Christopher Hughes

Christopher Hughes - 20th Century Watercolour, Apples and Grapes

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A still life depicting vines and grapes beside an urn. Well-presented glazed in a blue card mount with a gilt-effect border and a gilt-effect wooden frame. Signed and dated to the lo...

A fine and detailed watercolour painting, depicting a still life composition with several fruits, nuts, a pumpkin and a white jar. Monogrammed to the lower right-hand corner. Well-pr...

A fine watercolour study with gum arabic details depicting apples and berries in under bush. Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a silver gilt frame. On paper.

Excellently presented in a fluted frame with dark wood edges and a painted wood slip. Signed indistinctly. On watercolour paper.

Pair of exquisitely framed and glazed watercolours of Worcestershire fruit by the former Royal Worcester artist, Christopher Hughes. Painted specifically to fit this unique joined p...

Pair of exquisitely framed and glazed watercolours of Worcestershire fruit by the former Royal Worcester artist, Christopher Hughes. Painted specifically to fit this unique joined p...

This framed 21.5" x 17.25" watercolor on paper painting, 'Still Life with Fruit,' is by Oklahoma artist Cletus Smith. The subject matter include a brown b...

Oliver Clare British, (1853-1927) Still Life of Apples, Grapes & Other Fruit Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 19.5 inches A lovely still life painting of fruit by Oliver Clare. Apples, black grapes and plums can be seen together with a strawberry and gooseberries. The fruit is shown lying amongst foliage and trailing ivy on a woodland bank. Oliver Clare was born in Birmingham in 1853, the son of the flower artist George Clare (1839-1890) and his wife Elizabeth Bowen. His brother Vincent Clare (1856-1917) also became an artist and both would have received tuition from their father who influenced their style and subject matter. At the age of 18 he enlisted as a soldier in the Kings Own regiment, but gave this up to become a full time artist. Like his father, Clare specialised in still life paintings, containing fruit and garden flowers, often on mossy banks. Sometime after 1871, he moved to London where he married Emma Mary Webb...