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Portrait in Crimson
£940
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A compelling mid-century abstract figurative composition, executed in oil onto board by the established Swedish artist Gunnar Johnsson (1917–2007), whose artworks have represented in public collections including the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and the Skåne Art Association.

The painting depicts a seated female figure, her body filling the composition with a strong yet contemplative presence. Her face is turned slightly to one side, with features loosely articulated through sweeping lines and broad passages of colour. The figure is built from overlapping, fragmented forms, giving the work an intriguing tension between recognisable portraiture and abstraction.

Executed in an expressive modernist style, the composition reduces the figure and surrounding interior into simplified, irregular planes. Facial features, hair and clothing are suggested rather than precisely rendered, with areas of the body appearing to dissolve into the softly worked background.

The palette is dominated by coral red, crimson, dusty rose and deep burgundy, balanced by warm cream, chalky white, pale yellow and touches of powder blue and muted grey. The concentration of richer reds around the face and body draws the figure forward against the understated background.

Brushwork is loose, gestural and wonderfully tactile, with visible directional strokes tracing the contours of the face and clothing. Areas of thicker, worked paint contrast with thin, softly brushed passages, while scratched and dragged marks lend the surface a sense of immediacy and movement. The overall effect is expressive and intimate, capturing the figure through colour and gesture rather than conventional likeness.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary gilt frame. The painting presents with a small area of craquelure to the upper left, which is stable. Overall, the work remains in good vintage condition, with minor signs of age consistent with its period.

Size: 58 x 53 cm (including frame)

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The Artist’s Room
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A brilliantly executed and richly textured modernist interior scene oil composition, painted by the established Swedish artist Max Gregor Carlsson (1914-1996), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Malmö Museum, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Ystads Museum, Norrköping City Collection, and the Landskrona Konsthall.

This striking compositions depicts an artist’s studio or creative workspace, rendered with a compelling sense of structure and stillness. The composition centres on an easel positioned before a window, through which a tightly framed view of neighbouring rooftops and chimneys can be glimpsed. Sparse furnishings and dark, geometric forms punctuate the room, giving the otherwise familiar interior an intriguing, almost abstract quality.

The work has a distinctly modernist sensibility, reducing the room and its contents to simplified planes, strong outlines and block-like shapes. Perspective is deliberately flattened and slightly skewed, creating a tension between representation and abstraction. The architectural geometry of the window, walls and furniture provides a strong framework, while the solitary studio setting lends the painting a wonderfully contemplative atmosphere.

The palette is restrained and beautifully muted, dominated by chalky cream, soft sage and blue-grey, offset by deep charcoal, black and earthy brown. Small touches of ochre, terracotta and warm beige soften the cooler tones and draw the eye towards the view beyond the window.

Paint has been applied with visible, textured brushwork, particularly across the broad areas of wall and ceiling. Short, directional strokes animate the otherwise flat planes, while heavier dark lines define the furniture and architectural elements. This combination of tactile surface, simplified form and subdued colour gives the painting a wonderfully characteristic mid-century presence.

This oil on canvas is housed in a characterful linen-lined wood frame with an inner wood and gilt border. The painting has some areas of craquelure, but the paint layer remains stable, and the work is in good overall condition. The frame has some scuffs consistent with age.

Size: 49 x 65 cm (including frame)

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The Pastel Room
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A charming mid-century modernist style interior depicting an intimate domestic space, loosely arranged with a chest of drawers, mirror, upholstered chair and a small potted plant in the foreground, executed in oil onto canvas.

The familiar furnishings are simplified into broad planes and angular forms, giving the room an appealing sense of abstraction while retaining the warmth and character of a lived-in interior.

Painted in a distinctly modernist style, the composition plays with flattened perspective and loosely defined geometry. Walls, furniture and floor overlap in shifting blocks of colour, creating a gently fragmented quality that brings rhythm and movement to an otherwise quiet scene.

The palette is particularly lovely, combining pastel shades of powdery blues, soft pinks and lilacs with muted sage and teal greens. Warmer notes of terracotta, ochre, rust and burgundy punctuate the cooler surroundings, while creamy whites lend lightness and balance.

