Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) - Wooded landscape with roe deer by a stream

Joseph Farquharson (Edinburgh 1846 - Finzean 1935) - Wooded landscape with roe deer by a stream.

102 x 66 cm (without frame) - 128 x 92 cm (with frame).

Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden frame.

Signed lower right: «J. Farquharson».

Joseph Farquharson, a Scottish painter trained in Edinburgh, furthered his studies in Paris in the studio of Carolus-Duran. Laird of the Finzean estate in Aberdeenshire, he spent most of his life there, drawing the subjects of his painting from the Highland landscape. He was elected Associate of the Royal Academy in 1900 and full Academician in 1915. He is best known for his winter scenes and his study of low sunset light filtering through trees.

The painting depicts the interior of a wood at the turn of the season, with slender, bare trees set against a pale sky touched by pink reflections. In the foreground a stream runs between banks covered with dry leaves and a moss-covered rock. On the slope to the left, two lightly sketched roe deer enliven the scene without disturbing its stillness. The palette of browns, ochres and greys, together with the careful rendering of wet surfaces, reflects the naturalistic sensibility typical of the artist’s mature work.

Condition report: Relined canvas. Good state of preservation of the paint surface.


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