Otto Von Thoren, Pastoral Landscape With Farmer Crossing A Ford Flowers specialised in interior scenes and

specialised in interior scenes and this is a particularly good example of the way he handles light

Glendening’s exquisite draughtsmanship was matched by a keen understanding of tone and value - resulting in balanced compositions with blissful moods

The trees have been rendered with great skill and the light carefully observed

is holding a bowl of food (perhaps nuts)

Torna was mesmerised and undertook a six-month study trip in 1876 with a group of French artists to learn the methods of working ‘en plein air’

Otto Von Thoren, Pastoral Landscape With Farmer Crossing A Ford Flowers specialised in interior scenes andThis late 19th century oil painting by Austrian artist Otto von Thoren (1828 1889) depicts three horses pulling a cart across a shallow ford. Von Thoren was a celebrated painter of landscapes and portraits who became an elected member of three leading academies. The sound of weighty hooves landing in water is near audible as a passing breeze saturates the lungs. Verdant pasture, amplified by a recent downpour, shimmers underfoot while cattle graze.