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Objects in Conversation

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A calm and contemplative mid-century still life painting that presents a pared-back arrangement of everyday objects rendered with a quiet elegance, executed in oil onto board and dated 1959.

At the centre sits a pale green bowl, its rounded form contrasted by the angular geometry of a brown-toned box to the right, in which rests a slender stick of darker pigment. Behind them looms a tall, shadowy bottle form, its deep black silhouette anchoring the composition against a softly tonal grey background.

The artist has worked with a restrained yet evocative palette: muted greens, brown, black, cream, and steel blues. The colours are applied in broad, confident blocks, with thick, textural brushstrokes that reveal the artist’s hand and lend a sculptural weight to the surface. Subtle tonal modulations in the background add depth while maintaining a minimalist sensibility.

Stylistically, the work reflects mid-century modernist tendencies – simplicity of form, clarity of shape, and an emphasis on the quiet beauty of the ordinary.

This oil on board is beautifully presented in a characterful wooden frame with a ribbed pattern, and finished in a light cream with muted gilt edging. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has a slight widening to corners but it is in a stable and good condition overall.

Size: 50 x 62.5 cm (including frame)

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Pastel Landscape

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A serene mid-century modernist style composition of a southern Spanish landscape, executed in oil onto board.

In the foreground, expansive plains are depicted with large, soft blocks of contrasting colours, omitting realistic details for a more abstract and tranquil composition. A bridge gracefully crosses the scene in the middle ground, leading the eye towards the distant hills that gently extend into the horizon.

The artist has used soft and gentle brushstrokes, utilising a muted yet uplifting pastel colour palette that includes shades of green, blue, orange, and brown. This harmonious blend of pastel colours and forms creates a serene and soothing atmosphere, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the tranquil beauty of the Spanish landscape.

This oil on boarder is housed in a unique gilt frame with a red border and bead detailing. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 53 x 68 cm (including frame)

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Red Chair by the Fireplace

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A quietly atmospheric mid-century interior scene depicting a vivid red chair positioned beside a muted-toned fireplace, executed in oil onto board and dated 1957.

The composition captures a moment of stillness, where the bold hue of the chair punctuates an otherwise subdued setting. The artist has used a restrained palette of earthy browns, greys, and soft greens, allowing the red to command attention and become the focal point of the painting.

Executed in a characteristically mid-century modernist style, the work reflects a minimalist approach to form and detail. The brushstrokes are broad and expressive, revealing the texture of the paint and the artist’s deliberate layering technique. There is a clear sensitivity to balance and geometry, with the verticals of the wall and fireplace contrasting against the angled legs and curves of the chair.

Muted grey-greens and taupes dominate the background, providing a calm, contemplative atmosphere, while the saturated crimson of the chair injects energy and emotional warmth into the composition. The interplay between shadow and light, and the tactile surface of the paint, lend the piece a quiet intimacy that evokes both solitude and comfort.

This oil on board is housed in a beautiful wood frame with light oak grain and a gilt border, which pairs very well with the painting. Both the painting and frame are in excellent condition.

Size: 53.5 x 42 cm (including frame)

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Riverbend at Dusk

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A large and soothing mid-century landscape that captures a tranquil countryside view with a winding river cutting diagonally across open fields, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition leads the eye into the distance, where layered hills and a soft, expansive sky stretch across the horizon. The painting conveys both stillness and quiet movement, as the river becomes a guiding line through the scene.

Painted in a modernist, mid-century manner, the artist has used broad, expressive brushstrokes and simplified forms rather than meticulous detail. The work leans towards abstraction while retaining enough realism to evoke a recognisable landscape.

The palette is earthy yet luminous, with rich greens, browns, and muted burgundies in the foreground fields. A bold streak of deep blue defines the river, contrasting against the surrounding land. Above, soft creams, pale pinks, and gentle blues create a sky at once atmospheric and serene, suggesting the shifting light of late afternoon or early evening.

The brushwork is loose and gestural, laid down in broad sweeps that capture the essence of fields, sky, and water. The layered strokes in the sky suggest drifting clouds, while horizontal blends across the horizon create depth and atmosphere. The foreground is built up in thicker, more textured strokes, giving the land a grounded presence against the airy openness above.

This large oil on canvas is presented in a complementary wood frame with an inner gilt border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, The frame has light age-related wear, including some scuffs to the gilded section, which do not detract from its overall presentation.

