Evan Macdonald

Tropical Plants

Othmar Ruzicka Austrian, 1877-1962 Young Woman Sewing Oil on board 19 ¾ by 23 ¾ in, w/ frame 26 by 30 in Signed and dated 1913 lower left

Striking floral still life painting by Houston based artist Nancy Paris Pruden. The work features a vase of lilies and hydrangea flowers on a table set against a gold leaf background...

This fine antique oil painting depicts two ladies seated in a 19th Century style interior. In front of the woman on the right is an antique wool spinner; the woman pauses her work at...

Large Naturalist oil on board still life of poppies in a jar by Eduard Bauer-Bredt. The painting is signed and dated bottom left and signed, titled and with exhibition number to the back board. Presented in a deep patinated custom frame. A magnificent, lovely bright, cheery and impactful floral still life. Bauer-Bredt has used brush and knife to create a wonderful atmospheric rendition of freshly picked poppies in a large ceramic jar. The pinks and reds of the flowers sing against the more subtle taupe hues of the jar and the green of the foliage. A really lovely composition beautifully rendered in the tradition of Edouard Manet, Fantin Lantour and Leon Dabo. The artist Eduard Bauer-Bredt began his artistic studies in Ansbach. He became a pupil of the Orientalist painter Ferdinand Max Bredt...