Frederik Christian Kiærskou, Picturesque Landscape With Farmer Driving Oxon

Frederik Christian Kiærskou, Picturesque Landscape With Farmer Driving OxonThis fine mid 19th century oil painting by Danish artist Frederik Christian Kirskou (1805 1891) depicts a picturesque view with a farmer driving oxon pulling timber. Kirskou was a distinguished painter of landscapes. Under the sleepy glow of an evening sun, two muscular oxen haul a timber laden cart along a dusty rutted track. The trees, gently illuminated, guide us towards the horizon. While a distant church, a flash of brilliant white, stands

In his ‘Lake Scene with Boat and Figures’ from 1828

Norfolk-based

Condition Artwork in good overall condition with two very tidy repairs

1815-1853)

It’s a beautiful example of traditional British landscape painting from the mid-19th-century

Signed lower left and held within a gilt frame

It was probably produced by a student while studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

the painting fits with the approach taken by the Barbizon school of artists who were active between 1830-1870

206 achieved for an oil painting in 2003

by which point

we’re drawn to the seated woman

he was the king of his domain