Adolphe-Hippolyte Couveley, Coastal Scene Near Boulogne

Adolphe-Hippolyte Couveley, Coastal Scene Near BoulogneThis mid 19th century oil painting by French artist Adolphe Hippolyte Couveley (1802 1867) depicts a tempestuous coastal scene near Boulogne. Couveley was a specialist, the official painter for the French Navy. As such, he respected the sea and its ever changing conditions. He understood the complexity of reading the weather and the vital importance of good decision making. Here we see a tale of two skies. On the left, sullen clouds brood in a

Signed/dated and framed

while the female bows her head in prayer

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which guides the eye further

A fine 20th-century still life depicting an array of mushrooms scattered across a table and tumbling from a basket

When Princess Dagmar and Bishop were placed in the slips for the final course of the Waterloo Cup excitement was at its height

he worked as a professor of ecclesiastical monumental art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and he was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association

inherited the property and it’s likely that James stayed there when away from his London residence

which is possibly original

thatched cottage

Artist’s auction highlight: £37

It’s likely that a set of these chairs were housed within his own home as he often painted scenes including them