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2059 – A lovely watercolour of Stavronikita

Posted on July 3, 2019 by athosweblog

This very nice drawing by English painter Edward Lear (1812-1888) was sold yesterday at Christie’s London for EUR 25.000. It is a study made with pencil and watercolour paint for a later painting. On the paper some text is visible, … Continue reading →

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1925 – 3 monasteries by Edward Lear

Posted on June 21, 2017 by athosweblog

On the 5th of July 2017 Christies will auction 3 drawings by Edward Lear. We have made already a lot of Lear posts on this blog but here are three unpublished images. A very nice impression of the monastery of … Continue reading →

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