Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1850s.
Edmund Bristow was a distinguished painter of animals, still life and genre subjects.
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA (1802-1873) proclaimed that no one could paint a better horse - high praise indeed.
Bristow’s popularity was in part due to his location - he was born in Eton and worked predominantly in Windsor. But also it reflected his precocious mastery of capturing the rustic environs of working families. Often he included animals, which carried expressions to communicate their personalities. Note the alertness of the cockerel versus the tired, somewhat forlorn, appearance of the horse.
Bristow’s patrons included Royalty and several of his works are held in the Royal Collection. His career was effectively cut short when he withdrew from public life for fear of further patronage.
Signed in the lower left and held within a splendid scroll and foliate frame, which is probably original.
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Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 35½” x 40” / 90cm x 101cm
Year of creation: c. 1850
Provenance: Private collection, England.
Condition: Assessed and approved by our conservator. Cleaned. Canvas relined. Frame restored. Frame with signs of age as you would expect.
Artist’s auction maximum: £29,000
Our reference: BRV1813
Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1850s.
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Edmund Bristow, Farmyard with White Mare - Antique Oil Painting
