19th century English school

English school of the 19th century.
"The walk".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It has repainting, restorations and lack of polychrome on the canvas.
Measurements: 40 x 51 cm.

The canvas in tender is impregnated with a certain romantic atmosphere and mystery. The character with his back to us, dressed in a top hat and black suit, moves away in the distance, without showing us his identity. The couple he crosses paths with seems unaware of the enigma of his personality.
One of the most radical aspects of Romantic painting was the attempt to replace large canvases of historical or religious subject matter with landscape. They intended that the pure landscape, almost without figures or totally devoid of them, should attain the heroic significance of history painting. They were based on the idea that human feeling and nature should be complementary, one reflected in the other. That is, the landscape should arouse emotion and transmit ideas. Thus, landscape painters like the author of this painting tried to express their feelings through the landscape, instead of imitating it. The romantic landscape had two main aspects: the dramatic, with turbulent and fantastic views such as the present scene, and the naturalistic, which emphasized images of a peaceful and serene nature.