Christiaan J. Addicks (1871 - 1962)

This Dutch painter did a lot of watercolours but

his oilpaintings are highly rewarded as well.

Work on paper: Dimensions: 25 / 33 cm.

And of course a close view at the signature.

Alexia / Autumn

This watercolour we obtained in Rome just walking

on the street. I hate these touristic stuff most of the

time but for some reason I allways keep looking

at what these people are doing. This one 

immediately drew my attention.

Work on paper. Dimensions 25 / 35 cm

Autumn

Although not a watercolour, this crayon must be presented

somewhere as the dampening in the autumn season is very

convincing present on this artwork that bears no signature.

Work on paper. Dimensions: 40 / 50 cm.

Eugene Arc / Georges Audureau

To make it look like a real fountain and streetlights around

it the artist seemed to have it made in an effortless and

quick way. Full of craftsmanship anyway. The prefix

of his family name could be part of a discussion here but

we have obtained another work by the same artist on

which the name is better readable. Work on paper.

Dimensions: 25 / 34 cm.

The signature that seems to say: Eugen(e) Arc.

There were different watercolourists busy in  Belgium

under the name Allard. On the web you can find a fine

example of an oriental art watercolour from the hand of

Charles Allard. Work on Paper. Dimensions: 25 / 35 cm.

Georges Audureau (1896 - 1986)

We could call it one of the many Paris streetscenes he

made with the watercolor technique but for me this is

one of his better ones to my opinion. Work on paper.

Dimensions: 23 / 30 cm.

This watercolour was labelled "Atelier 5 J. Landy"

but luckily we found the name of the artist once we 

removed the label from the back as on the reverse

we found the name George Audureau. The signature

found on this watercolor matches the ones we found

on the internet. Often estimated between 200 / 400

Euro's though there are a lot of prints around so

beware of that.

The way it was encadred can be studied here:

Just sticked on a piece of cardboard and a simple

line drawed around it. Contrary to his more popular

tourist works, the colors are not that present in

this watercolor but we liked it the way he did

it anyway..

When comparing it with his signature we do not 

think he signed the label himself here as the prefix 

"U" has been interpreted wrongly.

The label on the back already was a direction to make

a better search for the real artist but the former owner

probably never made an attempt to find out more 

about this work of art.

Charles Allard / Jo De Blieck

There were different watercolourists busy in  Belgium

under the name Allard. On the web you can find a fine

example of an oriental art watercolour from the hand of 

Charles Allard. Work on Paper. Dimensions: 25 / 35 cm.

Strangely enough this work has been signed twice: Here is an example
of the right lower end corner signature that has a different letter "A".

Jo De Blieck

In fact this artist has specialized himself more into 

sculptures and sometimes works on paper are the first 

finger exercises to a new sculture in that sense. This 

is a rather big work called: " Whirl".

As it is not my style to bring in his sculptures as this Blog 

has been dedicated to watercolours and drawings, I will not

not present his sculptures here but they are worth every

observation! Work on paper. Dimensions: 70 / 90cm.

Augusto ( ? )

A nice watercolour that at first sight seems to be

meticulously done but in fact the approach is

much "rougher" by careful observation but

the result remains! 

Inevitable is the Gondolier with his gondola.

And of course the richly ornamented buildings.

The signature which shows us the name Augusto and 

most likely it is the family name of this artist but so

many artists are called Augusto.....

Carmen Del Berro / Bir / Colette Bitker

Carmen Del Berro

A very lush done work of the Spanish artiste who made a lot

of more fine watercolors and oil paintings. This is definitely

an earlier one but absolutely from her hand.

And of course the signature presented 

here that normally is better readable!

Bir.

The signature of this work does not explain

anything about the artist. It simply says: Bir.

Work on paper. Dimensions 30 / 40 cm.

Colette Bitker ( 1929 -

This piece in fact merely is a watercolor though the artist

provided it with some extra accents in chalk. She is

living in Belgium (Brussels) but was born in Paris.

It was a kind of subtlety that catched our attention and

that element in fact is always present in her works.

She simply signs with "Bitker" and besides watercolors she

did crayons and litho's as well. Work on paper. Dimensions:

38 / 50 cm.

Eugene Francois de Block ( 1812 - 1893 ) / Rik Blomme

There seems to be an "Escalier"  in Rochefort which was

the inspiration for this artist to make this watercolor. Though

it is a nice watercolor it doesn't has the top qualities that might

be expected from this artist to our believe. Work on paper. 

Dimensions: 28 / 45 cm.

This artist made several important works in his life. That's why we 

think this to be a little more mediocre. The signature however is

spot on and a similar signature  can even be found on Wikipedia.

Rik Blomme

Belgium artists always seems to have a bit more extreme

ideas about how to express their ideas. It can give us another

way of looking at things common to us. Work on paper.

Dimensions 35 / 70 cm.

At first we thought it not to be signed but just above

the encadrement we found his signature!

And the mouth of course that attracts attention.