Still Life – Page 5 – The Discerning Palette

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Bottle & Pear by the Window

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A brilliantly executed still life of a bottle and pear by a window, executed in oil onto board.

At the centre of the composition stand two familiar forms: a tall, dark bottle and a luminous green pear. Their contrasting shapes and colours create a simple yet compelling dialogue. The bottle rises vertically with a restrained, almost architectural presence, while the pear introduces softness, warmth, and organic vitality.

What truly animates the painting is the treatment of light. Sunlight streams through an unseen window, casting strong diagonal bands across the wall and tabletop. These geometric shafts of light create a dramatic framework around the objects, while long shadows stretch across the surface, giving the scene a sense of depth and permanence. The reflected window panes visible on the bottle’s glossy surface add a subtle note of realism and observation.

This oil on board is presented in a wood frame painted black with inner gilt detail. Both painting and frame are in excellent condition.

Size: 47 x 37 cm (including frame)

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Constructed Still Life

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A striking mid-century still life rendered through bold geometry and a masterful play of colour planes, executed in oil onto canvas.

On a faceted tabletop sit a tall red jug, a teal bottle, and two fruits: one rosy red, the other golden yellow – arranged in balanced asymmetry. The artist has abstracted the everyday into angular forms, each shape carved by light and shadow into sculptural precision.

Executed in a Cubist-inspired style, the composition uses intersecting planes and overlapping hues to suggest depth and rhythm. Deep blues and purples form the backdrop, while cool aquas, brick reds, and lemon yellows provide sharp, luminous contrast. The brushwork is confident and flat, with clean edges and opaque layers that emphasise structure over texture, giving the work a strong architectural presence.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary wood frame with a linen-lined inner border. The painting itself is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some marks, but this does not detract from its overall presentation.

Size: 63 x 49 cm (including frame)

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Pears & Pitcher

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A vibrant contemporary still life that presents a simple arrangement of everyday objects: a dark earthenware pitcher, green pears and apples all set upon a loosely draped cloth, executed in oil onto board.

The composition balances solidity and spontaneity, transforming familiar domestic forms into a study of shape and colour. The objects are distilled to their essential silhouettes, creating a quiet yet engaging dialogue between positive and negative space.

Executed in a boldly expressive style, the painting draws upon modernist and post-impressionist influences. Rather than striving for realism, the artist emphasises form, colour relationships, and painterly energy. The pitcher anchors the composition with its strong, sculptural presence, while the pears introduce vibrant accents that enliven the foreground.

The palette is fresh and harmonious, combining deep chocolate browns, cool turquoise blues, soft creams, and greens punctuated by touches of red. These contrasts create a sense of visual rhythm and lend the work a lively, contemporary character. The interplay between warm and cool tones enhances both depth and atmosphere.

Brushwork is confident and direct, with broad, gestural strokes applied in a manner that remains visible across the surface. Areas of layered paint sit alongside thinner passages, allowing the artist’s hand to remain present throughout the composition. This energetic handling gives the painting a sense of immediacy and charm, capturing not only the objects themselves but also the fleeting quality of light and observation.

This oil on board is presented in a complementary wood frame with visible wood grain. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has minor scuffs.

Size: 50.5 x 41 cm (including frame)

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Spatial Dialogue

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A captivating mid-century still life that reduces everyday objects to a carefully balanced arrangement of geometric forms and tonal relationships, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1958.

A simple tabletop supports a solitary bottle and a small circular object, while dark vertical planes and architectural shapes rise behind them, creating a composition that feels both intimate and monumental. The scene hovers between representation and abstraction, inviting the viewer to focus on structure, rhythm, and atmosphere rather than narrative detail.

Executed in a distinctly modernist style, the painting reflects the influence of abstraction. Forms are flattened and distilled into bold blocks of colour, while strong verticals and angular planes create a sense of spatial tension. The composition is thoughtfully constructed, with the bottle acting as a quiet focal point amidst a series of intersecting shapes and muted surfaces.

