19th-Century French School, Barns With Chickens Countryside Overall size 25½” x 31”

Overall size 25½” x 31” / 65cm x 79cm

Note the way he’s created the pattern on the rugs with little more than some well-judged daubs

but the paint layer is stable

It goes on to explain that he married into a notable family:

Oil on copper

19th-Century French School, Barns With Chickens Countryside Overall size 25½” x 31”An unusual 19th century oil on wood depicting a small area behind a barn with two chickens, a barrel and a ladder. The buildings feel lost in time and we love the way the artist has given the walls texture by roughing them up a little. The painting is signed Ault in the lower left and could relate to American artist, Charles Henry Ault. Little is known about him but many painters undertook study trips to France during the 19th century. Housed in a