1938 Oil Painting of Dutch Folk Art River Scene With Original Frame

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This is a beautiful vintage oil on board painting capturing a serene Dutch-style landscape scene, likely set in the Netherlands, … Read more This is a beautiful vintage oil on board painting capturing a serene Dutch-style landscape scene, likely set in the Netherlands, depicting women and a young girl in traditional folk costumes with white bonnets and wooden clogs. They are gathered by a reflective waterway, engaged in daily chores like washing clothes or fetching water with buckets.

The painting features a charming, bucolic scene with an old wooden bridge and a small boat moored to the bank, all set against a warm, autumnal background of trees with fiery orange and yellow leaves. The artist's brushwork has a lovely, impressionistic quality, particularly visible in the dappled light and the rippling reflections on the water's surface.

The painting is presented in its original, distressed gilded wooden frame, which adds to its vintage character and authenticity. This piece would make a charming addition to any collection of folk art, vintage paintings, or European-themed decor.

18.5"L x 14.5"H x 1"D
Signed Opal Wyatt, 1938. Artist was almost certainly an American who was inspired by the rich tradition of Dutch Golden Age painting and the later 19th-century American artists who traveled to Holland See less