The palette is restrained and sophisticated, dominated by soft greys, charcoal blacks, warm orange, and earthy browns, punctuated by subtle touches of rust red and pale blue. These understated colours lend the work a contemplative, atmospheric quality while enhancing its architectural character.

Brushwork is expressive yet controlled, with broad, confident applications of paint and visible palette-knife-like passages. Areas of scraped and exposed underpainting create texture and depth, while rough-edged forms and layered surfaces contribute to the painting’s tactile, lived-in presence.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary slim wood frame. The painting itself is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame displays some marks and scuffs consistent with age.

Size: 75.5 x 53.5 cm (including frame)

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Buckets & Hooks

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An expressive and richly textured mid-century still life that captures the quiet composure of everyday objects, executed in oil onto board.

At the heart of the composition is a weathered metal bucket, its rough, encrusted surface rendered with thick impasto and moody tones of charcoal, slate blue, and rust. A ladle leans from within, its handle jutting diagonally, adding a sense of tension and movement. The backdrop features a muted yellow and pale green wall, juxtaposed with a roughly painted white panel adorned with loosely defined horseshoes or hooks.

The painting focuses on bold, tactile brushstrokes and the expressive potential of everyday objects. The artist uses a restrained palette – with dynamic textural application, evoking a sense of age, labour, and quiet domestic resilience.

This oil on board is housed in a stunning dark wood frame with visible grain. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 48 x 38 cm (including frame)

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Lily of the Valley with Pears

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A charming and characterful mid-century interior still life composition executed in tempera on board, by the established Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984), whose artworks have been represented in several public and museum collections across Sweden.

This beautifully composed painting centres around a striking turquoise vase filled with lily-of-the-valley, their delicate white bells rising in elegant contrast against a backdrop of bold modernist colour blocks. Arranged on a vivid red tabletop, four stylised green pears add balance and rhythm.

The interior behind the arrangement is rendered through geometric planes of earthy brown, charcoal, plum, and cerulean blue, evoking walls, textiles, and an arched doorway while maintaining a flattened, abstract sensibility.

Executed in tempera, the work exhibits smooth, matte surfaces with crisp, clean edges. The artist embraces a distinctly modernist, slightly naïve style: simplifying forms, minimising perspective, and emphasising bold, graphic colour fields. The brushwork is controlled and even, lending a refined clarity to each element within the composition.

This tempera on board is presented in an ornate, richly detailed gilt frame that elevates the work with a sense of classical elegance. The artwork is further enhanced by a deep burgundy velvet mount, which provides a luxurious contrast and subtly intensifies the colours within the painting. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has tiny areas of wear the corners, consistent with age.

Size: 40 x 45 cm (including frame)

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Cubist Table Arrangement

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A calm and intriguing mid-century modernist still life painting that presents a carefully balanced arrangement of everyday forms – a loaf of bread, a ceramic vessel, a handled bowl of green fruit, and a series of stacked geometric planes, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1957.

The composition is constructed through overlapping blocks and angular shapes, creating an architectural sense of structure while still retaining the warmth and familiarity of a domestic tabletop scene.

Executed in a distinctly modernist style with Cubist influences, the work simplifies objects into flattened forms and intersecting planes, allowing colour and composition to take precedence over realism. The arrangement feels both orderly and dynamic, with strong verticals contrasting against the softer curves of the fruit bowl and pink vessel.

The palette is restrained and harmonious, featuring warm creams, dusty pinks, olive greens, muted browns, and soft greys. These earthy tones give the painting a calm, contemplative atmosphere while the brighter green fruit introduces a gentle focal point within the composition.

Brushwork is soft yet deliberate, with layered painterly surfaces and subtle tonal blending throughout the background. The geometric objects are rendered with firmer edges and controlled application of paint, while lighter, feathered strokes in the surrounding space lend the work an airy softness and understated depth.

