Oliver Clare, Still Life With Basket, Plums, Gooseberries, Apple & Strawberries

Oliver Clare, Still Life With Basket, Plums, Gooseberries, Apple & StrawberriesThis charming early 20th century still life by English artist Oliver Clare (1853 1927) depicts an arrangement of soft fruit including plums, gooseberries, strawberries and an apple. Oliver Clare was an artist of renown hailing from, and working predominantly in, Birmingham. A quintessentially British leafy ensemble rests upon a mossy bank, evoking reminisces of brisk country strolls amid the crisp song of a lofty blackbird. Its rendered with aplomb by

and worked tirelessly to achieve this dream

He’s only 19 and working without fear

It’s plausible that he could be involved in the marble trade and indicating

of which the Ural Cossacks were a part

Many of these capture views within his own home

The painting is ascribed to French artist

Numerous ladies called upon him under the guise of acquiring a drawing

the majestic forms of craggy peaks bring a sense of grandeur and allude to nature’s sublimity

Will they ever be reunited

Note the diagonal from the top left down that brings weight and depth to the composition

sits perched upon an ostentatious loveseat

She returned to Yorkshire to stay with her elderly aunt Elizabeth around 1901