Edmund John Niemann, Pickering, Yorkshire

Edmund John Niemann, Pickering, YorkshireThis late 19th century landscape by Edmund John Niemann (1813 1873) presents a sweeping view near Pickering in North Yorkshire, where a mother and child walk beside a lively stream bordered by a stone built mill with twin waterwheels. Above them, on the distant rise, the ruins of Pickering Castle look out across a valley receding into layered hills and drifting clouds. Executed around 1870, during Niemanns mature period, it carries the hallmarks of

this enchanting survivor transports the viewer into a whimsical fiction of architecture and sublime nature

the painting takes on the character of an intimate study: one learned man observed by another

Our reference: BRV1665

Born in Kaiserswerth

137 achieved for an oil painting in 2008

His lilac garment an amalgamation of broad dashes in various tints

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somewhat akin to a cameo

Artist’s auction highlight: £32

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