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

Size: 48 x 40 cm (including frame)

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Patterned Vase

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A playful modernist interior composition, painted in oil onto canvas, and dated 2012.

Featuring a striking and eye-catching colour palette, the artist has worked in a Naïve style, reminiscent of Modern British artists like Alfred Wallis. There is something very endearing about this painting, from its patterning and arrangement to its playfulness with scale. A patterned vase is at the forefront of this picture, and its patterns and colours echo the patterns and colours of the wall in the background. A voile curtain can be seen blowing inward, capturing the windyness of the seaside, the view of which is visible through the window. We can see a little red and white sailing boat passing by. There is a sense of nostalgia and homeliness in the picture – that lovely feeling of living right by the sea.

The painting is on stretched canvas with edges painted, and can be hung as is without the need for a frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 50.5 x 39.5 cm (including frame)

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Patterns of a Summer Afternoon

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A lively and playful abstracted mid-century still life that transforms everyday objects into rhythmic shapes and patterns, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1951.

At the heart of the composition appears a wide-brimmed box beside a compact dish, set against a fragmented tabletop filled with textiles and geometric designs. The artist plays with perspective, flattening and tilting planes to create a patchwork of dynamic, interlocking forms that pulse with colour and texture.

The painting exemplifies the modernist fascination with form and balance: where representation gives way to feeling. Its visual language recalls both cubist structure and the spontaneity of mid-century Scandinavian abstraction, with domestic motifs rendered through bold simplification.

A harmonious palette of yellows, teal, olive green, dusty pink, and cream is punctuated by rhythmic strokes of red and blue. The brushwork is confident yet playful: thick, directional strokes build texture and depth, while smoother planes of pastel create moments of calm. The artist’s handling of paint is distinctly expressive, leaving visible brush trails that add vibrancy and movement across the canvas.

This oil on canvas is presented in a complementary slim wood. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has light scuffing to the lower half but is otherwise in good condition.

Size: 69 x 56.5 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Blue Cup

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A soothing mid-century still life that presents a calm tabletop arrangement of everyday objects, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition depicts two ceramic jugs, a small blue cup, and a pair of apples – set against a simplified interior backdrop. The composition feels intimate and considered, with each form carefully spaced to create balance and quiet rhythm across the horizontal canvas.

Painted in a distinctly modernist style, the artist has reduced the objects to solid, gently rounded forms, emphasising structure over detail. Perspective is subtly flattened, allowing the shapes to sit confidently within the picture plane rather than receding deeply into space.

The colour palette is restrained yet expressive: cool blues and soft greys dominate the vessels and background, contrasted by the warm yellow-green and blush tones of the apples. A muted green tabletop anchors the composition, while deeper blue shadows add depth and visual weight without disturbing the overall calm.

Brushstrokes are visible and softly textured, lending the surface a tactile, painterly quality. Edges are slightly softened rather than sharply defined, giving the scene a relaxed, contemplative mood. Together, the colours and brushwork evoke a sense of domestic stillness.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary wood frame with an inner linen and gilt border. The painting itself is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some small water marks to its innermost parts, consistent with its vintage character.

Size: 44.5 x 74 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Kettle

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A elegant mid-century still life that captures a quiet, contemplative moment on a tabletop, executed in oil onto canvas.

At its center is a dark olive-green kettle rendered with simplified, almost sculptural clarity, placed beside a softly outlined white ceramic vessel that recedes into a muted grey backdrop. In the foreground, a minimalist black stove ring adds a utilitarian contrast to the domestic serenity of the scene.

The composition is stark yet harmonious, employing a restrained palette of white, grey, olive, and muted browns. Shadows are deliberately soft, lending a hazy atmosphere to the work. The artist has used flat, confident brushstrokes with little visible texture, reflecting the mid-century tendency toward formal simplicity and abstraction of form.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary champagne coloured frame. The painting is in very good vintage condition, and the frame shows a small amount of wear and tear to its corners.

