Compared to oils which are built up and mixed slowly and methodically on the canvas or board, watercolours offer a quick impression of the sitter or scene to brush on before the water contained within dries. It is an approach often painted live in situ rather than a studio and creates images rich in light and movement. Colours can be premixed or placed as distinct layers on the paper, and every stroke needs to be intentional and planned to prevent mistakes which can’t be undone. It is the spontaneity of watercolours which make antique and vintage examples so appealing. These are often humble moments from the past, captured in time and never to return. They have been kept out of the sun by owners who cherished them too much to see them fade, and their smaller size makes them feel more personal.
The 19th and 20th Centuries were the hiatus for watercolours and at LoveAntiques we have a large and fine selection for any space on your wall you wish to fill.
William Rand Antiques
Watercolour Of Anglesey Landscape By John Mcdougal
£ 500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Racing Painting Horse Neil Gow Jockey Danny Maher up at Newmarket by Isaac Cullin
£ 10,000
Racing Painting Horse Neil Gow Jockey Danny Maher up at Newmarket by Isaac Cullin
£ 10,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Millers Antiques
Frank Wood Marine Painting 1914
£ 450
Prometheus Antiques
Large Watercolour by Arturo Orselli
£ 575
21st Century Gallery
Original Watercolour 'omis, Croatia' by Paul Tvrtkovic 1927-2010. Signed, Inscribed and Dated. Omis, 14/6/48
£ 120
Original Watercolour 'omis, Croatia' by Paul Tvrtkovic 1927-2010. Signed, Inscribed and Dated. Omis, 14/6/48
£ 120
21st Century Gallery
Graham Deakin Antiques
Hong Kong Market Watercolour by Stephen Thomas
£ 125
Wick Antiques Ltd
Large Portrait of Provost Samuel Leckie by William A. Donnelly 1901
£ 8,500
Large Portrait of Provost Samuel Leckie by William A. Donnelly 1901
£ 8,500
Wick Antiques Ltd
Art & Stuff
Antique Watercolour of a Cute Scottie Dog
£ 59
Graham Deakin Antiques
18th Century Japanese Watercolour
£ 325
Graham Deakin Antiques
!8th Century Japanese Watercolour
£ 325
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Set 3 Hunting Sequence Paintings Huntsman On Grey By Charles Johnson Payne Snaffles
£ 15,000
Set 3 Hunting Sequence Paintings Huntsman On Grey By Charles Johnson Payne Snaffles
£ 15,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Graham Deakin Antiques
John Shapland (1865-1929)
£ 125
Graham Deakin Antiques
Bernard Benedict Hemy Watercolour (1845-1913)
£ 395
Trade Antiques
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding Miniature 1837
£ 485
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
Charles Frederick Buckley Landscape Watercolour
£ 950
Millers Antiques
Wester Ross Watercolour Painting
£ 175
Rams Head Antiques
Antique Watercolour Painting Gilt Frame Cavalier Signed
£ 245
Marylebone Antiques
Antique Watercolour Painting by Frank Dadd
£ 575
William Rand Antiques
William Hoggatt - Watercolour of Lancashire Landscape
£ 950
William Rand Antiques
William Hoggatt - Isle of Man Landscape Watercolour
£ 1,250
Celia Rose Antiques
Watercolour on The Medway by J.Salmon
£ 885
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Painting Windermere Scafell Pike Lake District Follower Harry Sutton Palmer
£ 3,500
Painting Windermere Scafell Pike Lake District Follower Harry Sutton Palmer
£ 3,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Celia Rose Antiques
Cattle IN A Landscape Attributed Thomas Sidney Cooper
£ 650
Prometheus Antiques
Watercolour by John E Sutcliffe 1876-1923
£ 450
£ 135
Graham Reed Fine Art
Harry Wanless Watercolour ‘ Whitby Abbey from The Harbour’
£ 450
Kernow Furniture
William T Woods - Sunlight & Shadow
£ 295
Graham Reed Fine Art
Ethel May Mallinson Watercolour ‘Venetian View’
£ 225
Graham Reed Fine Art
James George Bingley Watercolour ‘Fisherman with Children Playing at the Seashore’
£ 850
James George Bingley Watercolour ‘Fisherman with Children Playing at the Seashore’
£ 850
Graham Reed Fine Art
£ 1,450
Watercolour of Cattle in Water Meadow by Andrew Nichols RHA 1804-1886
£ 1,450
Whites Antiques
Graham Reed Fine Art
Charles Edward Wilson Watercolour ‘Reflections’
£ 2,950
Graham Reed Fine Art
Albert Ludovici Junior Watercolour - Taking A Cab
£ 1,750
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Watercolour Thirlmere & Helvellyn Lake District by Edward Horace Thompson
£ 2,750
Watercolour Thirlmere & Helvellyn Lake District by Edward Horace Thompson
£ 2,750
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Country House and Eastern Interiors
Antique Indian Miniature Painting - Equestrian Portrait Maharaja Sardar Singh (ruled 1838-1842)
£ 395
Antique Indian Miniature Painting - Equestrian Portrait Maharaja Sardar Singh (ruled 1838-1842)
£ 395
Country House and Eastern Interiors
Country House and Eastern Interiors
Indian Miniature Painting - A Scene From A Baramasa Series - Punjab Hills
£ 295
Indian Miniature Painting - A Scene From A Baramasa Series - Punjab Hills
£ 295
Country House and Eastern Interiors
Country House and Eastern Interiors
Antique Indian Miniature Equestrian Painting - Mid 19th Century
£ 775
Antique Indian Miniature Equestrian Painting - Mid 19th Century
£ 775
Country House and Eastern Interiors
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Pair of Vintage Fashion Pen, Ink & Watercolour Paintings
£ 395
Pair of Vintage Fashion Pen, Ink & Watercolour Paintings
£ 395
Marlborough Antiques & Interiors
Farm and Fancy
Antique Watercolour of Ships in Harbour
£ 295
Farm and Fancy
Pair of Scottish Watercolour of Children in Tartan Dress
£ 925