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Excellent condition on this framed, original watercolor still life by noted artist Louise Davies Webber. Depicted are five Asian porcelain figurines of men in robes, all rendered in a palette of greens, blues, light beiges and violets.

Dimensions: Water color measures 9 ¼” by 14 ¼” with total dimensions of 19 ½” by 25 ½".

Webber was a Maine artist who was well-known for her still life and landscape scenes. This watercolor with its depiction of the human form is an unusual piece for her in terms of subject matter.

There is a column of information affixed to the back which reads:

Augusta Artist Exhibits

Mrs. Webber, whose work ranges from small collages of fantastic sailboats to serious oils depicting the Maine coast, is fascinated by color and pattern. Although her paintings would be considered representational, one finds a touch of whimsy and imagery creeping through many of them. Semi abstraction, Mrs. Webber feels, lends a definite interest and charm to certain subjects.

A graduate of Wellesley College, she studied “general art” for two years at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. - thereafter taking courses, as opportunity offered, at the Art Students League, the Grand Central Art Galleries, the Berkshire Summer School of Art and the Academie Colarossi in Paris.

Before her marriage to the late Ralph Webber of Augusta, Mrs. Webber “free-lanced” for a number of years in New York City - with an interval as Occupational Therapist in United States General Hospital No. 3, Colonia, N.Y.

Her drawings and paintings have been shown in many group exhibits through Central Maine - the Farnsworth Museum, Rockland; Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset; Harlow Gallery, Hallowell; and Portland Sidewalk Shows.

Mrs. Webber’s “one-woman” shows include the Moulton Union, Bowdoin College; the Bangor Public Library; the Lithgow Public Library, Augusta; the Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, and the Thayer Hospital Art Gallery in Waterville.

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