Evelyn Mary Watherston

Evelyn Mary Watherston RA (1880-1952) - Signed Oil, The Refectory

Early 20th Century

A striking Mid Century oil on board showing a darkened bar room interior with gestural figures sitting around the room on a checkered floor. The artist h...

A beautifully considered and composed interior scene with nods to the darkened Dutch interiors of the 1600s, this late 19th Century oil shows a skilled hand and an accomplished eye, ...

An unusually stylised oil interior scene showing a rustic smithy in Weeton, Yorkshire. The artist has achieved the naturalistic lighting of a room lit by daylight from an unseen wind...

A captivating interior study full of middle eastern colour. Presented in a contemporary gilt-effect frame. Illegibly signed to the lower left and dated 1996. On canvas on stretchers.

A charming interior scene in oil from the mid 19th Century, showing a pretty, blonde haired child kneeling before a painting of the Madonna and Child, hands clasped at her chest in prayer. The scene is far from solemn, despite the pious nature of the subject. The little girl has a warm complexion and a delicate half smile as she gazes in reverence at the Madonna. The artist has rendered the interior with wonderful exactitude and detail, particularly in the parquet floor...

A beautiful church interior, dimly lit by oil lamps burning on the walls. The altar is the brightest point of the painting and draws the viewer's gaze ...

Christy Stallop's (US based) "Snack Bandit" is an oil painting that depicts a Crow wearing a green wrestling mask.

Christy Stallop's (US based) "Fry Crusher" is an oil painting that depicts a Crow wearing a red and blue wrestling mask.

L. Clarence Ball "The Gossips" 1885 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Site Size: approx 16 x 24 inches Framed Size: approx 23 x 31 inches Born in Mount Vern...

JOSÉ VILLEGAS Y CORDERO Spanish 1844 - 1921 "The Florence Sisters" signed "Villegas" (lower left) oil on canvas 33-1/2 X 40-1/2 inches (84.5 X 102.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, Seville, Spain José Villegas Cordero (Seville, August 26, 1844-Madrid, November 9, 1921) was a Spanish painter. He directed the Prado Museum between 1901 and 1918. Biography He was the brother of the painter Ricardo Villegas Cordero. He began his apprenticeship very young with José María Romero, with whom he remained for two years until entering the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was under the tutelage of Eduardo Cano. In 1860, when he was only 16 years old, he sold his work Little Philosophy for 2,000 reais at the Seville Exhibition. In 1867 he traveled to Madrid, where he entered Federico Madrazo's studio. There he established friendship with painters Eduardo Rosales and Fortuny. He went regularly to the Prado where he copied Velázquez, from whom he acquired spontaneity and the use of color for his technique. Finally, and out of admiration for Fortuny's orientalist painting, he returned to Seville and organized an excursion to Morocco. At the end of 1868 he decided to travel to Rome accompanied by the painters Rafael Peralta and Luis Jiménez Aranda...

JOSÉ VILLEGAS CORDERO Spanish, 1844 - 1921 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE signed & dated "J. Villegas. / Junio 1913." (lower left) oil on canvas 19-3/8 x 28-3/4 inches (49 x 73 cm.) framed: 27-1/2 x 36-3/4 inches (69.5 x 93 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, Seville, Spain José Villegas Cordero (Seville, August 26, 1844-Madrid, November 9, 1921) was a Spanish painter. He directed the Prado Museum between 1901 and 1918. He was the brother of the painter Ricardo Villegas Cordero. He began his apprenticeship very young with José María Romero, with whom he remained for two years until entering the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was under the tutelage of Eduardo Cano. In 1860, when he was only 16 years old, he sold his work Little Philosophy for 2,000 reais at the Seville Exhibition. In 1867 he traveled to Madrid, where he entered Federico Madrazo's studio. There he established friendship with painters Eduardo Rosales and Fortuny. He went regularly to the Prado where he copied Velázquez, from whom he acquired spontaneity and the use of color for his technique. Finally, and out of admiration for Fortuny's orientalist painting, he returned to Seville and organized an excursion to Morocco. At the end of 1868 he decided to travel to Rome accompanied by the painters Rafael Peralta and Luis Jiménez Aranda...

Lovely mid-century interior of a red table, green vase, and other objects by an unknown American artist, c.1940. This harmonious interior scene is rendered in beautiful realistic det...