An exhibition standard painting with original label to reverse 'Summer Pasture - Yorkshire'. Lovely fresh condition and a simple subject well observed. 24" x 36", signed. oil on canvas.

Clark Joseph Dixon. 1849-1944

A painter in oils of landscapes with cattle and rural activities, Dixon Clark lived and worked in Blaydon and Whickham, Durham, near Newcastle, for several years, contributing 5 of his works to the Royal Academy between 1890 and 1902. He frequently exhibited his work at the Gateshead photographers' shop run by his 2 sons. One of these sons was John Clark, painter of miniatures.