German School, Woodland Track With Trees & Figure

German School, Woodland Track With Trees & FigureAn atmospheric early 20th century oil on canvas depicting a woman walking along a woodland track under a canopy of tall trees. The style could be described as painterly as the artist wants you to see the loose brushwork and thick oils that comprise the piece. The trees are beautifully rendered with broad strokes and a muted palette. Medium Oil on canvas Overall size 20 x 25 52cm x 64cm Year of creation c. 1920 Provenance Germany Condition Artwork in

who are probably the farmer and his wife

Pierre Vervou was born in Leuven

Very dark with various paint losses and scuffs

This scene is referred to as a ‘pietà’

11½” x 16¼” / 29cm x 41cm

The painting is housed within a gilded frame with foliate corners and monogrammed in the lower left

Year of creation 1824

Edmond Le Bienvenu-Dutourp (1878-1945)

it was all the rage to wear your hair high and style it with powder

Carl August Gosch was a pupil at the academy in Berlin

Abraham Hulk the Elder (1813-1897) and exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists

A fine 17th-century portrait of an older lady wearing a plain white collar with lace edging