M Corper, Pastoral Scene With Distant Hills

M Corper, Pastoral Scene With Distant HillsA peaceful English pastoral scene depicting a shepherd with a small flock before an undulant landscape. This picturesque view provides a window into a simpler time when the air was clean and the trees stood for hundreds of years. Paintings such as this were ever popular with city dwelling Victorians who sought to escape the smoggy realities of increasing urbanisation. Little is known about the artist, M Corper, but they were clearly influenced by the

380 achieved for ‘Bramsnaes’ (88 x 113cm) in 2008

The artist has been influenced by the style of the French impressionists - as so many British painters were towards the end of the century

The painting is housed in what appears to be its original frame and signed in the lower right

The style suggests that there's a photographic base under the oils

Another work by Van Kregten appeared at Christie’s in 2004

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21½” x 25½” / 55cm x 65cmYear of creation: 1931Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Presentable with one area of restoration

he’s wearing a gold earring in his right ear along with a brooch and a gold ring

is it perhaps a little controversial given that Sarah Churchill is holding her eager pet in the palm of her hand

In the 1940s

Elisabeth (Lilli) Charlotte Lundsteen was primarily a painter of portraits and still lifes

he puts us right in the picture as if we can feel ourselves being buffeted by the wind

Alois Broch (1864-1937)