Frederick Henry Henshaw, A Gypsy Encampment

Frederick Henry Henshaw, A Gypsy EncampmentThis robust mid 19th century oil painting by British painter Frederick Henry Henshaw (1807 1891) depicts a gypsy encampment within a deep wooded area. Its typically Victorian and rendered with the confidence of an established Academy artist. On the left, a channel of light illuminates several figures resting by a blazing fire. Smoke rises, twisting and taken by the breeze. While on the right, two trees strike impressive vertical forms as they emerge

you have two older ladies sitting by the stream as they natter about the day’s events - one seems to be using her hands to gesticulate as the other holds a stick

Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) was depicted as Saint Catherine by Jacob Huysmans (1633-1696) to reference her devotion to Catholicism

While many of his contemporaries were focusing on the landscape

Germany Condition

Well looked after

It has a misty dreamlike quality often synonymous with many portraits from the period

when he created this in circa 1890

Carte hailed from a theatrical background as her older brother was the famous impresario

A vibrant mid-20th-century Swedish school portrait of a nude

Imagine waking up to a view across the lake with the light shimmering across its surface

Figures are created with vigour - gestural marks laid down with energy and immediacy

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