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E. Stanfield - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Still Life of Fruit on a Ledge

Late 19th Century

Inspired by the lavish still life compositions of the Dutch Golden Age, this painting depicts a table laden with fruit and an ornate jug. During the Dutch Golden Age, still life comp...

This intimate still life depicts a carefully arranged composition of dark grapes alongside an apple and greengages. Kingsley renders the scene against a warm, earthy background that ...

This original oil on board by Oliver Clare is a finely painted still life depicting an arrangement of ripe fruit, executed with the precision and rich colouring for which the artist ...

Oliver Clare British, (1853-1927) Still Life of Apples, Grapes & Other Fruit Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 19.5 inches A lovely still life painting of fruit by Oliver Clare. Apples, black grapes and plums can be seen together with a strawberry and gooseberries. The fruit is shown lying amongst foliage and trailing ivy on a woodland bank. Oliver Clare was born in Birmingham in 1853, the son of the flower artist George Clare (1839-1890) and his wife Elizabeth Bowen. His brother Vincent Clare (1856-1917) also became an artist and both would have received tuition from their father who influenced their style and subject matter. At the age of 18 he enlisted as a soldier in the Kings Own regiment, but gave this up to become a full time artist. Like his father, Clare specialised in still life paintings, containing fruit and garden flowers, often on mossy banks. Sometime after 1871, he moved to London where he married Emma Mary Webb...