William James Müller, Cows in Miniature, Mid-19th Century, Watercolour

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An original mid-19th-century watercolour painting, William James Müller, Cows in Miniature.A peaceful pastoral evening scene of a group of cows … Read more An original mid-19th-century watercolour painting, William James Müller, Cows in Miniature.A peaceful pastoral evening scene of a group of cows wading and drinking in a river, set against an idyllic farm landscape with a thatched-roof barn in the background. The painting's delicate colouring captures the light's ethereal glow at sundown. William James Müller (1812—1845) (his surname was also spelt Muller) was the best-known landscape painter of the Bristol School. The son of a Prussian who had emigrated from Danzig and became the director of the Bristol Museum, Müller's landscape style was strongly influenced by his study of such masters as Claude and Ruysdael. Müller exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, and was very widely travelled in Greece and Egypt (where he was commissioned to execute a number of studies of architectural subjects), as well as in France, Switzerland and Italy. with its thickly wooded background, our painting is possibly of a river in Gloucestershire or Wales, where Müller did much of his best work. Following Müller's death his work was in great demand: through the bequest of John Henderson, many of his sketches are now housed in the British Museum.All artworks come with a Certificate of Authenticity and in some cases its accompanying text or artist biography. Signed: No. Inscribed: Inscribed on separate accompanying backing card: 'William James Müller, 1812–1845'. Height: 8.8cm (3.5″) Width: 12.5cm (4.9″) Condition: There is a small, barely visible repaired tear to the edge of the paper, lower left. On the verso there are small glue and paper remnants around the periphery, due to previous mounting. Presented: Unframed. See less