John Gifford

JOHN GIFFORD 19th century, highland landscape, horse and dogs

19th century

19th century landscape oil painting COCKEREL AND HENS by J L VAN LEEMPUTTEN Here we have a fine small oil painting on board .An exquisitely painted scene by Jef Louis Van Leemputten ...

A fine antique oil painting, on canvas, of horses pulling a tandem at speed. signed and titled lower left, Vine Colchester 1834 This fine painting shows two horses pulling an open carriage /gig with gentleman in extensive landscape/park The size of the painting is approx 50 x 80 cms, whilst overall the size framed is 100cm x 71 cm This is a fine painting in very good condition housed in a gilt frame ready to hang Provenance: The E. W. Towler Collection, formerly of Glympton Park, Woodstock, Oxfordshire see details below The artist John Vine was born with a disability that did not appear to interfere with his ability to draw and paint, largely self-taught as an animal painter, as his reputation grew he exhibited at the Society of British Artists in Grosvenor Square. Based at Colchester he painted many different subjects including farms, houses, children and animals. Eric W. Towler was a remarkable man. He was born in 1900 and left school at the age of 12 to work in a Yorkshire pit and through a lifetime of hard work, self-improvement, luck and a refusal to limit his horizons achieved many of his aspirations. As a Yorkshireman through and through, he believed in ‘spending the brass in his pocket’ and over time he was successful enough to acquire enough ‘brass’ to enable his purchase of Glympton Park and furnish it as a traditional country house with all the trappings – in his case collections of...

A fine oil painting by the renowned artist John Sanderson Wells " Returning from a Country Ride" This painting captures beautifully the image o...

GEORGE WRIGHT Plough Team horses and a Dog in a Landscape, oil on canvas A fine painting from the renowned equine artist George Wright. This oil on canvas depicts the 2 horse plough ...