Landscapes

Study of Solregne

Artist: Vilhelm Hammershøi

Date: 1902-03

Vilhelm Hammershøi was a well know and celebrated Scandinavian artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work featured subdued colours and quiet paintings of interiors with a magical quality. His earlier works, depicting everyday life were more popular than his later paintings, which critics felt were too detailed and their simplicity was lost. Almost 100 years after his death, Hammershøi’s painting Da Læser et Brev (Ida Reading a Letter) (1899) sold at auction for over $2 million—the record for a Danish work of art.

View of Jægersborg Allé

Artist: Vilhelm Hammershøi

Date: 1892

Vilhelm Hammershøi was a well know and celebrated Scandinavian artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work featured subdued colours and quiet paintings of interiors with a magical quality. His earlier works, depicting everyday life were more popular than his later paintings, which critics felt were too detailed and their simplicity was lost. Almost 100 years after his death, Hammershøi’s painting Da Læser et Brev (Ida Reading a Letter) (1899) sold at auction for over $2 million—the record for a Danish work of art.

Landscape on the Island of Falster

Artist: Vilhelm Hammershøi

Date: 1890-91

Vilhelm Hammershøi was a well know and celebrated Scandinavian artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work featured subdued colours and quiet paintings of interiors with a magical quality. His earlier works, depicting everyday life were more popular than his later paintings, which critics felt were too detailed and their simplicity was lost. Almost 100 years after his death, Hammershøi’s painting Da Læser et Brev (Ida Reading a Letter) (1899) sold at auction for over $2 million—the record for a Danish work of art.

Landscape Study

Artist: Victor Westerholm

Date: 1885

Victor Westerholm was a Finnish landscape painter born in 1860. He was the son of Victor and Maria and trained as an artist from the age of 9, eventually making it to the Académie Julian in Paris. He often painted winter landscapes and sunsets from his summer home "Tomtebo" which he shared with his wife Hilma and their daughter Greta. He became an  instructor at Turku drawing school and in 1891 and was elected as the curator of the newly formed Art Association in Turku. He died at the age of 58 from a flu that turned to pneumonia.

Landscape

Artist: Henry Hine

Date: 1858

Henry George Hine was born in Brighton, the son of a coachman. He was a self taught artist, learning his skills by copying the work of A. V. Copley Fielding. He spent some years painting before becoming apprenticed to the engraver Henry Meyer in London. He drew for Punch and, afterwards, for rival publications, including the Illustrated London News. Harry, as he was known, studied at Accrington School of Art, the Royal Cambrian Academy and Académie Julien in Paris. A noted landscape painter, he was elected Associate of Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour in 1879 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883. He married Victoria, a painter & etcher, in  Hampstead in 1874. Harry died at the grand old age of 97.

Watercolour Landscape

Artist: Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt

Date: 1888

Albert Edelfelt was a prolific Finnish artist noted for his realistic style. He was one of the founders of the Realist Art Movement which attempted to represent subject matters truthfully and without artificiality. Edelfelt spent time in Antwerp and Paris, where he mastered the technique of painting ‘En Plein Air’ which he loved because it centred on contemporary reality rather than historical scenes which were very common in painting at that time.

Landscape Study

Artist: Ivan Shishkin

Date: 1832 – 1898

Ivan Shishkin was a skilled Russian artist who studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. After that he attended the Saint Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts and graduated with the highest honours and a gold medal he also received the imperial scholarship for his further studies in Europe. Shishkin became a member of the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg and was the professor of painting there from 1873 to 1898.

 

Riverside

Artist: Margaret Stoddart

Date: circa 1930

Margaret Stoddart, (1865 - 1934), was a New Zealand artist. Her childhood was spent in New Zealand and Scotland. By 1885 she was one of New Zealand's foremost flower painters and respected institutions bought her work for display. In 1898 she sailed for Europe and spent the next 9 years travelling widely  - England (where she lived in St Ives), France, Italy , Norway. She was strongly influenced by the impressionist movement.