Brushwork is confident and wonderfully visible throughout, with broad, directional strokes and areas of dry, textured paint. Rather than carefully modelling each object, the artist builds the interior through colour and gesture, giving the work a spontaneous, expressive quality.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver-grey toned wood frame with an inner linen border. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 63 x 72 cm (including frame)

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Harbour in Blue
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A serene mid-century harbour scene depicting a small collection of boats resting on still waters, watched over by a solitary white lighthouse in the distance, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition has an appealing sense of quiet and balance: the darker vessel in the foreground anchors the scene, while the luminous white boat and lighthouse draw the eye across the water towards the horizon. Reflections soften the divide between boats, sea and sky, lending the harbour an almost dreamlike stillness.

Painted in a distinctly mid-century modernist style, the artist pares the landscape back to its essential shapes. Boats, masts and harbour structures are simplified into clean, almost geometric forms, while perspective and finer details are deliberately understated. The tall lighthouse provides a strong vertical focal point, echoed by the slender masts scattered throughout the composition.

The palette is especially evocative, dominated by muted marine blues, turquoise, teal and blue-grey, punctuated by creamy whites, soft yellow and touches of rust and deep charcoal. The pale lighthouse appears almost luminous against the expansive blue sky, while the warmer tones of the harbour and boats prevent the cooler palette from feeling austere.

Brushwork is confident and visibly painterly. Broad horizontal strokes describe the sky and distant shoreline, while thicker, more directional marks articulate the boats and their reflections. Rather than rendering the water in precise detail, the artist uses layered passages of blue, green and grey to suggest its glassy surface. Looser strokes in the reflections introduce gentle movement and texture, beautifully contrasting with the simplified solidity of the boats above.

Overall, the work captures the quiet atmosphere of a coastal harbour at rest, combining modernist restraint with a wonderfully calming, nostalgic quality.

This oil on canvas is presented in a handsome gilt wood frame with a wide cream-toned inner border. The painting is in good vintage condition – there are small areas of craquelure present but remain stable. There are marks to the inner frame. These age-related imperfections are consistent with the work’s vintage nature and do not detract from its overall appearance.

Size: 49 x 56.5 cm (including frame)

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The Golden Divide
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A striking mid-century abstract composition that brings together architectural geometry and suggestions of a coastal landscape through a carefully balanced arrangement of colour and form, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition sits between pure abstraction and landscape, with angular forms suggesting buildings or structures gathered beside water. An expansive field of pale blue creates a sense of openness, while a slender golden line stretches across the upper canvas, reading both as a distant horizon and a strong geometric device.

Executed in a distinctly mid-century modernist language, the work shows influences of geometric abstraction, reducing architecture and landscape into intersecting planes and blocks of colour. Its asymmetrical composition and generous negative space lend the painting a particularly fresh, contemporary quality.

Luminous blues are layered with saturated cobalt, ultramarine and deep navy. These cool tones are enlivened by mustard yellow and warm golden brown, alongside passages of white and cream. A near-black circular form anchors the foreground, while the fine golden horizon provides a striking contrast against the blue.

Broad, controlled areas of colour are combined with more expressive, visibly worked passages. Vertical strokes and overlapping bands of blue create movement and depth, while subtle variations in opacity allow underlying colours and canvas texture to remain visible. The result feels both carefully constructed and intuitively painted.

This oil on canvas is presented in an complementary slim silver frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 57.5 x 68 cm (including frame)

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Blue Tiger
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A bold and dynamic contemporary geometric abstract painting, executed in acrylic onto canvas and dated 2023.

Visually striking in its composition, the painting boldly explores the interplay of geometric shapes and the allure of rich and saturated colours.

The canvas comes alive as it presents an interplay of different shapes and sizes. Each shape has been meticulously rendered and thoughtfully coloured so that they harmonise well together to create a delicate balance between order and chaos.

This acrylic on canvas comes unframed, and is in excellent condition.

Size: 50 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Blue Vase & Pears
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A charming and characterful still life composition executed in tempera on board and dated 1977, by the established Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984), whose artworks have been represented in several public and museum collections across Sweden.

Small yet very effective in its composition, this still life presents a carefully arranged tabletop composition of everyday objects. A dark earthenware jug, a pale turquoise vase filled with delicate lily of the valley, and three ripe pears are set against a rich crimson tablecloth and a deep, shadowed background. The artist transforms these humble domestic objects into a balanced and quietly contemplative composition, celebrating the beauty found in simplicity.

