Alfred Augustus Glendening, Sunlit River Landscape With Cattle & Ducks

Alfred Augustus Glendening, Sunlit River Landscape With Cattle & DucksThis charming late 19th century oil painting by British artist Alfred Augustus Glendening (1840 1921) depicts a picturesque river landscape with cattle and ducks. Born in Hampton on Thames, London, Glendening was raised in an area popular with Victorian artists. The river, with its zig zagging steamboats and silvery waters, providing ample inspiration for a young impressionable mind. This fascinating environment delivered the building blocks for his

He was clearly a master of his craft

Provenance: Auction

Turner was a master of the Derbyshire environs

several boulders stand adjacent to a pond

which transition from white to dark grey

Artist’s auction highlight: £10

500 achieved for ‘In Parkam Woods

Her sunken eyes convey extreme sleep deprivation

Craquelure throughout and several minor paint losses but the paint layer is broadly stable

the conditions rank

Held within a later burr walnut frame

And “when lost - a matter of frequent occurrence - I was usually found at a pit on the seashore