Harvest Haystacks (attr.), Robert Franklyn (b.1938), c.1975, oil on canvas, 36x24 in, signed.
Original impasto landscape by Robert Franklyn depicting a European harvest scene with haystacks and field workers, bright summer greens, textured brushwork, and signed oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches.
Artwork Description
This rural harvest composition centers on monumental haystacks and a sunlit field under a broad, cloud-strewn sky. Figures at right work the land, their traditional dress rendered with concise, narrative brushwork that recalls pastoral European genre painting. The overall color structure is buoyant—spring greens, straw yellows, and cool blue-gray distances—while the surface handling emphasizes texture and movement through layered, impasto passages.
Foreground marks and broken strokes suggest direct, confident application, giving the field a lively, tactile quality. The signature “FRANKLYN” appears along the lower margin area within the image field (visible in the provided close-up). The work is scaled for strong decorative impact at 36 x 24 inches and reads as a mid-late 20th century romantic pastoral landscape.
Artist Biography
Robert Franklyn is documented in the Mitch Morse Gallery archive note as having been born in 1938 in a small village in Kent, England. During World War II his family moved to Scotland, where they lived on a farm; the note describes his early devotion to drawing and sketching. According to the same archive text, his family viewed art as an unsuitable occupation and sent him to college in London to study economics, though he continued pursuing the visual arts after school hours. The note further states that he showed work in leading London galleries and later exhibited in France and Belgium, and that his work is represented in notable private and public collections.
Franklyn’s practice can be understood as consistent with postwar British and European exhibition circuits in which representational painters—particularly those producing landscapes and rural scenes—moved between local gallery representation and continental group exhibitions. The pastoral subject matter and lively paint surface in this work align with a studio tradition that values direct observation, tonal structure, and expressive brushwork over strict topographic specificity.
Sources: Mitch Morse Gallery archive note (provided).
Robert Franklyn (b.1938), Harvest Haystacks (attributed), c.1975. Oil on canvas with impasto surface, 36 x 24 in. Signed. Pastoral harvest scene with figures, haystacks, and expansive sky.
Certificate of Authentication
Artist: Robert Franklyn (British, b.1938)
Title: Harvest Haystacks (attributed)
Date: c.1975 (approx.)
Medium: Oil on canvas (impasto surface)
Dimensions: 36 x 24 in.
Signature: Signed “FRANKLYN” (visible in provided photos)
Provenance: Acquired via Mitch Morse Gallery; now Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC
Statement: This certifies that, to the best of our knowledge and based on available documentation and visual examination, the work described above is attributed to the named artist.
Condition
Impasto surface appears intact overall with expected handling wear: minor edge wear and evidence of prior taping along margins; light surface scuffs possible under raking light. No conservation performed by Artfind Gallery. A professional condition report is recommended prior to framing or shipment.
Sources: artwork photographs (provided).
Provenance chain
Mitch Morse Gallery, New York (acquired in NYC, United States and Europe) → Private collection (by continuity of gallery placement) → Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner).
Harvest Haystacks (attr.), Robert Franklyn (b.1938), c.1975, oil on canvas, 36x24 in, signed.
Original impasto landscape by Robert Franklyn depicting a European harvest scene with haystacks and field workers, bright summer greens, textured brushwork, and signed oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches.
Artwork Description
This rural harvest composition centers on monumental haystacks and a sunlit field under a broad, cloud-strewn sky. Figures at right work the land, their traditional dress rendered with concise, narrative brushwork that recalls pastoral European genre painting. The overall color structure is buoyant—spring greens, straw yellows, and cool blue-gray distances—while the surface handling emphasizes texture and movement through layered, impasto passages.
Foreground marks and broken strokes suggest direct, confident application, giving the field a lively, tactile quality. The signature “FRANKLYN” appears along the lower margin area within the image field (visible in the provided close-up). The work is scaled for strong decorative impact at 36 x 24 inches and reads as a mid-late 20th century romantic pastoral landscape.
Artist Biography
Robert Franklyn is documented in the Mitch Morse Gallery archive note as having been born in 1938 in a small village in Kent, England. During World War II his family moved to Scotland, where they lived on a farm; the note describes his early devotion to drawing and sketching. According to the same archive text, his family viewed art as an unsuitable occupation and sent him to college in London to study economics, though he continued pursuing the visual arts after school hours. The note further states that he showed work in leading London galleries and later exhibited in France and Belgium, and that his work is represented in notable private and public collections.
Franklyn’s practice can be understood as consistent with postwar British and European exhibition circuits in which representational painters—particularly those producing landscapes and rural scenes—moved between local gallery representation and continental group exhibitions. The pastoral subject matter and lively paint surface in this work align with a studio tradition that values direct observation, tonal structure, and expressive brushwork over strict topographic specificity.
Sources: Mitch Morse Gallery archive note (provided).
Robert Franklyn (b.1938), Harvest Haystacks (attributed), c.1975. Oil on canvas with impasto surface, 36 x 24 in. Signed. Pastoral harvest scene with figures, haystacks, and expansive sky.
Certificate of Authentication
Artist: Robert Franklyn (British, b.1938)
Title: Harvest Haystacks (attributed)
Date: c.1975 (approx.)
Medium: Oil on canvas (impasto surface)
Dimensions: 36 x 24 in.
Signature: Signed “FRANKLYN” (visible in provided photos)
Provenance: Acquired via Mitch Morse Gallery; now Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC
Statement: This certifies that, to the best of our knowledge and based on available documentation and visual examination, the work described above is attributed to the named artist.
Condition
Impasto surface appears intact overall with expected handling wear: minor edge wear and evidence of prior taping along margins; light surface scuffs possible under raking light. No conservation performed by Artfind Gallery. A professional condition report is recommended prior to framing or shipment.
Sources: artwork photographs (provided).
Provenance chain
Mitch Morse Gallery, New York (acquired in NYC, United States and Europe) → Private collection (by continuity of gallery placement) → Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner).
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