Size: 58.5 x 79 cm (including frame)

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Seaside Promenade

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A soothing mid-century coastal scene painting that depicts a group of figures strolling along the edge of a beach, framed against a vast expanse of sea and sky, executed in oil onto canvas.

The figures are loosely rendered, their forms blending into the shifting sands and soft spray of the tide, creating a sense of transience and movement. Two smaller figures appear in the foreground, suggesting a family outing or leisurely gathering at the water’s edge.

The painting is executed in a semi-impressionistic style, with broad, fluid brushstrokes capturing the energy of the ocean and the play of light across the water. The sky dominates the composition, filled with sweeping clouds in layered whites, greys, and soft blues, giving the scene a sense of both grandeur and atmosphere.

The palette is natural and harmonious – muted greens, sandy ochres, pale creams, and cool blues evoke the breezy, shifting qualities of a coastal landscape. The figures are touched with deeper, warmer hues, providing contrast and rhythm against the softer tones of sea and sky.

The brushwork is expressive and spontaneous, with textured layering that enhances the sense of movement in the clouds and the restless tide. The overall impression is one of fleeting beauty – a captured moment of everyday life along the shoreline, alive with atmosphere and painterly vitality.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame. Both painting and frame are in very good vintage condition.

Size: 32.5 x 42.5 cm (including frame)

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Seated Woman with Letter

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A large and brilliantly executed mid-century modernist style figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition presents a contemplative female figure seated on a simple chair, her body angled gently to the side as she holds a folded piece of paper in her hand. The faceless portrayal lends the work a universal quality, allowing the figure to embody both anonymity and intimacy.

The style is distinctly modernist and abstracted, with simplified forms, flat planes, and carefully balanced geometric blocks of colour. The composition is built on interlocking shapes, where body, chair, and background meld seamlessly, reinforcing the quiet harmony of the scene.

The palette is warm and earthy, with shades of terracotta, brown, and sienna set against muted peach, pale creams, and soft blues. Darker tones in the figure’s dress contrast with the lighter background, creating depth while maintaining the painting’s restrained, introspective mood.

Brushstrokes are broad and deliberate, with smooth transitions that emphasise form rather than detail. The painter resists naturalism, instead favouring abstraction and tonal rhythm to evoke atmosphere and feeling.

This oil on canvas is presented in a wood frame with a white inner border. The painting has some light marks to its surface but nothing that detracts from its overall attractiveness. The frame has some areas of paint loss as shown, but is otherwise in good stable condition.

Size: 89 x 51.5 cm (including frame)

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The Overlook

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A mid-century painting that captures a group of sightseers gathered at a scenic overlook, gazing out toward a hazy mountain range framed by coniferous trees, executed in oil onto board and dated 1946.

The figures are rendered with a sense of casual observation, some engaged in quiet conversation, others lost in the vast landscape beyond. Their poses suggest a shared yet silent moment of awe.

Painted in a modernist-naïve style, the artist has simplified human forms and natural elements into broad, expressive shapes. The composition is structured yet loose, with the figures arranged rhythmically along a wooden railing that guides the viewer’s eye toward the distant peaks.

The colour palette is soft and muted, dominated by pastel blues, pine greens, earthy browns, and warm flesh tones, evoking a misty afternoon in the mountains. The brushwork is brisk and visible – short, textured strokes give vitality to trees and garments alike, while the background mountains are softly blended to suggest atmospheric perspective.

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

Size: 48 x 55 cm (including frame)

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The Path Less Taken

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A brilliantly executed abstract figurative 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 small yet impactful composition, we can discern a figure walking on a pathway in a natural landscape with trees. Abstract in nature, all realistic details have been omitted and there is a strnog focus on brushstroke and colour.

The scene is bathed in a restrained palette of muted earthy shades of browns and cream – evoking an emotive and nostalgic atmosphere.

The brushwork is loose and dynamic, with visible, thick strokes that convey movement and spontaneity. This gestural technique gives the painting a sense of immediacy and emotion, drawing the viewer into the scene’s atmospheric quality.

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

Size: 24.5 x 25.5 cm (including frame)

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The Quiet Road Home

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A soothing mid-century oil painting that captures a quiet street scene lined with houses and trees, bathed in the golden light of the setting sun., and executed in oil onto board.

