Bidspirit auction | F. H. Lanner, Rural Landscape

F. H. Lanner, Rural Landscape with Cottages and Church Spire, believed to be the village of Bardsea. Oil on Canvas - A landscape painting executed in oil on canvas, depicting a rural scene under a vast, overcast sky, believed to be the village of Bardsea. The composition features a cluster of white-walled cottages and a prominent church spire set against a verdant hillside in the distance. The mid-ground and foreground are dominated by tall, dried grasses and autumnal foliage rendered in shades of ochre, burnt sienna, and muted green. The work employs a loose, impressionistic style with visible brushwork and impasto highlights. The painting is signed in the upper right quadrant in dark paint; the characters read F. H. Lanner. The canvas is housed in a polished mahogany-toned wooden frame featuring a gilded inner slip. A small, circular white adhesive label is present on the lower right corner of the gilded slip. The verso is not visible.