Compared to oils which are built up and mixed slowly and methodically on the canvas or board, watercolours offer a quick impression of the sitter or scene to brush on before the water contained within dries. It is an approach often painted live in situ rather than a studio and creates images rich in light and movement. Colours can be premixed or placed as distinct layers on the paper, and every stroke needs to be intentional and planned to prevent mistakes which can’t be undone. It is the spontaneity of watercolours which make antique and vintage examples so appealing. These are often humble moments from the past, captured in time and never to return. They have been kept out of the sun by owners who cherished them too much to see them fade, and their smaller size makes them feel more personal.
The 19th and 20th Centuries were the hiatus for watercolours and at LoveAntiques we have a large and fine selection for any space on your wall you wish to fill.
Millers Antiques
Painting Mount Longonot Kenya
£ 150
Prometheus Antiques
Family Portrait Watercolour by Frederick Tatham
£ 950
The Sitting Room & Heydays Antiques
Arthur Dudley (aka Amy Barbaro) Fine Still Life Watercolour
£ 395
Arthur Dudley (aka Amy Barbaro) Fine Still Life Watercolour
£ 395
The Sitting Room & Heydays Antiques
Elder Books & Collectables
1944 WW2 Prisoner of War Watercolour Albums by Emanual Steffen 33 X Paintings
£ 850
1944 WW2 Prisoner of War Watercolour Albums by Emanual Steffen 33 X Paintings
£ 850
Elder Books & Collectables
Millers Antiques
Painting Leaving Port at Dublin Bay
£ 250
Down Lane Hall Antiques
Thomas Sydney Cooper RA (1803-1902) - Watercolour Of Cattle Watering Signed and Dated 1879
£ 1,100
Thomas Sydney Cooper RA (1803-1902) - Watercolour Of Cattle Watering Signed and Dated 1879
£ 1,100
Down Lane Hall Antiques
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Highly Decorative Set of Hand Coloured Copper Dressage Engravings by Ridinger c.1760
£ 1,750
Highly Decorative Set of Hand Coloured Copper Dressage Engravings by Ridinger c.1760
£ 1,750
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
£ 210
Scottish Highland Antiques
Original Artwork by James Giles RSA
£ 150
Celia Rose Antiques
Hand Drawn Miniature Portrait Pencil & Watercolour 1930/1940
£ 75
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Important Quorn Hunt Sporting Watercolour by Basil Nightingale - Signed 1895
£ 15,000
Important Quorn Hunt Sporting Watercolour by Basil Nightingale - Signed 1895
£ 15,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Graham Deakin Antiques
St James Park Watercolour by Edwin Arthur Norbury 1849-1918
£ 650
Graham Deakin Antiques
Watercolour by Edith Hume 1843-1906
£ 995
Antique Furniture Direct
Small Pair of Antique Chinese Watercolours
£ 175
Prometheus Antiques
Watercolour Painting Heraldic Device
£ 350
Rams Head Antiques
Set of 3 Watercolours Ralston Gudgeon Garden Birds
£ 895
Matthew Coles Antiques
Watercolour by René Le Forestier
£ 150
Fox & Hare Antiques & Interiors
Pair of Super 18th Century American Colonial Watercolours - Thomas Ryves 1770
£ 240
Pair of Super 18th Century American Colonial Watercolours - Thomas Ryves 1770
£ 240
Fox & Hare Antiques & Interiors
21st Century Gallery
Original Watercolour ‘Fishing Boats Preparing to Leave Harbour’ by Alec Butson - Signed & Dated 1982 - Framed
£ 140
Original Watercolour ‘Fishing Boats Preparing to Leave Harbour’ by Alec Butson - Signed & Dated 1982 - Framed
£ 140
21st Century Gallery
Millers Antiques
Scottish Watercolour Painting Boy in Kilt
£ 395
South Country Antiques
Regency Silhouette Portrait Miniature
£ 115
Wick Antiques Ltd
Watercolour of Thames Barges by Frank Henry Mason
£ 1,550
Will Thomas - Architectural Antiques
The Mumbles Train at Southend
£ 250
Will Thomas - Architectural Antiques
Four Portraits of Poet Dylan Thomas by Chris Last - RWSW
£ 250
Four Portraits of Poet Dylan Thomas by Chris Last - RWSW
£ 250
Will Thomas - Architectural Antiques
Zonda Antiques
Original Watercolour Nude Study – Signed Krümmer
£ 499
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Mid-20th Century Watercolour Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
£ 6,000
Mid-20th Century Watercolour Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
£ 6,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Matthew Coles Antiques
Watercolour of a Black Labrador Retriever - Signed
£ 85
Matthew Coles Antiques
Watercolour of a Labrador Retriever - Signed
£ 85
South Country Antiques
Antique Dutch Scene Miniature Watercolour Painting,
£ 85
£ 165
Antiques in Oxford
Original French Painting by Jean Hugo
£ 325
Matthew Coles Antiques
L.S.B Pollock 19th Century English Pointer in Wheat Field
£ 250
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Pierhead Painting S.S. Shelley in Heavy Seas — Attributed to Lucas Papaluca (1890–1934)
£ 4,250
Pierhead Painting S.S. Shelley in Heavy Seas — Attributed to Lucas Papaluca (1890–1934)
£ 4,250
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
£ 150
South Country Antiques
Antique Naïve Portrait Miniature
£ 75
William Rand Antiques
Landscape Watercolour, Patrick, Isle Of Man - William Hoggatt
£ 2,500
21st Century Gallery
Original Pen & Wash Drawing 'la Mome Piaf' by Toby Horne Shepherd (1909-1993) Framed c.1957
£ 240
Original Pen & Wash Drawing 'la Mome Piaf' by Toby Horne Shepherd (1909-1993) Framed c.1957
£ 240
21st Century Gallery
Downland Antiques
Fine 19th Century Silhouette
£ 260
William Rand Antiques
Landscape Watercolour By William Hoggatt, The Hope, St Johns, Isle of Man
£ 3,500
Landscape Watercolour By William Hoggatt, The Hope, St Johns, Isle of Man
£ 3,500
William Rand Antiques
South Country Antiques
19th Century Countryside Watercolour Painting
£ 85
