Naturalistic Art

Marzio Tamer occupies a unique position in contemporary painting. Few artists working today have developed a visual language in which extraordinary technical mastery and a profound k...

Swimming in the open sea is a healing, gives a feeling of benefit from April to October, I enjoy entering the cold water of Roscoff and staying there...

Anton Chotka Anton Chotka (1881-1955) Orientalist figural table lamp merchant Austria, c. 1900 cold-painted bronze, marble, resin14¾ h × 9½ w × 9½ d in (37 × 24 × 24 cm)

'Fennec and Jerboa' The print depicts a lively scene of multiple fennec foxes in a sandy, rocky desert environment, their oversized ears prominently featured. At the bottom of the c...

'Albatross' The print depicts two large albatrosses soaring low over a deep blue choppy sea, their dark brown backs and white undersides clearly rendered. A third seabird is visible...

Juris Zvirbulis was born in 1944 in Riga. 1970 graduated from the Riga Secondary School of Applied Arts decorators department. 1971 Member Artists' Union of the Latvia. In 1971 F...

Beautifully rendered flower watercolor #9 by American artist Robert Rives. Rives uses the medium to its full depth in his details and color ranges. Painted on a heavy paper board w...

'Rock Penguin' The print depicts three Rock Penguins with distinctive yellow crests standing on rocky coastal outcrops beside the sea. A large colony of penguins populates a sandy b...

'Rock Thrush' The print depicts a Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) perched alertly on a mossy rock in a naturalistic alpine setting. Pine branches frame the foreground while rocky ...

'Pied Hornbill,' The print depicts a Great Pied Hornbill in detailed profile, perched on a rocky ledge against a pale blue sky. Its striking orange-red casqued bill, black plumage, ...

'Monal' The print depicts a male Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) standing in a winter landscape. The bird displays its brilliantly iridescent plumage of deep blues, greens, ...

'Lanceolated Jay' The print depicts several Lanceolated Jays perched among lush green foliage and branches. The birds are shown from multiple angles, highlighting their striking bla...

'Red Kangaroo' The print depicts a large male red kangaroo standing upright in dry grassland, facing the viewer with forepaws raised. In the background, a mob of kangaroos can be se...

'Flamingo' The print a flock of greater flamingos in a naturalistic wetland setting. The birds display characteristic white and pink plumage, long pink legs and curved necks, with o...

'Hooded Crow' The print depicts three Hooded Crows in a naturalistic woodland scene. Two birds occupy the foreground, perched and foraging among pale rocks, while a third crow forag...

'Jay' The print depicts a Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) perched on an oak branch amid richly coloured autumn foliage. The bird is rendered in soft grey-pink plumage with its di...

'Goldfinch' The print depicts a pair of European Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) perched among flowering branches laden with pink and white blossoms. The upper bird faces left, di...

'King Vulture' This print depicts a King Vulture standing boldly on a rocky outcrop with wings outstretched. The bird's striking multicoloured head featuring red, orange and yellow ...

Ce modèle rare représente une race bien connue de taureaux écossais. Peut-être Isidore Bonheur s’est-il inspiré des dessins rapportés par sa soeur, Rosa, à l’issue de son voyage en É...

19th century Italian Harbour scene. Watercolour and gouache on paper, signed G.H. Andrews (George Henry Andrews (1816–1898)) The composition depicts a picturesque Italian harbour on ...

This painting of a lush, wooden landscape with a house by a lake was painted by New Mexico, female artist Mabel Dodge Luhan in the 1940's. It signed "Mabel Dodge" in the lower left a...

'Green Monkey' The print depicts two green monkeys, also known as vervet monkeys, in a lush tropical forest scene. One monkey sits on a branch holding a small red fruit while the se...

'White-Handed Gibbon' The print depicts a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) with its mouth open in a call, clinging to branches in a lush jungle setting. The animal is rendered wi...

'Guereza' The print depicts two Guereza colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) prominently displayed among jungle branches and vines, their striking black fur contrasting with long white...

'Indian Python' The print depicts a large Indian Python coiled around a tree branch amid dense grass, with its jaws agape attacking a vivid red bird with spread wings. The illustrat...

'Horned Frog' The print depicts two South American horned frogs (Ceratophrys species) resting on a sandy, pebbled ground amid clumps of grass. One frog is predominantly orange-brown...

'Mandrill' The print depicts two mandrills in a rocky setting, with a large adult male in the foreground displaying his characteristic vivid blue-ridged and red-nosed face markings....

'Hanuman Monkey' The print depicts two grey Hanuman langur monkeys perched on a weathered stone wall, one adult holding a banana stem and a smaller juvenile beside it. Large tropica...

Looking Down the Stream Plein air sketch in oil paint 2023

Karl Kaufmann was an Austrian painter best known for his depictions of cities and landscapes throughout Europe. His work is notably atmospheric, and often highlights the particular a...

Charles Paillet (1871-1937) Sans abri, couple de pigeons voyageurs Bronze à patine brun orangé H. : 14,5 cm ; L. : 11 cm ; P. : 9 cm Signé "Ch. Paillet" Épreuve de fonte ancienne, dé...

