(Cattle Drinking, Riddells Creek, Victoria)

James Howe Carse

JH Carse_Cattle Drinking, Riddells Creek
(Cattle Drinking, Riddells Creek, Victoria) by James Howe Carse

Details

Artist
James Howe Carse
Title
(Cattle Drinking, Riddells Creek, Victoria)
Year
c.1875
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
49 x 89 cm

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James Howe Carse trained at the Royal Scottish Academy and moved to Australia prior to 1869 becoming a foundation member of the Victorian Academy of Arts, Melbourne (1870) and the Art Society of New South Wales (1880).  He quickly established a reputation winning numerous awards for his intimate landscape paintings, which were often built up from observations studied en plein air. This tranquil scene depicts cattle at the water’s edge under cloudy skies, with the framing device of a tree branch to anchor the viewer within the expansive landscape.