Rudolf Giffinger, Mountain Landscape With Torrent By Moonlight

Rudolf Giffinger, Mountain Landscape With Torrent By MoonlightThis late 19th century oil painting by Rudolf Giffinger (act. c. 1870 1895) depicts a moonlit mountain torrent its rushing waters carving a luminous path through a darkened Alpine valley. Beneath a veiled sky, the moon hovers above distant peaks, its diffused light filtering through mist and cloud to settle upon the restless stream below. A solitary dwelling, half concealed among trees to the left, introduces a quiet human presence among the

he was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists - where he went on to exhibit over 50 works

What wicked news did the missive contain

and eventually settling into steady estate employment as a woodsman at Nuthall Temple

They emerge through the leaves with a sense of youthful exuberance as if placed in the sun for the very first time

such as Spain and Italy

she belonged to a well-connected family - her brother later becoming the 5th Earl of Coventry

Both are seated before a landscape

The trees and sail seem interconnected

A sumptuous evening landscape with a rich sunset by Swedish artist

such as Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) and Frans Floris (1519-1570)

Albert Henrich (1899-1971)

is too tempting to ignore