Joseph Wolf Lithograph c.1940

Edward William Cooke was born in Pentonville. His father, George Cooke, and uncle William Bernard Cooke were also well-known line engravers. Growing up in an environment of artists,...

Born in Surrey in 1967, Lorna Holdcroft-Kirin is now based in Suffolk, England. Having trained at the Wimbledon School of Art she was awarded the Prize for Drawing. She then went o...

Three plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: XLVIII; XLIX & L. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...

Romina Milano is an Italian artist renowned for her paintings that are primarily composed of strong gestures, vibrant colors, and daring experimentation with tones. Details: Title: ...

Oil on canvas 60x40 cm

AMERICA'S CUP - 1967. BEAT TO THE FINISH - INTREPID (USA) VS. DAME PATTIE (AUS). “Beat to the Finish” is a 1967 watercolor by Joseph Webster ...

Panoramic maritime view of Tenerife with Mount Teide, 1902 by Sir John Charles Ardagh (1840–1907). Gouache and watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right: Tenerife 1902 – J.C...

Pierre Jules Mêne (1810 - 1879) fut l'un des sculpteurs français les plus importants du XIXe siècle, au même titre que d'autres animaliers célèbres tels qu'Antoine Louis Barye (1795 ...

Born in 1918 in Fordyce, Arkansas and raised in Louisiana, Fearing first studied art at Louisiana Tech University, and later earned a master’s degree at Columbia University in New Yo...

The artist has an elegant mark of nature, and the experience of working en plein air allows her to capture emotions that would otherwise not be possible. She is considered Italy's best botanical artist and collaborates with many botanical gardens where she also holds watercolour courses, a technique she masters like few contemporary artists. The artist herself prepared the background in real, stainless gold, which gives it a modern, warm surface that chameleonically matches the colours of the surrounding walls. Margherita Leoni was born and raised in Italy, however, she spent most of her adult life in San Paulo, Brazil. It was there that she started a collaboration with the botanical faculty of the local university, allowing her to develop interesting research in rare botanical species studies and drawings. For this reason, most of her artworks, illustrate Brasilian botanical species, both rare and common. The artist's mastery of watercolour allows her to take part in botanical expeditions where she paints in plein air. Given her exquisite watercolour technique and her extensive botanical knowledge, Margherita Leoni is considered the heir of Margaret Mee. Among her most important exhibitions, three of her artworks were selected by Shirley Sherwood...

'Buzzard' This print depicts a common buzzard standing alert over a freshly caught bird, its talons gripping the prey. The bird of prey is rendered with rich brown plumage against a...

This digital print on handmade paper comes in a natural wood archival framing presentation I have called the body of work that I have done over the past decade “Imaging Biodiversity...

“This collection, a compendium of sensory and emotional experience, delves into the very essence of painting as a medium of expression. Each canvas is a testament to the mastery of l...

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842 Athens - 1921 Goslar), Norwegian pine grove, 1901. Watercolor on blue-green paper, 30 x 22 cm. Signed, dated and inscribed in his own hand "TvE. Fagermes [i.e. Fagermes]. 26.6.[19]01." - Slight crease throughout at left margin, otherwise in good condition. About the artwork Themistokles von Eckenbrecher often traveled to Norway to study the nature that fascinated him there. On June 26, 1901, near the southern Norwegian town of Fagernes, in the summer evening sun, he saw a small pine grove, which he immediately captured in a watercolor. He exposed the trees growing on a small hill in front of the background, so that the pines completely define the picture and combine to form a tense motif. The tension comes from the contrast of form and color. The trunks, growing upward, form a vertical structure that is horizontally penetrated by the spreading branches and the pine needles, which are rendered as a plane. This structural tension is further intensified by the color contrast between the brown-reddish iridescent trunks and branches and the green-toned needlework. Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, however, does not use the observed natural scene as an inspiring model for a dance of color and form that detaches itself from the motif and thus treads the path of abstracting modernism. Its inner vitality is to be brought to light and made aesthetically accessible through the work of art. It is precisely in order to depict the inner vitality of nature that von Eckenbrecher chooses the technique of watercolor, in which the individual details, such as the needles, are not meticulously worked out, but rather a flowing movement is created that unites the contrasts. The trees seem to have formed the twisted trunks out of their own inner strength as they grew, creatingthose tense lineations that the artist has put into the picture. The inner strength continues in the branches and twigs, culminating in the upward growth of the needles. At the same time, the trunks, illuminated by the setting sun, seem to glow from within, adding an almost dramatic dimension to the growing movement. Through the artwork, nature itself is revealed as art. In order to make nature visible as art in the work, von Eckenbrecher exposes the group of trees so that they are bounded from the outside by an all-encompassing contour line and merge into an areal unity that enters into a figure-ground relationship with the blue-greenish watercolor paper. The figure-ground relationship emphasizes the ornamental quality of the natural work of art, which further enforces the artwork character of the group of trees. With the presentation of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's artistic idea and its realization, it has become clear that the present watercolor is not a study of nature in the sense of a visual note by the artist, which might then be integrated into a larger work context, but a completely independent work of art. This is why von Eckenbrecher signed the watercolor. In addition, it is marked with a place and a date, which confirms that this work of nature presented itself to him in exactly this way at this place at this time. At the same time, the date and place make it clear that the natural work of art has been transferred into the sphere of art and thus removed from the time of the place of nature. About the artist Themistocles' parents instilled a life of travel in their son, who is said to have spoken eleven languages. His father, who was interested in ancient and oriental culture, was a doctor and had married Francesca Magdalena Danelon, an Italian, daughter of the British consul in Trieste. During a stay in Athens - Gustav von Eckenbrecher was a friend of Heinrich von Schliemann and is said to have given him crucial clues as to the location of Troy - Themistokles saw the light of day in 1842. After an interlude in Berlin, where Themistokles was educated at the English-American School, the journey began again. From 1850 to 1857 the family lived in Constantinople, after which the father opened a practice in Potsdam, where Themistokles, who wanted to become a painter, was taught by the court painter Carl Gustav Wegener. In 1861 the von Eckenbrechers left Potsdam and settled in Düsseldorf. There Themistokles received two years of private tuition from Oswald Aschenbach, who greatly admired the talented young artist. After his artistic training, he undertook extensive travels, often accompanied by Prince Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, which took him to northern and eastern Europe, but above all to the Middle East and even to South America. The paintings that resulted from these journeys established his artistic reputation and led to his participation in large panoramas such as the 118 x 15 metre Entry of the Mecca Caravan into Cairo, painted for the City of Hamburg in 1882. 1882 was also the start of a total of 21 study trips to Scandinavia, most of them to Norway, and the unique Norwegian landscape with its rugged fjords became a central motif in his work. Along with Anders Askevold and Adelsteen Normann...

