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| Title | A Wooded River Landscape | |
| Alternative Title | A River Bank | |
| Collection | National Trust for Scotland (Brodie Castle) | |
| Artist | Attributed to Weiss, José (French painter, 1859-1919) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1880 | |
| Date Latest | about 1900 | |
| Description | This autumnal river landscape reveals the influence of the Barbizon painters and their interest in the direct observation of nature. The bare trees silhouetted against the sky on the right act as repoussoirs creating spatial depth. Sky and trees are reflected on the shimmering water-surface of the slow-flowing river. | |
| Current Accession Number | 73.302 | |
| Inscription | front lr '[J?] Weiss' | |
| Subject | landscape | |
| Measurements | 25.0 x 35 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Ninian, 25th Brodie of Brodie, 1980. | |
| Provenance | Possibly with J.A.Coolings & Son (date unknown). | |
| Notes | Weiss was born in Paris in 1859. He moved to England in the early 1890s, taking up residence in the village of Houghton, Arundel, Sussex in 1897. He painted chiefly the Sussex countryside. In 1899 he became a British subject. He is known not only as a painter but also as one of Britain's first glider pilots. Label on reverse 'J A Coolings & Son'. |
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| Rights Owner | National Trust for Scotland | |
| Author | Dr Claudia Heide | |