Alexander Joseph Daiwaille (Attributed), City View

Alexander Joseph Daiwaille (Attributed), City ViewThis charming mid 19th century oil painting by Dutch artist Alexander Joseph Daiwaille (1818 1888) depicts a city view with rustic timber framed buildings. Skilfully composed, two clear lines of sight provide both depth and historic interest. With the prominent homes in the foreground rendered with architectural precision. A merchant sells their produce at a covered stand by the canal while the streets are peppered with figures. Daiwaille produced

One of a perfect Denmark in contrast to its busy cities

While several vessels bob and draw the eye towards a distant misty horizon line

We particularly love the way that the foliage is lurching over the wall as if the property is lost in time

He’s flanked by soldiers as two dogs bark fiercely at a bare-chested man holding the rope that binds him

On the 15th of August 1866

A charming turn of the century drawing depicting a loving embrace by Swedish artist

562 achieved for a landscape painting at an auction in 2006

the bridge caretaker in 1641

Many of his works appear lost in time and could easily sit alongside 18th or early 19th-century pieces

Soper’s approach is rooted in British romanticism and stems from John Constable’s passion for the countryside

a few years after this etching was produced

such as Cézanne and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) had left an indelible mark