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An impressionistic archipelago landscape at dusk, Oil on canvas, signed A. Fahlcrantz and dated 1919. The present painting depicts a seascape from the shoreline at dusk, with distant...

Adam Horn af Ekebyholm (1717–1778) Sweden Vue des environs de Caudebec en Normandie (View of the Environs of Caudebec in Normandy), 1770 signed and dated on the reverse Ad. Horn pinxit 1770 oil on canvas unframed 45 × 56 cm (17.7 × 22 in) framed 59 × 69 cm (23.2 × 27.2 in) in its original period gilt frame accompanied by an engraving after Jacob Philipp Hackert Provenance: Stockholms Auktionsverk, Stockholm, Fine Art & Antiques Autumn 2022, 7 December 2022, lot 630; A private collection Stockholm. Essay: Painted in 1770, this view of the environs of Caudebec presents the banks of the Seine as a setting for everyday activity within a carefully ordered landscape. A castle rises above the rocky cliffs at the left, while a weathered tree anchors the right foreground. Between them, boats lead the eye towards distant hills and a luminous horizon. Four figures gather beside baskets at the water’s edge, their red, blue and white clothing bringing concentrated accents of colour to the earth and vegetation. Above, broad clouds pass across an expansive blue sky, giving the scene much of its spaciousness and atmospheric movement. The composition follows Première vue des environs de Caudebec en Normandie, engraved by Yves-Marie Le Gouaz under the direction of Jacques Aliamet after Jacob Philipp Hackert. The Bibliothèque nationale de France catalogues the engraving with a publication date of 1769, suggesting that Horn’s painting followed its appearance within approximately a year. A closely corresponding painting by Hackert, signed and dated 1767 and sold at Lempertz in 2019, shows the arrangement in reverse. Horn follows the orientation of the engraving, with the tree at the right and the castle at the left. This reversal provides strong visual evidence for the print’s role as intermediary. The relatively taller proportions of his canvas and his choices of colour for the figures’ clothing give the painted version a distinct character. The accompanying impression preserves the dedication to Count Creutz, Sweden’s representative at the French court, together with his coat of arms. This detail gives the French landscape a specific Swedish connection. Hackert himself had visited Stockholm in 1764 and worked for the royal court before moving to France. These associations place Horn’s choice of model within a wider exchange of landscape imagery between France and Sweden. A count, military officer and councillor of state, Horn combined painting with a prominent role in Swedish public life. In May 1772, two years after completing this landscape, he placed the crown upon Gustav III’s head together with Archbishop Beronius, a ceremony subsequently represented in Carl Gustav Pilo’s monumental coronation painting...

A quiet landscape in subdued shades of grey, blue, green and brown by artist Ulf Wahlberg (1938–2014), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1994. The motif is from at Vassbacken in Väster...

Carl Johansson (1863–1944) Sweden A Summer Day in Finistère, Brittany, 1891 signed, inscribed and dated Carl Johansson Finistère 91 lower left oil on canvas unframed 63.5 × 103 cm ...

A circa 1900 portrait of a young woman set in a landscape at dusk. Oil on cardboard, signed B. v. Zutphen lower right. The painting depicts a young woman with long, dark hair, dresse...

Abstract Composition, "Nattligt" (Nocturnal) possibly from Blidö, Swedish island in the archipelago. Oil on canvas laid on panel, signed with monogram lower centre "UW". The present...

Paul Fischer (1860–1934) Denmark Portrait of a Young Girl in a Striped Dress, c. 1895-1905.  signed lower right “Paul Fischer” oil on canvas unframed 34 × 23 cm (13.4 × 9.1 in...

Ole Juul (1852–1927) Norway Coastal Landscape at Sunset signed lower right “O.Juul” oil on canvas unframed 39.5 × 60 cm (15.6 × 23.6 in) framed 50 × 70.5 cm (19.7 × 27.8 in) presen...

Tall ship at sunset, oil on canvas, signed and dated “Otto Lindberg 1925” A tranquil maritime scene rendered in a delicate palette of violet, rose, lavender and warm yellow. Against ...

