Snow Landscape
Cruth-tìre Sneachda c1845 leis a’ pheantair Duitseach Alexander Joseph Daiwaille (1818 – 1888); dealbhadair agus dealbhadair cruth-tìre.
This is a beautiful tranquil sealladh-tìre geamhraidh painting of a small Dutch village situated near a frozen river with villagers on the ice, others walking along the country path and others going about their business around the village.
The scene is set with a beautiful blue sky populated with billowing white, gorm, grey and reddish hued clouds; with birds flying overhead and with trees surrounding and to both sides of the village.
Is e seo ath-riochdachadh seann mhaighstirean ealain didseatach ath-riochdachadh de ìomhaigh raon poblach.
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Alexander was the son of portrait painter Jean Augustin Daiwaille (1786 – 1850) and was born in Amsterdam the Netherlands on January 21 de 1818.
Though like his father Alexander specialized in portraiture in the early part of his career; he would eventually transition to painting landscapes of the Netherlands and Germany.
He painted scenes in Netherlands, which included Hilversum from 1833 – 1834, the Hague from 1840 – 1848; then in Germany including Kleve from 1834 – 1835 agus 1840 – 1848.
He also worked with his brother-in-law Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803 – 1862) a Dutch Landscape Painter and Lithographer.