Edmund John Niemann, An Extensive River Landscape

Edmund John Niemann, An Extensive River LandscapeThis picturesque mid 19th century oil painting by British artist Edmund John Niemann (1813 1876) depicts a river view illuminated by the lazy golden hues of an evening sun. Wispy clouds, tinted pink, glide across a graduated sky as a lone sailboat progresses upriver. A clutch of proud Scots pines, gathered like old friends, stretch and break through the distant horizon. Its an evocative scene capturing nature at her most alluring. Niemann was the son

Lydia hailed from Leamington in Leicestershire and married John Roy Allen (1798-1875)

Tornøe had the world at his feet and headed to Italy to further his development

opted to paint joy - perhaps for an escape

intellectual

We love the way the ground is left to appear in several areas

Year of creation: 1914

Williams’ masterly handling renders the view with both attention to detail and evocative tonality

‘The Little Cherub’ and operetta ‘The Merry Widow’

having inherited a local tradition dating back several centuries

and history

Tallberg is considered to be one of the most important etchers of his generation and the British Museum holds another copy of this work

Various national galleries acquired his works and he became particularly admired in North America