17th-Century Flemish Landscape With Well & Coastal View

17th-Century Flemish Landscape With Well & Coastal ViewAn extensive 17th century Flemish landscape painting depicting a group of travellers resting by an ancient well. Four figures are standing closest to the well with two appearing to fill vessels with water. While behind them, a family are sitting alongside two further horseback riders and a lively dog. Through the centre of the composition, a river appears to extend out towards the coast weaving its way through an undulant landscape. And on our left,

The vertical composition focuses our eye on the height and beauty of several impressive pine trees

which is likely to be the original

A mid-20th-century oil on canvas depicting a quiet interior scene within an attractive Danish cottage

Wide-brimmed picture hats with round crowns were all the rage during the Summer

he’s immersed us into a light-filled riot of yellow and green with the open petals bringing a sense of life and vitality

The painting is housed within a fine hand-carved foliate frame with a decorative inner border

Previously directly from the artist and then by descent

Cox was a prominent member of the ’Birmingham School’ and he painted in a stripped-down style by removing details and employing generalisations

George Percival Gaskell RBA (1868-1934)

1830Provenance: FranceCondition: Craquelure throughout

This particular piece was produced in around 1910 by ‘K Richer’ of Munich

French impressionism was in full swing and gaining the attention of many British artists