Size: 67 x 57 cm (including frame)

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Citrus Arrangement

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A vibrant and lively mid-century still life that balances structure with spontaneity, executed in oil onto canvas.

The composition gathers a cluster of oranges or orange flowers in a glass, a sculptural pedestal bowl filled with citrus, and scattered fruit arranged across a vivid, almost stage-like tabletop. The setting feels both intimate and constructed -blocks of deep teal, cobalt, and forest green rise behind the objects, suggesting an interior space distilled into geometric planes.

The style leans toward modernist abstraction, where forms are simplified yet expressive. Outlines are confidently drawn, giving each object a bold presence, while perspective is intentionally flattened, allowing shapes and colours to interact more as a composition than a literal scene.

Colour is central and striking: zesty oranges glow warmly against cool blues and greens, creating a vibrant push-and-pull across the canvas. Acidic lime tones and yellow highlights punctuate the foreground, adding freshness and rhythm. The palette feels both harmonious and energetic, with strong contrasts that keep the eye moving.

Brushwork is loose yet deliberate, with visible, chalky strokes that lend texture and immediacy. Edges soften and dissolve in places, while elsewhere they are reinforced with darker contours, giving the piece a dynamic, almost sketch-like vitality. The overall effect is one of cheerful sophistication:a still life that feels animated, modern, and quietly bold.

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

Size: 49 x 69.5 cm (including frame)

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Surrealist Still Life

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A brilliantly executed and characterful surrealist still life composition, executed in tempera on board, by the established Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984), whose artworks have been represented in several public and museum collections across Sweden.

The main focus is a still life arrangement, where the objects are flatly rendered, with strong outlines and solid colours, giving them a stylized, almost graphic appearance. The still life is set against a dramatic landscape featuring dark, jagged rock formations and a glowing yellow-orange sky. The horizon line is low, creating a sense of vastness and emphasizing the glowing sunset or sunrise. Two distant rocky outcrops are visible on the horizon, adding depth and a touch of realism.

This painting is a striking combination of still life and landscape, juxtaposing the intimate simplicity of fruit and household objects with the grandeur and drama of a glowing, otherworldly landscape. The bold use of colour and form creates a stylized and dynamic composition, blending realism with abstraction. It evokes a sense of harmony between the everyday and the sublime.

This tempera on board is housed in a complementary gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has very minor scuffs, but is in good condition overall.

Size: 29.5 x 34 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with Blue Chair

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A striking still life composition that centres on a blue wooden chair rendered with bold clarity, its angular structure anchoring the scene, and executed in oil onto board and dated 1978.

Resting on the seat are three rounded green fruits, their placement both casual and deliberate. Behind, a partially opened window shutter introduces a sense of space and atmosphere, suggesting filtered daylight entering an otherwise enclosed interior.

Executed in a modernist style, the painting embraces simplified forms and strong outlines. Perspective is intentionally flattened, lending the composition a decorative, almost architectural quality. The artist prioritises balance and rhythm over realism, allowing shapes and colour blocks to guide the eye.

The colour palette is vibrant yet harmonious: dominated by saturated blues that define the chair and surrounding space, contrasted with lively greens and yellow undertones in the fruit and background. Accents of warm terracotta and muted mauve in the floor add depth and visual grounding.

Brushstrokes are confident and expressive, with visible texture throughout. Areas of layered paint and subtle tonal variation give the surface a tactile quality, while darker outlines enhance definition and structure. The result is a composition that feels both playful and composed, capturing a quiet, contemplative interior moment.

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

Size: 82 x 53 cm (including frame)

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Fruits in Firelight

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A vivid and vibrant semi-abstract still life composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1968.

