Painting of the Week - William Samuel Horton
Cattle in a Farm Landscape
This stunning Impressionist farm landscape oil painting is by one of the leading American Impressionist artists, William Samuel Horton. Horton moved to England in1918 and travelled extensively in Europe and later Asia. His paintings show the influences of the French Impressionists as whilst studying in Paris Horton befriended and worked closely alongside some of the leading Impressionist artists including Whistler, Pissarro, Degas and Monet. Painted circa 1910, the composition is cattle in a snowy landscape in front of a farm. It is early morning and the sky is a blaze of colours, reflected in the water in the foreground. The sky absolutely steals the show with its vibrancy forming an arc over the darker buildings and cattle . The impressionistic brushwork is superb and this is an excellent example of Horton's work from that period and the influence of the French Impressionists. The painting has been exhibited at The Art Institute in Chicago as well French dealers.
Signed lower left.
Provenance. Art Institute of Chicago labels verso.
Doumaves Francaises. Service des Expositions Paris
Galerie Charpentier. Label Verso.
James Bourlet. Label verso.
Wax seal stamp verso.
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https://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/gallery/new/horton/cattle-in-a-farm-landscape