Desiré Thomassin Art

William Gislander (1890-1937) Swedish Title: Landscape With Ducks oil on canvas signed and dated William Gislander 1934 canvas dimensions 25.98...

This late 19th-century oil painting by Danish artist Harald Foss (1843-1922) depicts the gentle surroundings of Ørslev Monastery in Jutland, where fresh Spring leaves begin to unfurl...

W. Miller (British, late 19th century) - Wooded Landscape with Stream. 92 x 71 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Signed lower left: «W. Miller». W. Miller was a British painter active...

View of the Glacier Mountain Tolpagorni in Lapland and the Kittel Stream Oil on canvas laid down on panel. Signed by Olof Walfrid Nilsson (1868–1956). In this atmospheric mountain la...

Fisherman with Nets at Villeneuve, Lake Geneva – Swiss School, Late 19th Century This atmospheric oil painting depicts a fisherman standing on the quiet shore of an Alpine lake, surrounded by large fishing nets stretched along the water’s edge. Beyond him, the lake opens onto an expansive mountain landscape, its distant peaks emerging through a delicate veil of bluish haze. A solitary sailing boat glides across the still water, while a small house with a red roof and a line of slender trees punctuate the distant shoreline. The composition is beautifully balanced between the more detailed foreground, animated by the figure of the fisherman and the intricate pattern of the nets, and the broad, luminous expanse of water and sky beyond. The nets themselves form a particularly decorative element, their fine, almost transparent mesh catching the light and creating a subtle rhythm across the lower part of the painting. Executed in a restrained palette of silvery blues, soft greys, muted greens and warm ivory tones, the work is distinguished by its remarkable sense of calm and atmosphere. The mountains are rendered with softened contours rather than precise topographical detail, allowing them to dissolve gradually into the surrounding light. Their cool tonalities are echoed in the reflections upon the lake, creating a harmonious continuity between water, landscape and sky. The artist appears particularly attentive to the changing effects of natural light. The pale, diffused illumination suggests the quiet hours of early morning or perhaps the end of the day, when the lake becomes almost perfectly still and distant forms lose their sharpness. This sensitive observation of atmosphere, combined with the realistic depiction of everyday fishing life, places the work within the tradition of European Naturalist and plein-air landscape painting of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Both intimate and expansive, the painting offers a poetic evocation of traditional life on an Alpine lake. The solitary fisherman, monumental mountain backdrop and almost motionless water give the scene a contemplative character, while the subtle treatment of light lends the composition an understated elegance particularly characteristic of landscape painting around the turn of the century. Alpine lake painting, fisherman painting...

Sidney Richard Percy (London, 1822 - Bedfordshire, 1886) - River landscape with swallows in flight. 51.5 x 76.5 cm (without frame) - 57.5 x 82.5 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in ...

Fine 19th century landscape oil painting on canvas by Scottish artist William Beattie-Brown (1831-1909), is of a Highland River in Spate. Beattie-Brown excels in capturing the movement of water and atmospheric hills in scenic Scottish backgrounds. Beattie-Brown was a member and academician of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), and his signature is followed by RSA to note this distinction as an artist. His work is represented in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, Glasgow, northern England and in the London Royal Academy. His forte' is in Scottish landscapes painted plein art...

Oil on canvas Image size: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (49 x 39.5 cm) Original frame This is a a wonderful marine scene depicting a flotilla of battleships, warships and Admiralty yachts....

Triptych of Highland Mountains and River comprises three oil paintings by famed plein air artist Alfred de Breanski Sr., presenting a studies of the same mountain and river from diff...

Olof Arborelius (1842‑1915). View from Capri with Vesuvius in the background. Monogram signed OA. Oil on canvas laid on cardboard, 31 x 46 cm. Certified on verso: "Painted by Olof A...

One wonderful thing about this painting is its light. It’s pitch-perfect: if it were a tad darker, it would be gloomy; a tad lighter, and it there would be less to discover. The joy ...

S.W. Clifford (British, late 19th century) - Wooded Landscape with Waterfall. 92 x 61 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed. Signed lower left: «S.W. Clifford». S.W. Clifford was a British...