Unknown Artist
American folk art painting , Late 18th / early 19th century
Oil on canvas
30 3/4 x 45 5/8 in
78 x 116 cm
Framed
78 x 116 cm
Framed
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An early American naïve folk art painting depicting a rural landscape with traditional colonial houses. The buildings are rendered in simple, direct forms, set within a softly organised composition of...
An early American naïve folk art painting depicting a rural landscape with traditional colonial houses. The buildings are rendered in simple, direct forms, set within a softly organised composition of trees, water, and grazing cattle.The flattened perspective and restrained detail are typical of the period, giving the work a quiet clarity and an honest, unembellished view of early American life.