A fine example of early 19th Century landscape painting, this watercolour, attributed to the English painter, Newton Smith Fielding, shows a group of timid deer sunning themselves in a woodland clearing.
In a style which is identical to that of Fielding's, this painting holds great dynamism and movement in the foliage and undergrowth. The animals seem to blend in in the quiet magical way that deer possess. Whilst the painting is unsigned, this is a confident attribution. The painting is unsigned, on wove and presented in a gilt effect wooden frame with an attractive wash-line mount and glazing. There is some information about the artist, inscribed on the reverse.
On wove.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. The frame has general wear and scuffing to the surface.
25.2 x 35.6cm (9.9" x 14")
Fielding was born in London in 1799, the youngest son of Nathan Theodore Fielding. He exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-colours, showing some landscapes in 1815, and cattle pieces in 1818. He is best known for his paintings and engravings of animals. Besides painting in water-colours, he also made etchings, aquatints, and lithographs, becoming especially proficient in the last of these. He moved to Paris where he lived until his death, on 12 January 1856; he was much esteemed there, entering the 1827 Paris Salon and teaching the family of Louis-Philippe. In 1836 he published in London a set of Subjects after Nature, and in Paris he published sets of lithographs of animals, and illustrations to various works.
| SKU | qo171 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Attrib. Newton Smith Fielding (1799–1856) |
| Date | Early 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 25.2 x 35.6cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Animals |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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