[On the Farm]
oil on canvas
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British 1815 - 1907
John Frederick Herring Jnr. was a painter of sporting and animal subjects in oil and watercolour. His style was very similar to that of his father, John Frederick Herring Snr.Herring Jnr. painted many horse portraits in exquisite detail. In addition he painted numerous charming small-scale studies of cows, rabbits, pigs, goats, birds and other animals. He is renowned for his finely detailed farmyard scenes. He had a preference for smaller canvases enabling greater out-put. Very occasionally and often for the purpose of exhibiting at the major academies, he would turn to the larger canvas. Although more time consuming, they brought greater recognition and with it more lucrative commissions.Herring exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Suffolk Street where he exhibited some fifty-three works.John Jnr. married an artist called Kate Rolfe who also exhibited at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street. Herring spent the latter part of his life at Fulbourn near Cambridge.
4 comments:
Lovely! I saw a little dog similar to this one yesterday, running past its owners' garden. I think he was more interested in a bird! Found you through Acornmoon. I'll be back - Jeanne in Oregon
Thank you both. If you notice the date is wrong on this, it published too early, a weirdness with Blogger.
a lovely painting that evokes a mood of serenity and quieter days.
I believe you can edit your post to change the date. Click on "post options." You can change the date and time on the bottom right.
Thanks, their is a quirk (feature!) of Blogger that if you post in the past by accident (I put April instead of May) and then change it to the future - it posts as a sort of sticky post until the new date comes around.
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