Mid-19th-Century English School, Landscape With Grazing Cattle & Stream

Mid-19th-Century English School, Landscape With Grazing Cattle & StreamThis charming mid 19th century English oil painting depicts a landscape with grazing cattle and a quaint wandering stream. Here, amid this gentle bucolic setting, the silence is broken only by the lilt of birdsong and the leisurely chewing of cud. Its nature in a restful mood, when gleaming sunlight is filtered through passing clouds and rolling hills are ornamented with a patchwork of hedgerows. The composition and stylisation is somewhat reminiscent

Overall size: 33” x 25½” / 84cm x 65cm

1860Provenance: Private collection

Titov studied in Saint Petersburg but now works from his studio in Narva

worked as a ‘cordwainer’

so perhaps the artist was a follower

During his sojourn in 1892

With the breaking down of the old traditional hierarchies and the growing celebration of nature

Clare’s father

Boesen was highly regarded during his lifetime and won numerous awards

it works within a modern interior to add texture and colour

An inscription on the reverse is hard to decipher but seems to mention that the pair are related

caused quite a sensation