After Amaldus Nielsen (1838–1932) Norway Evening at Fredrikstad, 1918 signed indistinctly, possibly “Hj. U…”, and dated “18” lower right oil on board unframed 42 × 55 cm (16.5 × 21.7 in) framed 53 × 65 cm (20.9 × 25.6 in) Comparative work: Amaldus Nielsen, Aften ved Fredrikstad (Evening at Fredrikstad), 1909, oil on canvas, present location unknown. Condition report: Very good condition with bright and clear colors. Ready to hang. Please contact the gallery for a detailed condition report. Essay: This atmospheric evening seascape was painted in 1918 by an as yet unidentified artist and closely follows Amaldus Nielsen’s Aften ved Fredrikstad of 1909. The relationship between the two compositions is unmistakable. In both, a sailing boat occupies the central waters beneath an expansive and dramatically clouded sky, while a narrow strip of intense evening light separates sea from horizon. Smaller vessels recede into the distance, establishing both scale and a sense of stillness across the broad surface of the water. The present painting is nevertheless not a mechanical copy. The unidentified artist has altered several details and developed the scene through a more concentrated and chromatically intense palette. The central vessel is brought into sharper prominence, its sails forming a strong silhouette against the illuminated horizon. Deep blues dominate the foreground water and the upper sky, while streaks of orange, ochre and pale turquoise register the last light of sunset. The sky occupies approximately two thirds of the composition and becomes almost a subject in itself. Heavy clouds gather above the tranquil water, their dark masses opening intermittently to reveal passages of luminous blue and warm reflected light. The model for the composition was created by Amaldus Nielsen, one of the most important Norwegian painters of the coast during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born at Halse near Mandal in 1838, Nielsen studied in Copenhagen before continuing his training with Hans Gude at the Düsseldorf Academy. Gude’s emphasis on close observation of landscape remained fundamental to Nielsen, but he gradually moved away from the constructed romantic landscape towards an increasingly direct study of nature. Nielsen became especially associated with the coastlines of southern and western Norway and has often been described as one of Norway’s earliest naturalist landscape painters. From the 1860s onward he frequently completed paintings outdoors before the motif, an unusually direct working method in Norwegian art of the period. Light, weather and changing atmospheric conditions became central to his practice. The same location might be returned to repeatedly under different conditions of morning, evening, mist or changing weather. Fredrikstad and its surrounding archipelago formed part of this geography. Nielsen is documented working at Arisholmen near Fredrikstad as early as 1884, and surviving paintings demonstrate his continued interest in the coastal landscape of Østfold. By the time he painted Aften ved Fredrikstad in 1909, the theme of boats at rest or moving quietly across evening water had become deeply embedded within his art. The 1909 painting...

A finely painted profile portrait of a Miniature Pinscher by Richardis Sörvik, executed during the early 20th century. Oil on panel. The present painting depicts a black and brown Mi...

A quiet, possibly morning, coastal or archipelago landscape under a clearing sky by Godfred Christensen (1845-1928) A tergo a note in Danish “Et lille Minde om Danmark fra Gerda Godf...

Fritz Lindström (1874–1962) Sweden Light over a Rocky Shore, 1892 signed Fritz Lindström lower left and prominently dated 1892 lower right oil on canvas unframed dimensions to be c...

Joy in Motion is an original acrylic painting on canvas that combines contemporary figurative painting with geometric abstraction. The artwork captures a carefree childhood moment as...

Osvald Lundgren (1888–1977) Sweden Vårvinter (Late Winter), 1928 signed and dated lower right “O. Lundgren 1928” gouache on paper unframed 29.5 × 24 cm (11.6 × 9.4 in) framed 39.5 ...

Carl Johansson (1863–1944) Sweden Northern Swedish Landscape, c. 1920 signed lower right Carl Johansson oil on panel unframed 28.5 × 43.5 cm (11.2 × 17.1 in) framed 38.5 × 54 cm (1...

Swedish Winter Landscape at Sunset signed Olof Farm, Oil on canvas. Original brown stained frame with carved gilded floral ornamentation. This winter landscape depicts a gently rolli...

Olof Arborelius (1842–1915) Sweden Fishing Boats in Moonlight, probably Stockholm Archipelago signed lower right O. Arborelius oil on canvas unframed 59 × 89 cm (23.2 × 35 in) fram...

Nils Kreuger (1858–1930) Sweden French Landscape, circa 1882-1887 signed and inscribed Till vännen J. Lundberg af N. Kreuger lower right oil on panel unframed 21.5 × 8.5 cm (8.5 × ...

Gerhard Henning (1880–1967) Swedish-Danish Flöjtspelaren (The Flute Player), 1904 signed with monogram and dated lower left charcoal and ink on paper unframed 33 × 24 cm (13 × 9.4...

Carl Wilhelmson (1866–1928) Sweden Landscape Study estate certified verso by Berta Wilhelmson (1869–1965), the artist’s wife oil on canvas unframed 43 × 60 cm (16.9 × 23.6 in) fram...

View across Lake Garda towards Monte Baldo, Italy. Signed H. Lund lower left, oil on canvas, circa 1900. The painting depicts a tranquil and atmospheric view across Lake Garda, with ...

Nordic lake at dusk, oil on canvas. Probably painted by a Swedish artist in the early twentieth century. This tranquil lakeside landscape captures the quiet atmosphere of dusk as the...

