Painterly Spring Flowers in Blue Vase, Charming Large Oil on Canvas Still Life, c. 2nd Quarter 20th Century drill bits box terrific checkerboard texture around its

terrific checkerboard texture around its upper half

a few drawings of houses including one labeled "the House that Harvey built"

" adopted by the company in 1883 after a painting by the Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard called Das_Schokoladenm

but I loved the look of it

Painting: 14" x 11

Painterly Spring Flowers in Blue Vase, Charming Large Oil on Canvas Still Life, c. 2nd Quarter 20th Century drill bits box terrific checkerboard texture around itsThis one is a hundred times better than photos convey the ground a somewhat darker, richer gray, and the thick impasto on the flowers lending a real physicality to the surface and terrific sense of presence to the whole painting, which also shows nice craquelure. This made me feel cheerful in a very welcome way when I found it but while charming it does not feel at all saccharine; more like a moody spring day. 20" x 24" and in very good condition,