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Within the Woods

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An atmospheric mid-century modernist style winter landscape composition, executed in oil onto board.

Small in size yet impactful in its composition, the painting captures a winter scene using muted colours and expressive, textured brushwork. Bare trees are presented with their dark trunks and branches in a snow-covered ground.

The artist has confidently applied thick, bold strokes of paint to depict the scene, adding a sense of movement and depth. The textured application of paint enhances the painting’s overall tactile quality,

The colour palette includes muted darker tones balanced with white, evoking a quiet wintry atmosphere.

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

Size: 25.5 x 32 cm (including frame)

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Abstract Verdure

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A captivating mid-century abstract landscape painting that immerses the viewer in a lush forest setting, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1973.

The composition is devoid of realistic details, instead, embracing a semi-abstract style that emphasises the artist’s mastery of brushwork and rich colours.

Short, expressive brushstrokes are confidently executed, infusing the painting with a dynamic and energetic feel. The restrained colour palette primarily features a spectrum of varying greens, complemented by subtle touches of yellow and blue, evoking the vibrant essence of the forest.

The interplay of colours and multi-directional brushstrokes invites viewers to immerse themselves in the verdant beauty of the abstracted forest.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complimentary slim wood frame. There is some very slight scattered paint loss but this is not obvious due the expressionist style of the piece. Some restoration is visible from the reverse but not visible from the front.

Size: 56 x 44 cm (including frame)

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At the Sauna

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A gentle and soothing figurative composition, executed in oil onto canvas.

The painting portrays a scene at a sauna, where a group of nude figures are depicted in various poses in the room. Some are seated by themselves, while others engage in hushed conversations.

Thin outlines gently define the contours of the figures’ softened forms. The use of soft colours and brushstrokes speaks to the tenderness of the work, as the overall atmosphere is one of serene contentment.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver painted wood frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 56 x 59.5 cm (including frame)

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Carousel Joy

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A joyful mid-century composition that captures the vibrant energy of a carousel ring with children, executed in oil onto board.

Containing elements of fauvism and expressionism, the artist has used a vivid palette of orange, red, yellow, green, and blue – each colour applied in sweeping and energetic brushstrokes. This technique lends a sense of dynamism to the scene, as if the carousel is spinning.

The overall use of rich saturated colours as well as spontaneous brushstrokes captures the emotional intensity and exuberance of the moment, evoking the carefree spirit of childhood.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with a linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has very minor marks.

Size: 43 x 51 cm (including frame)

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Destination

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This mixed media collage on board is housed in a complementary slim wood frame. Both painting and frame are in excellent condition.

Size: 44 x 44 cm (including frame)

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Door to Nature

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

Size: 68.5 x 57.5 cm (including frame)

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Golden Apples

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A very pleasant modernist still life oil composition dated 1974, 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.

Inviting viewers to appreciate the beauty of simple, everyday objects, and embodying the essence of a modernist style, the painting captures a group of apples laid across a muted red cloth marked with gentle creases.

The use of expressive brushstrokes brings an energetic yet serene feel to the overall composition, and each apple has been into blocks of red, green, and yellow hues, emphasising their three-dimensional forms and roundness.

This oil on canvas is housed in a simple wood frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 29 x 41 cm (including frame)

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By the Bath

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A captivating geometric abstraction composition entitled ‘By the Bath’, executed in oil onto canvas and painted in the 1970s.

The composition centers around a shower setting where we can spot a towel hanging nearby. The artist has skillfully deconstructed and simplified the scene into a series of interlocking shapes, each defined by contrasting colours. The blocks are arranged in a way that creates a sense of balance and harmony, guiding the viewer’s eye through the painting.

The colour palette features muted pastel shades, giving the piece a soft, calming atmosphere. Despite the simplicity of the shapes, the careful choice of colours and their placement convey depth and a subtle narrative.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner gilt window. Both the painting and frame are in very good vintage condition.

Size: 41 x 53 cm (including frame)

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Modernist Neighbourhood

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A lively mid-century modernist style neighbourhood street scene composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1951.

Houses line both sides of the street, rendered in a palette of uplifting shades —blues, greens, and yellows—that evoke a sense of liveliness.

