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The Foxes
Art
Rustic scene- forest view with a split rail wooden fence. One fox is jumping over the fence and the other fox has paused and is looking a the viewer. Standing fox forms the focal point of the painting. The artist depicted a rounded belly with light colored paint, then tones of brown and red for a luminescent quality.
689
Oil on Canvas
John L. Wehle Collection
Liljefors, Bruno
1892
Artist's School: Naturalim
Swedish
Signature
Lower Left
Bruno Liljefars 92
Painted
Image Size
58 in
79-5/8 in
Frame Size
63 in
84-3/4 in
Frame
Plain wooden frame golden finish
Martha Hill, “Sudden Encounter,” Ducks Unilimited, September / October 1989, 50. Scott Adamson, "The Gallery of Sporting Art" The Conservationist, July - August, 1991, 16.