J. W. Oddie

J. W. Oddie (fl.1882-1886) - Framed Watercolour, Gathering the Hay at Dusk

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This delightful watercolour scene depicts a small group of cattle grazing in a landscape. A windmill stands to the far left of the view, set back from a large sweeping river. The wat...

This charming watercolour shows local villagers helping collect the last of the hay before the weather turns. A large horse drawn cart can be seen in the foreground with a heavy load...

A charming watercolour painting, depicting a landscape view with a team of horses pulling a wagon. Well-presented in a washline mount and in a distressed gilt effect frame. Unsigned....

A charming watercolour depicting roaming cattle on open moorland by landscape artist K. M. Broomhead. Signed in graphite below the mount. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with be...

Antique American watercolor painting, landscape harvest farm scene by Frank F. English (1854 - 1922), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Circa 1900. A very attractive painting by the celebrated Pennsylvania artist Frank F. English, the location is in Point Pleasant, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The painting depicts a scene of blue skies with two farmers tossing hay with pitchforks & two horses harnessed to a hay wagon, with barns to the background. The painting signed lower right " Frank F. English", condition is excellent this very charming painting is ready to hang on your wall. Biography Frank F. English was born in Louisville Kentucky in 1854. In the early 1880s, he studied for five years in the evening classes of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His instructors included Thomas Eakins, James P. Kelly and Thomas Anshutz. However, English's reputation primarily rests with his outstanding facility as a watercolorist; most of his known paintings are executed in this medium. English's propensity for its use coincides, appropriately enough, with the watercolor's growing popularity among other American painters. The American Water Color Society brought the medium special prominence by the late 1860s, and acceptance on the level of oil painting in 1876. That same year, the society was invited to display its works at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Its members exhibited 116 watercolors, and their public exposure was enormous. It is safe to assume that during the 159-day Centennial, Frank English was among the nearly 10 million exposition attendees, surpassing attendance records at all preceding world's fairs. At age twenty-two, English, traveled to Philadelphia to see works by the Society's notables such as Samuel Colman, R. Swain Gifford, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Albert Fitch...

Late 19th century mezzotint "Gathering Hay", Will Henderson, British. Signed lower right. Henderson, 1844-1904. Mezzotints are a particularly powerful w...

Alfred Feyen Perrin (1838 - 1918) was born in Birmingham, England and painted throughout the United Kingdom. Alfred Perrin is probably best known for his water color paintings and this particular Water Color Landscape painting...

This lively and gently humorous watercolour, typical of the British School of the 19th century, captures a spontaneous rural moment: a woman grasping at a runaway cow that has broken...