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He was born at Jutphaas (now Nieuwegein) and learned to paint flowers in the early 1830s. He worked in Delft , Utrecht and Houten from 1835 and again in Utrecht from 1848. He later settled in Trieste in 1848. He died in 1887 at Celje in Slovenia, then Austria-Hungary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith gum arabic to intensify the colour. On thin card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52017573003593,"sku":"JU-715","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/ju-715.jpg?v=1743500643"},{"product_id":"p-v-boston-still-life-with-dead-bird-original-1906-watercolour-painting-jy-956","title":"P.V. Boston, Still Life with Dead Bird – Original 1906 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1906 watercolour painting, P.V. 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The flowers in the still life are blue and pink 'love-in-a-mist' flowers, or Nigella damascena, a charming old-fashioned wildflower that blooms in spring and early summer, often associated with cottage gardens, fields and roadsides. Its finely divided leaves form a lacy 'mist' surrounding the jewel-like flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMortram Moorhouse often painted in an ethereal style, choosing naturalistic subjects but rendering them in a softly blended technique that evoked a sense of atmosphere and spontaneity. In this still life he beautifully captures the short lived vitality of cut wildflowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Mortram Moorhouse (1882–1960) studied at Lancaster School of Art and privately under illustrious teachers including Sir William Orpen, Frank Brangwyn and Augustus John. He was married to the artist Blanche Moorhouse. 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