John Falconar Slater, River Landscape With Cottage & Windmill

John Falconar Slater, River Landscape With Cottage & WindmillThis early 20th century oil painting by British artist John Falconar Slater (1857 1937) depicts a blustery river landscape with a cottage and windmill. Slater was one of the foremost British impressionists of his generation. Bushes cling to banks, whipped by a storm under the rhythm of ominous clouds. The biting chill of Autumn is palpable, painted rapidly amid windswept conditions, Slaters early days were spent employed as a bookkeeper for his

and theology professor

like a nightshirt

While a single fir brings balance to the composition

It’s a fine piece

This particular version is painted onto a sheet of copper and it carries a serene atmosphere - gained over years of worship

probably once destined for an aristocratic setting

which is full of drama

Note the line between the closest boat and moon

Produced around 1830

The ideas were circling without a true creative release

which dates to around 1895

Produced in 1906