The style of the painting is typically modernist in ethos, as the artist has skillfully deconstructed and simplified the scene down to blocks of contrasting colours, to demonstrate a sense of depth.

The juxtaposition of shapes and colours guides the viewer’s eye through the painting, offering a dynamic visual experience.

This oil on board is housed in a well-suited wood frame with an inner linen and gilt window. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 50 x 41.5 cm (including frame)

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Moments with the Sea

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A charming and picturesque mid-century coastal landscape composition, executed in oil onto board by the established 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.

The artwork portrays a figure on the left side of the composition, seated on a cliff surrounded by lush greenery, and admiring the view of the vast sea that stretches into the distance. In the background, the blue sky blends seamlessly with the sky into the distant horizon.

Painted in a semi-abstract manner, all realistic details have been omitted and there is a strong focus on colour and brushwork.

Gentle shades of light blue enhances the soothing quality of the scene, contrasting beautifully against rich and striking shades of greens and browns that add a touch of liveliness.

The artist has used a combination of expressive and energetic dabs of paint, as well as soft and smooth strokes. Overall, the painting evokes a sense of contentment and celebrates the beauty of nature.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with red undertones. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has scuffs and marks.

Size: 50 x 66 cm (including frame)

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Summer Forest

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A lively and striking mid-century semi-abstract landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.

The painting features a summer forest stretching towards the distance adorned with a row of vibrant orange-yellow trees in the middle. These are succeeded by a backdrop of tall, lush dark green trees, creating a striking visual contrast. The artist has used a rich yet limited palette, focusing on greens, yellows, and orange.

The sky and fields share a harmonious light yellow and green palette, enhancing the overall cohesiveness of the scene. The artist has used to paint these forms through gentle, light brushstrokes that evoke a diaphanous, watercolour-like translucency.

The trees, painted with expressive and energetic brushwork, have their silhouettes lightly highlighted to accentuate their forms.

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

Size: 70 x 56 cm (including frame)

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Golden Daffodils

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A bright, fun and playful painting on canvas, executed in a modernist style.

Featuring a black vase with daffodils, set against a yellow background, the painting features rich, bold colours that draw the eye in and uplift one’s mood. One of the first flowers to bloom at the end of winter, announcing the beginning of spring and signifying the end of the cold, dark days, daffodils symbolise rebirth and new beginnings. This painting would make a really lovely symbolic and decorative addition to any interior.

This acrylic on canvas is edged in a complementary pine frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 52 x 52 cm (including frame)

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The Blue Cloth

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A brilliantly executed mid-century modernist still life composition, painted in oil onto board and dated 1956.

The painting features an assortment of objects including a vase of red flowers, a brown bottle, and some fruit thoughtfully laid across a table. In the background, we can see a striking blue fabric draping across.

Painted in a distinctly modernist ethos and with cubist elements at play, the artist skilfully uses flattened forms and blocks of contrasting colours to reconstruct this scene and to create depth and a sense of space, as well as to highlight the three-dimensionality of the objects.

A spectrum of rich colours as well as expressive brushstrokes have been used, contributing to the overall liveliness of this piece.

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

Size: 37.5 x 48 cm (including frame)

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Nestled in Nature

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A tranquil and atmospheric mid-century modernist style landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.

This painting depicts a farmhouse that strecthes across the composition, surrounded by a lush landscape and under a pale blue sky at dawn.

The style of the painting is typically modernist in ethos, as the artist has skillfully deconstructed the scene down to blocks of contrasting colours, to demonstrate a sense of depth and dimension.

The brushstrokes are short and expressive, and the muted colour palette imbues the work with a sense of calm.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver frame with an inner white border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has very minor scuffs, but this does not detract from its overall appearance.

Size: 42 x 87 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Jugs

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A playful and captivating still life painting, executed in acrylic onto linen in 2024 by contemporary Irish artist Jenny Belton.

Jenny Belton is artist based in Dublin, Ireland and has been painting, drawing and making from a young age. Her main inspiration is mid-century art, sculpture, design and architecture in addition to abstract expressionism and the fauvist movement. She drawn to art that is accessible, inclusive and nostalgic and hopes to capture this in her own work.

