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A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
Morning on the Kennet - Alfred Parsons
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Beschreibung
A tranquil depiction of the River Kennet, capturing the soft morning light and reflective waters of the English countryside.
Alfred Parsons, a painter known for his botanical accuracy and rural subjects, captures a quiet moment along the River Kennet in this oil painting. The composition focuses on the calm water, which acts as a mirror for the surrounding trees and the pale, overcast sky. A small punt sits near the bank, where a figure is occupied with work, providing a sense of scale and human presence within the quiet environment. A flock of birds is visible in the upper left, adding a sense of movement to the otherwise still atmosphere.
Parsons utilised a muted palette of ochre, soft greens, and earthy browns to convey the specific light of an English morning. His brushwork is controlled, allowing for a clear depiction of the reflections on the water surface and the texture of the riverbank vegetation. The painting reflects the artist's interest in the English countryside, a subject he documented throughout his career through both painting and illustration. The scene avoids dramatic artifice, opting instead for a direct observation of the natural world. The trees, rendered with attention to their individual forms, frame the river as it winds into the distance, creating a sense of depth that draws the viewer into the scene. This work is representative of the late nineteenth-century British tradition of plein-air painting, where artists sought to capture the specific qualities of light and atmosphere in rural settings. The balance between the open sky and the grounded riverbank creates a harmonious composition, typical of Parsons' approach to his subjects.
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- Museum-grade giclée printing for rich, fade-resistant colour
- Archival matte fine-art paper, FSC-certified
- Multiple sizes and framing options available
- Frames in black, natural wood, dark wood or white
- Framed prints arrive ready to hang
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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Morning on the Kennet - Alfred Parsons
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Ab £28.00 GBP
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Ab £28.00 GBP
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Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Alfred Parsons
Alfred Parsons was the kind of Victorian artist who could fill a gallery with landscapes and a library with illustrations, and do both well enough to be taken seriously at each. Born in Beckington, Somerset in 1847, he trained himself largely by doing, and by the time he reached London in the 1870s he was already making a reputation as a black-and-white illustrator for Harper's New Monthly Magazine and other American publications that paid well for English rural scenes.
It was his eye for gardens that set him apart. Parsons had a genuine feeling for the way English cottage and manor gardens worked: their colour sequences, their relationship to the surrounding landscape, the social world they implied. His collaboration with the gardening writer E.T. Cook on articles for various publications developed into a consistent visual language for the late Victorian garden, and his paintings were sought after by the country-house owners whose properties he depicted.
In 1891 he contributed illustrations to Henry James's collection of essays A Little Tour in France, though gardens rather than buildings remained his primary subject. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1911. Parsons also designed gardens professionally, most notably The Courts in Wiltshire, which he began laying out around 1900 and which passed eventually to the National Trust.
His watercolours have a directness that reads as almost modern: flat washes, clear light, plants described with botanical accuracy but without preciousness. He died in Broadway, Worcestershire in 1920, having spent many years in that colony of Anglo-American artists centred on John Singer Sargent and Francis Millet.
It was his eye for gardens that set him apart. Parsons had a genuine feeling for the way English cottage and manor gardens worked: their colour sequences, their relationship to the surrounding landscape, the social world they implied. His collaboration with the gardening writer E.T. Cook on articles for various publications developed into a consistent visual language for the late Victorian garden, and his paintings were sought after by the country-house owners whose properties he depicted.
In 1891 he contributed illustrations to Henry James's collection of essays A Little Tour in France, though gardens rather than buildings remained his primary subject. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1911. Parsons also designed gardens professionally, most notably The Courts in Wiltshire, which he began laying out around 1900 and which passed eventually to the National Trust.
His watercolours have a directness that reads as almost modern: flat washes, clear light, plants described with botanical accuracy but without preciousness. He died in Broadway, Worcestershire in 1920, having spent many years in that colony of Anglo-American artists centred on John Singer Sargent and Francis Millet.
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