Untitled naturalist portrait of a musician with a guitar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner and the work is not currently framed. Art...

Landscape is an original etching on creamy paper realized in 1904 by French artist Hippolyte Camille Delpy (1842 - 1910). Signed on the plate on the lower right. The state of prese...

Modern naturalistic portrait painting by well-known Houston-based artist Herb Mears. The work features a detailed rendering of a jockey wearing a yellow and blue outfit standing next to his wife and a young lion. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Retains the original DuBose Gallery label on the reverse. Currently hung in a complementary frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 48 in. x W 54 in. Artist Biography: Born in New York City in 1923, Herb Mears was interested in art from a young age. He studied under Fernand Leger in Paris and went on to paint and study in various studios in France and Italy before his arrival in Houston in 1951. With colleague David Adickes, whom he had met in Paris, Mears decided to open an art school. Their Studio of Contemporary Arts finally settled in an old building on Main Street with Mears and Adickes hoping to give classes to potential students. However money was tight and Mears found himself as a draftsman for Houston Lighting and Power Company, a job he excelled at and enjoyed. Later, Mears was involved in the Contemporary Arts Association, frequently making trips to ensure security in addition to enjoying the art scene the Association provided. From the CAA to the Art League of Houston and the Museum of Fine Arts, Mears began to gain recognition. An abstract, or non-objective piece as he called it, won a prize at a competition held by the Museum of Fine Arts, earning him a teaching position at the Museum School. Mears also taught at the Contemporary Arts Museum, University of Houston...

'Agama, Horned Viper and Sacred Beetle' The print depicts three North African creatures in a naturalistic setting: a brilliantly coloured agama lizard with a vivid red head and irid...

Antoine-Louis Barye (1795 - 1875) Basset debout (tête tournée à droite, second modèle) Bronze à patine brune nuancée H. : 15,5 cm; L. : 23,5 cm; P. (terrasse) : 9,6 cm Signé en c...

Born in Denver, Colorado, in 1931, Peterson spent four years at sea with the U.S. Navy. His principal duty – as a hand on an ocean-going tug sailing the Aleutian islands, North Pacif...

'Remains of the Tower at Luton, Bedfordshire' Engraving by MA Rooker after Paul Sandby (1731-1809). From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, S...

'Leadbeater's Cockatoo' This print depicts four Leadbeater's Cockatoos, also known as Major Mitchell's Cockatoos, perched among tree branches and foliage in an Australian woodland s...

'Pitch Weed (Madia Saliva, Mol)' Colour lithograph, 1909.

"Peto, " a Scotch Terrier 1887 Etching

F. CLEVEROT Captain 1898 Oil on panel 18 x 14 inches Framed: 28 x 24 inches Hand signed lower right recto

'A Trap to Shoot the Bear' Colour aquatint by Mathew Dubourg (1786-1838) and Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822) after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Spor...

'Lion and Lioness' The print depicts a lion and lioness together in a naturalistic African savanna setting with rocks and grasses in the background. The male lion displays a full da...

'Brown Bear' This print depicts a large brown bear accompanied by two cubs in a snow-covered winter forest. The bears are shown moving through a scene of fallen logs and bare, snow-...