Bosanquet (active period1854 - 1869) / John Boydell / Carl Brenders

Quite old, this English watercolour with some nice details.

Work on paper. Dimensions 30 / 40 cm.

We found the active period of this painter but this one is

dated 1874. He probably was longer active!

For those who want to see some auction results:

John Boydell

John Boydell was an English painter and engraver and

a lot of prints made by him can still be found on the internet.

However I can represent here one of my eldest watercolours

as John Boydell lived from 1719 untill 1804.

His watercolours seems to be more rare as nothing

can be found on the internet. There is a company

that has an art gallery by the name Boydell as one

of his ancestors started it a long time ago.

The work itself has been done on a thicker piece

of cardboard. A piece of handmade watercolour

paper would have been easier to identify as being

that old. Dimensions: 27 / 46 cm.

Carl Brenders ( 1937 - 

                                               

Carl Brenders (Belgium) is an international recognized

wildlife painter known for his exceptionally faithful and 

powerful rendition of nature. Born in Wilrijk (Belgium)

Carl first studied at the fine Arts Academy in Antwerp

and later in Berchem. He made his debut in the art world

as an illustrator for well-established European publishing

companies. His illustrations of wildlife for the book series

"La vie secrete des Betes" (Hachette) were later published

in English as  Nature's Hidden World. These books already

show what was to become Carl's trademark: The accurate

capturing of his subjects and their habitat.

Work on paper. Dimensions: 20 / 26 cm.

On this detailed piece of this artwork one is able to study his

accurancy  here. Not only does this counts for birds, also

bears, wolves, foxes and other animals are in his pocket.

The same thing counts for the environment around the

actual subject.

Presented here is his signature which is spot on as the photo

of the squirrel painting here beyond proves. He works with 

gouache in combination with watercolor and we think that he's

using photo's to start with but to be honest: We're not sure.

By clicking on this picture you are able to enlarge

this painting and see his signature in the lower middle.

Presented here is a more readable example from his

signature.

In fact not a genuine watercolor but based on one, this

litho shows again the skills of Carl Brenders. The back

has been provided with a certificate of authenticity 

being Artist Proof: 7 out of 36.

And some details to examine the different parts more

carefully. It is unknown to me wether if Brenders uses

pictures taken before or not.

The signature has been written in pencil as hads been

done with the numbered edition of this work.

And his signature of course which differs from the ones

given here above but absolutely are genuine.