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Carpe Diem Fish Painting

2019

Pin prick watercolour. Antique watercolour painting with pin pricking of a street vendor in double-sided glassed frame. Signed Babette Baronne Roth. Germany, 1785, Dimension: 14....

John Lavalle (1896-1971) gilt-framed watercolor of the tower of Pisa. Italy, 1926. Signed lower middle left. Dimension: Frame 24" W x 21" H x 1" D; sight: 16.25" W x 13" H.

Mikhail Tkatchenko, (1860-1916) oil on panel, circa 1896. Maritime imperial court painter under both Alexander III and Nicholas II. Painting subject purported to be of the Imperial R...

Pair of Watercolours with Jardin du Luxembourg views. Pair of American watercolours with views in the Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris, circa 1910 in original frames. Dimension each: 11....

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Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest works for GSY Studio Gallery Summer Exhibition 2025, this set including 3 paintings. This series created in her winter studio while longi...

The Evangelist Mathew after a Russian Icon. School of Moscow, 15th century. Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso, over a wooden board. Dimensions: (H) 52 x (W) 36 x (D) 3 cm. Saint Matthew, the Evangelist, is represented at his own desk, a true artisan laboratory. THE THECHNIQUE This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon: “The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal. The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability. Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well. Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is "shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24 carat gold . Now does the actual process of painting begin. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments. Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light. When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”. ABOUT THE ARTIST Oliver Samsinger...

This painting is part of a series titled Sublime Memories. It is inspired by the commonly unseen aspects of nature that I notice when in such an environment. I look for those element...