Doris A Davis

The Ginger Tom, Early 20th Century British Figurative Watercolour, Signed

Watercolour on paper Image size: 7 x 5 1/4 inches (17.75 x 13.25 cm) Mounted and framed Mounted with a contemporary gilt frame This joyful painting of an interior features two figures - a young child and an older adolescent, who are likely to be sisters. The scene is captured in delicate watercolour brush strokes showing the elder of the two holding a doll high and out of the young girl's reach. John Faed...

Watercolour on card, signed bottom right Image size: 9 1/4 x 5 inches (23.5 x 13 cm) Victorian frame Here we see depicted a near-naked young boy standing on a carpet, facing the viewer and playing a fipple flute. In front of him sits a girl who is totally enthralled as a python begins to emerge from a basket, just beside her. The art historian Sarah Lee has pointed out that although nakedness was exoticised in Orientalist works, for snake charmers there was in fact another reason for this. Lee notes that often young snake charmers nudity was not intended as an erotic display but used to 'obviate charges of fraud' in their performances. The subject of this painting encourages comparison with Jean-Léon Gérôme painting of 1879, with the same name. Gérôme's work was then made particularly well-known by being used on the cover of Edward Said's book 'Orientalist', on 1978. As a result the work attained a level of notoriety matched by few other Orientalist paintings. It is therefore very likely that Gérôme's painting inspired this artwork. The Artist Luis Ricardo Falero (May 23, 1851 – December 7, 1896) was a Spanish painter. He specialised in female nudes and mythological, orientalist and fantasy settings. His most common medium was oil on canvas. Falero’s paintings are held mostly within private collections in Europe and the United States, although a watercolour of the ‘Twin Stars...

C.M. European 1946 Cibon Chocolat Gouache on paper Image size: 38 x 24 inches

J Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAA 1904 - 2001 X MARKS THE SPOT Gouache, signed lower right Image size: 30 x 17 inches (76 x 43 cm) Hand made frame

Ink and watercolour on paper Image size: 18 x 19 3/4 inches (46 x 50 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame

Watercolour with bodycolour on card Titled 'Donn d'Albano' lower left and signed and inscribed 'Roma 1853' lower right Image size: 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (50 x 34 cm) This is a full...

Porcelain Elephant is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in early 20th Century. Beautiful colored watercolour and china ink drawing on ivory-colored paper. Includes pass...

Figure is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in mid-20th Century. Beautiful watercolour drawing on brown-colored paper. Included passport (35 x 28 cm). Good condition, ...

Né à Strasbourg le 19 novembre 1965 Diplômé de sculpture de l’Ecole Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg avec Patrick Lang “Toutes ces silhouettes qui habitent mon travail so...

Né à Strasbourg le 19 novembre 1965 Diplômé de sculpture de l’Ecole Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg avec Patrick Lang “Toutes ces silhouettes qui habitent mon travail so...

Né à Strasbourg le 19 novembre 1965 Diplômé de sculpture de l’Ecole Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg avec Patrick Lang “Toutes ces silhouettes qui habitent mon travail so...

Né à Strasbourg le 19 novembre 1965 Diplômé de sculpture de l’Ecole Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg avec Patrick Lang “Toutes ces silhouettes qui habitent mon travail so...