Carlo Ravagnan

View of Burano - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1978

1978

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1973. Hand signed lower left. Titled and dated on rear. Excellent condition.

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1977. Hand signed lower right. Dated on rear. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, d...

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Excellent condition.

Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1978. Hand signed lower right. Title on rear. Excellent condition.

Delightful watercolor painting of a sunlit view of the Venice canals through a stone archway by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Original ...

From the Calcina, September (Venice), Watercolour over Pencil Painting, 1991 Additional information: Medium: Watercolour over pencil 15.2 x 21.6 cm 6 x 8 1/2 in Signed, dated and titled on the reverse Peter Greenham was a distinguished figurative painter of portraits, landscapes and incidents from domestic life. His work was both sensitive and intelligent and like himself, without showiness or pretension. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools and a popular figure who taught many well-known artists including Martin Yeoman, Peter Kuhfeld, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy and Jane Corsellis. Greenham was born in Streatham and educated at Dulwich before studying English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington from 1936-39 under the supervision of Ernest Jackson. After leaving Byam Shaw he became a schoolmaster at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1951 and an R.A. in 1960. In 1964 he succeeded Sir Henry Rushbury as Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools, a position he held with distinction until his retirement in 1985. The Keeper has the responsibility of running the RA Schools and Greenham showed himself to have great sympathy and understanding for his students. In retirement he was able to concentrate entirely on his painting and tended to paint places he knew well such as the Norfolk coast, Northumberland, Oxfordshire and Annecy as well as his wife, the painter Jane Dowling...

Andrea Biondetti (1851-1946) Canal in Venice Watercolor painting on paper Size: 24x15 cm (48x39 cm including the frame) Last Quarter 19th Century Signed lower right The painting wa...

Andrea Biondetti (1851-1946) Canal with gondola in Venice Watercolor painting on paper Size: 24x15 cm (48x39 cm including the frame) Last Quarter 19th Century Signed lower right Th...