Vilhelm Bille, Nocturne With Sailboats

Vilhelm Bille, Nocturne With SailboatsThis fine 19th century nocturne by Danish marine artist Vilhelm Bille (1864 1908) evokes the tranquillity of the ocean at night. A fishing boat is returning to the beach under the shimmering glow of a full moon. A figure stands at the bow. Vilhelm Bille was an accomplished painter of marine scenes and the son of Carl Ludwig Bille (1815 1898) a master of the art. Artistic families are fascinating and its always interesting to contrast and compare

Overall size: 19½” x 21” / 49cm x 53cm

The level of detail here is astonishing and the fruit appears lifelike - good enough to eat

A lake winds its way through the landscape towards two large properties

Medium: Hand-Coloured MezzotintOverall size: 21½” x 26½” / 55cm x 68cmYear of creation: c

The work is attributed to an artist working in the circle of Pieter Gerardus Vertin (1819-1893)

which dates to around 1840

Note the patterned chairs

he exhibited annually in the illustrious Paris Salon and several of his works are housed in museum collections

Beyschlag was predominantly a painter of sentimental genre scenes so this is quite an unusual find

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serves as an important marker of his greatest accomplishment - the creation of Britain’s first dedicated School of Dress Design

including 45 times at the Royal Academy