The painting has a ‘sister’ piece which depicts a similar setting, which can be seen in the photos. Details of that painting are available to view here.

The painting comes framed in a stained black oak float frame, and is in excellent condition.

Size: 30 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Sunbathers

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A bright and playful mid century abstract modernist oil, painted onto canvas board.

Although mostly abstract in nature, this lively painting features some discernible figures bathing and enjoying the sunshine. The painting provides an array of interesting details to explore – including abstract figures, geometric shapes and patterns, as well as nature elements.

The colour palette is rich and saturated, imbuing the painting with a lively and energetic feel.

As a viewer, our eyes are encouraged to move across and around the surface, taking in the details as we go and identifying recognisable figures and forms.

This oil on canvas board is housed in a complementary frame with an inner cream border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs and marks.

Size: 64.5 x 75.5 cm (including frame)

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Train Station

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A detailed and painterly modernist street scene composition, painted in oil onto canvas, and dated 1970.

The painting depicts a bustling scene of a train station, with several figures in the foreground, including a horse-drawn carriage, a group of structures including the station and a water fountain, as well as a glimpse of the front of the train in the background. The composition features brushstrokes in an expressive style, with areas of impasto where thick creamy paint is visible, creating lots of texture within the painting. The colours are vibrant and uplifting, and there is a sense of dynamism, energy and joyfulness to the piece.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen lining. Both the painting and frame are in in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 68 x 48 cm (including frame)

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View of Pyrenees

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A visually striking modernist landscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1955.

The landscape painting presents a scenic view of a pathway lined with trees, with a view of the Pyrenees mountains in the background.

Drawing on a distinctly modernist ethos, the artist has masterfully reduced this landscape scene down to blocks of contrasting colour, and explores the use of colour and brushstrokes to create a sense of depth and space in this painting.

An array of muted pastel colours including shades of blues, purples and green, have been executed with short and expressive brushstrokes, imbuing the work with an energising and uplifting feel.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some very minor scuffing, but nothing that detracts from its overall appearance.

Size: 67 x 52 cm (including frame)

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Apples & Oranges

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A lively and captivating mid-century still life composition executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1968.

The painting features a light yellow surface, filled with an array of red and green apples, two vibrant oranges, and a fruit knife. Each object is meticulously outlined with a bold black line, emphasising their distinct forms.

The artist demonstrates remarkable skill in using colour gradients to bring out the three-dimensional qualities of the fruits. The swift, loose, yet precise brushstrokes have been confidently executed, infusing the composition with dynamic energy.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary frame with a hessian border. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 45 x 72 cm (including frame)

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By the Tree

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A brilliantly executed abstract landscape oil composition painted by the established Swedish artist Ivar Morsing (1919-2009), whose works have been exhibited in public collections including the National Museum in Stockholm, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Kalmar Museum, and Jönköping Museum.

In this abstracted composition, we can discern a tall tree punctuating the center of a lush nature landscape, and centrally positioned around the tree stand two indistinct figures.

The scene is bathed in a restrained palette of greens, blues, and yellows, creating a soft and gentle atmosphere. The artist employs expressive strokes and small swirls of paint, imbuing the artwork with a sense of movement and dynamism.

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

Size: 40 x 39.5 cm (including frame)

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Coastal Green

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In this mid-century modernist style composition executed in oil onto board and dated 1956, the artist captures a scene of landscape by a coast using a semi-abstract approach.

The foreground showcases a lush landscape dominated by simplified forms of trees, their shapes reduced to blocks of contrasting muted green shades. The background reveals a sea, rendered in similarly muted blue hues.

The artist employs short, expressive brushstrokes to convey energy and depth, skilfully balancing the composition without relying on any realistic details.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary frame with gold leaf. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs but this is in keeping with its vintage look.

Size: 33 x 43.5 cm (including frame)

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Ethereal Coast

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A serene and atmospheric composition of a coastal landscape at dawn, executed in oil onto board and dated 1967.

