Spanish School

Still Life with Fish and Large Copper Pot, Late 18th Century Spanish Painting

Oil on canvas Image size: 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (34.25 x 29 cm) Original Giltwood frame It is likely that this work was inspired by Matthew Smith's wor...

Oil on canvas, inscribed on reverse Image size: 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (47 x 47 cm) This abstract still life has been painted intuitively by the artist in a limited palette of soft ...

Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed on the reverse Image size: 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (59 x 49 cm) Framed in a Watts frame This study by the Victorian artist Thomas Cooper Gotch cele...

Oil on canvas, signed and dated '1975' bottom right Image size: 10 1/4 x 12 inches (26 x 30cm) Contemporary style frame This still life is a meticulous study by the artist of a selection of plants and flowers that could be found in any English hedgerow or roadside verge. Here Newcombe has depicted wild grasses, flowering nettles and dandelions in various states in their life cycle; pre-bud, full flower and having lost all of the fluffy seeds. The detail in this work is fine and reminiscent of the accuracy that was executed in 17th century Dutch artworks...

Gordon Scott ARCA 1914 - 2016 Summer Flowers Oil on canvas, signed lower left Image size: 23.5 x 20 inches Contemporary style frame Gordon Scott was trained at the Royal College of Art (1934-38) under Gilbert Spencer, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney. In 1938 he was awarded a Travelling Scholarship by the R.C.A. for painting. A reserved and highly principled man, during WWII he was a conscientious objector, stationed at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain. His defined role there is unknown, but during his time there he produced a number of sketches and paintings of soldiers and other personnel who passed through the camp. In 1946 Joseph Dixon...

William Henry Hunt 1790 - 1864 Bird's Nest Oil on canvas Image size: 11½ x 8⅜ inches William Henry Hunt was a painter and watercolourist of fruit and flowers, landscapes and rust...

Oil paint on canvas Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects. In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections. Mr. Newton resides in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting. The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "Here I wish to evoke feelings of the night sky, in this quiet still life. A moment experienced fully, r...

Hand signed. Oil on canvas.

This symphony of blue, rich in textures, reflexes and ornaments, the charm of the east, the plastic language of symbolism. The combination of warm and cold shade and light on canvas....

The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas. The beautiful, inspiring summer landscape with apples sets you up for 100% positive and a burst of energy. This is a real vitamin boos...

"Fall Arrangement" by James Zamora invites viewers into a world of autumnal splendor, where the artist's adept use of impressionism transforms a simple still life into a celebration ...