Author:Samuel David COLKETT(1806-1863)

Category：Oil Painting

Material:oil on canvas

Year：Undated

Size:Length:25 x Width:33.5 (cm)

Weight:1.4kg

Introduction：Samuel David Colkett(1806-1863) was an active British artist of the first half of the 19th century, who achieved reputation through his genre, scenic, and animal paintings. He once participated in salons at the Royal Academy.

Before landscape paintings became one of the major categories in the 19th century British art, portraiture had always been highly appreciated. This set of paintings expresses the ideal beauty of a rustic view in England, of which the British landscape artists had always been attempting to accomplish–the magnificence of nature. The scene adopts composed coloring to display the leisurely and peaceful life in the rural regions. A sense of sweetness and freshness permeates the entire image through the application of green and brown tones, revealing the vitality of nature.

Accession number:0000239