Henri Clamen

French Impressionist Tablescape Still Life Watercolour

1930s

A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...

A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...

A watercolour and gouache on paper of pink chrysanthemums or oillets in a vase. The painting is monogram signed bottom right but as yet undeciphered. The painting is framed in a mode...

Mid Century Italian watercolour on paper of a tablescape, signed and dated (1956) bottom right. The artist is currently unknown. This painting forms part of a pair with another tab...

Mid 19th Century watercolour drawing and watercolour study of a tree by noted Danish artist Thorald Læssøe. The work is monogram signed bottom left and there is an annotation in the ...

Watercolour on handmade paper of a 'Ngil' mask applied to Vélin d'Arches paper by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Titled to the centre and signed by the artist to the left. A beautifully observed and detailed study of a 'Ngil' mask in light yellow/ochre on high quality hand-made paper. An extremely chic and elegant watercolour. This contemporary artist, born in 1943 specialises in watercolour studies on hand-made paper. With his highly detailed and precisely painted studies he invites us into the magical world of cultural objects, flora and fauna. The treasures of nature along with tribal regalia is his main inspiration. All of his work is beautifully observed and executed down to the smallest detail. The secret brotherhood of the ngil used large wooden masks (called nkukh or asu ngi, i.e. 'the face of the ngi'), with stylised human figures, grotesquely accentuated features, decorated with engravings reminiscent of warriors' scarifications. These masks were more or less large, sometimes polychrome, some with monoxys horns (in South Cameroon and Rio Muni), others simply coated with whitish kaolin, the symbolic colour of spirits. Father H. Trilles had several opportunities to see and even photograph them during his journey through Fang country, from Rio Muni to South Cameroon (1899-1901). The initiation was an opportunity to reveal to the neophytes, in the greatest secrecy, that the masks were not mysterious beings from the beyond but only wooden accessories...

Still life with brushes. Paper, watercolor, 32x39 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she began her st...

Signed impressionist still life watercolour on paper circa 1920 by French painter Henri Duhem. The work depicts a bouquet of pink flowers. Signature: Signed upper left Dimensions: ...

Watercolour on paper circa 1920 by French Impressionist painter Henri Duhem depicting white, red, pink and yellow flowers. Signed lower right. This painting is not currently framed b...

Painting with a rose. Watercolor. The painting with scarlet rose on a table. . Watercolor painting with a scarlet garden rose on a pastel background. In this artwork, I talk about th...

Dear art lover, I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life. This painting of lemons is c...

"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) signed bottom right watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 5.5 x 8 inches FREE SHIPPING The work is signed...