August Van Hier, Winter Landscape With Sunset & Figures

August Van Hier, Winter Landscape With Sunset & FiguresThis absorbing oil painting by artist August Van Hier captures a wintery landscape immersed in the omnipresent drama of a setting sun. Light seems to flicker like fire as it shimmers from the ground. While a broken horizontal of burnt sienna slices between clouds. Sparse trees and a distant spire gently interrupt the bleak scenery. Van Hiers inclusion of the figures creates a sense of poignancy a reflective mood perhaps. The notion of these wandering

He’s wearing a grey robe which is tied around the waist and another heavier brown garment over his shoulder

Year of creation: 1889

which are reminiscent of 18th-century continental still lifes

Yellow and blue are juxtaposed with grey urbanisation as the natural world merges with the city

The best outcome is harmony

a similar still life with salmon and oysters sold for £2

A fine late 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a cottage interior by German artist

Vinzenzo Canino was known primarily for landscapes

where he worked as a court painter for Emperor Franz I

Scuffing around the edges due to its previous frame but otherwise fine

Carl Christian Frederik Jacob Thomsen (1847-1912)

Imagine waking up to a view across the lake with the light shimmering across its surface