This vibrant still life painting bursts with energy, colour, and texture. Executed in thick, expressive strokes of oil paint, it depicts a lively arrangement of fruit—a watermelon, pears, and an apple—set around a bold white jug or vessel.

The palette is dominated by fiery oranges and reds, offset by cool greens, blues, and earthy neutrals, creating a striking visual rhythm. The artist uses impasto technique, layering paint thickly so that the surface itself becomes dynamic and tactile, almost sculptural.

Forms are loosely defined and semi-abstract, with bold black outlines and simplified shapes that emphasise movement over realism. The objects tilt and overlap in a way that feels playful and spontaneous, reflecting the modernist influence of mid-20th-century European still life painting.

The overall effect is joyful, bold, and full of life—a painting that doesn’t just capture objects but transforms them into a celebration of colour and form. Its golden frame heightens the sense of richness and drama, making it a striking statement piece for any interior.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary gilt frame. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffing.

Size: 52 x 64 cm (including frame)

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Green Pears on Table

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A charming and characterful still life composition executed in tempera on board in 1979, by the established Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984), whose artworks have been represented in several public and museum collections across Sweden.

The painting presents a neat arrangement of five bright green pears – four whole and one sliced open to reveal its pale, almost translucent interior. The fruits are evenly spaced across a deep brown tabletop, their rounded forms casting bold, graphic shadows that anchor them to the surface. Scattered leaves add a touch of organic movement, their linear veins painted in stylised strokes.

The palette is wonderfully restrained yet vivid: fresh greens for the pears, muted earthy browns in the background, and stark black accents used for shadow and seed detail. The brushwork is clean and deliberate, with flat planes of colour and minimal blending, giving the piece a graphic, almost poster-like quality. Each pear is painted with a confident simplicity, allowing form and silhouette to take precedence over realism.

This still life celebrates simplicity and bold shape, making it a striking decorative piece with strong visual character.

This painting on board is presented in a complementary gilt frame with an inner cream border. The painting is in excellent vintage condition. The frame has some marks and paint loss as shown.

Size: 19 x 24 cm (including frame)

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Painterly Harvest

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A vibrant and painterly mid-century abstract still life painting, executed in oil onto canvas.

This composition captures a cluster of fruit, most prominently a glowing red apple and luminous yellow pears, arranged against a softly abstracted ground. The forms are simplified and gently rounded, their silhouettes emerging from a haze of colour rather than precise line, giving the work a poised yet spontaneous quality.

Executed in a modernist idiom, the painting balances figuration with abstraction. The fruit appears anchored by a dark, gestural base suggesting a tabletop, while the surrounding space dissolves into broad planes of muted grey, sage, and cream. A bold field of muted crimson in the upper right adds structure and counterpoint, framing the brighter central forms.

The palette is both earthy and expressive: warm reds, golden yellows, and fresh green are set against cool blue accents and smoky neutrals. This interplay creates depth without relying on strict perspective.

Brushstrokes are confident and painterly: at times thick and textured, at others scraped back or thinned to reveal underlying layers. Areas of visible underpainting and energetic, gestural marks lend movement and vitality, embodying the mid-century fascination with colour, balance, and expressive surface.

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

Size: 35.5 x 65 cm (including frame)

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Plant Pot & Apples

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A brilliant mid-century modernist style still life composition that focuses on the simplicity of everyday objects, executed in oil onto board.

The painting features a potted plant and two green apples placed on a flat surface by a window. The arrangement is simple and balanced, with the plant situated to the left and the apples placed together on the right, allowing each element space to stand out while maintaining a sense of harmony.

The colour palette is dominated by cool greens and blues, creating a serene atmosphere. The brushstrokes are expressive and have been confidently executed, imbuing the painting with an uplifting feel.

This oil on board is housed in a very well-suited wood frame with an inner blue border that pairs wonderfully with the painting. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 49.5 x 36.5 cm (including frame)

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Blue Bowl & Pears

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A small but very striking still life composition, executed in tempera on board and dated 1978, by the established Swedish artist Eric Cederberg (1897-1984), whose artworks have been represented in several public and museum collections across Sweden.

