Hans Best, Tranquil River Landscape - Very Large Antique Oil Painting

Name: Hans Best, Tranquil River Landscape - Very Large Antique Oil Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA957487
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

This far-reaching early 20th-century landscape painting by German artist Hans Best (1874-1942) depicts a tranquil vista with distant hills. Its large size creates a window on your wall - it brings the outdoors in.

Through the centre of the composition, a river draws the eye and carries our attention out towards the middle ground. Gentle ripples reflect sunlight muted by clouds while the riverbank creates a shadow at the bend.

Best isn’t seeking to romanticise this verdant countryside, he’s simply capturing it in all its true beauty. By doing so, it creates a calm splendour.

Signed, inscribed on the reverse and framed.

Due to its size, it’s only available for UK delivery.

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Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 59” x 43” / 150cm x 110cm

Year of creation: c. 1910

Condition: Artwork presents well. Frame with some light wear.

Artist’s auction highlight: £3,240 achieved for an oil painting in 1993.

Physical Dimensions

Height

110cm (43.31")

Width

150cm (59.06")

Depth

8cm (3.15")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA957487

Description

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Through the centre of the composition, a river draws the eye and carries our attention out towards the middle ground.

Brave Fine Art

Gentle ripples reflect sunlight muted by clouds while the riverbank creates a shadow at the bend.

fig 1. Hans Best, Tranquil River Landscape - Very Large Antique Oil Painting

Best isn’t seeking to romanticise this verdant countryside, he’s simply capturing it in all its true beauty. By doing so, it creates a calm splendour.

Signed, inscribed on the reverse and framed.

Due to its size, it’s only available for UK delivery.