Reserved - 19th-Century German School, Rural View With Cloudy Sky

Reserved - 19th-Century German School, Rural View With Cloudy SkyA handsome late 19th century oil on canvas depicting a rural view under a vast cloudy sky. A well worn track bends away to our left before disappearing into a copse. Two figures have stopped to chat perhaps on their way home while the sun gently illuminates the distant scenery. We particularly love the horizontal layers in the composition, which reveal themselves as your eyes gradually explore the landscape. The painting is housed within a beautiful

Craquelure throughout but paint layer stable under varnish

He studied at PS Krøyer's painting school and also under Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) while in Munich

This was noticeably different to their predecessors who tended to focus wholeheartedly on the details of the various flowers

So it’s likely that this bearded gentleman appears on a more comprehensive work somewhere in the World

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 23” x 18” / 59cm x 45cmYear of creation: c

Medium: Oil on panelOverall size: 14½” x 19” / 37cm x 48cmYear of creation: c

Inscribed on the reverse

des Tuileries

just a few years after Lydia’s wedding

Areas of light craquelure but the paint layer is stable

Following the war

Van Dyck’s original portrait depicts Lanier standing nonchalantly with his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword