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.
Miniature Victorian Portrait Painting Oval Watercolour & Pastel x 2 Paintings
£ 210
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The Flower Girl Spanish Baroque Watercolour Portrait Painting 17th Century Style
£ 230
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Lowestoft Seascape Watercolour Painting by George Stanfield Walters (1838-1924)
£ 260
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Seascape Sailing Watercolour Painting by George Stanfield Walters (1838-1924)
£ 250
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Logging - Antique Watercolour Painting by Herman S Melville (1837-1879)
£ 239
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Charles Henry Slater (1820-1890) Antique Watercolour Painting ''Summer Beauty''
£ 289
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Original Framed Maritime Watercolour, "The Zattere, Venice" by Artist Sir David Murray
£ 150
Lifestyle Warehouse
Scarce Original Watercolour "On The Zuider Zee", by Maritime Artist George Stanfield Walters.
£ 150
Lifestyle Warehouse
Miniature Antique Portrait Painting Watercolour on Glass Signed Original c.1840
£ 199
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Military Portrait Painting (3 of 4) Watercolour & Wash of a 1756 British Soldier
£ 125
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Military Portrait Painting (1 of 4) Watercolour & Wash 1918 British Soldier
£ 125
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Watercolour Painting Cows & Ducks by A River by Myles Birket Foster RWS (1825-1899) Antique Victorian
£ 475
Lomond Antiques
The Seamstress Watercolour Portrait Painting 1950 Mid Century Impressionist
£ 149
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Frederick James Kerr (1853-1936) Cattle Farmland Landscape Watercolour Painting
£ 269
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Original Coach & Horses Watercolour Painting Antique c.1913 Signed, Oak Framed
£ 249
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Landscape Watercolour Painting Near Chinnor, Bucks by George Oyston (1861-1937)
£ 299
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Original Double Portrait Watercolour Painting 19th Century Antique Caricature
£ 299
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Original Watercolour & Pencil Drawing '2 Nudes, Berlin 1945' by Ernest Greenwood PRWS. Signed, Inscribed & Dated 45
£ 140
21st Century Gallery
John Bathgate Pair of Signed Miniature Watercolours Framed Fishing & Village Scene
£ 120
Elder Books & Collectables
Original Watercolour 'Harbour with Cranes & Dockers' Egon Adler (1892-1963) Initialled & Dated EA 34
£ 425
21st Century Gallery
Scottish Watercolour Redwing Bird Signed by Ralston Gudgeon
£ 800
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Pair of Watercolours of Game Birds by George Rankin
£ 395
In a Nutshell Antiques & Interiors Ltd
Arthur Dudley (aka Amy Barbaro) Fine Still Life Watercolour
£ 395
The Sitting Room & Heydays Antiques
Thomas Sydney Cooper RA (1803-1902) - Watercolour of Cattle Watering Signed & Dated 1879
£ 1,100
Down Lane Hall Antiques
Highly Decorative Set of Hand Coloured Copper Dressage Engravings by Ridinger c.1760
£ 1,750
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