 

Twenty-Two Houses and a Church

Artist: unknown

Date: mid 1800s

Nothing is known about this striking painting other than it is American Naive art from the mid 1800s. We don't know who painted it or where but aren't we fortunate to be able to still enjoy the painting itself 150 years after it was created.

Salisbury Cathedral

Artist: John Constable

Date:  1820

One of England’s best loved landscape painters John Constable RA (1776 –1837) was born in Suffolk. He is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham Vale, now known as "Constable Country”. In 1799, Constable persuaded his father to let him pursue a career in art, he was inspired by paintings of, amongst others, Thomas Gainsborough and Peter Paul Rubens.  His work was greatly influenced both in composition and use of light by that of the Old Masters he studied such as Claude Lorrain.

Some of his greatest paintings were inspired by the cathedral and surrounding countryside of Salisbury which he first visited in 1811. To help sustain himself financially he took up portraiture which although very fine, he found to be dull. He married his true love Maria in 1816 despite the fact that her Grandfather disapproved as Constable was not of sufficient social standing nor financially viable, he disinherited her. They were vindicated 3 years later when Constable sold The White Horse for 100 guineas (nearly £9000 in 2020). It was the start of his success. He made many open-air sketches, both in watercolour and in oil, using these as a basis for his large exhibition paintings, which were worked up in the studio. His pictures are extremely popular today, The Haywain being the most famous.

Banks of the Seine

Artist: Claude Monet

Date:  1880

Claude Monet (1840 –1926) was a French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy. Monet and his family moved to Vetheuil in the summer of 1878 due to financial worries. He said of the area "I have planted my tent on the banks of the Seine at Vétheuil in a ravishing spot." He painted numerous works of art for his loyal patrons, both from the river bank and his studio boat.

Landscape

Artist: Edward Mitchell Bannister

Date:  1889

1828 – 1901 Bannister, a Black Canadian–American Tonalist painter was the son of a black immigrant from Barbados. Initially a seaman, he settled in Boston, where he made a living as a hairdresser and as a hand-tinter of photographs. He began his professional practice as a photographer and portraitist.  With the encouragement of his wife, Christiana Carteaux, he turned to painting and his signature style atmospheric idealised landscapes and seascapes was popular, especially in Boston. Both he and his wife were members of Boston's abolitionist movement. He was the first African-American artist to win a national award, but the judges were surprised by his ethnic background. For years, Bannister painted landscapes with muted colours that recalled the works of the French Barbizon school.

Untitled (Houses and Trees)

Artist: Edward Mitchell Bannister

Date:  1898

1828 – 1901 Bannister, a Black Canadian–American Tonalist painter was the son of a black immigrant from Barbados. Initially a seaman, he settled in Boston, where he made a living as a hairdresser and as a hand-tinter of photographs. He began his professional practice as a photographer and portraitist.  With the encouragement of his wife, Christiana Carteaux, he turned to painting and his signature style atmospheric idealised landscapes and seascapes was popular, especially in Boston. Both he and his wife were members of Boston's abolitionist movement. He was the first African-American artist to win a national award, but the judges were surprised by his ethnic background. For years, Bannister painted landscapes with muted colours that recalled the works of the French Barbizon school.

The Swamp

Artist: Anton Mauve
Date:1885-88

Anthonij (Anton) Rudolf Mauve (1838 –1888) was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of The Hague School, who were particularly interested in painting out of doors and capturing light effects. Mauve was well known for a special effect of silvery light he achieved in his works. He received his first drawing lessons from the animal painter Pieter van Os. He married Ariette Carbentus who was Vincent van Gough’s cousin and is credited with introducing and teaching Van Gough to paint at the end of 1881. Van Gough held him in high esteem and Mauve is mentioned, directly or indirectly, in 152 of Van Gogh's surviving letters. A master colourist his paintings are usually simple domestic subjects often featuring peasants and animals interacting with one another and the nature around them in a peaceful atmosphere with a high level of realistic not ‘prettified’ detail. They were well received and sold well thanks to the good international contacts of Vincent van Gogh's uncle, who was an art dealer in The Hague. Mauve moved to Laren in 1885 (it became known as Mauve Land) by which time his work was popular and widely sort after both in Holland and abroad. His landscapes including sheep were particularly popular in America and in a weird quirk there was a difference in price between the ‘sheep coming’ and the ‘sheep going’ versions which were less expensive. He died suddenly aged 49.

