This early 20th-century oil painting by British artist John Falconar Slater (1857-1937) depicts a blustery river landscape with a cottage and windmill. Slater was one of the foremost British impressionists of his generation.Bushes cling to banks, whipped by a storm under the rhythm of ominous clouds. The biting chill of Autumn is palpable, painted rapidly amid windswept conditions, Slater’s early days were spent employed as a bookkeeper for his father’s milling business before he headed for the lucrative diamond fields of South Africa. However, following a formidable storm, which destroyed much of his business, he returned to England to pursue a career as an artist. Inclement weather became a characteristic of his work, arguably what made it so intriguing and remarkable.He soon began to exhibit at the leading venues including the Royal Academy in London - and his impressionist brushwork was immediately evident. His version of nature was not to be embellished but translated ...