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Neil Drury - 1970 Watercolour, Flowers

1970

A very fine, delicate and detailed watercolour painting with pencil and gum arabic. The scene depicts two Comma butterflies flying over tall grass. Monogrammed and dated to the lower...

Gouache applied to plasterboard creates a beautiful impressionistic study of apples. The artwork is monogramed, inscribed on the reverse, and presented in a wood frame with glazing....

Finished with body colour highlights this study of a rose bush truly glows. The artwork is signed in graphite in the bottom left-hand corner, and is well presented in a thin wood frame...

Well presented in a double card mount and a bronze textured frame. Signed illegibly. On wove.

This large study of a display of flowers incorporates lilies, roses, foxgloves, hyacinths and honeysuckle among other pretty flowers. The artist's delicate touch has created a harmon...

A bold and bright still life study depicting fruit on a windowsill. Completed with expressive brushwork and areas of impasto. Well presented in a contemporary wood frame. Unsigned. O...

Coloured Pencils and pastel on Hahnemühle paper - Realistic Figurative original Drawing, Colorful, Interior. Work Title : Intérieur Provence Artist : Gabriel Riesnert...

Sea Shells – Blue & Gold, c. 1940s, watercolor on paper, signed upper left, 15 x 19 ¼ inches (image); title and artist’s name and address inscribed verso, presented in a newer glazed...

Salvatore Del Deo is a painter engaged in a spirited dialogue with his work, responding to the deep questions presented by the paintings themselves. ...

IAN HAY (Born 1940) Cars Rusting Signed l.r.: Ian Hay; bears title and dated 1973 on exhibition label on the backboard Watercolour and gouache Framed 44 by 88 cm., 17 ¼ by 34 ¾ in...

ARTHUR WARDLE (1864-1949) Convolvulus Signed Watercolour and bodycolour on linen 21 by 13.5 cm., 8 ¼ by 5 ¼ in. (frame size 34.5 by 27 cm., 13 ½ by 10 ½ in.) Arthur Wardle was bo...

JOHN STANTON WARD, RA, RWS (1917-2007) Glasses, Branches and Paper Signed and dated 1960 Pen and ink, pencil and watercolour 47 by 63 cm., 18 ½ by 24 ¾ in. (frame size 64.5 by 80.5 cm., 25 ¼ by 31 ¾ in.) Provenance: Private collection since 1961. Ward was born in Hereford, where his father, Russell Stanton Ward, ran an antiques shop and restored paintings. He studied at the Hereford School of Arts and Crafts before winning a place to the Royal College of Art in 1936, where he studied under Gilbert Spencer, Charles Mahoney and Alan Sorrell and won the prize for drawing. During World War II he served in the Royal Engineers, using his drawing skills to design pillboxes, and later taking part in the D-Day landings. He was posted to Belgium after the war before returning to the Royal College to graduate in 1946. Ward worked as a painter, illustrator and teacher, happy to work in oils, watercolour, pastel and pen and ink. He painted portraits, landscapes, interiors and architectural subjects, undertaking portraits of members of the royal family, businessmen and celebrities including the Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal and the christenings of Prince William and Prince Harry. Fifteen of his portraits are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and he held one man shows at Agnew’s and the Maas Gallery. As a prolific illustrator he worked on guides to Herefordshire and North Yorkshire and produced illustrations for Vogue magazine from 1948 to 1952 and illustrated many books including Laurie Lee’s Cider with Rosie (1959) and H E Bates...