A River at Sunset

A River at Sunset
A River at Sunset
A River at Sunset
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Ascribed to Wilson
Title
A River at Sunset
Date
Undated
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 72 x 93.5 cm
Imperial: 27 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 5199
Wilson Online Reference
NWP161A
Description
A river winds through the centre of the composition with trees and bushes on the right and flat open country beyond. There is a group of figures is in the foreground, including a mother and baby, a seated child and a fisherman. More figures are visible in the boats in the centre distance on the promontory to the left and the path further left.
Provenance
With Spink; Frederick John Nettlefold, 1946, by whom given, 1946
Bibliography
Grundy & Roe 1938, vol. 4, pp. 162-63 - View of an English River at Sunset; In the Distance the Welsh Hills, repr.col.; WGC, p. 183, pl. 50a version 2
Condition/Conservation
Kate Lowry has noted: Glue relined. Original turnovers removed at time of lining. Pine stretcher dates from lining. Double layered white ground, commercially prepared. X-ray shows a typical reserve left for the landscape against the sky. However the sky has an unusually elaborate texture for Wilson. The willow tree and the tree at the right are painted over the sky.