Vincent Clare, Still Life With Bird's Nest, Wicker Baskets, Primroses & Apple Blossom

Vincent Clare, Still Life With Bird's Nest, Wicker Baskets, Primroses & Apple BlossomThis attractive late 19th century oil painting by British artist Vincent Clare (1855 1930) depicts two wicker baskets brimming with an assortment of springtime flora including primroses, apple blossom and pansies along with a birds nest. Clare was an accomplished painter of still lifes. Captured with the utmost delicacy, this beauteous ensemble evokes the buoyancy of a stroll in the abundant English countryside. Each petal and leafy flourish has been

a cascade of white and blue

The correct response to this saucy request is an enthusiastic wave of the hankie by the fortunate gentleman

Year of creation: 1838

Our reference: BRV1884

Aigens often painted this young lady and it’s highly likely that he’s related - perhaps it’s his daughter

Artist’s auction maximum: £18

Overall size: 24” x 27” / 61cm x 69cm

A rustic thatched cottage is nestled under the lively bough a copse - a woman stands in its open doorway

in a self-portrait from 1923

This scene is referred to as a ‘pietà’

The combination of pond and tree is not man-made yet they complement each other as if planned for eternity

from around 1925