Stone Still-life Paintings

Pietra Dura Watermelon Slice, Italian inlaid Marbles. Plaque 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches. Overall framed size is 12-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches. Watermelon Pietra Dura Plaque, hand made for Ugolin...

"Still life of Flower Bouquet on Alabaster" circa 1820's Gouache on alabaster 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 (12 3/4 x 10 3/4 frame) inches Follower of Pierre Joseph Redouté 1759-1840, the artist brought all the finesse and care required for this work to seduce us and hold our attention at first glance, delicately painted in gouache on an alabaster plate, he added here and there a drop of water which adds freshness to the whole while showing us his virtuosity. A white rose, a parrot tulip and a few forget-me-nots to enhance the composition and the harmonious bouquet bursts with gaiety against a background of luminous alabaster. Unsigned, this gouache dates from the years 1820 - 1830, it is enhanced by a channel frame which has retained its original gilding. Redouté was an official court artist of Marie Antoinette, and continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. He survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted. He combined great artistic skills with a pleasing, ingratiating personality which assisted him with his influential patrons. After Queen Marie-Antoinette, his patrons included both of Napoleon's wives -- Empress Joséphine and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma—as well as Maria Amalia...

abstract "Quiet..." acrylic linen canvas 100x100cm certificate turquoise blue oxydation deliver in wooden crate I left with the idea of an iceberg melting… I didn’t want to go on abo...

abstract "A fresh spring" acrylic oxydation collage poudre de marbre linen canvas 100x100cm certificate from the artist send in a wood crate The pleasure of...

abstract acrylic collage canvas linen 120x60cm send wood crate Living in Brittany with granite and slates, on a rainy day I needed to make a window appe...

Brendan H. Johnston (American, b. 1984) Drawing, Sculpture, and Painting 2020 Drawing Signed in monogram and dated, lower left: BHJ 20 Oil on copper panel 16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm) Sculpture Signed in monogram and dated, lower left: BHJ MMXX Oil on marble panel 16 x 20 inches (30.6 x 50.8cm) Painting Signed in monogram and dated, lower left: BHJ 20 Oil on wood panel 16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm) The tradition of trompe l’oeil painting can be traced back to antiquity and its most famous painters—the Greeks Zeuxis and Parrhasius—who painted illusionistic paintings in a contest to settle their rivalry. As Pliny the Elder related in his Naturalis Historia, while Zeuxis painted a still-life of grapes that tempted a bird to try to pluck one from the bunch, Parrhasius painted a curtain so realistic that Zeuxis reached out to pull it aside. Artists and collectors from the Renaissance to today have been captivated by the story of Zeuxis and Parrhasius, as well as by the illusionistic deception of trompe l’oeil paintings. Some of the most visually arresting and memorable paintings in the history of art are works in this genre, from Van Eyck to Magritte. A particular genre of trompe l’oeil in which a variety of objects are fictively hung, suspended, or attached to a flat surface emerged in the seventeenth century. Letter racks, gun racks, doors, cabinets, and windows were the setting for the painted illusion of life-size items that might normally appear in such contexts. While the technical prowess of the artist was well-demonstrated by these realistic visual jokes, a subtle message might well be embedded by the choice and placement of the objects depicted. In the late nineteenth century, the tradition of these trompe l’oeil paintings jumped the Atlantic and achieved new life with artists such as J. F. Peto, William Harnett, and John Haberle...

This is a contemporary botanical cyanotype print made using natural sunlight. The technique is combined with a Suminagashi marbling (a traditional japanese technique), that was previ...

This is a contemporary botanical cyanotype print made using natural sunlight. The technique is combined with a Suminagashi marbling (a traditional japanese technique), that was previ...

"Cement Tulips" is a Darius Yektai painting, using wet cement as paint, directly onto canvas. When painting with cement, you only have a short amount of time to work with the materi...

Under the painter’s eye root vegetables freshly harvested from the garden, soil still clinging to their roots, become a painterly symphony of colour and form, their outlines blurring...

Under the painter’s eye root vegetables freshly harvested from the garden, soil still clinging to their roots, become a painterly symphony of colour and form, their outlines blurring...

Henriques’ paintings find beauty in the everyday objects that populate and document our lives.

Henriques’ paintings find beauty in the everyday objects that populate and document our lives.

This abstracted floral painting by American artist Mia Frandsen is entitled 'Blooms of Indigo III' and was created in 2017. This work belongs to Mia's lovely 'Bloom' series and uses ...