If you love this one do have a look at Musée No:379.048 which goes with it beautifully.

On The Seekonk

Artist: Edward Mitchell Bannister

Date:1828-1901

1828 – 1901 Bannister, a Black Canadian–American Tonalist painter was the son of a black immigrant from Barbados. Initially a seaman, he settled in Boston, where he made a living as a hairdresser and as a hand-tinter of photographs. He began his professional practice as a photographer and portraitist.  With the encouragement of his wife, Christiana Carteaux, he turned to painting and his signature style atmospheric idealised landscapes and seascapes was popular, especially in Boston. Both he and his wife were members of Boston's abolitionist movement. He was the first African-American artist to win a national award, but the judges were surprised by his ethnic background. For years, Bannister painted landscapes with muted colours that recalled the works of the French Barbizon school.

The Landscape

Artist: R.G.Wilson

Date: Unknown

Unfortunately I can't find out any information about this wonderful painting.

Field Of Blooms

Artist: William Henry Holmes

Date:1927

William Henry Holmes, (1846-1933), was an American explorer, anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, scientific illustrator, cartographer, mountain climber, geologist and museum curator and director. While studying under Theodor Kaufmann in 1871 in Washington, D.C., he met Fielding B. Meek of the Smithsonian Institution, who hired him to illustrate his palaeontological reports. This was Holmes’s first assignment requiring detailed drawings of fossils and other specimens. An expedition in 1880 through the Grand Canyon resulted in the remarkable drawings and watercolours Holmes made to illustrate Clarence Dutton’s official report of the journey. In later years, Holmes’s interests turned to archaeology and then back to art, when he was named director of the National Gallery of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in 1920. His watercolours combine poetic mood with a scientist’s eye for the panoramic grandeur of the West.

Mauve View

Artist: William Henry Holmes

Date:1846-1933

William Henry Holmes, (1846-1933), was an American explorer, anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, scientific illustrator, cartographer, mountain climber, geologist and museum curator and director. While studying under Theodor Kaufmann in 1871 in Washington, D.C., he met Fielding B. Meek of the Smithsonian Institution, who hired him to illustrate his palaeontological reports. This was Holmes’s first assignment requiring detailed drawings of fossils and other specimens. An expedition in 1880 through the Grand Canyon resulted in the remarkable drawings and watercolours Holmes made to illustrate Clarence Dutton’s official report of the journey. In later years, Holmes’s interests turned to archaeology and then back to art, when he was named director of the National Gallery of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in 1920. His watercolours combine poetic mood with a scientist’s eye for the panoramic grandeur of the West.

Field of Weeds

Artist: William Henry Holmes

Date:1846-1933

William Henry Holmes, (1846-1933), was an American explorer, anthropologist, archaeologist, artist, scientific illustrator, cartographer, mountain climber, geologist and museum curator and director. While studying under Theodor Kaufmann in 1871 in Washington, D.C., he met Fielding B. Meek of the Smithsonian Institution, who hired him to illustrate his palaeontological reports. This was Holmes’s first assignment requiring detailed drawings of fossils and other specimens. An expedition in 1880 through the Grand Canyon resulted in the remarkable drawings and watercolours Holmes made to illustrate Clarence Dutton’s official report of the journey. In later years, Holmes’s interests turned to archaeology and then back to art, when he was named director of the National Gallery of Art (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in 1920. His watercolours combine poetic mood with a scientist’s eye for the panoramic grandeur of the West.

