{"product_id":"lizzie-riches-bonapartes-gull-1993-oil-on-board","title":"Lizzie Riches, 'Napoleon's's Gull', 1994, oil on board","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Napoleon's Gull' by Lizzie Riches (British, b. 1950).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on board\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e59 x 44 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e69 x 54 cm\u003c\/span\u003e with frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLizzie Riches (b. 1950, East London) is a renowned British painter known for her distinctive, dreamlike style that blends magical realism, detailed natural history, and Tudor-esque symbolism. Raised near Epping Forest, Riches developed an early, lifelong fascination with nature. Although she attended both the Camberwell School of Art and Goldsmiths College in the late 1960s, she quickly found herself out of sync with contemporary abstract trends and set out to cultivate her own idiosyncratic visual language instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Riches spent years living in rural Suffolk painting local birds, plants, and insects, her scope gradually expanded to embrace broader surrealist landscapes, specifically focusing on exotic flora and fauna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Almanac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56222479810945,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0511\/5777\/files\/Untitleddesign_4_2429e79a-671c-4114-bc73-3728e2cf500e.png?v=1788690154","url":"https:\/\/almanac-home.com\/en\/products\/lizzie-riches-bonapartes-gull-1993-oil-on-board","provider":"Almanac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}