PITTORE DEL XIX SECOLO Lot n° 24

Still Life Oil on canvas, 46X54 cm Of high quality and beautiful preservation, the work has been attributed to American painter Lilly Martin Spencer, but here we do not rule out tracing it to the hand of British artist Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829-1915), known for her excellent and distinctive still lifes. Her production mainly depicts fruits gathered in baskets, bowls and, as in this case, large cabbage leaves laid on stone planes that stand out against monochrome backgrounds. In our case we perceive the same refined pictorial conduction, with multiple layers of glazing, achieving a surface of particular luminosity, aspects that place the author among Britain's best naturamortists. Reference bibliography: Harold A. E. Day, The Norwich School of Painters, Eastbourne Fine Arts, 1979, ad vocem