Joseph Paulman, Returning At Twilight

Joseph Paulman, Returning At TwilightThis beautiful late 19th century oil painting by British artist, Joseph Paulman (fl. 1880 1900), depicts a family returning home at twilight. Under an incandescent sky, when the golden hour flaunts its most atmospheric effects, a father atop a white horse guides his family home. Beyond them, the familiar sight of a haycart stands silhouetted against an evocative strip of radiant sky. Its nature at her most poignant, when the landscape shifts through

which was attached to the Royal Household

and lavish jewellery

James Torrington Bell was an accomplished landscape painter particularly admired for capturing the picturesque rolling views of Angus

200Our reference: BRV1767

so perhaps he’s recalling a memory from his own childhood

Werenskiold was a fascinating character

possibly gallery related

and the dreamy calmness of the night

Any upper-class young male worth one’s salt would undertake a Grand Tour to experience the antiquities and ruined delights of European destinations

In some respects

a small gathering of quietly anthropomorphic livestock

you may think that the portrait dates to the early 20th-century or later