David Forrester Wilson

“Woman in village”

Paul Valere original oil painting on canvas. In good condition measures 30x26.

Michel Henry painting original oil on canvas “summer scene”. in good condition measures 25x22

This is an Douglas Elliot (1916-2016) original oil on board “The Old Mill”. In good condition measures 31x27

Mildred Barrett Original Painting On Canvas “Woman With Children”. Unframed in good condition measures 14x11

This intimate landscape painting depicts a rustic cottage with weathered stone walls and a red-tiled roof, nestled among autumn trees with golden and amber foliage. The artist employ...

A wonderful study of an old stone farmhouse and outbuildings by the British artist Keith Johnson. Signed to the lower left.

A striking mid 19th Century full length portrait of a young woman in a red dress and blue bonnet, sitting on a hay bail with a basket at her feet, The painting is unsigned and has be...

Alfred Provis British, (1818-1890) By the Fireside Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1869 Image size: 10.5 inches x 15.5 inches Size including frame: 21.5 inches x 26.5 inches This charming cottage scene by Alfred Provis features a woman preparing supper by a fire with her young daughter. As the mother peels the turnips and places them in the pot, the girl’s attention is drawn to the kitten feeding from a saucer. The dress and hat of the woman bears a similarity to those found Provis’s other scenes of Welsh cottage interiors. The artist was known to have visited North Wales around the time this painting was produced. In 1869, he exhibited a work entitled ‘Interior of a Welsh Farmhouse’ at the Royal Society of British Artists. Given the level of detail in the painting and the fact that it is in such an impressive original frame, it is possible this is the same painting as the one exhibited. Alfred Provis was a genre painter born on 18 February, 1818 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. He was the son of John Provis, a timber merchant and his second wife Ann Banks. He spent time in London being tutored by the historical and portrait artist John Wood (1801-1870) before returning to Chippenham. He began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1843, continuing to exhibit there regularly until 1886. He made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1846 with a work entitled ‘A Cottage Door...