North Carolina - Still-life Paintings

‘Florals with Urn’ is in a classical Dutch style that dates to the 17th century. The canvas alone is 50” high by 30” wide; good-sized vertical painting, The bright flowers drape the...

Dutch teatime service, Het Servies, demonstrates superb contrast with the white service, brilliant color definition in the cloth against the wood panelled walls. Dutch, probably mid ...

17th century oil pigment painting on canvas likely Italian or Flemish/Dutch Baroque style with water/landscape view to right of blue and golden yellow bird with large floral bouquet....

'Chrysanthemums' is a mid-century painting, oil on canvas, with impasto deep layers of thick paint, creating color and texture. The petals literally leap from the surface in a way that is difficult to capture in photos. The impasto technique gives this work tremendous depth and a particular vibrance that makes it stand out and be noticed! Influenced by Matisse and Scottish Colourists, Donald Bain (1904-1979), painted 'Chrysanthemums' in post-impressionist brilliant, cheerful color, in stark contrast with the bleak years of World War II. It is a triumph of joyful expression. Bain exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. His work appears in the Scottish National Galleries, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow Museums, City Art Centre in Edinburgh, Perth, Paisley and elsewhere. Born in Renfrewshire, Bain attended Moffat Academy and soon after travelled to Paris in the 1920s where he was influenced by Matisse and later Cezanne, then returned to Glasgow in 1940. He studied art in the Glasgow School of Art where he met artists from the Glasgow Boys artist group, and the Scottish Colourists. Donald Bain, joined with Scottish Colourist Fergusson and together co-founded the 'New Scottish Group' a group of artists in and around Glasgow with shared views of the world and experience in the art of the Continent. Chrysanthemums dates to 1944, soon after forming the new movement of Scottish artists and their first exhibition in 1942. After WW II, Bain returned to France then moved back to Glasgow in 1948. He worked as a printmaker, theatre scenery...