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Late 19th Century Gouache - Fishermen on a Mediterranean Shore

Late 19th Century

A fine gouache and watercolour painting by the artist William Carlaw RSW. The scene depicts a seascape with four fishermen handling a large net. The skilful application of colour and...

A fine landscape scene depicting the dramatic coastal scenery and rocky outcrops of Faraglioni, Italy. Figures can be seen in the foreground looking out to sea amongst intricately pa...

A fine watercolor seascape by William Harford, depicting fisherman gathered on rocks by the beach. A castle is just visible in the background, high up on a cliff. Signed in graphite ...

This delightful scene depicts a woman on a Mediterranean Terrace looking out to sea. The sun casts a warm glow over the scene as it begins to set on the horizon. Signed to the lower ...

Titled on lower center. Image 36.4x49 - 14.33 x 19.29 in. / Frame 54.7 x 66.5 - 21.54 x 26.18 in. Beautiful 19th century representation of the Gulf and the Bay of Pozzuoli near Nap...

19th Century Italian Watercolor of Fishing Boats in the Bay of Naples. Charming antique watercolor depicting the Bay of Naples with fishermen and their boats at their daily chores. ...

Explore the enchanting beauty of a 19th-century gouache painting depicting the breathtaking Gulf of Naples in Italy. This exquisite artwork, crafted with the opaque watercolor mediu...

Gouache Nealopitane Marine, Italy, 2011, cm.22x33. Lacquered wooden frame. Delicious gouache made in 2011 by an unknown artist, using the method of the ancient masters of the landscape. Gouache paint is a non-permanent, water-based, opaque and opaque paint made opaque with the addition of a chalky white pigment. Invented in Europe in 500, it was initially used to carry out preliminary sketches of large oil works. It is characterized by a great ease of drafting and a lively color rendering, but it requires great skill, certainty in drawing and an extreme speed of execution, as it dries quickly and cannot be retouched. Precisely these characteristics give a particular liveliness and freshness to the works, characterized by light and opaque tones, very different from the glossy compactness of egg tempera and the transparency of the oil. Widely used in canvas paintings and miniatures. The technique was often used by landscape painters, such as Xavier Della Gatta, Pietro Fabris, Alessandro d'Anna...