Edmund Bristow, Farmyard With White Mare

Edmund Bristow, Farmyard With White MareThis fine mid 19th century oil painting by British artist Edmund Bristow (1787 1876) depicts a farmhouse with a saddled white mare taking water while a cockerel looks on. An older man stands alongside, under the eaves of a thatched roof. Edmund Bristow was a distinguished painter of animals, still life and genre subjects. His rusticated portrayals of Victorian rural life served a baying aristocratic clientele, eager for his canny observations. Sir

many of his works have been acquired by museums

Two of the key tenets were moderation and modesty

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This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Hjalmar Kragh-Pedersen (1883-1962) depicts the industrial area of Sydhavn

a series of undulating hills provide a picturesque backdrop to this idyllic rural scene

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1890Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Very presentable

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The overall effect is rather splendid with the crispness of the figures juxtaposed against a misty idyll

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which led to it becoming smaller and closer to the ground