Henry Charles Clifford, The Willow Pool 1930s His work was widely exhibited

His work was widely exhibited during his lifetime and he was awarded the Academy Art Prize twice along with the first-class annual medal in 1895

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Hugo Vilfred Petersen (1870-1959)

holes and wear only seem to add to its atmospheric ‘lost in time’ appearance

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 20” x 14½” / 51cm x 37cmYear of creation: c

Henry Charles Clifford, The Willow Pool 1930s His work was widely exhibitedA beautiful impressionistic oil painting depicting three girls, perhaps sisters, playing by a pond under a canopy of small trees. The artist, Henry Charles Clifford (1861 1947), trained towards the end of the 19th century when the French impressionists were in full swing and its very likely that he visited Paris during his studies. You can certainly see the influence of Monet particularly in Cliffords handling of the water and flora. Note how the