19th-Century English School, Landscape With Cattle Crossing A Ford

19th-Century English School, Landscape With Cattle Crossing A FordThis charming mid 19th century English school oil painting depicts two figures with animals crossing a shallow ford before a picturesque landscape. As Summer draws to a close, golden hues begin to emerge upon the sun tipped branches of overhanging foliage. Its an idyllic scene with several points of interest. On the right, a weary farmer leans upon a five bar gate while his cow takes water alongside a diligent farmhand. Behind him, two buildings,

technique and placed tinted photographic cutouts into a garden setting painted in watercolour and gouache

a potential suitor confessing their desires

Vanni’s original was engraved and distributed widely

Henrik Gamst Jespersen (1853-1936)

It’s also interesting to note the unconventional look of the subject - she’s beautiful but not in a traditional way (e

so one assumes he was raised in a rather pious and evangelical setting

during his retreat into his Island of Mann

including plums

immersing himself within it

Copley Fielding gives us fishermen dragging their nets through the undulant mud

with two masts

in 2015 for ‘Im Künstleratelier’ (50cm x 39