Stefan Eggeler, Self Portrait With Black Hat

Stefan Eggeler, Self Portrait With Black HatThis early 20th century etching by Stefan Eggeler (1894 1969) depicts the artist in contemplation. Eggler was an enigmatic figure in the evolution of interwar German art. A precocious talent, he produced this piece when just 21 years old. Its masterly, both introspective and captivating. His image is tightly constrained within borders and were in there with him. His oeuvre was one of anguish, fantasy, witchcraft, and skeletal torment. Nightmares,

Excitement even

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Rosa Müller (1822-1914) depicts the Moel Siabod mountain in Snowdonia

and within three miles of Water Oakley Wharf

that he could work with feeling while retaining a high degree of finesse

And the passages of rugged brushwork

Jerken was a modernist and known for his buoyant still lifes

legs crossed

sent him to Yorkshire in the hope he’d enter the same trade

The Golden Age of Dutch art set the benchmark for centuries to come and formed an integral part of a budding artist’s tuition well into the 20th century

The painting bears an attribution of ‘Studio of Mason Chamberlain RA (1727-1787)’

The trees appear as behemoths caught by a strong channel of enchanting light

carry greater immediacy than finished works as they capture a moment between sitter and artist without the pressure of a resulting exhibition or gallery sale