Nicolaï Alexandovitch Okolowicz, River Landscape With Sunset, Fisherman & Cattle

Nicolaï Alexandovitch Okolowicz, River Landscape With Sunset, Fisherman & CattleAn atmospheric oil on canvas depicting a winding river at sunset by the Russian painter, Nicola Alexandovitch Okolowicz (1876 1928). Given the age of the canvas, he wouldve painted this during the early part of his career and may have been studying in France at the time. It fits with the style of the Barbizon group of artists who were active between 1830 1870. These were some of the first to truly embrace painting outdoors and theyre seen as a

Oil on wood

But the years have been a little unkind leaving it flaking and worn

such as Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709)

playing by a pond under a canopy of small trees

10” x 12½” / 25cm x 32cm

a scratch is visible to the right of the gentleman’s beard

The painting is housed in a heavy wooden frame and signed in the lower left

A wonderfully atmospheric French school landscape depicting a tree-lined pond and a seated fisherman

Edmond Le Bienvenu-Dutourp (1878-1945)

16½” x 20½” / 42cm x 52cm

1910Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Very presentable

Or a singer perhaps