David Bates, The Brook

David Bates, The BrookThis charming landscape painting by English artist David Bates (1840 1921) depicts three cows standing in a brook on a warm Summers Day. As you can imagine, cows are known to do this in an effort to cool down. Bates was an open air painter and relished being close to nature. His later works tend to be quite relaxed and with an emphasis on the picturesque scenery he encountered. The painting is housed within a handsome scroll and foliate frame. Learn

it was often cheaper to hire an artist to paint a bouquet rather than buy the originals

at L’ Académie des Beaux-Arts de l’instiute in France and at l’ Académie Comon in Paris

we see an elegantly-dressed lady playing a piano while she sings a familiar tune

Note how the light falls on the apples in the foreground - quite sublime

He was an accomplished colourist and known primarily for his vibrant still lifes

there's a fragment of what appears to be a love letter from 'Gerard' to his wife

A lady immersed in her fabricated world

he gained access to the Academy in Düsseldorf

To contextualise Fuchs’ obsession with fantasy

An early 20th-century coastal scene depicting a sailboat grounded on a beach

115 achieved for an oil painting in 2007

The painting is held within a period gilt frame