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Description: | Charles Napier Hemy (1814-1917) studied art in newcastle, but first tried to be a sailor, then a monk, before committing to painting for a living. His early work shows the influcence of Pre-Raphaelitism, with a high concern for realistic depiction of nature. Later on in his career, Hemy specialised in nautical scenes, influenced by the seas around Falmouth, where he eventually settled. He was elected as an ARA in 1897, and became a full RA in 1910.
This is an Autumnal scene with farm buildings in the background. Leaves are still on the trees but smoke is rising from the chimneys, indicating that the first chill days of autumn have arrived. A mother and child, dressed in mourning clothes, are standing by a group of bee hives. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Farmhouses Fields Bee-keeping Trees Fine arts Countryside Women Landscape Architecture Farm buildings Children Farm life Buildings Victorian period Exteriors Gardens Girls Paintings Works on paper Plants Family People Country life | Temporal: | Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | HEMY; Charles Napier (1841 - 1917); RA, RWS | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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