John Arthur Dees, Evening Landscape With Stream

John Arthur Dees, Evening Landscape With StreamThis beautiful early 20th century oil painting by British artist John Arthur Dees (1875 1959) depicts an evening landscape with a stream, trees and distant view. Under the lazy glow of a setting sun, swirling tones bring rhythm to abundant foliage. In the foreground, grasses flicker akin to fire sprites. While three trees embrace like kindred spirits. Note, too, the pond with its misty colouring and gentle reflections. John Arthur Dees was a northern

Enigmatic works create magnificent stories

While training in Paris

Ludwig painted an otherwise gentle interior with a poignant edge

a chalky coastline - this is the England he loved and admired

Craquelure throughout but the paint layer seems stable

the hairstyle

perhaps he inherited the chair earlier in life and used it himself

The painting is signed M Schaarwachter in the lower left

The work is on paper

There’s a street named after him in Schaerbeek

“And perhaps another game of cards

Overall size: 28” x 22” / 72cm x 56cm