Painted in a distinctly mid-century modern style, the work embraces flattened perspective and bold, simplified forms rather than strict realism. Each object is reduced to its essential silhouette, creating a harmonious interplay of shape, colour, and negative space.

The palette is warm and restrained, combining deep burgundy reds, earthy browns, olive and sage greens, and soft pear yellows with the striking contrast of the cool turquoise vase. The crisp white blossoms of the lily of the valley provide a fresh focal point, while the dark background enhances the luminous quality of the objects and intensifies the richness of the colours.

Brushstrokes are smooth and deliberate, with paint applied in opaque, even layers that create broad areas of flat colour. Subtle tonal variations gently model the forms without sacrificing the painting’s graphic simplicity, while clean outlines and confident edges reinforce its decorative, modernist character.

This tempera on board is presented in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen lining. Both the painting and frame are is in excellent vintage condition. Please note that is some glare present in the photographs.

Size: 37.5 x 42.5 cm (including frame)

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Boats at Rest
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A striking mid-century modernist painting that captures the quiet charm of a coastal scene, executed in oil onto board.

Two boldly coloured boats – one in deep navy blue, the other in brick red – rest upon warm ochre sands, their strong silhouettes set against whitewashed houses with terracotta roofs. Behind them, rolling green hills meet a vivid band of cobalt sky, while the turquoise edge of the sea curves into view at the foreground.

Executed with a modernist sensibility, the scene is reduced to simplified geometric forms and flat planes of rich colour, outlined in confident black strokes. The palette balances earthy warmth with refreshing coastal blues and greens, evoking both the heat of the sun and the coolness of the sea breeze. The smooth, uniform brushwork enhances the crisp, graphic quality of the composition, lending it a timeless feel.

This oil on board is presented in a wooden frame with a linen inner border that beautifully complements the painting’s bold lines and coastal palette. Both the artwork and frame display some water marks and age-related spots, consistent with their vintage character. The frame also bears some scuffs and some scratches, most notably along the top right edge.

Size: 47.5 x 72.5 cm (including frame)

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Forms in Motion
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A striking mid-century modernist abstract oil composition dated 1965, and painted by the established Swedish artist Ture Fabiansson (1910-1994), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, The Museum of Art in Gothenburg, Jönköping Museum, Borås Art Museum, and many others.

This painting explores the interplay of organic form, colour and movement. Large, loosely defined shapes gather and overlap across the canvas, creating a lively visual rhythm that feels simultaneously spontaneous and carefully balanced. The forms remain deliberately ambiguous, inviting associations with leaves, petals or fragments of the natural world without resolving into a recognisable subject.

The palette is particularly distinctive, bringing together powdery blue, fresh lime green, warm brown, burnt orange and earthy brick red, punctuated by bold areas of charcoal black. Sections of creamy white provide moments of openness between the denser passages of colour, while the contrasting warm and cool tones give the composition its wonderful energy.

Stylistically, the painting has a distinctly mid-century modernist sensibility, with an emphasis on simplified organic forms and expressive colour rather than representation. There is an almost collage-like quality to the arrangement, as individual shapes appear layered, interlocked and suspended across the surface.

The brushwork is loose, visible and wonderfully tactile. Short, overlapping strokes remain evident within the larger blocks of colour, creating subtle variations in tone and texture. Rather than striving for perfectly polished edges, the artist allows the hand-painted quality of the work to remain visible, lending the composition an appealing immediacy and warmth.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary slim gilt frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 50.5 x 78.5 cm (including frame)

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Geometric Neighbourhood
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A playful and brilliantly executed mid-century composition of a neighbourhood, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1959.

Containing elements of geometric abstraction, the scene is defined by tall houses that have been skilfully reduced to geometric blocks in contrasting colours, with a splash of fun patterned dots.

Rich earthy tones dominate the palette – deep turquoise and emerald greens are punctuated by lighter greens, with hints of black, brown, and white and yellow demonstrating depth to the painting. The artist’s use of these colours creates a fun and vibrant atmosphere.

