OIL PAINTING on PANEL of ROSES BY GEORGE C. LAMBDIN Start Price USD 13,500.00 Current Price USD 13,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 14,500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 17, 2008 End Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Location Varied Westchester County Estates See more about 'OIL PAINTING on PANEL of ROSES BY GEORGE C. LAMBDIN ' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Sell more with every listing. Get Vendio Gallery today! Up for bid is this IMPORTANT floral Still Life on Panel by noted and very well listed artist George Lambdin, George Cochran Lambdin 1830-1896 is now best known for floral paintings, especially roses from his own garden.However, during his lifetime, he was recognized for his skill with sentimental genre subjects of which one of his most famous was "The Dead Wife," completed in 1860. Its popularity, with the bereaved husband holding the hand of his dead wife, was so great that it was in the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition. Lambdin was born in 1830 in Pittsburgh,the son of James Reid Lambdin, a successful portraitist from whom he received his early artistic training. In 1838, when he was eight, his family moved to Philadelphia, where he resided until his death. He studied in Munich and Paris in 1855 and Rome in 1870.In 1857, Lambdin turned to still life, concentrating on floral themes during the 1860's. He settled in Germantown, near Philadelphia, and cultivated a garden famous for roses. From 1870, his paintings of flowers, especially roses, were extremely popular and were widely reproduced as chromo-lithographs.He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1868 and died in 1896.This is an extraordinary work of Art certainly one of his better Paintings. I implore you to check out this artists works and auction prices at askart.com. You will see similar works in size and genre selling for twice the price I am asking for this Paint.Painting is in wonderful condition I see no inpainting or repairs of any sort. I am offering a 100% money back guarantee if this Paint is not by the hand of the artist mentioned in my description. Just a Great Summer buy on a Beautiful Painting of Roses. Painting unframed measures approx 24" by 14.75"One cannot take their eyes away from its beauty.....Please see my other listings for other Fine Art and the UNUSUAL in fine Antiques and Architectural items Paintings and Sculpture.. Please click below anywhere on my Guarantee or on any pictures to bring you to my current offerings then bookmark that page................. ...............Private Auctions.................. Please note that as of September 1st 2006 all our e bay auctions will be Private. This measure is solely intended to protect you, our customers, from the rash of Phony e mail second chance offers..Spoofs..and other Shenanigans by Fraudulent "SELLERS" with offers of similar or identical items for sale. We believe that our bidders have a right to their privacy and not to be solicited by fraudulent entities. Please be assured that we will never disclose your e mail address to any other party. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.Feel secure if you receive a second chance offer from Naruko on an item that you bid on that the offer is valid since Naruko is the only one able to see your e mail address with the Private auction format. AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE & LIMITED WARRANTY: Naruko fully guarantees the authenticity of the art work listed as we have described it. If a refund is requested for reasons of authenticity,1. The title and or description of the auction will state that I guarantee the painting to be by the hand of the artist or stating that the Painting is by the artist listed 2. the work of art must be returned within 30 days of your receiving it (10 days if based on condition only), in the same condition in which it was sold along with a signed written statement from a professionally recognized and qualified authority stating that the art work is not by the hand of the artist described and named in the auction............3.All returns for authenticity or condition issues will be at the Buyers Risk Cost and Expense.Buyer will pay for all shipping and packing both ways...Paintings “attributed” to an artist, “in the manner of” and “circle of” are covered by the condition guarantee only. Place a Bid!