A row of houses lines the street, their facades softened by warm tones of terracotta, and muted blue. Tall, bare trees rise dramatically against the pale evening sky, their stark branches casting long, angular shadows across the path. A figures on the right has been reduced to a simplified silhouette, move gently along the sunlit road, adding a quiet human presence without disturbing the stillness of the scene.

Executed in a modernist style, the painting emphasises simplified forms and a rhythmic interplay of light and shadow rather than intricate detail. The brushstrokes are bold yet controlled, with swift, directional strokes that echo the lines of the trees and the lengthening shadows.

The artist employs a harmonious balance of warm and cool tones to evoke the calm of twilight. The golden glow of the sunset contrasts with the cooler blue-greys of shaded areas, enhancing the depth of the composition. The mood is contemplative and serene, inviting viewers into a moment of quiet transition between day and night.

This oil on board is housed in a unique lightly toned wooden frame with natural grain patterns, and with an inner cream border. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 48 x 56 cm (including frame)

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Tidal Rhythm

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A serene and expressive mid-century coastal landscape painting, executed in oil onto board.

This composition captures a sunlit shoreline, where land, sea, and sky converge in rhythmic harmony. Rolling waves meet sandy inlets and grassy banks, leading the viewer’s eye toward a distant tree-lined horizon under a softly clouded sky.

Executed in bold, confident brushstrokes, the work embraces an expressive, almost abstracted interpretation of nature. The artist has used impasto techniques with energetic brush movements that create a palpable texture across the canvas. Rich greens, browns, and sandy beiges define the coastal terrain, while varying shades of blue and lavender bring dynamism to the sea. Accents of crimson and cobalt heighten the visual tempo, offering flickers of contrast within the organic flow.

Evocative of Nordic coastal scenes and post-impressionist influence, this painting exemplifies the mid-century modern ethos: emotional immediacy through painterly gesture, simplified forms, and a harmonious interplay of colour.

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

Size: 32 x 37.5 cm (including frame)

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Tide’s Return

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A large expressive and atmospheric mid-century modernist coastal landscape, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1968.

This evocative oil painting captures a trio of boats beached on a windswept shore. Three figures stand nearby, anchoring the scene with a quiet human presence. The ocean churns with silvery greys, whites, and muted blues, reflecting the turbulent energy of an overcast day by the sea.

The artist has used broad, confident brushstrokes and a subdued, tonal palette dominated by stormy greys, whites, and earthy ochres. The water is rendered with rhythmic horizontal strokes, while the sky and sand are textured with layered impasto, imbuing the painting with a tactile, atmospheric quality. The composition speaks to the raw beauty of nature and the enduring relationship between humans and the sea.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary linen lined frame with an inner gilt border. There are some age spots present on the frame as well as along the upper edge of the painting. There is a mark on the left side of outer linen border of the frame.

Size: 78.5 x 91 cm (including frame)

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Whispering White Walls

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A quiet and introspective mid-century modernist painting, 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 composition presents a serene cluster of whitewashed buildings, stacked and softened into an abstracted architectural rhythm. The forms are simplified into clean geometric blocks, evoking a quiet hillside village or sun-bleached Mediterranean town. Two slender, almost silhouetted figures stand near the foreground, adding a subtle human presence and a sense of scale without interrupting the overall stillness of the scene.

The palette is beautifully restrained – cool whites, soft dove greys, and muted sage undertones merge gently into one another, creating a dreamlike haze. The brushwork is smooth and deliberate, with broad, flat planes of colour that minimise detail and heighten the modernist feel. Shadows and edges are suggested rather than defined, allowing the forms to appear as if they are dissolving gently into the light.

The composition, with its quiet tonal variations and refined abstraction, captures an outstanding balance between calm minimalism and poetic atmosphere.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary frame with a layered profile consisting of a soft champagne-gold outer moulding, paired with an inner border in silver. The painting remains in lovely vintage condition, with some light areas of craquelure that do not detract from the overall presentation.

Size: 52 x 60 cm (including frame)

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Aquatic Abstraction

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A playful and dynamic mid-century abstract composition, painted in oil onto board.

The painting appears to represent a dynamic interplay of shapes and colours, with potential references to fish or sea creatures, hinted at by the blue tail-like form and the aquatic palette.

Abstract in nature, the composition emphasises bold geometric shapes and playful, simplified forms.