Despite the simplified forms, the neighbourhood’s lively energy is palpable, inviting viewers to explore the interplay between the shapes, colours, and expressive brushwork.

This oil on canvas is housed in a well-suited linen lined frame with an inner gilt window. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has a very minor scuffs.

Size: 40 x 72.5 cm (including frame)

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House Above the Fields
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A soothing mid-century abstract landscape that reduces a landscape environment to a harmonious arrangement of shape, colour and atmosphere, exeucted in oil onto canvas.

At the centre, the suggestion of a solitary house emerges from the landscape, its pitched roof and shadowed facade loosely defined against an expansive, pale sky. Surrounding fields and distant terrain are distilled into broad, overlapping planes, giving the composition the quality of a landscape recalled from memory rather than directly observed.

The work has a distinctly modernist sensibility, balancing abstraction with just enough recognisable detail to anchor the scene. Architectural and natural forms are simplified into irregular geometric blocks, while softened edges allow one area to dissolve gently into the next. The unusually generous area of open sky brings a wonderful sense of stillness and space to the composition.

The palette is beautifully restrained, built around powder blue, misty grey, olive and moss green, charcoal and earthy brown. Against these muted tones, passages of dusty blush pink, turquoise and vivid cornflower blue provide unexpected flashes of colour, while a small accent of orange-red at the far right adds a particularly lively counterpoint.

Brushwork shifts between thin, softly blended passages and more substantial, textured applications of paint. The house is especially expressive, constructed through scumbled layers of brown, cream, grey and browns that allow underlying colours to remain visible. Elsewhere, broad horizontal strokes establish the landscape, while areas of dry, dragged pigment and visible bristle marks lend the surface a tactile, painterly quality. The result is a quietly atmospheric work in which landscape, architecture and abstraction sit beautifully in balance.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary white painted wood floater frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has minor marks.

Size: 53 x 53 cm (including frame)

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Lilies in a Vase
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A charming mid-century still life depicting a loosely arranged bouquet of lilies and iris-like blooms gathered in a simple peach-toned vase, executed in oil onto board.

Set against a cool, softly worked blue-grey ground, the flowers rise elegantly from the vessel, their elongated green leaves creating a graceful sense of movement through the composition. A band of muted lilac beneath the vase provides a subtle grounding contrast and lends the work an unexpectedly modern touch.

Painted in a distinctly mid-century modernist style, the artist favours simplification and expression over botanical precision. The flowers are reduced to broad, angular shapes, while the vase and surrounding space are rendered with minimal modelling. The restrained composition and flattened perspective give the painting a quiet, almost contemplative quality.

The palette is particularly appealing, combining powdery blue-grey, soft white, cornflower and violet blue, sage and emerald green, dusty lilac, and warm peach and ochre. The cool background allows the white flowers to appear luminous, while the peach vase introduces warmth at the centre of the composition. Small touches of blue and lavender within the white petals beautifully tie the flowers into the surrounding palette.

Brushwork remains visible throughout, with loose, confident strokes giving the flowers and foliage their character. The petals are built from broad, layered applications of pale paint, creating gentle texture and highlights, while longer, more directional strokes describe the leaves and stems. The background is handled more softly, retaining subtle vertical and horizontal brush marks that give the otherwise quiet field a pleasing painterly depth.

This oil on board is presented in a complementary gilt wooden frame, with stepped moulding and a narrow cream inner slip. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 50 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Masquerade
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A lively and captivating mid-century geometric abstract composition, executed in oil onto board by the established Swedish artist Edvard Andersson (1891-1967), who’s artworks have been represented in several prominent institutions across Malmö, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and also at Helsingborgs Museum.

The painting is filled with an array of geometric shapes painted in rich bold tones of brown, black, yellow, blue, and turquoise. These shapes collide and overlap, creating a rhythmic interplay across the surface.

Amidst the abstract nature of the painting, a subtle mask-like form, a building block, as well as silhouettes of figures emerge, adding a touch of mystery to the composition.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary slim wood frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 59 x 53.5 cm (including frame)

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Morning Light
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A beautifully restrained mid-century interior painting that captures a simple wooden table positioned before a softly illuminated window, where a modest bouquet of freshly gathered flowers introduces the composition’s only vivid burst of colour, executed in oil onto board and dated 1958.

