Feeding the Ducks

Stott, Edward 1859 - 1918

Summary

Girl at left centre of the painting is feeding the ducks at the waters edge from a ceramic bowl in her arms. It is an autumnal outdoor scene wth brown leaves on the ground that have fallen from the trees depicted in the scene. A tree trunk is visible on the left hand side of the painting behind the girl and it the distance farm buildings are in view.

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Feeding the Ducks 1885 Edward Stott 1859 - 1918 Oil on canvas Stott’s painting expeditions around Britain inspired his idyllic country scenes such as this one showing a young girl in an exceptionally clean dress feeding a group of ducks by a river. It is painted in the artist’s gentle, poetic style, with accurately rendered atmospheric effects. Realistically painted, but romantic views of rural life offered an escape from the harsh realities of city life and thus greatly appealed to Victorian taste. Born in Rochdale, Stott studied art in Manchester before training in Paris from 1880 to 1884. In 1889 he settled in Amberley, a village in Sussex. George Beatson Blair bequest 1947.72