William Henry Hunt (Follower), Still Life With Plums

William Henry Hunt (Follower), Still Life With PlumsThis late 19th century still life depicts four plums nestled alongside a mossy bank. Its influenced by the works of British artist William Henry Hunt (1790 1864). Celebrating natures bounty became a popular endeavour for watercolour artists of the mid to late 19th century, with many inspired by Hunts precise and pioneering style. Hunt contributed to the elevation of watercolour painting as a medium as well as being influential in securing the rising

has loosely daubed in the snow with its various highlights and deftly created the trees with some simple well-placed marks

Several portraits of Charles II (by Peter Lely’s studio and Jacob Huysmans) are also presented this way

Palmer’s gentle naturalism tugs at the heartstrings

worn by years of use

where each changing season is just as enchanting as the last

It feels as if Rouse spent his career trying to figure this out as his oeuvre is a varied one

"I should do myself wrong if I told you that I love you better than all the world besides

Marthe was also a painter and she married Gosta in 1927

with inspiration derived from the 19th-century French ‘plein air’ painters

Note the templates on the right-hand wall

A peaceful escape

the form of the boat draws focus as it lands on the shore