Andrew Grant Kurtis

Large Traditional English River Woodland Landscape Signed Oil Painting framed

20th century

Pastoral Landscape English School, late 19th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 19 x 25 inches board: 18 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: the painti...

The Farmyard Friends English School, early 1900's signed oil on canvas, framed framed : 13 x 17 inches canvas: 10 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection, England Condition: very...

Portrait of the Long-Haired Black Labrador, 19th Century, English School This distinguished portrait of a long-haired black Labrador is attributed to the circle of John Ferneley (18...

A painting of a chestnut hunter in a landscape with a horse and rider accompanied by two hounds by a woodland river in the distance. Signed and inscribed 'Melton Mowbray', lower left. Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame. John Ferneley Sr (1782-1860) was born the son of a Leicestershire wheelwright, the youngest of six children. He is known as one of the great British equine artists, perhaps only second to Stubbs in terms of raw ability. Ferneley originally worked with his father, until by chance the Duke of Rutland saw some of his work on the side of a cart on which Ferneley and his father had been working. The Duke was so impressed with Ferneley that he persuaded John's father to allow him to become the pupil of Benjamin Marshall. Ferneley was so talented that apparently he produced almost perfect copies of his tutor's paintings and they were said to have been indistinguishable from the master’s. Marshall also enrolled him as a student of the Royal Academy Schools. In 1804 Ferneley paid a man named Thomas Harrison...