painting and dated it to the month. About the Artist Von Volkmann made his first artistic attempts at the age of 14. He painted many watercolours of his home town of Halle. This laid the foundation for his later outdoor painting. In 1880 his autodidactic beginnings were professionalised with his admission to the Düsseldorf Art Academy. There he studied under Hugo Crola, Heinrich Lauenstein, Johann Peter Theodor Janssen and Eduard von Gebhardt until 1888. Von Volkmann then moved to the Karlsruhe Academy, where he was Gustav Schönleber's master pupil until 1892. In 1883 he came for the first time to Willingshausen, Germany's oldest painters' colony, at the suggestion of his student friend Adolf Lins...

A stunning 19th Century antique gouache on paper still life by an unknown artist. This beautiful work comes in its original antique frame with new archival mat presentation.

A delicate watercolour study of grapes. Well-presented in a distressed gilt-effect frame. Signed to the lower right. On paper. Image size: 11 x 15.5cm.

A fine study of game birds in a pantry interior surrounded by ceramics. Signed to the lower left quadrant. Presented in a rustic part gilt frame. Image size: 9 x 11cm.

Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) A trophy of arms, 1885 11.5 x 20 cm Pen and ink with heightenings of white gouache on paper Signed and dated 1885 lower right and annotated "Armée française...

Elizabeth Jenkins was born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1841. By the early 1870s the artist was living in Yuba County, California. In 1873 she exhibited at the California State Fair.

Louis-Eugène Lambert (1825-1900) La Montagne qui accouche d'une souris (The Mountain and the mouse) Pen and black ink, ink wash on paper Signed lower ...

A meticulously detailed still life composition, featuring a glass of wine, peaches, an apple, and hazelnuts arranged on a plate. Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented i...

A finely detailed watercolour study of a dead sparrow. This painting - as well as another by the same artist of a robin, also listed on our website (sr717) - was exhibited at the Lon...

Conditions : Very good overall Conditions. Large original canvas No prior restorations under UV light. Includes the Original frame. Size including frame is 67 x 51 cm. Complemen...

House temple in Singaradja, 1904 Signed with initials upper centre and described with location and date, lower centre (vaguely in pencil 11 oct.). Pencil, ink and watercolour on pap...

Blanche ODIN Troyes 1865 - Bagnères-de-Bigorre 1957 Throw of flowers, nasturtiums Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 25 x 16.5 cm sheet 37 x 30.5 cm frame

Still Life with Lemon and Hat is beautiful original oil pastel and chalk drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by an anonymous French artist of the end of XIX century. On a table...

A charming 19th Century still life study depicting a seashell, dog roses and a pansy carefully placed before a rock. The artist captures the delicate flowers and their textures in gr...

Conditions ; Excellent condition, original canvas frame, no prior retouching or restauration, and no future restauration necessary. Original Victorian gilet frame in perfect conditio...

'A Buginese boat, Semarang 1898’ Signed, dated, and annotated, upper right Pen, brush and ink on cardboard, H. 11.4 x W. 26.3 cm Literature: Venselaar, 2019, p. 69 (ill.)

19th century Hungarian artist. Possibly, by the Hungarian "Sculptor" Lohr Franz, 1874-1918. Measures: 26"H x 35" W, tempera and watercolor on paper. Overall size is 30" x 39". Signed...

English school from the end of the 19th century Watercolor and gouache 38 x 28 cm (60x49 cm with the frame) Very beautiful late 19th century frame in pitch pine wood. Very good condition This watercolor was made for the diamond "jubilee" in 1897 of Queen Victoria, crowned on the 20 June 1837 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also Queen of Canada from 1867 and Empress of India from 1876. This watercolor represents two portraits of the Queen, one in 1837 and the other in 1897, as well as a beautiful diamond which reminds of the famous Indian diamond the Koh-i-Nor which was presented in 1850 to Queen Victoria, for the 250th anniversary of the English East India Company, and cut and mounted on a tiara with two thousand other diamonds in 1852. We also recognize in this watercolor the insignia of the Order of the Star of India...

BRITISH SCHOOL (19th Century) Still Life of Cherry and Holly Leaf Watercolour and bodycolour Unframed, in mount only 10.5 by 7.5 cm., 4 ¼ by 3 in. (mount size 25 by 21 cm., 6 by 8...