English School Rural Scene With Family & Cottage

English School Rural Scene With Family & CottageAn attractive early 20th century English rural scene with a family and cottage. In the foreground, a mother is holding a baby while a young child collects brushwood. While in a cottage doorway, an older lady looks on perhaps its the grandmother. Its a charming old scene and we particularly love how the country track is lit as it bends away to the right. The painting is signed in the lower left. Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 26 x 18 66cm x

But the years have been a little unkind leaving it flaking and worn

The portrait is signed on the right and housed within a frame that could be its original

it allows painters to focus on value and composition without the added concern of full colour

This is interesting as her style is a little more 1850s due to the side coils in her hair

the artist has painted with expression and gesture to convey a mood or atmosphere

Between an opening in the trees

000 achieved for ‘Gathering Berries’ (92cm x 71cm) in 1999 at Sotheby’s

you’ll notice a birdcage - the bird trapped unable to escape its simple confines

Boesen's style is rooted in the Danish Golden Age tradition yet his brushwork is a little looser than his mentor’s

while his flock graze in an open field

And the brushwork is reminiscent of the Birmingham painter

It evokes the feeling of a brisk walk on a cold day in November