Charles Neal, Large British Impressionist Landscape of Sussex Downs, 1981, Oil Painting, Framed

1 Fine Large British Impressionist Work of Art Oil Painting Landscape Sussex Downs Signed By Charles Neale. Make a big 1 Fine Large British Impressionist Work of Art Oil Painting Landscape Sussex Downs Signed By Charles Neale. Make a big statement, wow your clients & guests by adding a touch of the Sussex Downs countryside beauty to your office & home wall space with this impressionist masterpiece. Title “Sussex Downs, View to Chanctonbury Ring” in West Sussex by Charles Neale. Oil on canvas. Subject landscape view of the known British southern landscape honeypot view in spring of the Sussex Downs. Signed near the bottom corner by the well known impressionist artist Charles Neale. Circa late 20th century stamped dated verso 1981. Set in the original fancy decorative gilt frame which enhances this painting even further. Such an impressive display size with the frame being 121 cm wide and 96.5 cm high. Your first notice about this painting is the incredible deep perspective that it has, a straight brown muddy country road path which has deeper rain water logged edges caused by tractor tyres have being going past. On either flank of the road rich lush green grass with white flowers, a large bushy bushytree is further back, to the right of the road going down the hill are a couple dressed in traditional countryside clothes, the youg lady is wearing a hat, with long brunette hair, a light blouse and darker blue skirt, the young gentleman is wearing a light colour shirt, black trousers, thet are holding hands looking out towards the left at the low flat lying fields ahead of them, with the large hills over to the right in the distance. Above with a mix of mainly grey overcast & lighter blue sky. You can feel that you are drawn into the peace and tranquility of this amazing pretty scene. The different hues are so vivid and vibrant and really stand out which you will love. In our opinion this is one of his fine works. Artist biography Charles Neale British was born in the 1951.Charles Neale ( 1951 - ) is a known British postwar & contemporary significant impressionist artist. He began his career as a young man, his works are heavily influenced by the vibrant bright hue colours of the natural world which are shown in his works. Charles Neale s works have been exhibited at Sidney Sussex College University of Cambridge, Wally Findlay Galleries in New York & sold in auctions around the world like Bonhams, Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers Jerusalem, Chorleys, Bonhams, Dreweatts. The highest sold price is $23,370 US dollars which was for the painting View over the Italianate Terrace, Afternoon May, Peto Garden, Wiltshire”. Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England was designated in 1966. The designation was revoked in March 2010, together with the neighbouring East Hampshire AONB, upon the establishment of the South Downs National Park. The area of the AONB was largely the same as the portion of the National Park within East and West Sussex, containing the South Downs as well as part of The Weald. Chanctonbury Ring is a prehistoric hill fort atop Chanctonbury Hill on the South Downs, on the border of the civil parishes of Washington and Wiston in the English county of West Sussex. A ridgeway, now part of the South Downs Way, runs along the hill. It forms part of an ensemble of associated historical features created over a span of more than 2,000 years, including round barrows dating from the Bronze Age to the Saxon periods and dykes dating from the Iron Age and Roman periods. Consisting of a roughly circular low earthen rampart surrounded by a ditch, Chanctonbury Ring is thought to date to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age. The purpose of the structure is unknown but it could have filled a variety of roles, including a defensive position, a cattle enclosure or even a religious shrine. After a few centuries of usage, it was abandoned for about five hundred years until it was reoccupied during the Roman period. Two Romano-British temples were built in the hill fort's interior, one of which may have been dedicated to a boar cult. After its final abandonment around the late fourth century AD, the hill fort remained unoccupied save for grazing cattle until a mid-18th-century landowner planted a ring of beech trees around its perimeter to beautify the site. They became a famous local landmark until largely being destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987. Periodic replanting on a number of occasions to replace old or destroyed trees has afforded archaeologists the opportunity to carry out a series of excavations which have revealed much about the history of the site. Provenance Property of Group Art Collection 41 Lothbury London EC2P 2BP, Bourne Frames & Restoration Ltd of Edinburgh, Lyon & Turnbull & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant Highly sought after due to the collectible nature of honeypot scenic landscape subject matter such elaborate detail. with hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home wall display. Incredible conversation piece for your guests. We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance Dimensions in centimetres of the frame High (96.5 cm) Wide (121 cm) Depth thickness of frame (5 cm) less