Bjørn Smith-Hald, Mountain Farm nature The sky is typically cloudy

The sky is typically cloudy and the trees awash with autumnal tones

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particularly the bewitching Rosslyn Chapel

The painting is held within an early 19th-century neo-classical gilt frame

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Bjørn Smith-Hald, Mountain Farm nature The sky is typically cloudyThis early 20th century oil painting by Norwegian artist Bjrn Smith Hald (1883 1964) depicts a farm at the foothills of a mountain. Smith Hald was a spirited painter of impressionistic landscapes and, later, expressionistic figurative works. Farm buildings, partially obscured by trees, seem minuscule versus the epic snow capped peaks. The trees are sinuous and barren, the grass perhaps freshly thawed. The chill in the air is palpable. Born in Paris,