The colour palette is rich and vibrant, imbuing the work with liveliness. The thick application of paint gives the forms a tactile quality, making the colours appear more vivid and engaging.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with black edging. The painting is in excellent condition, and the frame has very minor scuffs.

Size: 48.5 x 57.5 cm (including frame)

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Cubist Tabletop

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A brilliantly executed and striking mid-century cubist still life that presents an arrangement of objects distilled into bold, geometric forms, painted in oil onto canvas.

At the centre, a single red rose rises sharply from a faceted brown vase, its angular green leaves echoing the crystalline structure of the surrounding elements. Beside it, a vivid blue jug rendered in interlocking planes stands with sculptural presence, while a small angular fruit or object rests upon a two-toned plate in the foreground.

The composition is a masterful exercise in cubist reduction, where natural forms are translated into prismatic shapes. The background is similarly fragmented into overlapping planes of muted lilac, teal, and yellow, lending the scene a sense of depth and dynamism while maintaining strict flatness.

The palette balances earthy browns and greys with vibrant accents of cobalt blue, emerald green, and a sharp pop of crimson. The brushstrokes are controlled and deliberate, applied in clean, even planes of colour without visible texture, emphasising structure over gesture.

This oil on canvas is housed in a very well-suited frame with an outer linen border and an inner cream window. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame does have some scuffing but is in good vintage condition overall.

Size: 73 x 43 cm (including frame)

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Ebullient

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An energetic and richly coloured abstract composition, executed in oil and dated 1972.

With its vivid patches of rich colour including yellow, red, blue, and green, this artwork is a testament to the confident and dynamic style of the artist.

The artist has worked boldly in his medium of oil, confidently executing expressive brushstrokes, and has used the impasto technique to create a wonderful textural quality. Each textured and forceful stroke is imbued with a palpable sense of movement and emotion, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in this abstract beauty.

This oil on canvas has been laid onto board and is housed in a silver frame with red undertones. The painting is in very good vintage condition, and the frame has general scuffs as well as losses at its corners (as shown).

Size: 41 x 45 cm (including frame)

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Hillside Farmstead

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A mid-century modernist landscape captures a tranquil and vast scene, with rolling hills leading to a cluster of farm buildings nestled beneath an expansive sky, executed in oil onto board.

A patchwork of green pastures, earthy fields, and tilled farmland stretches across the composition, punctuated by the warm terracotta and deep blue roofs of the distant barns.

Executed in a bold, simplified style, the artist has reduced forms to broad, geometric planes, lending the piece a harmonious yet abstract quality. The palette is a muted blend of earthy browns, olive greens, browns and blues, with subtle lavender accents in the distant trees.

The brushwork is confident and expressive, applied in broad, decisive strokes that capture the shapes and tonal shifts of the landscape without intricate detailing. This painterly approach lends the work a sense of immediacy and rhythm, evoking the fleeting impressions of a scene observed in shifting light.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary linen-lined frame with a gilded inner edge. There are some water marks visible along the left edge of the painting, as well as marks to the linen border of the frame, both consistent with age. Overall, the piece remains stable and displays beautifully.

Size: 60 x 70.5 cm (including frame)

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Lemons & Avocados

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A quietly sophisticated modernist still life painting that presents a simple yet striking arrangement of avocados and lemons resting upon a softly textured linen surface, executed in oil onto board and dated 1981.

The composition is understated but confident – the deep green of the avocados contrasts beautifully with the bright, citrus yellow of the lemons, creating a gentle rhythm across the surface.

Executed in a loose, painterly style, the brushstrokes are visible and intentional, lending a tactile quality to both fruit and cloth. The background is rendered in muted, layered tones of olive and slate green, applied in broad strokes that dissolve into abstraction, giving the foreground objects greater presence and weight.

The colour palette is restrained yet expressive – earthy avocados anchoring the composition, while the lemons provide a burst of light and warmth, subtly illuminating the off-white linen beneath them. There is a sense of quiet domestic elegance, a celebration of everyday forms through a modernist lens.

This oil on board is elegantly presented in a complementary gilt frame with an inner white border that highlights the composition beautifully. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, while the frame shows some age-related marks.

Size: 44.5 x 65.5 cm (including frame)

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Life by the Water

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A mid-century painting that depicts a quiet coastal village scene, capturing the everyday rhythms of life by the sea, and executed in oil onto canvas.