The painting, semi-abstract in nature, omits all realistic details, instead focusing on the interplay of colours and light. Gentle, smooth brushstrokes create an atmospheric and moody sky filled with rolling clouds. A faint, glowing line of orange at the horizon as well as in the clouds hint at the impending sunrise, casting a subtle warmth across the scene.

The coastal landscape elements blend seamlessly into the composition, inviting viewers to feel the tranquility and quiet anticipation of the dawn.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with multiple profiles. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some marks at its inner border as shown.

Size: 55 x 61 cm (including frame)

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Eva

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A striking and confidently executed mid-century expressionist figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas.

The painting features a a young woman sitting on a chair, absorbed in a book. Her attire, a striking blue outfit, contrasts vividly against the background painted in hues of turquoise.

The overall colour palette is rich and vibrant. The artist’s gestural, unrestrained and expressive brushstrokes infuse the scene with a sense of movement and emotion.

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

Size: 56 x 67 cm (including frame)

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Farmhouses at Dawn

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An atmospheric modernist style landscape painting, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1972.

This painting depicts a row of farmhouses that stretch across the centre of the composition, surrounded by terrain land in the foreground and a greenish-blue sky at dawn above.

Working with a limited colour palette, the artist has balanced the landscape and the sky, emphasising their equal importance in creating the overall mood of the painting and contrast of light and dark.

The swift and expressive brushstrokes used in the foreground convey a sense of dynamism, and the gentler brushstrokes used to paint the sky above wonderfully captures the calm of the morning sky.

This oil on canvas is housed in an attractive multi window silver and linen detail frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some minor marks on its silver border.

Size: 52 x74 cm (including frame)

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Forest Park

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A soothing mid-century modernist style composition that captures the essence of a tranquil park scene, painted in oil onto canvas.

A blue bench and a tall, light brown tree bark punctuate the center of the composition, surrounded by a pathway and lush greenery. All realistic details have been omitted, and the scene has been reduced to an interplay of contrasting shapes and colours.

The palette is dominated by gentle greens, warm browns, and soft yellow hues, creating an inviting and serene atmosphere. The smooth brushstrokes and harmonious colour contrasts evoke a sense of warmth and peacefulness,

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

Size: 50 x 55 cm (including frame)

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Ibiza Stroll

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A gentle and soothing mid century street scene composition, executed in oil onto board and dated 1956.

The artist captures the essence of a figure leisurely walking down a serene street scene in Ibiza. The scene is rendered in a minimalist style where realistic details are intentionally omitted, emphasising abstract forms and blocks of contrasting shades.

The backdrop is a composition of muted light blues, greens, and whites, subtly blending together to evoke a tranquil atmosphere.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with an inner cream border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has marks and scuffs.

Size: 42 x 37 cm (including frame)

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Mademoiselle

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This oil on canvas is dated 1950, and is housed in an outstanding distressed style wood frame that pairs wonderfully with the painting. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 77 x 56.5 cm (including frame)

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Roof View

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A striking mid century modernist abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 61 x 74 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Pear

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A playful and captivating still life painting, executed in acrylic onto canvas by contemporary Irish artist Jenny Belton, and dated 2024 on reverse.

Jenny Belton is artist based in Dublin, Ireland and has been painting, drawing and making from a young age. Her main inspiration is mid-century art, sculpture, design and architecture in addition to abstract expressionism and the fauvist movement. She drawn to art that is accessible, inclusive and nostalgic and hopes to capture this in her own work.

The painting has a ‘sister’ piece which depicts a similar setting, which can be seen in the photos. Details of that painting are available to view here.

The painting comes framed in a stained black oak float frame, and is in excellent condition.

Size: 30 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Tulips in Red

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An uplifting and well-balanced mid century still life composition that celebrates the beauty in everyday objects, executed in oil onto canvas.

The centrepiece of the composition is a brown vase holding two vibrant red tulips. Beside it is a striking blue cup, and both objects rest gracefully on a smooth brown table surface.

The backdrop, painted in shades of tranquil blue, subtly reveals the corner of two windows, suggesting a soft daylight filtering into the scene.

The artist has used an uplifting colour palette, and the brushwork is gentle yet precise, emphasising the clean lines and balanced composition.

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

Size: 70 x 40 cm (including frame)

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