Tree study

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This small oil sketch on paper, mounted on canvas, shows a dense mass of trees in a deep ravine. At the bottom of the picture some pale pink flowering plants suggest that we are at the edge of a cliff looking across a gully that drops steeply below us. Including these flowers and the tall tree on the right increases the effect of distance between the immediate foreground and the trees on the other side of the ravine.

As a landscape painter, Jean-Michel Cels would have made small oil studies on location directly from nature either on paper, such as this one, or on a small panel. Around 20 of his oil sketches of clouds and trees are known to exist. They were all produced between 1848 and 1852, when he was his early twenties. This study was probably painted in Belgium, possibly in the area around Brussels, where he had his studio.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Tree study

Date

about 1840

Medium

Oil on paper laid on canvas

Measurements

H 23.2 x W 29.8 cm

Accession number

NG6578

Acquisition method

Presented by Kate de Rothschild, 1999

Work type

Painting

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