Venetian School, late 15th century Saint Paul the Apostle oil on panel unframed 44.5 × 23.5 cm (17.5 × 9.3 in) framed 64 × 42 cm (25.2 × 16.5 in) No signature Provenance: Private ...

Unknown Artist (Sweden, early 20th century) Memento Mori inscribed in Swedish: “Tänk på att Jag har varit såsom Du, och att Du skall bliva såsom Jag.” pencil, charcoal and white he...

Helmer Osslund (1866–1938) Sweden Northern Swedish Landscape signed lower right Helmer Osslund oil on greaseproof paper laid down on panel unframed 17 × 33.5 cm (6.7 × 13.2 in) fra...

This landscape from 1938 depicts the countryside around Ramsele in Ångermanland, northern Sweden. A winding country road leads the viewer into the composition, passing open fields an...

This landscape from 1931 is an outstanding example of Otto Lindberg's mature production. Painted most likely in the surroundings of his native Söderhamn, the composition captures the...

This French summer landscape with surrounding river water and dense vegetation with trees is signed and dated E.P. Norselius 1923. It is painted during this Swedish artist’s years in...

This large painting is part of my Sovereign Solitude collection where I have been exploring spatial restraint and composition tension where heavy gestural masses collide against vast...

Rune Andersson (1936– ) Sweden Händerna (The Hands), 1968 signed and dated a tergo oil on panel and relief framed approximately 66 × 57 cm (26 × 22.4 in) Provenance: Private colle...

Carl Johansson (1863–1944) Sweden Lavaklippstrand, Tenerife (Lava Coast, Tenerife), 1894 signed lower left “Carl Johansson” oil on canvas, executed in grisaille unframed 27.5 × 49.5 cm (10.8 × 19.5 in) framed 39 × 61 cm (15.4 × 24 in) Literature: För Svenska Hem. Illustrerad Familjetidskrift, first year, 1895–1896, issue 26, pp. 416–417, reproduced across the centre spread. The contemporary caption reads: “Bild från Tenerife: Lavaklippstrand. Efter en oljemålning för ‘För Sv. Hem’ af Carl Johansson.” Condition report: Please contact the gallery for a detailed condition report. Essay: Painted during Carl Johansson’s journey to Tenerife in 1894, Lavaklippstrand presents the volcanic Atlantic coastline as an austere study of rock, water and light. Jagged formations of dark lava dominate the foreground and middle distance, breaking the surface of the sea in an irregular progression towards the horizon. Behind them, the coast dissolves gradually into mist, while the almost colourless sky occupies the upper half of the composition. The painting is unusually restrained for a landscape executed during a period when Johansson had recently encountered the brighter palette of modern French painting. Here, instead, he deliberately reduces the scene to a near monochrome range of blacks, greys, browns and white. Johansson was born in Härnösand in 1863 and studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm between 1882 and 1885, where his teachers included Edvard Perséus and the landscape painter Per Daniel Holm. He belonged to the generation of Swedish artists that increasingly looked beyond academic landscape conventions during the 1880s and 1890s. A period in France in 1891 and 1892 brought him into closer contact with contemporary French landscape painting...

Summer landscape with farmhouse and open fields with cattle. Oil on canvas, signed “Alb. Larsson” lower right The present painting depicts the open agricultural landscape of Hammars ...

Aurora over a Northern Lake, signed and dated “G Claeson 1916”, oil on canvas. This evocative landscape, executed in an expressionist manner, and on the same time almost modern, cap...

Musical Still Life. This atmospheric musical still life is arranged around a violin resting on a deep red drapery, illuminated by the glow of a burning candle. The candlelight falls ...

NIELS HOLBAK (1884–1954) DENMARK Self Portrait signed lower right N Holbak numbered “61” in chalk on the reverse; with a handwritten label inscribed “Selvportræt” oil on panel unfr...

Anders Loman (1879–1953) Sweden Mountain Landscape in Moonlight, 1926 signed and dated lower right 26 oil on canvas unframed 64 × 68.5 cm (25.2 × 27 in) framed 74 × 79 cm (29.1 × 3...

Otto Lindberg (1880–1955) Sweden Lake at Sunset, 1934 signed and dated lower right Otto Lindberg 1934 oil on canvas unframed 60 × 120 cm (23.6 × 47.2 in) framed 75 × 135 cm (29.5 ×...

Ferdinand Hernlund (1837–1902) Sweden By a Forest Lake in Småland signed lower right “Ferd. Hernlund” oil on canvas unframed 45 × 78 cm (17.7 × 30.7 in) framed 60 × 93 cm (23.6 × 3...

