Flowers
Richard was a keen gardener, and bright flowers, none too subtle, gave him great pleasure. Flowers often find their way into his pictures not just as a still life but sometimes rather surreptitiously or symbolically.
The Mummers (1952)
oil on board - 88h × 92w (cm)
I like the way two bunches of flowers have made their way into this picture. The carelessly dropped nosegay and also the exquisite still life precariously balanced on the windowsill. [PB]
Buttercup Field (1948)
oil on canvas - 37h × 45w (cm)
The Buttercup Field has become a sea of flowers and Dad has painted it the way he sometimes painted the sea. [PB]
The Rainbow (1937)
oil on board
This was painted three years into Richard’s and Mavis’ marriage. The garden had started as a wild piece of Forest with lots of young birches and gorse and one rather boggy area. This picture was a triumphant show of what he had already managed to grow in their front garden.
Flowers in a Silver Tankard (c1984)
- 53.3h × 29.8w (cm)
The Black Cat (1983)
oil on board - 30h × 25w (cm)
Flower Study (c1976)
oil on board - 25.4h × 20.3w (cm)
The Garden (1959)
oil on canvas - 78.7h × 110.1w (cm)
Pink in green glass bottle with Paint Box (1957)
oil on canvas - 20.2h × 25.2w (cm)
Honeysuckle (1957)
oil on board - 26h × 32w (cm)
Summer Flowers (1957)
oil on board
Still-life (Nasturtium and Honesty) (1957)
oil on canvas - 25.4h × 20.3w (cm)
Still Life Of Flowers And Ferns In A Pewter Vase (1957)
oil on board - 28h × 50.5w (cm)
Flower piece, Autumn (c1957)
- 30.5h × 50.8w (cm)
Forget-Me-Not (1956)
oil on card - 37h × 28w (cm)
Flowerpiece with Apple and Love Lies Bleeding (1956)
oil on card - 30h × 22.2w (cm)
The flowers have been stuffed into a very narrow necked vase so there is no room for the stem of Love Lies Bleeding already beginning to droop on the table. The new studio with its large window was part of the house and built a few years after the War. Before that Richard painted in a shed in the garden.
Flower Piece (1955)
oil on canvas - 41h × 51w (cm)
Still Life with Flowers in a Vase (c1953)
oil on board - 25.5h × 21w (cm)
Poppy-field near Salisbury (c1952)
oil on panel - 10h × 15.2w (cm)
Sea View (1950)
oil on board - 43h × 58w (cm)
Flowers in Silver Goblet (c1949)
- 30.5h × 35.6w (cm)
Still Life (c1949)
oil on board - 35.6h × 24.1w (cm)
Summer Flowers (1948)
oil on canvas - 48h × 33w (cm)
Here Richard has captured the energy in recently cut flowers.
Still life of flowers (1947)
oil on canvas - 20h × 25w (cm)
Harvest Dedication (1947)
oil on canvas - 115h × 75w (cm)
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Roses in Wine Glass ([date unknown])
oil on card - 30h × 22.2w (cm)
Still Life of Flowers (1939)
oil on canvas - 61h × 40.5w (cm)
Flower Piece (c1939)
- 60h × 20.3w (cm)
Flowers in a Delft Vase (c1938)
- 40.6h × 30.5w (cm)
Scabious (c1938)
- 33h × 48.3w (cm)
Marigolds, Helenium and Coriopsis (1937)
oil on canvas - 19h × 15.5w (cm)
Angelina Topham’s Garden (1937)
oil on canvas - 50.5h × 40.2w (cm)
Flowers in a Glass (1937)
oil on canvas - 25h × 20w (cm)
Flowerpiece (Daffodils and Jonquils) (1937)
oil on board - 40h × 25.5w (cm)
Flowers (1936)
- 51h × 35w (cm)
Chrysanthemums (1936)
oil on canvas - 61h × 50.8w (cm)
Still Life, Vase of Colourful Summer Flowers (c1935)
oil on panel - 41h × 28.5w (cm)
Still Life, Lyme Regis (1933)
oil on canvas - 47.5h × 32.5w (cm)
The Garden (1928)
pencil on paper - 27h × 27w (cm)