Bidspirit auction | 19th Century Still Life Roses


19th Century Still Life Roses Oil on Board - A late 19th or early 20th-century floral still life painting executed in oils on board. 59cm * 32cm The composition features a horizontal arrangement of cut roses in shades of yellow, cream, and deep red, accompanied by a single dark blue flower and a small blue-and-white vessel in the background. The work is painted in a realistic, academic style with soft, blended brushwork and impasto highlights defining the petals against a dark, tonalist background. The painting is housed in a wide, white-painted wooden frame with a stepped profile. The verso features a small rectangular white adhesive label with green borders reading DEVONSHIRE COURT PHOTOS PICTURE FRAMING CO. LOS ANGELES. No artist signature or initials are visible on the front or back of the work.