Colin Hunter

The Old Mill, British Landscape and Waterfall, 19th Century

19th century

Late 19th/early 20th century oil on canvas painting in the manner of Abraham Hulk the Younger (1851-1922), and George Vincent (1796-1832). These artists painted in the Dutch style, though both are British. Each has had experience with Dutch masters that influence their work. George Vincent’s work is perhaps even closer to this than Hulk’s. Vincent paints the trees and skies with the warm hues of light infused on the work. Here, the sky has blue but also a khaki or tan shade, roughed into the blue and white. It is an unusual color in skies, yet Vincent shows us the light through clouds castingva darker shade. The trees are varied greens but also yellowed leaves, as in autumn. Presented in a period decorative gilt frame, the painting is of a cottage in a woodland with cattle by a pond, a little black dog and man and a woman standing by. In the distance is a glimpse of a river and grasses, framed by trees and an overcast sky. Hulk is renowned for his treatment of the changing season from summer to autumn, and the golden leaves and fading greens in this painting suggest this changing time of year. Hulk is the son of a well known Dutch maritime...

William Beattie-Brown is a 19th century Scottish artist, and a master landscape painter using tonal color in a naturalistic style. 'Old Bobbin Mill on ...

Fine 19th century oil painting of a bustling Austrian/Germanic village with horse, rider and various figures outside an Inn, attributed to Arthur Georg Ramberg (1819-1879), well known for figurative genre paintings. The rider is carrying a bugle, apparently announcing news to the people; men are sitting by the table drinking, one with a raised stein. Women walking by stop to listen, a man carrying a sack has stopped to watch the rider, people are in the Inn doorway, and one is looking out the window. Children pause their playing. The scene is under a large tree beside the Inn; a whole community waiting for news. There is a great deal of detail in the scene, tree and Inn house...

Contemporary oil on canvas, this very large painting has fine naturalistic detail, with deep sky tones, rich coloring, crisp trees/leaves and lines of lighted meadow reflected in the...

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, 1808 - 1895 A Plymouth artist of local views and maritime subjects, in many Museums and and Art Galleries. Signed with initials and dated (18)'65 Original oil on b...

A magnificent 19th century landscape in oil. The scene depicts a German watermill, tucked away in a rocky valley with woodland trees. Illegibly signed to the lower right and titled i...

A charming oil painting, depicting a rural scene with an old watermill and a figure nearby. Signed to the lower left-hand corner. Presented in a gilt-effect slip and in an ornate, gi...

A charming, stylised study of a french landscape with a mill in the foreground. In the distance a farm sits at the top of the hill surrounded by buildings. Unsigned. On canvas.