A late 19th century pastoral landscape painting by notable Pittsburgh artist Alfred Bryan Wall (1861-1935). Sunlit landscape depicting a shepherd guiding a small herd of sheep down a country road. In shades of light green, blue and yellow. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: A. Bryan Wall. Nice gilded frame with large rosebuds and ribbons. Frame is slightly warped with old repair, corner separations and minor gilt loss. Painting is in very good condition with bright color and light craquelure, a tiny paint loss in blue sky. Circa 1890-1910.
Dimensions: 43.75"W x 34"H x 3.75"D

The son of painter Alfred S. Wall, Alfred Bryan Wall spent most his life in Pittsburgh. When he resided for a short time in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century, he became friends with Thomas Eakins, who painted his portrait. Influenced by the French Barbizon School, he is best known for his pastoral landscapes with sheep, a subject he regularly portrayed beginning in the 1880s. His father had served for a short time on the original board of the Carnegie Museum, and at his death, A. Bryan Wall succeeded him.

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