Description: For Your Purchasing Consideration:A 1940's Sterling Siver Miniature Set of (4) Portraits done in repousse of Victorian Women, By Jean Swan Gordon (1922 - 2013). Signed pieces are signed as Jean Swan. Done earlier in her career when she was into portraits. Presumably when Jean was in her early twenties. Extremely "Rare" antiques being offered here. Can't find them anywhere on the web. They are simply beautiful in my opinion. They measure 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Inches. Mounted on board and it appears the backboard was covered in elegant brown leather. A little biography information about Jean Swan Gordon as follows: Born in 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, Gordon graduated from Smith College in 1942. Due to her husband’s military career, she and her family moved all around the world before settling in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Gordon summered in East Boothbay, Maine, and that is where her love of gardening and painting came together. Initially, Gordon worked only in pen and pencil and created brilliant line portraits and landscapes. She began to paint floral bouquets on the side. Quickly, however, Gordon fell in love with the intricacies of flowers. “As with people,” Gordon wrote, “no two are the same. They can move around like people, and there’s something challenging about that. That’s why I try to convey in my work the vigor, energy, and variety of flowers at various stages of growth and development.”Gordon’s bouquets are unique in the art world because of their lack of traditional staging. Field flowers mix and mingle with the blooms of Gordon’s Garden and reflect the passing of the seasons. Lupin and buttercups in the early summer; dahlias, echinacea, and chrysanthemums in the fall. She starts each painting by taking ink directly onto plain white paper. She then adds in layers upon layers of watercolors which, under her masterful hand, capture the velvety nature of petals, the light that bounces through a glass vase, and so much more. The negative space between all the leaves and flowers is as stunning as the bouquet themes. The light and joy that Jean Swan Gordon’s work can bring to a room is unlike any other. For Gordon, it is “the beauty, individuality, and energy of flowers that counts the most” towards creating a stunning piece.Here is your golden opportunity to acquire rare and beautiful sterling silver miniatures to add to your collection done by an extraordinary woman artist Jean Swan Gordon.Thanks for looking! Have an excellent day!
Price: 499.99 USD
Location: Wheeling, Illinois
End Time: 2024-10-09T18:58:42.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: SIGNED
Pattern: Repousse
Composition: Sterling Silver
Style: Victorian
Age: Post-1940
