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.
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
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
Farm and Fancy
Helen Cordelia Angela Coleman R.S.W. (1847-1884) "Pinks"
£ 650
Rams Head Antiques
Antique Chinese Watercolour Flowers
£ 185
Farm and Fancy
Antique Pheasants Watercolour
£ 695
Rams Head Antiques
Pair of Chinese Watercolours Sailing Junks
£ 435
William Rand Antiques
Saw Mills, Dordrecht Watercolour by John Ernest Aitken
£ 265
Farm and Fancy
Scottish Loch Watercolour
£ 250
Newark Antiques and Interiors Ltd
19th Century Watercolour of H.M.S. Captain
£ 310
Farm and Fancy
Vincent Balfour-Browne (British, 1880-1963) Watercolour
£ 1,650
£ 695
Antique Landscape Painting, Plymouth Breakwater, Framed Watercolour, Victorian
£ 695
London Fine Ltd
21st Century Gallery
Original Watercolour 'Theatre Interior' by Toby Horne Shepherd. Framed. Initialled. c.1950
£ 90
Original Watercolour 'Theatre Interior' by Toby Horne Shepherd. Framed. Initialled. c.1950
£ 90
21st Century Gallery
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Mid Century Watercolour Historic Midlothian Temple Village by Sir William George Gillies
£ 11,500
Mid Century Watercolour Historic Midlothian Temple Village by Sir William George Gillies
£ 11,500
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Antique Gouache Watercolour Ducks Flying Away by Thomas Blinks c.1900
£ 5,600
Antique Gouache Watercolour Ducks Flying Away by Thomas Blinks c.1900
£ 5,600
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Mansion House Antiques & Fine Art
Pigeon Watercolour Painting 1935 Jubilee Winner
£ 1,200
£ 185
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Victorian Watercolour Painting Apple Blossom And Blue Tit Bird by Arthur Wardle
£ 42,000
Victorian Watercolour Painting Apple Blossom And Blue Tit Bird by Arthur Wardle
£ 42,000
Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD
Wick Antiques Ltd
Two Gouache Paintings by de Simone of ‘Latona’
£ 3,250
Prometheus Antiques
19th Century Watercolour Painting of Pheasant
£ 110
Prometheus Antiques
Georgian Watercolour Portrait of a Lady
£ 195