Frederick Victor Bailey, Still Life With Roses 16th Minerva Motors

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wooded slopes

This was standard practice

Here in this piece from around that period

following several family bereavements

Frederick Victor Bailey, Still Life With Roses 16th Minerva MotorsThis exquisite mid 20th century oil painting by British artist Frederick Victor Bailey (1919 1997) depicts a flourish of blooms set within a ceramic vase. It combines the technical refinement of the 17th century Dutch masters with a contemplative sense of beauty. Against a darkened background, luminous flowers emerge with remarkable clarity: pale pink roses unfold beside fiery carnations and delicate blue blossoms, while butterflies drift weightlessly