David Paton, Still Life with Flowers and Parrot, 1920s English Oil Painting

1900 - 1920

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

An impressive still life depicting a beautiful arrangement of vivid flowers bursting from an urn. In the bottom left, a brightly coloured parrot is making a dramatic entrance.

With its strong column of colour and bustling composition, the painting is reminiscent of still lifes created on the continent during the 18th-century.

The artist, David Paton (act.1923-1930), created many still lifes in this classical style and several of them are held in the National Trust’s collection at Nuffield Place, Henley-on-Thames. Nuffield is the former home of William Morris, maker of the Morris Motor Car, and it seems plausible that Lord Morris commissioned Paton directly.

The painting is signed and dated in the lower right and housed within a decorative black and gold carved frame. A similar work appeared at Bonhams in 2004.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size including frame: 45½” x 35½” / 116cm x 90cm

Year of creation: 1927

Condition: Two scratches on the right-hand side, which have been partially retouched, and the frame has some light wear.

Physical Dimensions

Height

116cm (45.67")

Width

90cm (35.43")

Depth

5cm (1.97")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA634913

Description

An impressive still life depicting a beautiful arrangement of vivid flowers bursting from an urn. In the bottom left, a brightly coloured parrot is making a dramatic entrance.

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With its strong column of colour and bustling composition, the painting is reminiscent of still lifes created on the continent during the 18th-century.

Brave Fine Art

fig 1. David Paton, Still Life With Flowers And Parrot, 1920s English Oil Painting — fig 1. David Paton, Still Life with Flowers and Parrot, 1920s English Oil Painting

The artist, David Paton (act.1923-1930), created many still lifes in this classical style and several of them are held in the National Trust’s collection at Nuffield Place, Henley-on-Thames. Nuffield is the former home of William Morris, maker of the Morris Motor Car, and it seems plausible that Lord Morris commissioned Paton directly.

fig 2. David Paton, Still Life With Flowers And Parrot, 1920s English Oil Painting — fig 2. David Paton, Still Life with Flowers and Parrot, 1920s English Oil Painting

The painting is signed and dated in the lower right and housed within a decorative black and gold carved frame. A similar work appeared at Bonhams in 2004.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size including frame: 45½” x 35½” / 116cm x 90cm

Year of creation: 1927

Condition: Two scratches on the right-hand side, which have been partially retouched, and the frame has some light wear.