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Tom Cat by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 51 x 61 cm (20 ¹/₈ x 24 inches) Signed and dated lower left Orovida 1961 Provenance Collection of Carel Weight Private collecti...

The Cattery by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil and pencil on canvas 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 ⅛ inches) Signed and dated upper right Orovida 1964 Provenance Estate of the artist G Hassel...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 13 x 18.5 inches Framed size: 17.75 x 23.75 inches Signed lower left

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 13 x 19 inches Framed size: 18.25 x 24.25 inches Signed lower left

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Exercising Ponies by Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on board 101.5 x 76 cm (40 x 30 inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1954 Provenance Estate of Orovida Pissarro With John Bensusan-Butt, cousin of the artist Sotheby's London, 12th October 1988 G Hassell, 25th November 1988 With John Noott, 10th June 1992 Literature K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 161 (illustrated) Exhibitions London, Bowmore Gallery, Women in Art 1850-1989, 2nd-11th November 1989 Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art, Camille Pissarro and his Descendants, January-April 2000, no.123 This work was included in the above important museum exhibition and a catalogue of the Fort Lauderdale museum show will be included with this painting. Biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, the only child of Lucien and Esther Pissarro, was the first woman in the Pissarro family to become a professional artist and the first Pissarro of her generation to take up painting. Born in Epping, England, in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London, where she was a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style from her father and, after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913, she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment, she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed an unusual style that combined elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which, for the Pissarro family, was a way of life, and her simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and use simply Orovida as a nom de peintre, reflected a desire for independence and distance from the family legacy, of which she nevertheless remained proud. Orovida's most distinctive works are her paintings from the 1920s...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 21 x 17 inches Signed lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 12 x 14 inches Framed size: 18.5 x 20.5 inches Signed and dated 1876 lower left

Acrylic on board Board size: 24 x 36 inches Framed size: 30.5 x 42.5 inches Signed lower right

Acrylic on board Board size: 20 x 30 inches Framed size: 26.25 x 36.5 inches Signed lower right

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Father, Daughter and Horse by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 ⅝ x 28 ¾ inches) Signed a...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20.5 x 27.5 inches Framed size: 24.75 x 32 inches Signed lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 12 x 10 inches Framed size: 20.5 x 18.5 inches Signed lower right

The collaboration between Keng Wai Lee and Marco Araldi is based on the contrast between the techniques used. Marco uses ink pen and gold, creating geometrical patterns and graphic i...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 10 x 14 inches Signed and dated '1887' lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches Framed size: 27.5 x 37.5 inches Signed lower right

Christopher Rainham has always been inspired by the natural world and more specifically an experience of the natural world. He is inspired by the way flora and fauna are woven into l...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 12 inches each Framed size: 24.25 x 20 inches each Signed lower left

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 30 inches Framed size: 30 x 39 inches Signed lower right

Acrylic on board Board size: 20 x 32 inches Framed size: 26.5 x 38.5 inches Signed lower right

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 27 x 24 inches Framed size: 33 x 30.5 inches Signed and date '87 lower left

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 18 inches Framed size: 31 x 25.5 inches Signed lower left

Keng Wai Lee’s gorgeously rich floral impressions are a synergy of decorative tableaux and depiction in paint on canvas of his memories and imagination. “Using acrylic as a medium, ...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 18 x 23 inches Signed lower left

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 30.5 x 25 inches Framed size: 35 x 29.5 inches Signed and dated 1865 lower left