In the foreground, two adult figures and two children are shown walking towards the water’s edge, their simplified forms reduced to geometric blocks of colour. Between them, a broad expanse of fabric or net stretches out, leading the eye towards the distant horizon. A fishing boat sails calmly in the background, suggesting the livelihood and maritime traditions of the community.

Executed in a restrained mid-century modernist style, the work favours flat planes, abstraction, and strong compositional geometry over fine detail. The figures and houses are stylised, with angular silhouettes and minimal facial or bodily definition.

The palette is soft yet striking, dominated by cool shades of sky-blue, grey, and sea-green, contrasted with earthy tones of terracotta and beige on the rooftops and figures. The balance of muted colours evokes a sense of clarity and calm, reflective of coastal light.

The artist has used broad, textured brushstrokes, layering opaque planes of colour in a way that emphasises surface and form rather than naturalistic depth. Edges are clean yet slightly rough, reinforcing the handmade quality of the work.

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

Size: 59 x 70.5 cm (including frame)

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Memories by the Sea

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A serene figurative composition dated 1973 and painted in oil onto board 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.

Depicted in this oil is a coastal scene with figures resting on a grassy hillside. The brushwork is loose and expressive, giving the piece a dreamlike, almost fleeting quality—as though it depicts a memory or a hazy summer afternoon.

In the foreground, four figures are painted in soft, warm tones of peach, cream, and ochre, their forms blending gently into the lush greens of the grass. Their postures suggest ease and leisure—some reclining, others seated upright—absorbing the warmth of the sun. The figures are not highly detailed but rather suggested through gestural strokes, allowing the viewer to feel their presence without being distracted by specifics.

Behind them, the landscape rolls into dark green hills and trees, leading the eye toward a stretch of calm blue sea and pale sky at the horizon. The colour palette balances cool greens and blues with warm highlights, evoking a harmonious, restful mood.

This oil on board is housed in a gilt and black frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some scuffs and losses.

Size: 38.5 x 44 cm (including frame)

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Pears & Jar

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A charming mid-century still life that captures a tabletop scene with a loosely grouped arrangement of fruit and a central jar, executed in oil onto board.

The composition features a rustic jar surrounded by pears and an apple, all set on a cool blue cloth that adds a rich contrast to the warmer tones of the produce.

Executed in a painterly style, the work embraces expressive, visible brushstrokes and a muted yet earthy palette dominated by yellows, greens, and blues. The artist has used quick, confident strokes and subtle layering to suggest form and light, giving the work a tactile, almost sculptural quality.

With its rich colour palette and energetic brushstrokes, the piece suggests movement and emotion, reminiscent of Paul Cézanne and other Post-Impressionist artists approach to still life, with objects slightly distorted yet carefully arranged to create harmony.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary distressed style white frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has minor scuffing but this is in keeping with its vintage style.

Size: 40 x 47.5 cm (including frame)

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Rural Terrain

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A very textured mid century modernist landscape composition, painted in oil onto board.

This painting is a landscape that captures the essence of a rural scene with an emphasis on earthy tones and expressive brushwork.

The foreground consists of a flat expanse of sandy or golden-yellow terrain, possibly a field or open land. A few trees with slender forms are positioned toward the left side of the composition, bending slightly as if swayed by the wind. In the middle ground, darker green hills stretch across the canvas, adding depth. The background features a bold and expansive sky, rendered in deep, intense blue tones.

The artist employs thick, textured brushstrokes, particularly evident in the sky and foreground. The impasto technique creates a dynamic and tactile quality, emphasizing movement and energy within the scene.

This landscape painting conveys the raw beauty of a natural setting, emphasizing the texture of the land and the vastness of the sky. The expressive use of color and brushwork suggests the artist’s emotional connection to the scene, capturing the interplay of light, movement, and the rugged beauty of the outdoors.

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

Size: 32 x 52 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Green Apples

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A large and expressive mid-century modernist still life painting captures a simple yet effective arrangement of green apples resting on a loosely draped cloth, executed in oil onto board.

The composition exudes a sense of spontaneity, emphasising form and colour over precise realism. The apples are depicted in various shades of green and yellow, with broad, expressive brushstrokes giving them a sense of volume and natural imperfection.

