This is a lovely antique Tonalist / Folk Art oil on academy board painting done by an unknown but talented artist in the 1890’s – it depicts three cows standing in a river drinking water with a couple of cows standing at the edge of the river – there are some ducks swimming in the river near the cows – most of this antique painting shows excellent scale for the gorgeous foliage & trees as well as the mountains in the background as well as the incredible multi-colored clouds in the sky. Essentially, this is a beautiful naive bucolic twilight river landscape where the artist created a Tonalist style in this painting by using a blend of striking pinkish & purple off-white clouds to show the effect of the setting sun on the numerous clouds floating in pale blue sky – the artist also created an upper gray-green strata of storm clouds possibly coming to the bucolic scene in the near future – the impact of the multi-color clouds in the pale blue sky is quite dramatic to the viewer – the artist also did a decent job in depicting the shadows on the mountains in the background to include a very purple-shadowed mountain in the far background – the artist was quite accomplished in his depiction of the mid-summer green foliage where the huge trees & bushes are as good as I have seen in an antique oil painting. When I first bought the painting, it was incredibly dirty & soiled – you could not even see the two cows standing by the river, nor were the ducks visible – the colors in the sky were very dark & indistinct – the furthest mountain was not discernable – I had the painting professionally cleaned & re-varnished to bring out the colors & the subjects that the 19th century artist had intended for this painting – the Academy Board upon which the painting was done is straight & flat – the painting itself is generous in size as it measures 18″ x 24″ sight size & is in very good antique condition – it is surrounded by what appears to be its original black walnut frame with a gilded interior border – it is in good antique condition & measures 20″ x 26″. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “rdl7204″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Size: 18\
- Signed: No
- Material: Academy Board
- Region of Origin: Northeast USA
- Framing: Framed
- Subject: Cows in River Landscape
- Type: Oil Painting
- Year of Production: 1890’s
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Item Height: 18\
- Style: Folk Art
- Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
- Production Technique: Oil Painting
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Item Width: 24\
- Time Period Produced: 1890’s