A charming and expressive mid-century figurative landscape depicting a young woman seated outdoors against an expansive landscape executed in oil onto canvas.

Positioned slightly off-centre, the figure sits casually on a folding chair, her relaxed pose and bare feet lending the scene an intimate, unguarded quality. Behind her, dark rolling hills and a steep rocky formation rise towards a pale open sky, creating a wonderful sense of solitude and quiet contemplation.

The painting is rendered in a loose, expressive mid-century style, balancing figurative representation with areas that verge on abstraction. The artist simplifies both the sitter and surrounding landscape into broad shapes and gestural passages of colour, with facial details deliberately understated. This gives the work an immediacy reminiscent of a painted study captured directly from life.

The palette is beautifully muted and earthy, dominated by olive, sage and moss greens, softened browns, blue-greys and deep teal, contrasted by the sitter’s crisp white top and warm sunlit flesh tones. Small flashes of mustard yellow and coral-red in the folding chair provide lively accents against the subdued landscape, while the pale blue-grey sky brings light and openness to the composition.

Brushwork remains distinctly visible throughout. Broad, directional strokes build the hills and foreground, while shorter, layered marks introduce texture and movement across the terrain. The figure is handled with softer, fluid strokes, allowing forms to remain slightly unresolved. This combination of confident mark-making and restrained detail gives the painting its appealingly spontaneous character.

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

Size: 49 x 64 cm (including frame)

An atmospheric mid-century modernist composition depicting a female figure standing within a sparse coastal setting, executed in oil onto canvas by the established Swedish artist Fabian Lundqvist (1913-1989), whose works have been represented in many public collections in Sweden.

The main figure occupies the foreground, dressed in a patterned brown garment, while two distant figures appear beyond her beside a pair of dark, angular buildings. A pale sun hangs in the hazy sky, lending the scene a quiet atmosphere.

The painting has a distinctly modernist character, with its simplified forms, flattened perspective and restrained, contemplative mood. The elongated figures and stark architecture give the composition a slightly surreal quality, while the deliberate sense of emptiness creates an intriguing narrative tension. The identity of the woman and her relationship to the distant figures is left wonderfully ambiguous.

The palette is beautifully subdued, built around dusty mauves and deep chocolate browns. Small touches of glowing orange across the woman’s patterned dress and tiny accents of vivid red from her lips provide points of warmth against the muted surroundings.

Paint has been applied with soft, controlled brushwork, with gently blended passages creating the atmospheric sky and open ground. In contrast, the buildings and figures are rendered in simplified, sharply defined silhouettes. The restrained handling and lack of excessive detail heighten the painting’s still, enigmatic quality.

This oil on canvas is presented in a beautiful gilt frame with a linen-lined border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has very minor scuffs. 

Size: 53.5 x 62.5 cm (including frame)