Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest Belgium A beautifully simple oil on

A beautifully simple oil on canvas depicting a scene in rural France

Cox was a prominent member of the ’Birmingham School’ and he painted in a stripped-down style by removing details and employing generalisations

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 35½” x 25½” / 90cm x 65cmYear of creation: c

Haslbauer has captured this vibrant rural farmyard on a bright Summer’s day and it feels alive with activity

Hugo Mieth, Five Minutes Rest Belgium A beautifully simple oil onAn early 20th century oil on canvas depicting a seated gentleman reading a newspaper while two ladies look on from a distance. We can only wonder what the story is here perhaps theyre wondering who he is. The artist, Hugo Mieth (1865 1930), trained at the Academy in Dresden under Wilhelm Ferdinand Pauwels (1830 1904) and later at the illustrious Acadmie Julian in Paris. Like many academy trained painters from this period, Mieth had the best of both