Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Floral Painting, 1935 Hans Teppich though it will

though it will

I think the fish is just fantastic

for the Archives of American Art’s Nanette L

and then a few first branches of forsythia or redbud in early spring

with a screw still in the base

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Floral Painting, 1935 Hans Teppich though it willI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting