Frank Moss Bennett, The Game Of Cards

Frank Moss Bennett, The Game Of CardsThis fine early 20th century oil painting by British artist Frank Moss Bennett (1874 1952) depicts two 18th century gentlemen in periwigs playing cards by a fire. Frank Moss Bennett was a distinguished painter of portraits, architecture and genre scenes. Admired for his meticulous attention to detail, his works depicting figures in costume are particularly exquisite and underpinned by masterful draughtsmanship. Born in Liverpool, the son of an iron

Perhaps it’s a portrait to hang in the dining room

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 19” x 22” / 49cm x 55cmYear of creation: 1891Condition: Artwork presents well with a few minor abrasions

Linear figures are caught mid-hurry

such as Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867) and Jules Dupré (1811-1889)

It’s possibly a vista within the Swedish archipelago

During the 1860s

De Dardel-Kihlman studied at the École des Beaux Arts de Genève and also at Otte Sköld’s school in Stockholm

This late 19th-century farmyard scene skilfully depicts three farm buildings

and the misty blue horizon with its gentle haze of tints

Carlberg’s brushwork is indicative of his training on the continent

An inscription on the reverse is hard to decipher but seems to mention that the pair are related

Regarded as the fastest in her fleet