Rather than focusing on intricate detail, the artist distils the scene into an elegant study of light, atmosphere and quiet domesticity, allowing the interplay between interior and exterior to become the true subject.

Executed in a refined modernist style, the composition demonstrates a thoughtful balance between representation and abstraction. Clean architectural forms, flattened planes and subtle tonal relationships create a calm, contemplative rhythm, while the generous areas of negative space lend the work an understated sophistication. The window serves as both a compositional anchor and a source of gentle luminosity, drawing the eye through the room and towards the softened suggestion of greenery beyond.

The palette is wonderfully muted, comprising warm greys, soft taupes, sage greens and gentle blue-greys, complemented by rich walnut browns within the table and window frame. Against these subdued tones, the bouquet introduces touches of crimson, ochre, deep violet and fresh green, providing a restrained yet captivating focal point.

Confident, deliberate brushstrokes define the painting throughout. Broad, vertical strokes animate the walls with subtle movement, while thicker, more sculptural applications of paint give weight to the table and flowers. The window and surrounding architecture are rendered with economical precision, allowing the texture of the oil paint to remain visible and enhancing the painting’s quiet, tactile presence. The result is an intimate and timeless interior that celebrates the beauty found in everyday moments.

This oil on board is presented in a complementary gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs.

Size: 44 x 36 cm (including frame)

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Sun Over the Hills
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A vibrant mid-century modern landscape depicting a village nestled between two towering mountains beneath a luminous midday sun, executed in oil onto board and dated 1949.

The composition simplifies the natural world into bold, interlocking forms, balancing geometric architecture with broad, sculptural hills to create a scene that feels both recognisable and dreamlike.

Painted in an expressive modernist style, the work embraces flat planes of colour and stylised shapes rather than naturalistic detail. The village is rendered as a lively mosaic of simplified buildings, while the surrounding mountains are distilled into sweeping, abstracted masses that frame the composition with dramatic presence.

The palette is rich and energetic, combining turquoise skies, glowing chartreuse, earthy olive greens, burnt oranges and deep crimson accents. Strong contrasts between cool and warm tones create a striking sense of sunlight and atmosphere, while dark passages anchor the composition and add visual depth.

Confident, painterly brushstrokes alternate with textured marks that enliven the mountain slopes and architectural forms. Areas of smooth blended colour sit alongside more gestural passages, allowing the surface to retain a sense of movement and spontaneity. The result is a bold, joyful composition that captures the warmth and vitality of the landscape through colour, rhythm and expressive design.

This oil on board is presented in a wood frame with a warm gilt outer edge, silver-toned inner moulding and deep green liner, complementing the painting’s vibrant palette. The painting is in excellent vintage condition overall, and the frame has minor scuffs.

Size: 43 x 34 cm (including frame)

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Sunlit Cart
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A lively mid-century modernist style landscape oil painting, by Swedish artist Eric Elfvén (1921–2008), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Jönköping Museum, Borås Art Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

At the heart of the composition lies a wooden cart with large wheels casting cool blue shadows across a warm orange path. Behind it, simplified forms of houses – painted in muted orange, coral red, and powder blue – sit neatly among rounded green trees and trimmed hedgerows.

The artist has used a flattened perspective and geometric abstraction, reducing the scene to bold shapes and colour fields. The palette is both playful and restrained; the shadows and structures are stylised, offering just enough detail to ground the viewer in a familiar rural setting, while leaving space for interpretation.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has light scuffing.

Size: 37.5 x 44.5 cm (including frame)

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By the Waterbank
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A large and atmospheric mid-century landscape that presents a tranquil riverside scene with a subtle narrative undertone, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1952.

Two figures rest on the grassy bank of a still canal, their gazes drawn toward a moored boat and a drawbridge in the distance. The composition is balanced by low farm buildings on the left and the soft sprawl of countryside under a cool, clouded sky.

Executed in a loose, expressive style, the brushwork is thick and confident, capturing texture and movement, especially in the turbulent sky and reflective water. The palette is dominated by muted tones: steely blues, sage greens, earthy browns, and soft greys, evoking a moody, contemplative atmosphere. The overall effect is quietly cinematic – a fleeting moment of stillness rendered with emotional restraint and painterly clarity.

