Still Life with Wildflowers
Still Life with Wildflowers
Each old object should be read through its form, surface, age, and possible use.
- Object type
- Vintage object
- Ceramic origin
- To be identified
- Condition
- Use marks, age, and visible details should be checked in the product photos and description.
- Use
- Tea, table, flowers, storage, or quiet display depending on the object.
- Packing
- Wrapped according to form, weight, and fragility before dispatch from Japan.
Product Details
This painting presents a loosely arranged bouquet of wildflowers set within a simple glass vessel. Broad, confident brushstrokes define the composition, while softer tonal transitions allow color and form to dissolve gently into one another.
The table surface, rendered in muted pinks and earth tones, anchors the composition without asserting dominance. The flowers themselves appear almost transient—suggesting a moment observed rather than staged.
The work carries a painterly immediacy, where gesture remains visible and restraint replaces precision. It invites prolonged looking rather than instant recognition.
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Artist
Attributed to Calder
Likely a mid-20th-century painter working in a modernist still-life tradition, emphasizing gesture, color relationships, and quiet domestic subjects.
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Medium
• Oil on paper (mounted)
• Hand-painted original work
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Dimensions
• Frame size: approx. 58 × 48 cm
• Artwork size: approx. 40 × 30 cm
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Condition
Good vintage condition.
Visible brush texture and natural aging consistent with an original work of this period.
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Period
• Estimated: circa 1950s–1960s
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Framing
Presented in a vintage wood frame with wide mat.
Frame shows light signs of age consistent with period.