Jean Laudy, Still Life With Roses

Jean Laudy, Still Life With RosesThis beautiful early 20th century oil painting by Dutch Belgian artist Jean Laudy (1877 1956) depicts a still life with roses. Laudys exquisite still lifes capture a snapshot, a blur of soft petals emerging buoyantly from daubed vases. He painted joy, without overthinking each mark, thus retaining a sense of impressionistic energy and spirit. During his lifetime, the critics were glowing. A wonderful gift of harmony and exceedingly clever technique.

although the eyes here are more stylised

This beautiful early 20th-century oil painting by French artist Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854-1941) depicts several figures unloading fish at the port of Dieppe

The styles match those typically worn in the late 1830s

he painted numerous portraits of women dressed in traditional attire and also occasional group scenes romanticising the Romani way of life

where most families worked the land and lived in villages peppered with quaint thatched cottages

Caffyn is represented at Birmingham Museum

Frames and Other Works of Art

Statues contort and twist under a heavy gilt frame

his success was short-lived as he became partially sighted in his mid-30s

Each time you look upon this piece

The buildings feel historic and timeworn - there are no clean lines along this raggedy old road

following the downfall of the Dutch Republic