Peace

Thomas Edwin Mostyn 1864 - 1930

Summary

A delicately painted softly defined landscape depicting a group of trees at the edge of a forest, with the setting sun on the right giving offering a soft half-light. There is a monolith visible at the base of one of the trees in the bottom left corner. The sky dominates this painting with cream, white and pink tones. This is a serene, landscape view.

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Peace about 1910 Thomas Edwin Mostyn 1864-1930 Oil on canvas Mostyn uses landscape to convey the feeling of thinking about death, or of lost loved ones. A monolith beneath the trees might be a memorial. Born in Liverpool, Mostyn moved to Manchester to design cotton goods labels. Then, after a spell at Victorian artist Hubert von Herkomer’s art school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, Mostyn returned to Manchester to paint portraits and set up his own art school in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. In later life he painted imaginative landscapes like Peace, producing his best work as his eyesight began to fail. Purchased 1911.51