ALFRED DE BREANSKI 1852 - 1928 In the Trossachs at nightfall Signed Alfred De Breanski lower left Oil on canvas, 76X127 cm Provenance: Turin, private collection An artist celebrated for his landscape views of extraordinary luminosity, De Breanski was able to transform the rolling hills of Wales and the Scottish coastline into authentic poetic visions of light. His works, characterised by an atmospheric rendering of great refinement, capture the golden light of the landscape and translate it into a pictorial language balanced between realism and lyricism. He skilfully depicts lakes, herds and human figures, inserting them harmoniously into the natural context. Every detail, from the minute brushstrokes of the foliage to the delicacy of the animals, reveals a remarkable technical precision, supported by a subtle and controlled artistic sensibility. The work presented here, depicting the Trossachs nature park, fully embodies the essence of his poetics: light as the protagonist, the landscape coming alive in an atmosphere of serenity and contemplation. In the large canvas, his distinctive trait emerges clearly, namely his ability to combine naturalistic truth and atmospheric suggestion, the unmistakable hallmark of his production.