Man On Horse

Artist: Edward Mitchell Bannister

Date: 1828-1901

1828 – 1901 Bannister, a Black Canadian–American Tonalist painter was the son of a black immigrant from Barbados. Initially a seaman, he settled in Boston, where he made a living as a hairdresser and as a hand-tinter of photographs. He began his professional practice as a photographer and portraitist.  With the encouragement of his wife, Christiana Carteaux, he turned to painting and his signature style atmospheric idealised landscapes and seascapes was popular, especially in Boston. Both he and his wife were members of Boston's abolitionist movement. He was the first African-American artist to win a national award, but the judges were surprised by his ethnic background. For years, Bannister painted landscapes with muted colours that recalled the works of the French Barbizon school.

If you love this one have a look at Musée No:318.009, they look gorgeous together.

Cattle By The River

Artist: Edward Mitchell Bannister

Date: 1828-1901

1828 – 1901 Bannister, a Black Canadian–American Tonalist painter was the son of a black immigrant from Barbados. Initially a seaman, he settled in Boston, where he made a living as a hairdresser and as a hand-tinter of photographs. He began his professional practice as a photographer and portraitist.  With the encouragement of his wife, Christiana Carteaux, he turned to painting and his signature style atmospheric idealised landscapes and seascapes was popular, especially in Boston. Both he and his wife were members of Boston's abolitionist movement. He was the first African-American artist to win a national award, but the judges were surprised by his ethnic background. For years, Bannister painted landscapes with muted colours that recalled the works of the French Barbizon school.

Field Of Oats

Artist: P.C. Skovgaard

Date:1842-1843

Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard, (1817-1875), was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He is especially known for his large scale portrayals of the Danish landscape.

Rocky Landscape

Artist: Gainsborough 

Date:1782-83

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. This late work, probably exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1783, shows his increasing interest in landscape painting. Gainsborough went to the Lake District in the same year intending to 'mount all the Lakes at the next exhibition in the great stile' and whether painted before or after his tour, this picture makes the first of his 'sublime' mountain scenes. This painting was not sold until after Gainsborough’s death when it was purchased in 1789 by Earl Gower, Marquess of Stafford.

Autumn Landscape

Artist: Alexander H. Wyant

Date:1836-1892

Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836-1892) was an American landscape painter. Also known as Alexander Wyant, A. H. Wyant, he was active as an artist in Arkville, New York, and Keene Valley, New York, among other places. He started painting beside the Ohio River when he was in Cincinnati, Ohio. A landscape painter in the style of George Inness, whom he later met in New York City. His early paintings followed closely the Hudson River School tradition, while the later—infused with low-key colors, atmospheric features and poetic interpretation—are representative of tonalism.

 

Ross Castle, Killarney

Artist: George Jones

Date: September 4th 1812

Landscape, Possibly the Isle of Wight or Richmond Hill

Artist: John Martin

Date: 1815

John Martin, (1789–1854), was an English Romantic painter, engraver and illustrator. He was celebrated for his typically vast and melodramatic paintings of religious subjects and fantastic compositions, populated with minute figures placed in imposing landscapes. Martin's paintings, and the prints made from them, enjoyed great success with the general public—in 1821 Thomas Lawrence referred to him as "the most popular painter of his day.

Landscape with Deer under "The Beggar's Oak", Bagot's Park

Artist: James Ward

Date: ca. 1820

James Ward (1769–1859) was one of the outstanding artists of his day, his singular style and great skill set him above most of his contemporaries, markedly influencing the growth of British Art. Regarded as one of the great animal painters of his time, James produced history paintings, portraits, landscapes and genre. He started off as an engraver, trained by William, who later engraved much of his work. The partnership of William and James Ward produced the best that English art had to offer, their great technical skill and artistry having led to images that reflect the grace and charm of the era. He was admitted for membership into the Royal Academy in 1811.

The Beggars' Oak was a great tree which stood on the Bagot Estate near Abbots Bromley Staffordshire, a meeting place for travellers. According to 'Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum' in 1838, roughly the same time as the painting, “The roots rise above the ground in a very extraordinary manner, so as to furnish a natural seat for the beggars chancing to pass along the pathway near it.” It was believed to be about 1000 years old when it had to be removed in about the 1940s.

The Garden of the Tuileries on a Winter Afternoon

Artist: Camille Pissarro 

Date: 1899

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.