A large and vibrant mid-century composition depicting a lounger set within a lush garden overlooking the sea, executed in oil onto canvas.

The empty chair sits prominently in the foreground, its bold orange-red and white stripes immediately drawing the eye and lending the scene a playful, summery character. Beyond, dense foliage gives way to a brilliant stretch of blue water, suggesting a secluded coastal garden and a moment of leisurely escape.

The painting has a distinctly modernist, expressive quality, with the landscape simplified into broad areas of colour rather than carefully defined forms. Trees and shrubs dissolve into overlapping patches of green, chartreuse and yellow, while the chair is more deliberately articulated, creating a striking focal point amid the loosely rendered surroundings. There is an appealing spontaneity to the composition – almost as though the artist has captured an intimate holiday moment before its occupant returns.

The palette is especially joyful. Fresh mint, emerald, olive and yellow-greens dominate the garden, set against an expansive turquoise sky and a band of deep cobalt blue sea. The chair’s warm orange-red stripes provide a vivid complementary contrast, bringing energy and structure to the abundance of greens and blues.

Brushwork is loose, broad and gestural, with visible strokes and areas where the paint appears thinly and freely applied. Drips and unfinished passages toward the lower edge reinforce the painting’s immediacy, while the foliage is constructed through quick, overlapping daubs of colour. The more linear treatment of the chair creates a lovely tension between representation and abstraction.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary slim white-painted frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has scuffs.

Size: 92.5 x 85.5 cm (including frame)

A large and gentle mid-century landscape that captures a serene winter hillside viewed through a stand of slender trees, executed in oil onto canvas.

Nestled among the muted mauves and soft earth tones are small snow-covered cottages, partially hidden within the landscape and lending the scene a quiet, almost contemplative atmosphere. The composition draws the eye inward through the vertical rhythm of the pale tree trunks, creating depth and stillness against the distant rolling hills.

Executed in a soft modernist style, the painting balances abstraction and representation with remarkable restraint. The palette is delicate and atmospheric, featuring powder blues, lavender greys, blush pinks, soft sage greens, and creamy whites that evoke the hush of winter light. Loose, painterly brushstrokes and gently layered colour fields give the work an airy, dreamlike quality, while the simplified forms and softened edges reflect the understated elegance often associated with mid-century Scandinavian landscape painting.

This large painting is presented in a complementary wood frame with a subtly rustic finish that enhances its calm and understated character. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 71.5 x 86.5 cm (including frame)

A serene mid-century landscape that captures the expansive beauty of a tidal estuary or coastal marsh, executed in oil onto canvas.

Broad stretches of pale sand and shallow water merge seamlessly with fresh green meadows beneath a vast, cloud-filled sky. A distant blue ridge anchors the horizon, while weathered timber posts punctuate the foreground, subtly guiding the eye through the open landscape. Rather than focusing on precise topographical detail, the artist conveys the quiet atmosphere and luminous quality of the scene.

Painted in a restrained modernist style, there is an emphasis on mood, light and colour over realism. T composition is simplified into broad horizontal bands of land, water and sky, creating a calm sense of balance and spaciousness.

The palette is soft and harmonious, blending cool greys, powder blues and muted slate tones with gentle yellows and fresh spring greens. Delicate shifts in tone evoke changing light across the marshland, while the subdued contrasts lend the painting an understated elegance.

Brushwork is confident, with broad, flat applications of paint defining the landscape in simplified forms. Thin, layered strokes and lightly textured surfaces allow subtle variations of colour to emerge, while a handful of darker, gestural marks describing the timber posts provide rhythm and visual structure. The result is a tranquil, atmospheric composition that captures the essence of the landscape through suggestion rather than detailed representation.

This oil on canvas is presented in beautiful wood frame with gilt trimmings. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 60 x 84.5 cm (including frame)

A charming mid-century modernist oil painting that captures a serene coastal escarpment overlooking calm blue waters, 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.

Rounded clusters of deep green foliage cascade across the foreground and hillside, while muted brown paths and cliff faces gently guide the eye toward the distant horizon. The simplified forms and restrained composition give the work a meditative stillness, evoking the quiet rhythm of an isolated shoreline.

Executed in a highly gestural modernist style, the painting balances abstraction with landscape representation. The artist reduces the scene into broad organic shapes and sweeping planes of colour, allowing atmosphere and structure to take precedence over fine detail. There is a subtle tension between the solidity of the landmass and the openness of the sea and sky, creating a beautifully understated composition.

The palette is both earthy and calming, composed of rich forest greens, olive tones, muted sand, pale cream, and soft powder blues. The contrast between the cool expanse of water and the dense, shadowed greenery gives the work depth while maintaining its minimalist sensibility.

Brushstrokes are broad, confident, and painterly, applied with visible texture and an instinctive rhythm. Thick curved strokes shape the foliage with a sculptural quality, while the sea and sky are rendered in smoother, flatter passages that heighten the sense of calm and spaciousness.

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

Size: 57 x 79 cm (including frame)