Algernon Newton

The Bracegirdles remind me too of the works of Algernon Newton (1880 - 1968) who had a similar ability to unsettle the viewer - difficult to describe but they have the effect of suggesting that a great event has either just happened or will any minute:

Image courtesy John Adams Fine Art

Image courtesy Compton Verney Collection

'A Gleam of Sunlight, 1966'. Tate Collection