This large oil on canvas is housed in a complementary ridged gilt frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has scuffs.

Size: 64.5 x 73.5 cm (including frame)

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Cottages by Quiet Water
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A gentle mid-century scene that unfolds along a modest shoreline, where a row of whitewashed cottages sits quietly beneath soft autumnal trees, and executed in oil onto canvas.

In the foreground, three small wooden boats rest at ease on still water, their forms mirrored in loose, shimmering reflections. A pair of figures stand near the dock, adding a subtle narrative of companionship and scale to the composition.

The style leans toward a restrained impressionism, with a focus on atmosphere over detail. Forms are simplified and slightly softened, allowing the overall harmony of the scene to take precedence. The palette is beautifully muted: creamy whites, dusty pinks, warm browns, and gentle blues – evoking a calm, almost nostalgic mood. The sky is handled with delicate tonal variation, suggesting the fading light of late afternoon or early evening.

Brushstrokes are confident yet unforced, applied with a light touch that gives the painting its airy quality. The water is rendered with loose, horizontal strokes, capturing reflection rather than precision, while the cottages and boats are built up with slightly thicker, more defined marks.

This oil on canvas is present in a beautiful wood frame with a rich honey-toned finish, as well as an gilt and inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some light scuffing.

Size: 39 x 59 cm (including frame)

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Geometric Harbour
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A gentle and brilliantly executed mid-century modern painting that features an abstracted harbour scene, painted in oil onto board and dated 1960.

The composition likely depicts a small fishing village with moored boats and angular buildings nestled along the shore. Containing elements of geometric abstraction, the forms of the boats and architectural elements have been deconstructed and simplified into an arrangement of sharp lines and faceted shapes.

The colour palette is an elegant blend of muted earth tones, including yellow, deep green, soft blue, and beige, creating a harmonious, atmospheric effect. The boats are rendered in stark white, drawing the viewer’s eye toward the center of the composition.

Executed in a restrained yet confident manner, the brushstrokes are smooth and blended, with subtle textural variations that enhance depth and structure.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with an inner linen lining and white border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some surface marks at the bottom right of its inner border.

Size: 40 x 64.5 cm (including frame)

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Harbour Front
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A charming harbour town scene painted in 2023 , by British artist Elaine Allender.

This quayside scene has been built up in layers of paper and paint. We see the village houses tumbling down to the quay, the old harbour walls and a couple of boats moored up on the sea. The painting is full of texture, and has some of the charming roughness associated with real harbours.

The upper half is dominated by rows of houses with varied shapes and sizes, featuring pitched roofs and small windows. The colour palette of the buildings includes soft blues, earthy browns, and muted creams, adding a rustic and weathered charm. The architectural details, like chimneys and rooflines, are rendered with textured brushstrokes, enhancing depth and realism. The water reflects the dock and buildings above, rendered in soft, blended tones of blue, peach, and grey, creating a shimmering, rippled effect. The sky occupies the top portion of the painting, featuring dynamic swirls of soft blues and creamy yellows, suggesting a bright, breezy day.

Bright orange buoy-like accents and lifebuoys add pops of colour, drawing attention to specific elements in the scene. The painting’s layered textures and varied strokes add a tactile quality that conveys the atmosphere of a working harbour.

Overall, the painting beautifully captures the essence of a quaint seaside village, with its blend of rustic charm, lively textures, and serene maritime elements.

The painting is bordered by a clean, lime-waxed wooden tray frame that complements the coastal theme. Both painting and frame are in excellent condition.

Size: 46 x 46 cm (including frame)

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Harbour View
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A soothing mid-century modernist painting that captures an abstracted waterfront scene rendered with bold geometric blocks and restrained tonal contrasts, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1968.

The viewer’s perspective is elevated, possibly from a balcony or overpass, looking out across a harbour populated with moored boats and a white ferry gliding through calm waters.

The artist has used a flattened, semi-cubist approach to space and form, using simplified shapes and thick, deliberate brushstrokes to construct the architecture and landscape. A palette of muted greys, brown, rust, and soft blues evokes an overcast or wintry atmosphere, while the warm orange of the lower rooftops adds grounding contrast.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has very minor scuffing.

