English school, ca. 1840. "Rural scene". Oil on canvas.

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  English school, ca. 1840. "Rural scene". Oil on canvas. Presents label on the back. Measurements: 64 x 76 cm; 86 x 99 cm (frame). Rural scene and costumbrista in which a group of peasants are presented inscribed in a leafy landscape. In the foreground the scene opens in the center thanks to a road, however, in the lateral zones it is closed. In the left zone the enclosure is due to the presence of a seated man, accompanied by a young man and a dog, while in the right zone a large trunk blinds the depth of the landscape. In the center of the scene, but located in the background, a horse-drawn cart is led by a man, at whose back a woman can be seen, whom the driver is looking at. Finally, the landscape is enclosed by several trees, leaving a small space to the sky in the upper left zone. It is interesting to note the presence of the tree and the arrangement of the characters in the cart, placed next to it. This composition seems to be heir to the painting "Mr. and Mrs. Andrews" by Thomas Gainsborough. The English landscape school originated between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, following Canaleto's stay in London. The new concept of the "picturesque" arose, that which was worthy of being painted, and artists, both professional and amateur, went out into the countryside to paint in the open air with watercolors, a discipline that would become the English national trademark from then on. English artists successfully adhered to the pre-romantic and romantic aesthetics, looking for places that triggered emotion, memories and sensations where nature is a source of mystery. This landscape is fully part of this trend, which seeks to capture on canvas the real, authentic England, which only memory is unable to retain and immortalize.
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