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Early Realistic Still Life Painting of Stack of Books Against a Black Background

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...

Great early Lowell Collins cubist neutral toned still life on canvas. Placed in a thin, black frame. Signed and titled by artist. Artist Biography: Born in San Antonio but raised i...

20th century still life of leather books, a brass candlestick and an inkwell with quill pen painted in an impressionistic style. Oil on canvas and signed in the lower right corner.

Title: One Book Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7.5 x 12 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2000 Circa ...