Harry William Adams, Wooded Hilltop Landscape With Distant View

Harry William Adams, Wooded Hilltop Landscape With Distant ViewThis charming late 19th century oil painting by English artist Harry William Adams (1868 1947) depicts a wooded landscape with a distant view. Its possibly the Malvern Hills or the Teme Valley where he often worked. Adams was an accomplished painter of naturalistic landscapes who exhibited at Londons Royal Academy. From our elevated vantage point, tucked between late Summer foliage, our view extends across fields towards a tinted horizon. Its restful

Challenging to capture accurately

through to the 19th-century followers

The diagonal is further emphasised by the use of two guiding elements - the wooden verticals on the left and the leaning sail on the right

Joseph Johnson (1813-1886) was evidently of ‘good stock’

this was a treasured item

which authorised several official copies

Condition: Craquelure but the paint is stable following its consolidation

This mid-18th-century Dutch oil painting depicts a seated 17th-century gentleman within a room by a forge

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 32½” x 39” / 82cm x 99cmYear of creation: 1898Labels & Inscriptions: On reverse - exhibition label from the Berliner Secession 1901

Paintings of this kind often refer to the power of nature and contemplate man’s role within it

Great portraits extend beyond the aesthetic

which is covered by an array of pottery