Robert Gallon, Brook & River

Robert Gallon, Brook & RiverThis mid to late 19th century oil painting by British artist Robert Gallon (1845 1925) depicts an autumnal view with a river, brook and rugged mountain scenery. It was shown at the Royal Academy in 1878 and won a medal the following year at Crystal Palace. A pressing question, often foremost in the mind of any young aspiring landscape artist, is how far one should accurately reflect nature as it sprawls out before them in all its unerring complexity.

Working prolifically across the British Isles

The original painting resides in the Manchester Art Gallery along with a portrayal of Leander laying dead on the rocks

Occasionally after class

producing an oeuvre of pristine works

coastal scenes and still lifes

stained glass windows

illuminating the vista akin to a radiant Claudian vision

Training first at the Royal Swedish Academy and later in Paris

depicting him wearing a blue sash and the Order of the Garter at Raynham Hall in Norfolk

the earth is raised

Our reference: BRV1645

so perhaps she was a keen sailor