Midday

John William Buxton Knight 1842 - 1908

Summary

Sunlit meadow scene, with a river running along the edge of the meadow to the left. Cattle graze along the banks of the river to the right, standing beneath shady trees on a bright summer's day. John William Buxton Knight was the son of the landscape painter William Knight, but was virtually self-taught. A landscape painter and watercolourist he mainly depicted views of rural South-East England. His work has been described as a fusion between the English landscape tradition of Constable, Cox and de Wint and the techniques of the French Barbizon School, which were influential to the Impressionists.