The background features dark muted earthy tones, including deep blues, browns, and hints of red, creating contrast with the vibrancy of the fruit. The cloth, rendered in soft whites and beiges, provides a fluid, organic texture that balances the composition. The artist has used a gestural painting technique, with visible brushstrokes that enhance the dynamic energy of the piece.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame with an inner white border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some paint losses as shown

Size: 49.5 x 85 cm (including frame)

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Sunlit Passageway

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A charming mid-century modernist painting that captures a quiet street scene bathed in soft Mediterranean light, executed in oil onto canvas.

A lone figure, dressed in muted tones and carrying a bundle on her head, walks along an empty terracotta-hued pathway that leads into a cluster of geometric buildings. The architecture – flat-roofed houses, arched entrances, and clean-lined terraces—suggests a southern European or North African village, rendered with a sense of calm order and stillness.

The artist has used a restrained palette of warm browns, sandy beiges, pale blues, and soft whites, punctuated by accents of terracotta red on window shutters and rooftops. Each surface is painted in flat planes of colour, with minimal blending, giving the work a faceted, almost mosaic-like quality. Shadows fall in structured blocks, enhancing the geometry of the scene.

Brushstrokes are confident and deliberate, favouring smooth, even applications of paint that maintain the clarity of form rather than expressive texture. There is a quiet rhythm to the composition – the repeating rooflines, the verticals of the distant buildings, and the solitary figure grounding the scene with a gentle narrative presence. The overall atmosphere is one of stillness, heat, and understated elegance – an ode to everyday life rendered through a modernist lens.

This oil on canvas is beautifully presented in a well-suited linen-lined wooden frame. The painting is in good vintage condition overall, with just a tiny area of paint loss on the right-hand side – on the second building in from the right by the windows. This small detail does not detract from the artwork’s overall charm.

Size: 44 x 52 cm (including frame)

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Sunlit Trail

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An expressive mid-century landscape painting that presents a serene forest scene where a winding path meanders into a shadowy grove of trees, executed in oil onto canvas.

The viewer’s eye is drawn down the textured pathway, flanked by grass patches and surrounded by trees rendered in deep green hues. A subtle interplay of light and shadow suggests a dappled afternoon sun filtering through the foliage.

Executed in a loose, expressive manner, the painting embraces abstraction without losing its representational roots. Gestural, confident brushstrokes dominate the canvas, especially in the foliage and pathway. The texture is richly layered, with heavy dabs of paint that suggest spontaneity and energy, while more subtle blending in some areas provides balance and depth.

This oil on canvas is housed in a very well-suited wood frame with a hessian lined border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has scuffing present.

Size: 42 x 37 cm (including frame)

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The Resting Muse

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A brilliantly executed mid-century modernist figurative painting that presents a stylised nude form rendered in soft, interlocking shapes, executed onto canvas by Swedish painter Bengt Lundin (1924-2005) whose works have been exhibited at the National Museum in Stockholm, as well as Modern Art Museum in Sweden.

The figure reclines in an abstracted interior space, her body defined by bold blocks of colour rather than distinct outlines. The composition is reduced to essential forms, yet the posture conveys a quiet sensuality and repose.

The artist has used a palette of muted browns, taupe, and creams, contrasted with deep blue and olive-green accents that evoke both depth and intimacy. The patterned background, suggestive of foliage or textile design, enhances the rhythmic harmony of the piece.

The brushstrokes are confident and broad, with areas of visible texture and raw canvas left exposed, lending an immediacy and honesty to the work. Each shape feels intentionally placed, balancing figuration and abstraction.

A celebration of form and tone, this painting captures the essence of modernist restraint – expressive, structured, and deeply human.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary slim wood frame. Both painting and frame are in very good vintage condition.

Size: 70.5 x 52 cm (including frame)

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Beneath the Pale Sky

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A brilliantly executed mid-century figurative composition, painted 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 painting captures two elongated female figures standing in stark silhouette, each holding a basket above their heads. Their forms are rendered in an abstracted, minimalist manner, emphasising gesture over detail. The simplified architecture in the background grounds the figures in a flattened, geometric landscape that resembles desert dwellings.

Strongly influenced by modernist abstraction, the work embraces a reduction of form and a keen sense of balance.

The colour palette is restrained, revolving around earthy and warm tones of browns and blush. The subdued colours evoke a sense of nostalgia, while the interplay of tones adds depth to the scene.

The brushstrokes are soft and gentle, contributing to the smoothness of the surface and imbuing a soothing quality throughout the artwork.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary linen lined wood frame with an inner gilt window that suits that painting very well. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some age marks on its linen border.

