English School Landscape With River

English School Landscape With RiverA very attractive English landscape painting depicting a river running through a wood with overhanging trees. Its been painted in a style made synonymous by the impressionists and it was probably created outside. Quick daubs of built up oil paint scatter the canvas with the artist paying close attention to the light atop the water. Medium Oil on canvas Size 21 x 14 55cm x 37cm Year of creation c. 1900 Provenance England Condition Fine with no issues.

which translates as ’To Aunt Ester’

Size including frame 15½” x 19¼” / 39cm x 49cm

The study is housed in a simple wooden frame and bears an estate stamp on the reverse

Her delicate golden lorgnette (which is a pair of spectacles with a handle) is folded and held between her thumb and index finger

20” x 24” / 51cm x 61cm

The officer’s hair is slicked back

The painting is housed within a beautiful gilded frame with foliate borders and swept corners

which is reminiscent of the post-impressionists

It’s said that Foss was so enamoured with the countryside that he was known to omit buildings if they spoilt his view

The board is a little undulant and it’s accumulated various layers of dirt over the years

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

A pretty young queen full of charms has no need of all these follies