Anton Eduard Kieldrup, Landscape With Farm

Anton Eduard Kieldrup, Landscape With FarmThis charming mid 19th century oil painting by Danish artist Anton Eduard Kieldrup (1827 1869) depicts a smallholding with two cottages and figures amid a verdant summer landscape. Dabs of white flora jostle for position, illuminated by abundant sunlight, while a homespun picket fence, shaded deftly, splits the composition. To the left, the eye roams across illuminated pasture before pausing on a tinted wood. Its a display of natures opulence, a

who encouraged him to paint ‘en plein air’

but it’s probably based upon a sketch in Norfolk

Skilfully handled and lacking embellishment

This late 19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Theodoor Verstraete (1850-1907) depicts a gentle nocturnal view under a shimmering moon

he preferred to paint humbler subjects - particularly the travelling community and those who worked the land

given his aptitude for figurative work

While a green chairhalf pushed into cold grassLeansdizzy with Summer

In a photograph from 1884

Voltz generally painted forests and pastoral landscapes so this is quite an unusual example of his work

resolute to remain in Southampton where he spent his entire life

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a young gentleman wearing a double-breasted frock coat with a white shirt and dark blue cravat

The painting is signed in the lower right and held within a period gilt frame