Giuseppe Signorini, The Connoisseurs

Giuseppe Signorini, The ConnoisseursThis exquisite late 19th century watercolour by Italian artist Giuseppe Signorini (1857 1932) depicts two art connoisseurs musing over an old master engraving in a splendid palatial setting. Hailing from Rome, Signorini was a distinguished watercolourist famed for his precise figurative works. Dressed in fashions befitting the mid 18th century, two enlightened gentlemen browse a fine portfolio of drawings and prints. Its a meeting of minds, an

A fine 19th-century rural scene by English genre painter

These were born from the German romantics and sought to combine realism with emotion via subdued colours and poignant subjects

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British Art On Paper

He’s represented at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 17” x 14” / 43cm x 36cmYear of creation: c

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 34” x 23½” / 86cm x 60cmYear of creation: 1876Labels & Inscriptions: Title/date inscribed on reverse

1988 (lot 684)

it produced around 90% of British steel and around half of such in Europe

he inspired with energy and verve

Its conspicuous boldness draws the eye and seems to hold the piece together