Oliver Clare, Blossom Flowers & Starling Nest, 19th Century, Oil Painting, Framed

1 Framed British Antique Victorian Oil Painting Blossom Flowers With Starling Bird Eggs Nest Mossy Bank By Oliver Clare. Impress your clients & guests in your office or home with this stunning still life masterpiece add it to your collection today. Title “Still Life Of Blossom & Birds Nest” Starling Eggs On Mossy Bank by Oliver Clare. A cute nice display size with the frame being 38.5 cm wide and 33cm high. Subject still life scene of rich blooming pink & white blossom flowers on a bank with green mossy background along with other foliage leaves & brown branches. A round straw little birds nest is shown lower down on the right flank with 4 little blue starling bird eggs inside. Such a vibrant scene the different colour hues are exceptional and the detail is so fine, which you will love & treasure as a family heirloom & pass down the generations Signed by the known listed artist Oliver Clare in the bottom corner. Oil on canvas. Set in the original decorative gilt wood frame which enhances this worth even further. In our opinion this is one of his very fine works. Such a sought after by private collectors, interior designers, galleries & museums. Origin from the United Kingdom. With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display. Circa 19th century late Victorian era. Artist biography Oliver Clare was born during the Victorian era in the year of 1853 & died in the 20th century during the year of 1927, his father was also a renowned still-life artist his fathers name George Clare. The Clare family of which the majority were great Victorian artists, well known for their exceptional still life floral paintings. Oliver Clare lived the majority of his life in the Midlands, Birmingham. We can be almost certain that he learnt his artistic trade from his highly talented father George Clare. They both used a near identical technique of strippling along with subject matter which was still life, they used strippling which is a painting technique where areas of light and shadow are made using just dots, for darker areas you apply a larger number of dots and keep them bunched together. For lighter areas fewer dots are made and spaced further away. He was able to capture the bloom with his near invisible brush strokes and set the background capturing moss. Clare was known to have exhibited his paintings during his life. He is closely linked with the Artists of the West Midlands. He exhibited at the Royal Society of Artists & Walker Art Gallery Liverpool. When he moved to London during the later Victorian era, that is when he exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street. His works have sold at auction houses around the world, the highest current sold price is $21,312 US dollars which was for a pair of paintings birds nest and flowers on a mossy bank that sold at Bonhams. Provenance F.R, Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Private eastern shire collection, eastern shire high end auction & Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD. Dimensions in centimetres of the frame High (33 cm) Wide (38.5 cm) Depth (5 cm)