This early 20th-century oil painting by German artist Fritz Halberg-Krauss (1874-1951) depicts an evening view on the Dachauer Moos, near Munich, with cattle. It’s an evocative image and the sky is handled skilfully.Fritz Halberg-Krauss was predominantly known for his painterly impressionistic landscapes, which often captured the solitary heathland north of Munich. Remarkably, he was self-taught, with inspiration derived from the 19th-century French ‘plein air’ painters, such as Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867) and Jules Dupré (1811-1889). As such, he embraced the spirit of nature, while adopting a relatively loose, more naturalistic approach.Often cited as the last great bastion of the ‘Munich School’, his atmospheric vistas convey a certain poetry - a rhythmic quality. Clouds build overhead, appearing to move with urgency, amplified by a low horizon line. Cattle bend heavy necks, thirsty by the riverbank. Feathery trees sway as a thunderstorm passes. He connects us with the ever...