An easy-going impressionistic landscape painting depicting a rural track with cottages. It’s a piece that conveys the charm and relaxed atmosphere of a warm Summer’s day on the continent.

Imagine the artist exploring this rural idyll, sitting under the shade of a tree, and capturing the view just as they saw it. The brushwork is almost nonchalant with its daubs of impasto.

Signed in the lower left. Probably W Barth.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 37” x 29½” / 94cm x 75cm
Year of creation: c. 1930
Provenance: Germany
Condition: Craquelure and some scruffy areas around the edges. Frame with some wear.