Margherita Leoni

Gold thistle screen oil painted - self-supporting exclusive piece of furniture

2024

The artist has an elegant mark of nature, and the experience of working en plein air allows her to capture emotions that would otherwise not be possible. She is considered Italy's best botanical artist and collaborates with many botanical gardens where she also holds watercolour courses, a technique she masters like few contemporary artists. The artist herself prepared the background in real, stainless gold, which gives it a modern, warm surface that chameleonically matches the colours of the surrounding walls. Margherita Leoni was born and raised in Italy, however, she spent most of her adult life in San Paulo, Brazil. It was there that she started a collaboration with the botanical faculty of the local university, allowing her to develop interesting research in rare botanical species studies and drawings. For this reason, most of her artworks, illustrate Brasilian botanical species, both rare and common. The artist's mastery of watercolour allows her to take part in botanical expeditions where she paints in plein air. Given her exquisite watercolour technique and her extensive botanical knowledge, Margherita Leoni is considered the heir of Margaret Mee. Among her most important exhibitions, three of her artworks were selected by Shirley Sherwood...

Margherita Leoni's ability to balance botanical precision and interpretive innovation is evident in this oil painting. The canvas, partly in view and partly prepared with pure gold, ...

Details: Dandelion and bee hand-forged in iron with gold leaf Features: indoor or outdoor sculpture, perfect as a centerpiece Origin: Italy Material: Wrought iron Condition: New A...

The ceramic sculpture made in Italy's best artistic kiln, Gatti, is coated (when fired) with a pure gold patina. Essential and meaningful, it is an object of rare elegance, at the ...

Screen with gold leafing details by Robert Crowder depicting beautiful illustration of birds and botanical details. Made in USA, 1950s. *Signed on the lower right Dimensions: 94"H x...

Unique Hand-Painted Screen with Sculptural Brass by Jan Garncarek and Ewelina Makosa Each screen is unique and signed by Jan Garncarek and Ewelina Makosa Full brass frame. Hand painted on both sides of the screen. Dimensions: 180 x 5 x 200cm Weight:20 kg Hand painted cloth...

Gold leaf Painting, Gold leaf Painting, abstract gold painting,"Royal Throne" A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : Materials: Gold Leaf, Oil, Minerals This is a hand-signed piece with a...

Folding screen Broadway divided in six panels, two in golden leaf, two black lacquered, another made through marquetry in walnut wood and other in ebony veneer.