Small yet impactful in its composition, the painting presents a carefully balanced arrangement of fruit upon a wooden surface. At the centre sits a vivid cobalt-blue bowl, cradling a bright yellow lemon and a tightly clustered bunch of deep purple grapes, accented with a bold green leaf. Surrounding the bowl are five pears in varying tones of green and brown, their organic forms adding rhythm and balance to the composition.

The artist has used a simplified, almost sculptural style, emphasising solid blocks of colour and clear outlines over intricate detail. The palette is bold and saturated, contrasting jewel-like purples and blues against earthy browns and greens, with the lemon’s intense yellow providing a sharp highlight. The brushwork is confident yet controlled, with smooth, flat applications of paint that create a sense of weight and presence.

The background is rendered in horizontal bands of brown, giving a structured backdrop that contrasts with the roundness of the fruit.

This tempera on board is presented in a well suited frame with an inner and outer gilt window. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 26 x 31 cm (including frame)

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Branches in a Blue Vase

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A striking and expressive mid-century still life, executed in oil onto board by the established Swedish artist Gunnar Johnsson (1917–2007), whose artworks have represented in public collections including the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and the Skåne Art Association.

The painting depicts a cluster of slender and elegant branches with fresh green leaves arranged in a patterned blue vase, placed against a softly muted background. The composition is both simple and dynamic: balanced by a small yellow form in the lower right, perhaps a lemon, which introduces a bold contrast of colour and geometry.

Rendered in thick, confident brushstrokes, the artist’s impasto technique gives the surface a rich texture, while the interplay between earthy browns, cool blues, and mossy greens evokes an organic harmony. The background, layered in sage, light yellow and beige tones, creates a sense of depth without overt detail, allowing the arrangement to stand as a sculptural focal point.

The overall style reflects the sensibilities of mid-century modernism: abstracted yet rooted in observation – where everyday objects are distilled to their essence through shape, tone, and texture.

This oil on board is presented in a complementary gilt frame with red undertones and an inner cream border. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 73 x 42 cm (including frame)

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Chair in Sunlight

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An intimate mid-century still life centres on a simple wooden chair, positioned in a dim interior and illuminated by a striking shaft of light, executed in oil onto canvas.

Two small fruits rest gently on the seat, introducing a subtle human touch without the presence of a figure. The composition is sparse yet deliberate, with the chair’s linear structure and the vertical band of light creating a quiet tension between solidity and atmosphere. The surrounding darkness enhances the sense of stillness, evoking a contemplative, almost meditative mood.

The style leans toward a pared-back realism infused with modernist restraint. Forms are simplified, and the geometry of the chair is emphasised through clean lines and carefully observed perspective. There’s a strong interplay between light and shadow, reminiscent of chiaroscuro, yet softened through a muted, mid-century sensibility. The artist has focused less on detail and more on mood, allowing light itself to become the central subject.

The palette is warm and earthy – deep browns and burnt sienna dominate the scene, contrasted by the pale, almost creamy tones of the illuminated chair. The fruits introduce gentle accents of yellow, subtly catching the light and drawing the eye. The brushwork is smooth and controlled, with fine, even layering that allows the canvas texture to quietly show through. Edges are softened rather than sharply defined, lending the painting a hushed, atmospheric quality that feels both timeless and introspective.

This oil on canvas is housed in a wood frame that complements the subdued palette of the work beautifully. Both the painting and frame are in excellent vintage condition.

Size: 48.5 x 40.5 cm (including frame)

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Geometric Harvest

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A striking modernist still life that presents a vibrant arrangement of fruit abstracted into a dynamic composition of intersecting planes and softened geometry, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1950.

