Henry Charles Clifford, The Willow Pool

Henry Charles Clifford, The Willow PoolA beautiful impressionistic oil painting depicting three girls, perhaps sisters, playing by a pond under a canopy of small trees. The artist, Henry Charles Clifford (1861 1947), trained towards the end of the 19th century when the French impressionists were in full swing and its very likely that he visited Paris during his studies. You can certainly see the influence of Monet particularly in Cliffords handling of the water and flora. Note how the

The painting is signed/dated in the lower right and inscribed in the lower left

vibrant colours

The canvas is housed within a coved Victorian-style reeded frame with decorative inner and outer borders

and it’s darkened over time

1876) trained at the Munich Academy and all four of his siblings pursued creative endeavours

Or is it simply a quiet moment of everyday life recorded for posterity

It's housed with a period giltwood frame

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Size including frame 13⅔” x 17¼” / 35cm x 44cm

A few areas in the darker pigments where the paint has bituminised and some scattered in-painting following its restoration

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Size 12” x 15” / 30cm x 38cm