Heinrich Gogarten, Winter Landscape With Mother & Child

Heinrich Gogarten, Winter Landscape With Mother & ChildThis late 19th century oil painting by German artist Heinrich Gogarten (1850 1911) depicts a mother and child making their way along a muddy track through a snow covered landscape. Even on the coldest of days, companionship perseveres. Walking side by side, the pair cross the frozen fields via a path that countless others have travelled before them. Perhaps they're returning home or making their way to Sunday worship at the distant church. Above them,

From 1880 onwards

It’s signed J Langlois

490 achieved for 'Junge Dame im Boudoir' in 1995

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 19” x 23” / 48cm x 59cmYear of creation: c

Bassoon was his preferred instrument but he was equally adept as a pianist

dragged from atop a stack

Simply a man

the architecture becomes theatre - a place for the human mind to stage its curiosities

partner portraits were completed together

As if the distinguished Frenchman had been transposed into modest watercolours

His Summertime landscapes are quite rare and this a good example

He connects us with the ever-changing intensity of the dynamic natural world