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Edmund John Niemann
Pickering, Yorkshire, Landscape Painting, English Oil Painting
c. 1870

Name: Pickering, Yorkshire, Landscape Painting, English Oil Painting
Brand: Edmund John Niemann
Rating: 5 (39 reviews)

$3,688.98List Price

About the Item

This late 19th-century landscape by Edmund John Niemann (1813-1873) presents a sweeping view near Pickering in North Yorkshire, where a mother and child walk beside a lively stream bordered by a stone-built mill with twin waterwheels. Above them, on the distant rise, the ruins of Pickering Castle look out across a valley receding into layered hills and drifting clouds. Executed around 1870, during Niemann’s mature period, it carries the hallmarks of his northern travels in the 1860s and 1870s. The sky opens in a cool brightness after passing weather, its retreating clouds drifting toward the moors. Beneath it, the red-brown waters of the beck churn over stones, moving with the iron-rich force so typical of upland streams. At the centre sits the mill, old, durable, and quietly industrious, its double waterwheels turning in steady rhythm. From that heart of activity, the eye follows the track towards the figures: a mother carrying her child, walking with an unhurried resolve along the bank. Her presence brings warmth to the wildness around her. She becomes the painting’s pulse - the human thread that steadies the sweep of sky and stone. Behind, the medieval keep rises in silhouette, reminding us how numerous generations have crossed this same path, lived by this same water, and looked upon this same land. Niemann composes the scene through a series of diagonals that carry the viewer through time as well as space. The castle marks the past - the ancestral weight of Yorkshire’s long history. The mill speaks of the present - the industrious spirit that shaped 19th-century rural life. And the mother and child stand for the future - the continuation of that same life across generations. The flow of the painting moves from right to left: from heritage, through labour, toward tenderness and human continuity. In this, Niemann constructs not only a portrait of Pickering but a quiet meditation on northern resilience. The land continues through its people, and every figure, stone, and cloud seems to recognise that. Edmund John Niemann was one of Victorian Britain’s most prolific landscape painters, admired for his atmospheric breadth and his ability to reveal both the grandeur and ordinariness of British scenery. Born in Islington and largely self-taught, he developed a keen sensitivity to river valleys, wooded slopes, and shifting weather, elements that became central to his artistic identity. By the 1860s, Niemann travelled regularly to Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Wales, producing works that blended topographical observation with poetic sentiment. During the 1870s, toward the end of his life, his landscapes gained a reflective warmth, often incorporating gentle human narratives that sit comfortably within their surroundings. A characteristic closely mirrored in this painting. This work sits within Niemann’s mature northern period, alongside pieces such as Richmond, Yorkshire (1875) and A Yorkshire Valley (1868). These paintings share a heightened appreciation of atmosphere, long recessional distances, and a brighter, more contemplative palette. In contrast to his earlier river views, the late works often feature stronger emotional motifs: figures interpreted not simply as staffage but as part of the land’s unfolding story. Niemann exhibited widely at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Royal Society of British Artists, and across the principal provincial galleries. His works are held in public collections including the Guildhall Art Gallery, the Wolverhampton Art Gallery, and the Glasgow Museums. His Yorkshire pictures remain particularly admired. Signed and titled ‘Pickering’ lower left. Held in a later gilt frame with beaded sight, swept edges, and a warm, even tonality. Medium: Oil on canvas Overall size: 41½” x 27½” / 105cm x 70cm Year of creation: c. 1870 Provenance: Private collection, UK. Artist’s auction maximum: £24,000 for ‘The Floating Harbour, Bristol, With The Remnants of the Sloop (1865)’, Oil on canvas, Sotheby’s, The Marine Sale, London, 1998 (lot 147). Our reference: BRV2246

Creator:
Edmund John Niemann (1813 - 1876, British)
Creation Year:
c. 1870
Dimensions:
Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 41.5 in (105.41 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement Style:
Naturalistic
Period:
1870-1879
Condition:
Cleaned. Canvas relined. Areas of fine and settled craquelure, as you would expect. The paint layer is stable. Frame in good condition with minor age-related wear.
Gallery Location:
Cheltenham, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2328217482132

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