Ewer, Peach and Grapes Raymond Campbell
SOLD: Ewer, Peach and Grapes – Raymond Campbell
Tag: paintings
SOLD : Two Fashionable Ladies in the Park – Doris Zinkeisen
Two Fashionable Ladies in the Park Doris Zinkeisen
Racing Pigeon – 19th century oil painting
Racing Pigeon: 19th century oil painting
Pheasants in a Wooded Landscape – Colin Burns
Pheasants in a Wooded Landscape: Colin Burns
BESIDE THE SEASIDE
Rene Jerome Legrand 1953-1996 Children playing in the sea Oil on Canvas Signed 20 x 28.5 cm Sold Post Brexit, 'staycations ' are in vogue and families are increasingly spending their holidays at British seaside towns. We are returning to a gentler bucket and spade type holiday started in the Victorian era. Rene Legrand 1923-1996 [...]
SUMMER FLOWERS
One of the main events of the summer season is the Chelsea Flower Show. It is held in May for five days by the Royal Horticultural Society and has been at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, since 1912. The worlds biggest annual flower show started in 1990 and is held in July at Hampton Court [...]
The Summer Exhibition
'Held without interruption since 1769, the Summer Exhibition displays works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists ' Royal Academy. This year the guest curator at the Summer Exhibition was British sculptor Richard Wilson RA. Entry to the Exhibition is open to all artists and over 1200 pictures were hung [...]
THE QUEENS 90th BIRTHDAY PARTY
It was the Queen's official birthday this weekend and it was celebrated with a service at St Paul's cathedral followed by the Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade. The finale of the celebrations was a giant street party on the Mall. Queen Elizabeth II is the great- granddaughter of Edward VII [1901-1940] who inherited [...]
Springtime
The clocks have sprung forward and Spring is now officially here, even though it is still a bit chilly. This painting, by Claude Cardon, sums up this feeling beautifully. It is a lovely tranquil pastoral scene with apple blossom and sheep, which so typifies his work. Claude Cardon exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893- 1913, at the [...]
The Gathering Storm
Storm Katie hit our shores at the weekend with gusts of wind in excess of 100 mph . It was, apparently, the 11th named storm of the season, causing disruption across much of England in the Easter holiday. This poor French girl hurrying barefoot along the coastal path, trying to escape the impending squall , is a very moody and powerful [...]