G.L. Falconer

G.L. Falconer - 1879 Watercolour, Vines and Grapes

1879

A fine and detailed watercolour painting, depicting a still life composition with several fruits, nuts, a pumpkin and a white jar. Monogrammed to the lower right-hand corner. Well-pr...

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...

Artist/ School: English/ American School, 19th century, circa 1860's. Title: Isabella Grapes on the vine. Interesting inscription telling the history of the drawing and how the orig...

Oliver Clare British, (1853-1927) Still Life of Apples, Grapes & Other Fruit Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 19.5 inches A lovely still life painting of fruit by Oliver Clare. Apples, black grapes and plums can be seen together with a strawberry and gooseberries. The fruit is shown lying amongst foliage and trailing ivy on a woodland bank. Oliver Clare was born in Birmingham in 1853, the son of the flower artist George Clare (1839-1890) and his wife Elizabeth Bowen. His brother Vincent Clare (1856-1917) also became an artist and both would have received tuition from their father who influenced their style and subject matter. At the age of 18 he enlisted as a soldier in the Kings Own regiment, but gave this up to become a full time artist. Like his father, Clare specialised in still life paintings, containing fruit and garden flowers, often on mossy banks. Sometime after 1871, he moved to London where he married Emma Mary Webb...