Nellie Roberts L-Catt. Poling Orchid Flower

An original 1918/1939 watercolour painting, Nellie Roberts, L-Catt. Poling Orchid Flower.

This remarkable orchid portrait is rendered with immense vibrancy and realism by Nellie Roberts (1872–1959), the first and longest serving Royal Horticultural Society Orchid Artist. The style in which the flower is portrayed would become the standard for orchid artists, being a frontal view of the flower at natural size, sometimes with a tinted background for emphasis, strikingly capturing the flower's delicate petal structure and symmetry. The majority of Nellie Roberts's paintings are in the RHS archive; orchid portraits by this celebrated artist rarely come to the market.On watercolour board. With gum arabic to intensify the watercolour. Artist's label, Stuart Low & Co stamps and inscriptions verso as shown.