A fine oil on canvas winter landscape scene by Frank Ernest Beresford (1881-1967). The view shows a farming landscape looking towards hills with a light dusting of snow. The reverse of the painting locates the scene to South Farm, Houghton, Heddon on the wall, and dates it to March 1951. The reverse also shows the work is numbered and has the artist’s address indicating it was exhibited. The painting has been professionally cleaned and is in good original condition. The silvered frame is the original and is in good untouched country house condition.Frank Ernest Beresford was born in Derby in 1881 and had a long artistic education. He first studied at the Derby School of Art, then St John''s Wood Art School, and finally at the Royal Academy Schools. His talent was rewarded with a travel scholarship that took him to Asia. Returning to England from 1906 he exhibited at the Royal Academy as well as other national art galleries. In 1936, Beresford made the only painting of the princes’ ...