George Vicat Cole RA, A Sunny Afternoon Near Arundel

George Vicat Cole RA, A Sunny Afternoon Near ArundelThis 19th century oil painting by eminent British artist George Vicat Cole RA (1833 1893) depicts a Summers day on the River Arun. With its shimmering reflections of riverside flora, the resplendent Arun winds humbly through the reeds. Three cows approach to take water under the radiant glow of the midday sun. Its an idyllic snapshot of pastoral bliss captured by a master of the English landscape. Vicat Cole worked predominantly outdoors, often

Georg Achen (1860-1912)

she had illustrated Thomas Moore’s Pearls of the East - with her sister producing lithographs

Little is known of Vient aside from his war paintings but his work did appear at the Paris Salon between 1878 and 1881

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 15” x 18” / 39cm x 46cmYear of creation: c

which were produced around 20 years earlier

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With the crowds buoyed by the thrill of the Derby

This fine late-19th-century portrait by Danish artist Christian Eckardt (1832-1914) depicts Johan Jacob Elmqvist

Various paint marks pepper his blue trousers

Some creasing

The gentle tints of a hidden sun enliven the crisp scenery