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.
Isaac James Cullin 1910 Two Thousand Guineas Newmarket Antique Horse Racing Watercolour
£ 10,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Watercolour Album 14 X Original Paintings Signed Dated Birds Villages Horses
£ 38
Elder Books & Collectables
19th Century Victorian Fox Hunting Watercolour Painting – Signed & Dated 1857
£ 259
artsonline.org.uk
Pair of Montague Dawson Watercolours of the Cashmere and the Hotspur, Both American Vessels- Painted c.1960
£ 26,500
Wick Antiques Ltd
Victorian Watercolour Portrait Painting of Lady with Ringlets Holding Black Hat c.1860
£ 195
Lomond Antiques
Fine Set of Five Regency Watercolour Portraits in Rosewood Frames c.1820
£ 575
Salisbury Antiques Centre
1960s Theatrical Costume Design Illustration – East Asian Figure (Ink & Watercolour)
£ 95
The Grand Tour Antiques
19th Century Victorian Maritime Watercolour – The Barque Vandalia Wrecked Off Brighton 1889
£ 185
The Grand Tour Antiques
Original Watercolour 'Richmond Lock' 1983 by Peter Gilman (1928-1984) Signed - Unframed
£ 90
21st Century Gallery
19th Century Italian Mount Vesuvius Eruption 1844 Gouache Painting After Neapolitan School
£ 7,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Miniature Edwardian Portrait Painting Antique Watercolour Female Beauty c.1910
£ 265
artsonline.org.uk
Victorian Watercolour Painting of Young Lady by Henry Edrington Hobson (1820-1881) c.1867
£ 145
Lomond Antiques
H. Medlycott – The Houses of Parliament from the Thames, Original Watercolour, Dated 1895
£ 380
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Victorian Watercolour Painting “Shepherd” by Scottish Painter Percy Dixon (1862-1925) Antique
£ 295
Lomond Antiques
Victorian Seascape Watercolour “Shipping off Harwich”by Alfred Herbert (1818-1861)
£ 175
Lomond Antiques
Pair of Victorian Watercolours of Italian Peasant Figures by Guido Bach, 1875
£ 825
Salisbury Antiques Centre
Pigeon Watercolour Painting Royal Messenger King George V Silver Jubilee Winner 1935
£ 1,250
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Signed Water Colour by Charles Dixon of Yachts of Calshot in the Solent
£ 2,850
Wick Antiques Ltd
19th Century Royal Academy Artist - A. Mitchell Watercolour
£ 185
The Sitting Room & Heydays Antiques
