Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Gentleman

Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A GentlemanThis early 19th century English watercolour depicts a debonair young gentleman sporting the latest attire. Inspired by the exuberance of Romanticism, fashion in the 1830s was a bold affair, which emphasised emotion over reason and celebrated unconstrained thought. Ladies wore pronounced sleeves and lavish headwear, while gents adopted a striking triangular silhouette with a tucked in waist. Here, this particular young chap is wearing a tailcoat, shirt

These include luminaries such as Giotto and Cimabue who Ferrari would’ve studied during his time at the Academy in Verona

Bountiful trees stretch upwards

Artist’s auction highlight: £17

Overall size: 23½” x 29” / 59cm x 74cm

Only one other work by I Moore can be found

stained glass windows

he became influenced by the looser approach to landscape painting and adjusted his brushwork accordingly

The sky peppered with clouds

Note the bright area behind the trees with its floral accents and the distant climb with its gentle tints

A determined woman strides ahead with purpose under a stormy sky of ominous clouds

Minor discolouration in areas

He was particularly well-known for painting animals but also produced genre scenes and portraits