The familiar forms of citrus and rounded vessels are deconstructed and reassembled into a rhythmic interplay of curves, arcs, and angular shapes, inviting the viewer to experience the still life as both object and structure. Rather than depicting fruit in literal terms, the artist captures its essence through balance, weight, and spatial tension.

Executed in a refined modernist style, the composition reflects the influence of Cubism and post-war abstraction, where form and colour take precedence over realism. Overlapping shapes create depth while maintaining a flattened picture plane, lending the work a quiet architectural quality. The arrangement rests within a harmonious equilibrium, suggesting careful deliberation and confident restraint.

The palette is both playful and sophisticated, featuring soft pastel tones of peach, lemon yellow, sage green, muted lilac, and warm coral, contrasted with grounding passages of charcoal, slate grey, and black. These colours are thoughtfully distributed across the surface, allowing light tones to advance and darker forms to anchor the composition.

Brushwork is smooth and controlled, with areas of matte, even application that emphasise the clarity of form. Subtle variations in opacity and tone reveal the artist’s hand, while clean edges between colour fields enhance the geometric precision. The surface possesses a quiet tactility, reinforcing the contemplative nature of the work.

Overall, this painting exemplifies the mid-century modernist pursuit of harmony between abstraction and representation, transforming an everyday still life into a refined study of form, colour, and compositional balance.

This oil on canvas is housed in a unique and well-suited wood frame featuring a wide, softly textured border in a warm tone. The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some age-appropriate marks which do not detract from its overall presentation.

Size: 35 x 72.5 cm (including frame)

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Lemons

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A contemporary oil painting on a round canvas board featuring three yellow lemons clustered together with green leaves. The lemons are painted in a loose, impressionistic style with soft brushstrokes and subtle shading, giving them a vibrant and slightly textured appearance. The background is a light, neutral tone that contrasts nicely with the rich yellow of the lemons and the deep green of the leaves, making the fruit the focal point. The canvas board itself is circular, adding a unique and modern touch to the otherwise classic still-life composition.

This painting is unframed but can be hung as is. It is in excellent condition.

Size: 20 x 20 cm (including frame)

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Still Life with 4 Pears

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A contemporary semi-abstract still life composition, painted in acrylic onto canvas.

This painting is a stylized still life with bold, simplified shapes and vibrant contrasting colours. We see a white pedestal bowl filled with three green pears with visible stems. To its left sits a white plate with a single pear, and to its right a white pitcher with a long, green stem holding a single white flower, leaning slightly to the right.

In the background, a deep red wall centres as the backdrop, balanced by a blue rectangular window with light blue shutters on the right. A partial white chair is visible on the left.

The style is modern and minimalist, with an emphasis on geometric forms and a flat, decorative composition.

The painting is on stretched canvas with white painted edges, and is strung and ready to hang. It is in excellent condition.

Size: 40 x 40 cm

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Yellow Flowers

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A mid century modernist floral composition, painted in oil onto board.

This painting depicts a vibrant and expressive still life of yellow flowers in a green vase. The style appears loose and impressionistic, with bold, confident brushstrokes and a rich color palette. The background is abstract, filled with green, pink, and darker hues that contrast beautifully with the bright yellow flowers and the blue-green vase.

The composition is framed with a wide profile wood frame that complements the earthy tones in the artwork, giving it a rustic and natural feel. It exudes an energetic and lively atmosphere, typical of modern or expressionistic art.

The painting is in excellent vintage condition, and the frame has some scuffs.

Size: 60.5 x 45 cm (including frame)

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Limited Cups

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A 2025 contemporary acrylic painting by British artist Annemarie Derrick that presents four stylised cups rendered with playful simplicity in the naïve style.

Positioned against a pale white background, the cups are each depicted with distinctive patterns and shapes, and are outlined with fine, deliberate lines, emphasising their graphic qualities. Subtle motifs – a scalloped edge, vertical striations, circular accents, and a bold sunburst – lend individuality and rhythm to the composition.