This intimate interior by Henrik Nordenberg demonstrates the artist's remarkable ability to transform an ordinary domestic setting into a scene of quiet beauty and contemplation. Exe...

This intimate landscape from 1888 belongs to Anton Genberg’s early mature period and reveals the qualities that would later establish him as one of Sweden’s foremost painters of atmo...

The composition captures a girl in mid-motion, running alongside a vivid geometric rabbit through a summer forest. Loose, layered brushwork and vertical streaks create a strong sense...

This moonlit harbor scene is painted with remarkable spontaneity and freedom. A dark sailing vessel rises against a glowing path of reflected moonlight, while the surrounding boats, ...

Twilight in Gibraltar, is a characteristic work by the Danish artist Lauritz (Laurits) Bernhard Holst (1848–1934), whose oeuvre is closely associated with late 19th and early 20th-ce...

Circle of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774) Germany Head of an Elderly Bearded Man oil on panel unframed 28 × 22.5 cm (11 × 8.9 in) framed 44.5 × 38.5 cm (17.5 × 15.2 in...

French School, late 17th Century Mediterranean Harbour with Lighthouse and Shipping oil on panel, circular composition unframed 20 cm (7.9 in) framed 33.5 × 33.5 cm (13.2 × 13.2 in...

This is a beautiful and highly decorative watercolor painting, featuring a charming garden scene filled with pink and white hollyhocks alongside blooming roses. Nestled among the del...

This painting is part of my newest collection titled Sovereign Solitude which marks a deliberate, structural shift in my studio practice. Following an intensive 18-month immersion in...

In Evening Mood, View Over Graneberg (original Swedish title Aftonstämning, Graneberg, Uppland), painted in 1924, Olof Thunman presents an afternoon scene in the countryside outside ...

Seascape with sailing boats and distant city at night. Probably Sweden, Signed "E.C" and dated 1920, oil on canvas. Mounted in a gilt wood frame. A coastal or maritime landscape with several sailing boats on calm water, viewed towards a distant town or harbour at evening. A tall beacon or lighthouse rises from the rocky shoreline at right, while further along the horizon a low cityscape is visible against the fading sky. The boats are distributed across the water, with the largest vessel in the foreground providing the principal point of focus. The painting is characterized by its restrained blue-green tonality and by the distinctive Nordic light, which remains visible across the night sky rather than giving way to complete darkness. Small warmer passages of ochre and red in the distant horizon and reflections provide contrast to the predominantly cool palette. The relatively broad and visible brushwork gives the surface an atmospheric quality while retaining the clearly defined forms of the boats, shoreline and distant buildings. The work is dated 1920, although the identity of the artist has not yet been established. The treatment of twilight and the lingering light of the northern sky places the work within a broader Scandinavian artistic interest that developed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Around the turn of the century, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish artists repeatedly explored dusk, dawn and the transition between day and night. The Thiel Gallery has described this fascination with twilight and the particular Nordic light as a characteristic aspect of Nordic painting of the period, particularly among Symbolist and National Romantic artists. This interest was not restricted to a single style. Artists such as Nils Kreuger, Karl Nordström, Richard Bergh and Eugène Jansson...

Thomas Theodor Heine was a central figure in German fin de siècle culture, best known as one of the leading illustrators of the satirical magazine Simplicissimus, where his sharply o...

This previously unpublished painting was first securely attributed to Govert Dircksz Camphuysen in 1944, following an examination at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm during which the ...

Color presses outward from the center until it nearly reaches every edge of the canvas. Teal and deep green crowd the upper left, a passage of raspberry rises through the top, and a ...

This charcoal drawing from 1910 is an unusually powerful example of David Cronholm’s ability to transform a forest motif into something at once precise, immersive and deeply atmosphe...

Executed in 1911, just three years after Margherita Kronberg graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, this early drawing portrays the artist’s younger brother, Staffan, dressed...

Oil study by a lake and mountains during sunset by Edward Rosenberg (1858-1934). This is a an oil study for a larger painting that Rosenberg did. A te...

Coastal summer landscape with red cottage in the Swedish archipelago. Signed and dated "Erik Abrahamsson Storvik Aug 1900", oil on canvas. A coastal landscape depicting a traditional...

This lively city view from Vadstena was executed over two consecutive days in late October 1930. Erik Tryggelin records the scene with remarkable immediacy, capturing the fleeting at...

This intimate studio interior from 1930 belongs to the more psychologically engaging side of Carlo Hornung Jensen’s oeuvre. A seated woman has paused beside her easel and turned towa...

This luminous landscape painting by Oscar Lycke captures the rolling hills and deep forests of northern Sweden, likely from the Sundsvall region. The foreground is dominated by lush ...