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Oil Painting Highlands Loch Etive Argyll & Bute Alfred De Breanski Jnr

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1 Fine Impressionist British Work of Art Oil Painting Scottish Highlands Landscape Loch Etive Summer Morning Aryll & Bute by Alfred de Breanski Jr 1877-1957.
 
Title ''In the West Highlands “Summer Morning Loch Etive” Argyll and Bute.
 
Subject landscape view of the known Scottish Highlands landscape honeypot view in Argyll and Bute of Loch Etive during the Summer time during the morning.
 
Signed lower right on canvas front and also inscribed verso by the known artist Alfred Fontville de Breanski Junior 1877-1957.
 
An excellent impressive display size with the frame being 74.5 cm wide and 63 cm high & 6.5 cm in depth.
 
Add a statement work of art grandeur to your home or office impress your guests & clients.
 
Your focus is drawn to the fascinating hills & mountains in the background, with the tallest peak which have thick swirling mist that is traveling around the valley & summit peaks in a circle which adds great intrique & mystery to this amazing scene, having such impressive great perspective and exceptional detail. Lower down on the mountain to the far left are cattle grazing on the Loch shoreline, 2 eagles are flying low over the water. In the foreground you are drawn to the Loch Etive the colours of the water go from dark at the back to light at the front as the light shimmers along the waters surface, your eyes are also drawn in to the 1 huge boulder seen on the banks edge to the right. With other stone boulders around the mountains sides. Rolling hills with lush vegetation and purple heather can be seen on the ground in various places. Over to the far right is a solitary cottage home next to tall green trees. You can feel the peace and tranquility in this scene. Above with a mainly light overcast sky with blue shining through. The different hues are so bright, vivid and vibrant and really stand out which you will adore.
 
Oil on canvas.
 
Artist biography Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jr. (28 August 1877 – 17 April 1957) was a British painter. His paintings have sold at numerous high end fine art auctions worldwide with the current highest recorded sold price being $20,740 US dollars which was for the painting view of lake Coniston and the old man which sold in New York.
 
He was born in London & was the son of Alfred de Breanski Senior and Annie Roberts, who were also both artist painters. He learnt his craft from his parents and at St. Martin’s School of Art, and met and became acquainted with Whistler during his time in France. He often worked in a similar style to his father, though they each have distinctive signatures. His paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Royal Society of British Artists. He generally painted natural landscape and rustic scenes, showing the influence of Impressionism in his later life.
 
He also produced in 1915 a couple of posters for the Underground Electric Railways Company showing Twickenham by Tram and Kew Gardens by Tram. He died in Tonbridge, Kent, in 1957. Sources
 
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Antique #SA1034976, shown on this page, originates from 1920. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1920
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