Executed in a restrained palette of muted greys, whites, and soft earthy outlines, the work embraces simplicity while highlighting form and design. The brushstrokes are confident yet textured, leaving slight variations on the surface that lend a tactile quality. The artist’s approach is both modern and whimsical, distilling everyday objects into symbols of quiet domesticity and charm.

This acrylic painting is mounted a white wooden floating frame. Both painting and frame are in excellent condition.

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Size: 23.5 x 23.5 cm (including frame)

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Sunlit Still Life

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A cosy and intimate mid-century still life composition that captures a warmly lit interior scene, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1976.

The painting depicts a cozy dining nook, featuring a wooden table draped with a white cloth, a glass vase holding a delicate arrangement of branches with orange fruits, and a softly glowing pendant lamp hanging from the ceiling. A large window in the background, framed by translucent curtains, allows glimpses of lush greenery outside.

The colour palette features mix of warm browns and blues, complemented by the vibrant orange and rich green of the plant, which serves as a focal point.

The artist has used a combination of structured, deliberate strokes and softer, blended applications, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.

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

Size: 63 x 54 cm (including frame)

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Objects by the Window

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A striking and energetic mid-century expressionist style interior still life painting, executed in oil onto canvas.

A vibrant potted plant with red flowers as well as a lamp punctuates the center of the composition. These objects are placed on a table by a window that offers glimpses of muted exterior tones.

The piece is executed in an expressionist style – characterised by its bold, expressive brushstrokes and flattened perspective. The artist has used short, rhythmic strokes to define shapes and form, imbuing the work with dynamic energy.

The colour palette features a mix of muted warm tones including orange and pink. These shades add warmth and are complemented with earthy muted greens and browns. Overall the colours enhance the homely and inviting feel of the composition.

This oil on canvas is housed in a complementary frame with multiple profiles. The painting has some scattered craquelure present but paint layer is stable overall. The frame has some scuffing and wear but is in good condition overall.

Size: 67 x 59 cm (including frame)

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Pear & Pitcher

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An elegant mid-century still life composition that presents a pared-back arrangement of a single green pear alongside a white pitcher, executed in oil onto canvas.

The painting is striking in its simplicity, emphasising the quiet relationship between form, line, and negative space.

Painted in a restrained modernist style, the artist has used clean, confident brushstrokes and a limited palette of muted greys, soft blues, and creamy whites, punctuated by the fresh, vivid green of the pear. The play of shadow and light across the tabletop introduces subtle tonal variations, while the black accents on the pitcher handle and base lend contrast and visual rhythm.

The brushwork is deliberate yet unfussy – broad, smooth strokes for background and surface planes, and more defined, darker lines for the outlines and details. The result is a composition that feels at once minimal and contemplative.

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

Size:39.5 x 47.5 cm (including frame)

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Green Apples & Golden Pears

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An mid-century modernist still life captures a crisp arrangement of three green apples and two golden pears set against a cool-toned tabletop, executed oil oil onto board and dated 1957.

The fruits are rendered with bold, simplified forms and flat planes of colour, each outlined with confident, dark contours that lend a graphic quality to the composition. The artist plays with angular shadows in deep violet and blue, creating a striking contrast against the pale lavender and white ground, while a touch of light blue along the left edge suggests a shift in surface or perspective.

The palette is vivid and complementary: fresh, luscious greens for the apples, golden browns for the pears, and a cool spectrum of purples and blues in the shadows and background. Broad, visible brushstrokes add texture and vitality, with areas of paint applied in solid, unblended blocks to enhance the modernist aesthetic.

This oil on board is housed in a classic wooden frame with a thin gilt inner edge and set within a wide, grey-coloured mount. The painting shows some very light craquelure to the bottom right, though the paint layer remains stable overall. There is a red mark visible on the left side of the inner frame as shown.

Size: 35.5 x 40 cm (including frame)

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