William Gosling RBA, An Oak Tree In A Sunlit Glade

William Gosling RBA, An Oak Tree In A Sunlit GladeThis enchanting late 19th century oil painting by British artist William Gosling RBA (1824 1883) depicts a glade within a majestic wood. Gosling was a well regarded painter of landscapes. A pressing question, often foremost in the mind of any young aspiring landscape artist, is how far one should accurately reflect nature as it sprawls out before them in all its unerring complexity. For centuries, the old masters were expected to idealise study the

Overall size: 15” x 10½” / 38cm x 27cm

Collings produced a number of works depicting attractive women in costume

Another rich story still waiting to be uncovered

it could be suggested that each communicates human traits

and ivory waistcoat

1890) depicts a rutted country road flanked by mature oak trees with a cottage

Signed/dated upper right and framed

It’s an important historic site with Bronze Age barrows and ancient rock carvings

Wilhelm Gdanietz (1893-1962)

As Summer draws to a close

Lived in Melbourne with her son Henry (an agricultural labourer)

then we shall think about it