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Antique circa 1909 Original Tonalist Impressionist Oil on Canvas Countryside Landscape by Celebrated British-American Artist Joh Noble Barlow!
John Noble Barlow (1861–1917) was a prominent English artist at the turn of the twentieth century, known predominantly as a landscape and seascape painter.John Barlow was born in Manchester, England in 1861.He enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris, and studied for two years under Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Paul Louis Delance and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. Barlow also studied in Belgium, the Netherlands and New York City in the United States. He later emigrated to the United States and became a U.S. citizen in 1887, although he returned to Europe by 1889. Barlow lived in Providence, Rhode Island, was a member of the Providence Art Club and exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago.Barlow returned to England, married Marie Elizabeth Johnson (an American Citizen) in London in 1891, and then settled in St. Ives, Cornwall in 1892. In 1896, Barlow was made a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) and, in 1916, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI). He received medals at both the 1899 Paris Salon (Gold Medal-3rd Class) and the 1900 Paris Exposition. Many of his later scenes are from the Lamorna Valley, Cornwall, where he had a studio. His 1909 painting, \"Spring, Lamorna\" was considered his best work to date.Barlow died in Penzance, Cornwall, in 1917.Many of Barlow\'s pupils at the John Noble Barlow school became well-known painters, including Garstin Cox, William Cox, Donald Henry Floyd, Herbert George, Anna A. Hills, and Edgar Nye.The product is a medium-sized Barbizon or Tonalist-style pastoral oil painting of a countryside river landscape created by John Noble Barlow around 1909.The artwork depicts a serene, rural countryside scene with a narrow dirt path winding alongside a quiet body of water likely a riverbank or pond. A prominent, windswept tree stands near the center of the composition, while a red-roofed cottage or farmhouse nestled among additional trees is visible in the background. A cluster of rocks or low boulders occupied the bottom-left foreground.The artwork shares characteristic with late 19th and early 20th-century impressionism and tonalism, utilizing a soft focus and atmospheric blending. The brushwork is textured and loose, focusing on capturing the shifting qualities of light and weather rather than strict photographic detail.This painting uses a muted, natural palette dominated by soft earthy greens, ochre browns along the path, and a pale, hazy blue-grey sky that suggests an overcast day or early morning light.With a unique one-of-a-kind quality, this handmade artwork is a beautiful representation of the artist\'s style and technique.
Signed by the artist and dated \"1909\" in lower right, pictures ## 1, 2, 3, 7, 8.
Dimensions:
* the image is 9\" x 12\";
* housed in a period, substantial, ornate, gilded solid wood matted frame with carved inner trim, enhancing its\' classic vintage appeal: 17\" x 20\" (in excellent condition).
Condition: there is a sign oflocalized recto overpainting in the upper prominent tree area (shown by arrow on picture #6) correspondingdirectly to a verso canvas reinforcement (pictures #11). The reverse repair consists of an applied thick white paint matrix/compound , likely introduced to stabilize a historical puncture or tear.
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