Louis Robbe, Landscape With Barn, Sheep & Goats

Louis Robbe, Landscape With Barn, Sheep & GoatsThis exquisite mid to late 19th century oil painting by Belgian artist Louis Robbe (1806 1887) depicts three finely rendered sheep, a lamb and two goats before a landscape with distant hills. Its a masterful piece. Louis Robbe was a distinguished Belgian painter, engraver, and lawyer who is regarded as one of the forerunners of realism in animal painting. Prior to Robbes influence, animals were often stylised in a romantic manner, imbued with a sense

which saw much of the fighting

Signed/dated in the lower left and housed within its original frame

It’s dusk and the sky is a muted array of evening tones

For a number of years he exhibited at the wonderfully named ‘Woodpecker Sketch Club’

We particularly love the various layers in this chilly rural scene - with the details becoming obscured as your eye looks further into the distance

I asked Mr Ridley

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 18” x 19” / 45cm x 49cmYear of creation: c

Antoine-Jean Gros

towards the end of the 19th century

This charming late 19th-century lithograph was produced by Freudenthal & Co for clothing manufacturers

Fritz Kraul (1862-1935)

Overall size: 8½” x 11” / 22cm x 28cm