Vintage Ouida Romanoff George Framed Watercolor

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Vintage Ouida Romanoff George watercolor featuring a house on a hill. Signed by artist.

A recognized American colorist painter, Ouida … Read more Vintage Ouida Romanoff George watercolor featuring a house on a hill. Signed by artist.

A recognized American colorist painter, Ouida developed a unique and individual style that was a combination of her visual mental imagery intertwined with reality. She favored sketching and painting from life, avoiding photographs. She leaned heavily on her photographic memory, her superb sense of color and composition, and her exceptional brush strokes. Her painting style has been described as somewhere between post-Impressionist and French modern. She is equally known for her exotic and imaginative landscapes, beautiful flowers, stylized ladies in their hats or bathtubs, whimsical children, fantasy scenes, and her portraits that reflect the person in their natural surroundings, almost always with their pets. Exhibiting from the 1950 to 1994, Ouida created about 40 paintings and drawings per year and presented a one-woman show every two years. Her portraits and ink drawings became almost as popular as her paintings, which can be found in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Ouida Margaret Romanoff was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 1, 1916. Around five years old she began drawing; and by her own account, Ouida knew that she wanted to be an artist at an early age. Besides her artistic abilities, she was also active and athletic, excelling in gymnastics and horseback riding. She attended the School at the Art Institute of Chicago, but in 1941, when her mother became ill, she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida. During the war her secretarial skills landed her a job working for the US Army Air Corps at Morrison Field, riding her bicycle back and forth to work. After years of independent courses in anatomy, advanced art, and life drawing, in 1948 Ouida decided to devote all her time and energy to her art.

Framed size: 22.5“W x .75“D x 18.5“H
Canvas size: 16.5“W x 12.5“H See less