19th-Century British School, Malvern Landscape With Cottage

19th-Century British School, Malvern Landscape With CottageA charming 19th century watercolour painting depicting a cottage at the foot of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire. Its been painted with a great deal of affection and perhaps its the artists own home. We particularly love the path that meanders its way around the cottage and towards the picturesque hills. The painting is housed within a later frame. Medium: WatercolourOverall size: 12 x 9 31cm x 23cmYear of creation: c. 1850Provenance:

It’s been painted with beautiful impressionistic marks and it probably originated on the continent

Some light craquelure

9½” x 11¾” / 24cm x 30cm

A beautiful mid-19th-century portrait depicting a lady with her arm resting on a table with a bouquet

Florence Olga Abrahamson (1877-1965)

The evening’s sun is disappearing on the horizon as a group of figures rest by a canal

Heyligers is generally considered to be a painter of genre scenes depicting women with children but he also painted still lifes and landscapes

This scene is referred to as a ‘pietà’

so it’s plausible that he’s taking part in a Shakespearean play

the artist has certainly been academy trained

such as Delacroix

Her head is tilted and suggests movement