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Town on the Hill

1945

Tranquil watercolor of a rice field surrounded by a small farming village by French artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displaye...

Vibrant and inviting watercolor of a busy city scene in Madagascar by French artist Stéphane Magnard, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bo...

Dreamy watercolor landscape of a figure heading to the shore to fetch water under a dazzling sky, circa 1910. Original artwork on paper displa...

Captivating watercolor painting of a small foot path edged by a dense forest and leading to a sunlit clearing by artist Wilheim Kloden, circa 1990. Original artwork on paper displa...

Delightful watercolor of a Madagascar African fishing village by Stéphane Magnard, resident artist to the former French colony from 1950 to 1953. Original artwork on paper displ...

Excellent watercolor of island villagers tending their outdoor market stall by Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Magnard was the resident artist to the French colony of Madagascar from 1...

Artist: Harry George Theaker (English, 1873-1954) Title: "Moors, Yorkshire, UK" *No signature found Circa: 1935 Medium: Original Watercolor on watercolor paper Sheet size: 9.75" x 13.75" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Corsham, UK. "GAC" and "H.G. Theaker" pencil inscribed upper left and center on verso. Biography: Born January-March 1873 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. He was the son of George Theaker (1835-1902, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire), headmaster (principal) of the School of Art in Burslem from 1869-94 and designer for pottery. His younger brother, Charles Edmund (1875-1903) was an apprentice designer modeller and then a teacher at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem around 1900. Harry George was an apprentice pottery decorator and then a teacher. He settled in London c.1900-05 and was in charge of design at the Polytechnic in Regent Street from about 1906 onwards, where he also taught courses in 'modelling from design'. Theaker remained at the Polytechnic and is listed in prospectuses as headmaster (principal) between 1931-2 and 1937-38. Theaker was also a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. His first known published works date from about 1911, and most of his illustrations date from the 1920s and 1930s. Amongst the books he illustrated are 'The Ingoldsby Legends' by Sir Thomas Ingoldsby, London, 1911; 'Children's Stories from 'The Arabian Nights', by Rose Yeatman Woolf, 1914 (and later editions); 'The Adventures of Don Quixote', c.1920 and 1929; 'Gulliver's Travels', 1928; 'The Water Babies', 1930; 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', 1930; 'Stories of King Arthur', 1925 and 'Long, long ago: stories from the classics' both retold by Blanche Winder, the latter probably in the 1930s (see National Art Library catalogue...

This small drawing (watercolors on paper 11.5 x 13 cm, with the painted wood frame 42 x 50 cm) is the draft of a painting depicting the martyrdom of Giordano Bruno...

[CHINESE SCHOOL]. Two Watercolour Scenes. Possibly Canton ca.1820]. Very impressive large scale watercolours of Chinese scenes, presumably executed for the Western market by an an...

Wiltshire , ' Winter Light', Salisbury Plain . Modernist/ traditional watercolor works by Andrew Gradwell. Gradwell generally paints on a large scale canvas in oils. . These studie...

This is a watercolour painting by Dutch painter Frits Goosen. He painted it on one of his many trips to the UK when he comes to bring me new paintings and then to find somewhere int...

A most attractive watercolor by one of the forefathers of British watercolour painting. John White Abbott (1763-1851) A figure on horseback in a river landscape, Fordland, Devon Pen, ink, traces of pencil and wash 4¼ x 6 inches without frame 11½ x 12¾ inches with frame John White Abbott (13 May 1763 – 1851) was an English surgeon and apothecary in Exeter, remembered as a keen amateur painter in both watercolour and oils. His watercolours are close in style to those of his teacher, Francis Towne.