Ralph Albert Blakelock

A Lake, Moonlight

Ralph Albert Blakelock was a romanticist American painter known primarily for his landscape paintings related to the Tonalism movement.

Signed illegibly lower right

Ralph Albert Blakelock paints one of his celebrated and haunting forest landscapes during the fall in this work entitled, “Autumn Touches.”

Signed lower right: RABlakelock

This atmospheric exhibited Scottish Impressionist Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted Glasgow Boy artist Robert Macaulay Stevenson. Painted circa 1899 the theme is one close...

Luminist, Hudson River School inspired landscape of Catskill mountains with moonlit blue sky "Moonrise in the Mountains", painted by Hudson Valley artist, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams in 20...

Flodlandskap i Månsken (“River Landscape in Moonlight”) is an evocative landscape depicting the ruins of a medieval castle on a forested island, rendered with remarkable sensitivity to light and atmosphere. The composition centres on the dramatic silhouette of a crumbling fortress, possibly inspired by Kronoberg Castle or Stegeborg Castle, rising above a quiet stretch of water at dusk. In the foreground, a man holding a burning torch has just stepped aboard a small wooden boat. The warm, flickering firelight illuminates the rocky shoreline and creates a vivid contrast with the cool, ethereal glow of the moonlit sky and river. Roselli orchestrates a sophisticated interplay between two distinct light sources: the warm blaze of the torch and the soft radiance of the full moon. The torchlight casts amber reflections across the stones, boat, and figure, pulling the viewer into the immediate drama of the scene. In contrast, the moonlight suffuses the landscape with a calm, silvery luminosity, outlining the ruined walls and drifting clouds. This dual lighting creates a striking depth and atmosphere, demonstrating Roselli’s exceptional command of nocturnal effects. The Artist Frans Johan Roselli was a Swedish landscape painter active during the height of Romanticism in the mid-19th century. Born in Småland in 1833, he began his artistic training early and later studied under Marcus Larson...

AMERICAN TONALIST Late 19th/early 20th century A Moonlit Nocturnal Landscape Oil on canvas Unsigned 20" H x 25 1/16" W x 7/8" D [frame] 15 1/4" H x 20 1/4" W [canvas] This late ...