Thomas Millie Dow, Moorland Road At Twilight

Thomas Millie Dow, Moorland Road At TwilightA sublime depiction of a moorland road by Scottish artist, Thomas Millie Dow (1848 1919). Its an interesting piece thats bordering on abstract with many of the finer details omitted in favour of broad gestural marks. The composition consists of three horizontal layers with a road arching its way through the foreground. You can imagine Dow rapidly painting this outside keen to catch the last of the evenings light. Dow trained in Paris at the cole des

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29” x 36” / 73cm x 92cmYear of creation: c

Jean Alphonse Stival (1879-1944)

During the 1940s

A young couple are resting under an old oak tree alongside a babbling brook

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 27” x 28” / 69cm x 71cmYear of creation: 1923Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Very presentable following a light restoration

trees and distant cottages

a copse provides some shade for the families that live nearby

Melchior Hansen painted in a distinctive style often with broad marks to convey light and depth

With all the facts considered

you’ll see a lady picking flowers by the river and holding a posy

Olof Walfrid Nilsson (1868-1956)

980 achieved for ‘Indian Landscape’ at an auction in 1994