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)

A serene 20th century modernist style landscape painting, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1975.

The composition looks across broad stretches of cultivated farmland towards a small grouping of white farm buildings in the middle distance. Their crisp, pale facades stand out beautifully against the dense mass of dark green trees behind, while the open fields sweep diagonally through the foreground, creating a wonderful sense of depth and leading the eye towards the distant horizon.

Stylistically, the painting has a distinctly modernist, expressionistic character, with the landscape simplified into broad, flattened areas of colour rather than rendered in precise detail. The artist reduces the trees, fields and buildings to confident, almost geometric forms, giving the scene a strong graphic quality while retaining the peaceful atmosphere of the countryside.

The palette is wonderfully restrained and harmonious, dominated by sage, olive, lime and deep forest greens, offset by creamy whites, charcoal accents and a softly muted, pale grey-blue sky. The darker trees provide a dramatic visual anchor, while the brighter greens of the fields lend freshness and light to the composition.

Brushwork is loose, broad and expressive, particularly across the foreground where sweeping strokes loosely describe the contours and divisions of the fields. The trees are built from weighty blocks of pigment, while the architecture is more crisply defined, creating an appealing contrast between the organic landscape and angular forms of the buildings.

This oil on canvas is presented in a beautiful linen-lined frame with an inner and outer gilt border.  Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition. 

Size: 50 x 58 cm (including frame)

An evocative mid-century modernist figurative landscape 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 depicts a small gathering of figures beneath a rhythmic line of trees. The composition is anchored by a female figure in the foreground, dressed in vivid red clothing, while several more loosely defined figures recede into the distance. A brilliant white sun hangs in the expansive blue sky, lending the scene a dreamlike, almost timeless quality.

The painting has a distinctly modernist quality, with simplified forms, flattened perspective and an emphasis on shape and colour rather than naturalistic detail. The tall, umbrella-like trees create a strong structural rhythm across the canvas, while the widely spaced figures give the composition an appealing sense of stillness and gentle mystery.

The palette is particularly lovely, dominated by powdery sky blue, soft grey, muted mauve and dusty brown, punctuated by small areas of stronger colour. The foreground figure’s red clothing provides a warm focal point, complemented by touches of turquoise, deep blue and yellow among the distant figures. The near-white disc of the sun adds a graphic, almost surreal note against the uninterrupted blue.

Brushwork is soft and restrained. The sky and ground are rendered in thin, gently blended passages, while the tree canopies are built from layered, stippled strokes of mauve, grey and brown. Figures and trunks are treated more simply, with broad blocks of colour and minimal modelling, reinforcing the painting’s charming modernist character.

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