Mavis Smith Animal Paintings

Siamese Cat with Kittens by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Egg tempera on linen 39 x 48 cm (15³/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower right Orovida and dated lower left 1934 Provenance J Ankri, 8th October 1967 Literature K L Erickson, Orovida Pissarro: Painter and Print-Maker with A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, (doctoral thesis), Oxford, 1992, Appendices, no. 51, p. 56 (illustrated) Exhibition London, The Leicester Galleries, Paintings by Orovida, February 1935, no. 6 Women’s International Art Club, 20th February - 13th March 1937, no. 273 London, Redfern Gallery, Ten Years of Work by Orovida, 5th-28th May 1938, no. 7 London, The Royal Society of British Artists, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 281 (possibly the etching) London, O’Hana Gallery, Paintings, Drawings and Coloured Etchings: Orovida, 3rd-18th October 1957, no. 13 Artist biography Orovida Camille Pissarro, Lucien and Esther Pissarro’s only child, was the first woman in the Pissarro family as well as the first of her generation to become an artist. Born in Epping, England in 1893, she lived and worked predominantly in London where she became a prominent member of several British arts clubs and societies. She first learned to paint in the Impressionist style of her father, but after a brief period of formal study with Walter Sickert in 1913 she renounced formal art schooling. Throughout her career, Orovida always remained outside of any mainstream British art movements. Much to Lucien's disappointment she soon turned away from naturalistic painting and developed her own unusual style combining elements of Japanese, Chinese, Persian and Indian art. Her rejection of Impressionism, which for the Pissarro family had become a way of life, together with the simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a deep desire for independence and distance from the weight of the family legacy. Orovida's most distinctive and notable works were produced from the period of 1919 to 1939 using her own homemade egg tempera applied in thin, delicate washes to silk, linen or paper and sometimes embellished with brocade borders. These elegant and richly decorative works generally depict Eastern, Asian and African subjects, such as Mongolian horse...

Oil and tempera on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed. Includes a beautiful wooden frame cm. 66x54.5.

Adriana van Zoest Belle 21 x 30 cm Framed in a black wooden frame: 32 x 42 cm Oil paint on wood panel Dutch artist, painter, Adriana van Zoest, lives and works in Warmenhuizen, in t...

Sichuan Forest (2019), oil painting, ecosystem, animals, panda, monkey, fauna "Sichuan Forest" by Alexis Kandra. Figurative oil painting with pigmented metal foil in metallic green ...

Bratin Khan - Untitled - 42 x 50 inches Tempera on canvas. The anecdotes and narratives of Krishna's life are generally titled as Krishna Leela. He is a central character in the Ma...

Calvin Lai's (US based) "Pensive Moment" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. Artist Bio: Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, ...

Looking At You (2019), a collaboration between artists Gigi Chen and Loren Abbate. Acrylic and colored pencil on wood panel depicting a figurative painting of a bird perched on a win...

Another Day by E. Melinda Morrison is 24 x 30 is egg tempera on an ACM panel. Framed in a black 3-1/2" gilded frame. ACM (Aluminum Composite Material) panels have several advantag...

Bart Koning (Dutch artist) Seahorse II 20,8 x 15,8 cm (Framed included in price 21,2 x 16,2) Oil paint on wood panel We're proud to introduce Dutch/ German artist Bart Koning. Incr...

An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...

Erik van Elven Full Metal Jacket 50 x 70 cm ( Framed 55 x 75 cm, frame is included in price) Oil on dibond/ aluminium Dutch artist Erik van Elven is not the person to 'think in ter...

Subha Basu - Prehistoric Tempera on Paper, 17 x 21.25 inches, 2017 Born - 1982 at Kolkata. B.V.A from The Indian College of Art & Draftsmanship in 2006, M....