Gustav Vermehren, Rural Landscape with Man Sawing Wood - Antique Oil Painting

1900 - 1920

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

This charming rural scene by Danish artist, Gustav Vermehren (1863-1931), depicts an older gentleman sawing wood by a rustic cottage. Splendid summer light bathes the flora, bringing life and vibrancy. While a gentle breeze rustles atop a wheatfield.

Vermehren’s works often celebrate the less-conspicuous moments of rural life and this is a good example. He favoured reason over experimentation - traditionalism over modernism. With exquisitely controlled brushwork, he elevated the ordinary with his own sense of poetry.

The painting is signed in the lower left and framed.

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Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 19½” x 16” / 50cm x 41cm

Year of creation: c. 1925

Condition: Overall very presentable. Frame with some age-related wear.

Artist’s auction highlight: £10,900 achieved for an oil painting in 1990.

Physical Dimensions

Height

41cm (16.14")

Width

50cm (19.69")

Depth

4cm (1.57")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA884732

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Vermehren’s works often celebrate the less-conspicuous moments of rural life and this is a good example.

Brave Fine Art

He favoured reason over experimentation - traditionalism over modernism. With exquisitely controlled brushwork, he elevated the ordinary with his own sense of poetry.