W.S. Cooper, A Bay Hunter & Groom In A Landscape 1960s This fine mid-19th-century oil on

This fine mid-19th-century oil on panel by Dutch artist Pieter Caspar Christ (1822-1888) depicts a woodland landscape with distant cottages under a cloudy sky

Perhaps the artist sat with this gentleman for a while as he painted the scene

returning often to the picturesque environs of Brahetrolleborg

his path led him ultimately to the busy environs of the short-lived Académie Matisse in Paris (Henri Matisse's painting school)

Here in this work from around 1870

W.S. Cooper, A Bay Hunter & Groom In A Landscape 1960s This fine mid-19th-century oil onThis early 19th century oil painting by English artist W. S. Cooper (act. 1832 1834) depicts a bay hunter and groom in a landscape with a hunt beyond. Once hanging in a proud English country home, this splendid piece from 1832 represents the earliest known work by this little known artist. Its set under a dense sky and within an undulant landscape, punctuated by a wattle fence. Equestrian paintings of this nature were popular with the landed gentry