Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this lovely oil on canvas by the artist CHARLES W. OSWALD, who has signed the painting C.W. Oswald in the lower left hand corner. The painting depicts a Highland landscape at sunset, with three shaggy, highland cattle grazing on the banks of a loch, in the foreground. The sun is just about to set behind the tallest mountain in the background, but is still bathing some of the lower slopes with light.

We are also listing the companion painting to this one.

CHARLES W. OSWALD was born in Germany circa 1850, according to the Census record of 1891, which lists him living at 66 Barnes Street Everton, West Derby, Liverpool, aged 41, with his wife Jennie and a domestic servant. His birthplace is clearly listed as Germany. He was an artist who, though very prolific, exhibited very little. He specialised in highland landscapes, rural scenes and painting featuring cattle and and working horses painted in oils. He was living at 258 Whitefield Road in Liverpool in 1892, the year that he did exhibit at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. He is listed in The Dictionary of British Artists, Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales by Dennis Child and A Dictionary of Neglected Artists by Jeremy Wood.

Auction results and examples of work by this artist may be found at artprice.com (171 listings), findartinfo.com (106), arcadja.com (56) and askart.com (13).

The painting has been newly framed in a 3" ornate gilt frame and will be supplied wired and ready to hang.

Image size: 23 5/8" x 11 1/2" - 60cm x 29.2cm

Frame size: 29 3/4" x 17 3/4" - 75.5cm x 45.1cm

Medium: Oils on canvas

Condition: Very good condition. There is one tiny repair to the canvas, as shown, which is clean and taut. There is no paint loss or craquelure. The frame is new.