Size: 39.5 x 45.5 cm (including frame)

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Houses by the Canal
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A charming mid-century painting that captures a tranquil waterfront scene, where a row of softly rendered houses sits just beyond a calm canal, executed in oil onto board.

In the foreground, three small boats rest on reflective water, their curved forms echoing a sense of stillness and ease. The composition draws the eye horizontally, from the grounded solidity of the boats to the lively rhythm of the houses and trees behind them.

The style is distinctly modernist, with a loose, expressive approach that favours atmosphere over precision. The buildings are simplified into geometric forms, their facades painted in warm, sunlit tones contrasted by deeper greens of foliage and the muted blues of rooftops. The palette feels both playful and harmonious, with subtle tonal shifts that suggest changing light across the scene.

Brushwork is confident and painterly, with visible, fluid strokes that lend movement to the trees and water. The reflections in the canal are especially evocative – softly blurred and layered, creating a sense of depth without strict realism. Overall, the piece carries a gentle, nostalgic quality, evoking a quiet moment in a coastal village, where time feels slowed and the everyday becomes quietly beautiful.

This oil on board is housed in an elegant wood frame whereby the outer section is finished in a muted cream with subtle silver accents along the inner edges, and with an inner linen-textured mount. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 42 x 50 cm (including frame)

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Moonlit Sea
£455
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An atmospheric mid-century abstract coastal landscape, executed in oil onto board.

The composition presents a seascape with angular landforms in the foreground, shimmering under the moonlight. Two ships, one dark and another in a vivid orange hue, navigate the distant horizon, adding a sense of movement and narrative to the scene.

Executed in an abstracted yet expressive style, the artist has used a restrained yet evocative palette dominated by cool blues, grey, and whites, punctuated by darker shades from browns from the rocks, as well as a black and orange from the boats.

The brushstrokes are broad and gestural, adding a dynamic quality to the scene. The soft glow of the moon, reflected on the waters, adds a sense of tranquility and mystery.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary grey-painted wood frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some surface paint loss.

Size: 34 x 47 cm (including frame)

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Sail Boats & Flowers
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A fantastic and confidently executed expressionist mid-century composition, painted in oil onto board.

A large brown vase filled with striking orange and yellow flowers punctuates the foreground of the painting, and with a view of a vast sea with sailing boats behind it. Tucked away on the left-hand side of the composition stands a small orange hut. Its striking hue contrasts beautifully against the darker blue ocean.

Executed in an expressive manner, the artist demonstrates strong emotion in the piece through the use of rich colours that infuses the scene with energy, as well as bold and confident brushstrokes that create a textural visual impact.

This oil on board is housed in a deep-profiled wood frame with an inner gilt and cream window. Both painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 43 x 48 cm (including frame)

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Still Waters, Quiet Shore
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A mid-century modernist painting of a coastal scene that presents a serene moment along a quiet shoreline, executed painted in oil onto canvas.

In the foreground, a solitary woman in a dark attire walks with measured steps, her white apron and pale yellow bundle offering a soft contrast to the muted ground. Beyond her, fishing boats are moored side-by-side, their clean lines and simplified forms rendered in flat tones of white, deep brown, and warm terracotta. A green container and stacks of pale coloured items add subtle colour accents, while the calm expanse of sea and pale blue sky create a tranquil backdrop.

Executed in a distinctly modernist style, the painting favours simplified shapes, smooth surfaces, and flat planes of colour over fine detail. The palette is composed of soft greys, muted blues, sandy beiges, and earthy browns, punctuated by touches of yellow and sea green. Brushstrokes are controlled and even, creating clean edges that enhance the scene’s sense of clarity and order.

The work captures not only the visual calm of a coastline but also the quiet rhythm of daily life by the sea, making it an elegant example of mid-century maritime modernism.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary linen lined frame with an silver window, which complements the painting beautifully and enhances its calming quality. The painting is in very good vintage condition. The frame has some minor scuffs but is in good vintage condition overall.

Size: 42 x 70 cm (including frame)

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Sunlit Forms
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A richly textured and uplifting abstract painting, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1970.

The painting unfolds as a rhythmic interplay of geometric and organic forms, arranged in a loosely interlocking composition that suggests shifting landscapes or architectural fragments without ever settling into literal depiction. The artist has layered broad, rounded shapes against more angular blocks, creating a dynamic sense of balance and movement that keeps the eye travelling across the canvas.

