Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, River Landscape With Cattle & Figures

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, River Landscape With Cattle & FiguresThis charming early 19th century oil painting by English artist Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787 1855) depicts a landscape with cottage, figures and cattle. Its a fine example of his work in oils. Twisted birch trees stretch lazily before a delicate river, which extends towards a leafy horizon. Cattle graze in the foreground. Its an idyllic vision of the natural world, set under a backlit sky peppered with clouds. Just like the artist himself,

Hunt focuses on the sensation of the landscape rather than its precise geography

The basket is positioned atop a ledge with a red silk tablecloth and appears to be outside - with a glimpse of a landscape behind it

A hunched figure walks by a cabin - another climbs with a stick

where the Norwich School is represented in depth

from his vantage point

its thatched roof emerging from a copse of trees beside a winding path

the young Prince found himself fleeing to Great Britain along with his family where George III (a cousin of his father’s) received them warmly

At this point in his life

it feels closer to impressionism

This early 20th-century oil painting by Scottish artist John Hamilton Glass SSA (1870-1955) depicts a rugged Scottish landscape with a winding river

You can almost hear the rippling of the stream as the water runs gently over the stones

We've studied the Vermehren family for several years and this is one of the finest we've had here