Noel Laura Nisbet. English ( b.1887 - d.1956 ).Such Young Love. The Anticipation to a Kiss.Watercolour. Signed Lower Right. ` Image size 17.3 inches x 13.8 inches ( 44cm x 35cm ).Frame size 25.4 inches x 20.9 inches ( 64.5cm x 53cm ).Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original painting is by Noel Laura Nisbet and dates from around 1930.The watercolour is presented and supplied in its original frame that has an Arts and Crafts aesthetic. This antique painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is ready to hang and display. The watercolour is signed lower right.Noel Laura Nisbet was an English oil and watercolour artist, who painted figures, landscape, fantasy and romantic scenes. She created some wonderful original Pre-Raphaelite-influenced works which are now much sought-after.Noel attended the Notre Dame Convent school in Clapham, then studied art at South Kensington, where she won three gold medals and the Princess of Wales Scholarship. In 1910 Noel married Harry Bush, who she had met as a fellow art student. They went on to have two daughters and lived at 19 Queensland Avenue, in Merton Park, Wimbledon, SW19.Nisbet illustrated five books of fairy tales and legends. She exhibited her work at the major galleries, including the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Nisbet was elected as a Member of the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters in 1926 and the British Watercolour Society in 1945. Noel developed her distinctive decorative style, romantic, filled with detail and colour. She has been called the last of the Pre-Raphaelites. She and Harry lived out their days in their comfortable house in Merton Park with their daughters Hazel and Janet. Their studio collection was the subject of a major sale at Christies in 1984.Today, Noel Nisbets� work is held in major collections, i...