Executed in a distinctly modernist style, the work embraces bold simplification, flat planes, and an intuitive arrangement of colour. The palette is warm and radiant: mustard yellow, ochre, amber, and soft olive green mingle with muted grey and off-white, giving the painting both energy and groundedness. These colours sit side by side in harmonious tension, guided by a thoughtful arrangement of stripes and subtle tonal shifts.

The brushwork is expressive and tactile, with visible texture and confident strokes that bring a sculptural quality to the paint surface. Areas of impasto catch the light softly, revealing the artist’s hand and the physicality of the medium.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary gold painted wood frame. There is some craquelure as shown in the close up photos, and the canvas is slight uneven. Overall, the painting is in stable condition, and these characteristics do not impact the visual appeal of the work.

Size: 48.5 x 40.5 cm (including frame)

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Tales from the Sea
£450
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A soothing and tranquil mid-century semi-abstract seascape, executed in oil onto board.

This composition captures the serene beauty of a coastal landscape at low tide. In the foreground, we can discern boats in the sand, and in the background, the ocean and sky stretch endlessly into the horizon, creating a sense of infinite calm.

Semi-abstract in nature, realistic details have been intentionally omitted and the painting is characterised by planes of contrasting colours as well as sweeping, fluid brushstrokes.

The artist has used an interesting palette of sandy tones with subtle touches of green and pink, adding a nostalgic, almost dreamlike quality to the piece.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary hessian lined frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 44 x 81 cm (including frame)

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The Boathouse
£525
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A large and serene modernist painting that captures a quiet waterfront scene with minimalistic charm, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1991.

The composition features two docked boats beside a boathouse, nestled against a backdrop of stylised green trees. A lone figure stands near the entrance of the boathouse, adding a subtle human presence without disrupting the painting’s calm ambiance.

Modernist in its ethos, the composition has been rendered in a flat, geometric style. The artist has skilfully deconstructed and simplified the scene into blocks of contrasting colours using expressive yet flat brushstrokes through horizontal layering that demonstrates depth to the painting. A muted yet harmonious palette of dusty greens, soft greys, beige, and pale blue have been used, imbuing with work with a soothing quality.

This oil on canvas is housed in a very well suited frame with an inner white border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffing as shown.

Size: 65 x 77 cm (including frame)

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Sunlit Tree
£490
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A striking and surreal mid century modernist landscape that blends abstraction and symbolism, painted in oil onto canvas.

The focal point is a tree with a twisted, expressive form that resembles a almost resembles a human hand reaching upwards. Delicate, swirling lines extend from the trunk, evoking movement and energy. The tree stands alone on rolling hills, adding to the sense of isolation and resilience.

The dark blue-green tree contrasts sharply against the bright backdrop, making it a dramatic focal point. The sunlight is depicted as geometric rays, creating a stylized effect reminiscent of cubism or modernist abstraction. The gradation of warm colors suggests a sunset or sunrise, symbolizing hope, transformation, or renewal. The contrast between warm and cool tones enhances the dreamlike atmosphere.

This painting conveys a sense of resilience, transformation, and interconnectedness between humanity and nature. The hand-like tree reaching toward the radiant sun could symbolize growth, struggle, or enlightenment, while the contrasting colors create a dramatic and emotional effect. The blend of surrealism and abstraction makes this piece visually striking and deeply symbolic.

This oil on canvas is housed in a very well made wood frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some very minor scuffing.

Size: 38 x 53 cm (including frame)

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Teapot and Fruits
£550
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A charming mid-century still life painting that celebrates the beauty of everyday objects through colour and form, painted in oil onto board.

An elegant white teapot punctuates the center of the composition, accompanied by a basket of bananas, two mangoes, and some green pears resting on a wooden surface. The objects are placed against an abstract backdrop comprising varying shades of green.

The artist has used an uplifting and vibrant colour palette. The brushstrokes are deliberately smooth and the lines are clean, creating flat planes of colour that emphasise shape and balance over intricate detail.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some scuffs and losses to its right edge but this is only visible when viewed from an angle. It is in good condition otherwise.

Size: 39 x 49 cm (including frame)

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