Late 19th-Century French School, Plein Air Landscape With Haycart & Farmhouse

Late 19th-Century French School, Plein Air Landscape With Haycart & FarmhouseThis late 19th century French oil painting depicts a rural view with haycart, fieldhands and farmhouse. Under a sky abundant with rolling clouds, oxen pull a heavy cart through dense fields. Beyond them, a rustic farmhouse is nestled into the scenery. Painted en plein air (outside), this masterful little work captures the scene perfectly. Theres a special quality to plein air painting thats difficult to quantify. Its an impromptu expression of what

Artist’s auction highlight: £6

The composition cleverly draws your eye towards the bright window and then down towards the bed

In letters

which is a reference to French landscape painter

presumably a mother and daughter

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 20” x 16” / 51cm x 40cmYear of creation: c

This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Carl Fisher (1887-1962) depicts two chairs and a book

she found herself having to support her family by becoming the editor of popular art magazine

at present

Look at his size and length

Condition: Areas of craquelure and some minor losses towards the top

Bristow’s attention to detail is extraordinary