Landscape: Woodland Scene

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Home Office, 2 Marsham Street

A group of deer watch with half interest as a man leads a horse, carrying a woman, along a pathway. They pass through a wooded landscape, yet to be identified. The trees are in contrasting shades of rust and green. The evening sunlight is partially blocked by clouds and further obscured from the viewer by the large tree to the left of the composition.

George Barret senior was born in Dublin. He began his artistic career colouring engravings and taught drawing in Dublin while making his own studies of the landscape around the city. By the time Barret moved to London in around 1763, he had established a successful career. Barret became a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768, exhibiting there until 1782. His landscapes, influenced by Dutch and Italian art, are predominantly views of the wilder areas of Britain, including part of Wales and the Lake District, but also include views of the country estates owned by his various patrons. He was appointed Official Painter to the Chelsea Hospital in 1782, but did not live to complete any work for the hospital.

Places

Subjects

horseback, landscape C18th, genre, tree, horse, deer, autumn, woodland, man, woman

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

George, Snr Barret (1728 - 1784)

Title

Landscape: Woodland Scene

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 92.00 cm, width: 127.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Agnew's, November 1953

Provenance

With Agnew’s Gallery, London; from whom purchased in November 1953

GAC number

2379