Eduard Peter Moleveld

Classical Dutch Interior Still Life Painting of a Water Jug, Fruit, and Tapestry

Mid 20th Century

Naturalistic still life painting by Dutch artist Leonardus Nardus. The work features three jugs or vases set against a patterned carpet. Currently hung in a carved gold frame. Retains the original gallery tag on the reverse. Dimensions Without Frame: H 27 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: Leonardus Nardus, born in Utrecht into the Dutch upper middle class, the son of an antiquarian, was a colorful character. After training at the Amsterdam Academy, he embarked on a brief and unsuccessful gold-hunting expedition to Argentina in 1889. He then settled in America, where he became an art dealer, eventually returning to Paris a few years later. As well as being an art collector, Nardus developed his own talents as a painter. Caught up by a taste for nomadism, Léo Nardus eventually settled in Tunisia, where he built a small palace in the seaside resort of...

Wonderful example of Houston Artist David Adickes's early work. This heavily textured still life features 2 apples and 3 bottles. Most likely this work was framed at Dubose Gallery o...

Old painting, still life with fruit and an earthenware jug, classical composition, oil on canvas, signed J. Goens at the bottom right, undated but cautiously estimated at around the ...

Eye catching well rendered tabletop still life signed Andre, having glistening turquoise jug and juicy fruit in the composition. Canvas 24” W x 20” H