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A PAIR OF SMALL OIL ON CANVAS GENRE PAINTINGS DEPICTING RURAL SCENES - A matched pair of small oil on canvas paintings depicting pastoral rural life. The first painting shows a farmer harvesting grain with a scythe in a wide, open field beneath a softly clouded sky. The second painting depicts a woman standing along a garden path near a farmhouse, surrounded by lush vegetation and flowering plants, with rolling countryside in the background. Both compositions are executed with careful attention to atmospheric perspective, warm earth-toned palettes, and finely observed details of rural dress and agricultural labor. The figures are integrated harmoniously into their landscapes, reflecting the influence of late 19th-century European genre and realist landscape traditions, particularly those associated with Continental and Northern European schools. The brushwork is controlled and deliberate, with subtle modeling of clouds, foliage, and terrain. The paintings are signed lower right ”M. Corper, ” suggesting the hand of a competent academic or regional painter working within the popular rural genre of the period. The pair is clearly conceived as pendants, sharing similar scale, palette, horizon line, and thematic content. Late 19th century. Please make all inquiries before bidding. All lots are sold ”as-is”, refer to our T&C. Helios Auctions offers in-house shipping. In case we can not accommodate a shipping request, a list of additional shippers will be provided. Dimensions: Both Paintings: 18 x 12 in., (45.72 × 30.48 cm.) Condition: One small hole to the left. One patch to the verso.