Pair of Floral Still Life Paintings
George Clare (English, 1835 - 1890)
A Pair of Floral Still Life Paintings:
1. Pansies & nasturtium on a mossy bank (with a butterfly)
oil on canvas, 10 x 12"
signed & dated lower left: G. Clare, 1862.
2. White roses, geranium, ivy & wild phlox
oil on canvas, 10 x 12".
A native of Birmingham, Clare specialized in flowers, fruit and still life.
From 1864 to 1873 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and Suffolk Street, London.
Ref:
Benezit. Dictionnaire des Peintres...
Graves, Algernon. Royal Academy Exhibitors, 1769-1904, vII.
“ ” “ ” “ 1807-67.
Busse-Verzeichnis. Internationales Hanbuch Aller Maler und Bildhauer (Des 19. Jahrhunderts).
# 01479..............................................................................................................pair of framed paintings, $ 4,800.
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White Roses, Geranium (Pelargonium) & tiny blue blossoms of Wild Phlox
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Signature detail (lower left, Pansies)
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Pansies & Nasturtium, on a mossy bank
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Roses & Geranium, in frame
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Pansies, central detail
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Pansies, in frame
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"G. Clare 1862" signed in red, lower left (pansies)
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J H STARR...807 C Street...Washington, DC...telephone Lincoln 6731"
framer's label (on Pansies, verso) with phone exchange used 1906-1930 for Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
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verso (pansies)
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