Size: 50.5 x 58.5 cm (including frame)

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Blue Horizon

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A mid-century painting that presents a serene and minimalist abstraction of a coastal landscape, executed in oil onto board.

The composition is reduced to bold horizontal bands and planes of colour, evoking sea, sky, and shoreline through pure geometry.

The subject matter is suggested rather than depicted – soft gradations of blue recall the horizon line where sea meets sky, while the darker horizontal strip hints at a distant shoreline, and the pale lower section conveys the sandy openness of the beach.

The style is distinctly modernist, with a restrained geometric abstraction typical of mid-century sensibilities. The artist emphasises simplicity, balance, and a meditative stillness, favouring form and colour over literal detail.

The colours are cool and calming: pale sky blue and soft powder blue are contrasted with earthy browns, muted creams, and gentle yellows. These tones create both harmony and subtle tension across the composition.

The brushstrokes are controlled and smooth, with areas of solid flat colour applied in broad planes, giving the painting a crisp, clean quality. The artist’s hand is deliberately understated, prioritising structure and tonal contrasts over texture.

This oil on board is housed in a complementary and well made wood frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some very minor scuffing, commensurate with age.

Size: 36 x 53 cm (including frame)

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Cottages by the Lake

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A restful mid-century painting that captures a tranquil lakeside scene, where a cluster of cottages sits nestled against rolling hills. executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition is pared down to essential forms- angular rooftops, sloping fields, and a shimmering lake stretching into the distance. The artist has used a modernist sensibility, reducing natural detail into broad, expressive planes of colour that suggest rather than describe.

The palette is restrained and atmospheric, dominated by muted greens, soft browns, earthy browns, and cool greys, with touches of white and deep blue that lend balance and depth. The sky and water are rendered in layered tonal shifts, evoking the calm, expansive quality of the landscape.

Brushstrokes are broad, confident, and gestural, with visible texture that animates the surface and emphasises structure over fine detail. The rhythmic application of paint creates a sense of harmony between the natural and built forms, giving the work its distinctly modern mid-century character.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary silver painted wood frame with an inner linen border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some marks present.

Size: 39 x 76.5 cm (including frame)

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Drift and Thought

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A mid-century modernist painting that presents a tranquil seaside scene, executed in oil onto board.

The painting features two abstracted figures seated near a boat. The figure on the left, clad in a striking yellow coat, appears to be engaged in quiet reflection, while the darker-clothed figure in the foreground seems to be writing or sketching. A boat, rendered in bold strokes of blue and red, rests on the shore, adding a strong geometric contrast to the muted landscape.

Executed in a modernist style, the artist has skilfully simplified the forms into blocks of contrasting shades, and has used a restrained yet effective palette.

The vibrant yellow of the coat and the red of the boat capture our attention, as they stand out among the overall subdued shades that imbue the work with a soothing quality.

The brushstrokes are thick and expressive, applied with a sense of immediacy and texture that enhances the painting’s tactile quality.

The composition is carefully balanced, with the diagonal placement of the boat and figures guiding the viewer’s eye across the painting, creating a sense of depth.

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

Size: 35 x 44 cm (including frame)

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Forest Pathway

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A mid-century landscape painting that presents a serene woodland scene, where a narrow path leads the viewer deeper into a forest of tall, slender trees, executed in oil onto board and dated 1944.

The verticality of the tree trunks dominates the composition, drawing the eye upward while also suggesting stillness and permanence. The perspective of the pathway, receding into the distance, adds a sense of depth and quiet invitation.

Executed in a semi-abstract, modernist style, the work features bold, block-like brushstrokes that break the forest into planes of colour. The palette is earthy and natural, with muted greens, ochres, browns, and russets interwoven with touches of blue-grey sky peeking through the canopy. The interplay of angular strokes and softened edges creates a rhythmic harmony, typical of mid-century interpretations of nature.

The brushwork is deliberate yet painterly – broad, layered strokes overlap to form textures of bark, foliage, and dappled light, giving the scene both structure and atmosphere. There is a lyrical quality in the way light and shadow fall across the pathway, suggesting both movement and calm reflection.

This oil on board is presented in a complementary wood frame with a natural woodgrain texture as well as an inner cream border. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 70 x 49.5 cm (including frame)

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