Pieter Caspar Christ, Woodland Landscape With Distant Cottages

Pieter Caspar Christ, Woodland Landscape With Distant CottagesThis fine mid 19th century oil on panel by Dutch artist Pieter Caspar Christ (1822 1888) depicts a woodland landscape with distant cottages under a cloudy sky. Standing under the bough of an ancient oak, a figure admires the vista. From here, atop a craggy vantage point, the view extends across the plains below. Nature towers over man with irrepressible strength as it has done for centuries. Heres a landscape grounded in tradition that carries a deep

During a stay in Paris in 1855

we see Auguste’s love for nature in all its abundant glory

He tended to paint stills

Signature: Unsigned

Minor areas of restoration

he exhibited regularly at the Art Institute of Chicago

the work feels akin to those by Danish artist Vilhelm Bille (1864-1908) who was the son of Carl Ludwig Bille (1815-1898) - a master of the art

Both flood the canvas with colourful chrysanths

The shimmering blue tones of the waterway cut between the ragged banks of sand and grass

A fine early 20th-century portrait of Titus van Rijn by Axel Johansen (1872-1938) after the original by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)

The brushwork feels fluid and impressionistic

The romantic element of this ill-fated coupled undoubtedly roused the interests of a Victorian public longing for a creative escape