Wednesday, April 3, 2013

From the Frans Hals Museum


Floris Gerritsz van Schooten

Willem Claesz Heda
Jan Jansz. van de Velde

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Cherries


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Carol Marine
George Henry Hall
Fede Galizia
Giovanna Garzoni 
John Francis
Phillip Krivenko
Botanical illustration
Robert Spear Dunning
Levi Wells Prentice
Henri Fantin-Latour

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Roman School

A Still Life of Fruit, Roman School, 1605-1610, (from a recent Sotheby's auction).

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Arthur Streeton






























Foxgloves in a vase, 1934, 60 x 50 cm
Roses, 58.5 x 48.5 cm
Roses, c. 1931, 60.5 x 50.5 cm
Sunflowers, 1926

Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (1867-1943) was an Australian painter best known for his landscapes. He was influenced by the French Impressionists and Turner.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Old Dutch Master Flower Pieces





Unknown

Elias van den Broek

Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger

Georgius van Os

Hans Bollongier

(Some of these artists may be Flemish not Dutch)

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Peaches

Wall painting, Herculaneum
Alexandre-Francois Desportes
Henri-Fantin Latour
Henri Fantin Latour
Fede Galiza
Joseph Decker
Claude Monet
Panfilo Nuvolone
Panfilo Nuvolone
William Mason Brown








Thursday, October 18, 2012

Tea Time



William Nicholson, Silver Teapots

Jean-Etienne Liotard

Grace Mehan DeVito

Henri Fantin-Latour

Faith Te 

Friday, October 5, 2012

Custard Apple

Agostinho José da Mota (1824-1878), Frutas do Conde.
Henri Rousseau, Still Life with Exotic Fruits.
Botanical Illustration, V&A Museum

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Camellias







Botanical illustration

Antoine Chazal

Jonathan Koch, White Camellia and Green Vase

Otto Ottesen

Violet McInnes, (Australian)