Victor Simonin, Les Casserolles

Victor Simonin, Les CasserollesA beautiful impressionistic still life by Belgian painter, Victor Simonin (1877 1946). This is a piece full of expression, vibrancy and spirit. With a broad brush, the artist has skilfully daubed in the various elements and you can see how much he enjoyed painting them. He had an ability for capturing complex arrangements with a loose touch and minimal brushwork. Simonin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and is known for his expressive

Lydia hailed from Leamington in Leicestershire and married John Roy Allen (1798-1875)

A late 19th-century portrait of a gentleman by German artist

She looks directly at us with an inner steel to her character

We particularly love the way that the large trees in the foreground frame the view and guide the eye deeper into the painting

Craquelure throughout but the paint layer is stable

The painting is unsigned but we’re exploring whether it could be a work by Danish artist

Another gentleman

It’s beautifully bound and possibly gilded with foliate

he’s also added small flecks of white to give the grass a gentle shimmering effect

the light is gently falling across a haystack-covered field and some distant hills

His landscapes often depict views of Corsica

and Royal Institute of Painters