Johan Johansson, Nocturne with Distant Lighthouse - Vintage Oil Painting

1940 - 1960

Sold by Brave Fine Art

Description

This mid-20th-century Swedish oil painting depicts a tranquil view across shimmering water towards a lighthouse and distant coastline. It’s possibly a vista within the Swedish archipelago.

Amid gentle blue impressionistic marks, a silvery channel of moonlight creates an abundant vertical as it rests upon the ripples. The moon itself hangs bashfully behind passing clouds. A quaint lighthouse quietly guides a passing sailboat safely around an outcrop - as it has done for decades. While a cluster of illuminated cottages is denoted with highlights.

Can you imagine the artist perched upon the rocks, sketching under a full moon? How would it feel to live in a cottage by the lighthouse?

The painting is signed ‘Joh. Johannson’, which could relate to the Swedish artist Johan Johansson (1879-1951) who often painted scenes on the West Coast.

Signed lower right and held within a 20th-century moulded frame, probably original.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 40½” x 30½” / 103cm x 78cm

Year of creation: c. 1950

Condition: Artwork presents well. Minor paint loss top right. Frame with some light wear.

Physical Dimensions

Height

78cm (30.71")

Width

103cm (40.55")

Depth

5cm (1.97")

Declaration

Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA950763

Description

This mid-20th-century Swedish oil painting depicts a tranquil view across shimmering water towards a lighthouse and distant coastline. It’s possibly a vista within the Swedish archipelago.

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Amid gentle blue impressionistic marks, a silvery channel of moonlight creates an abundant vertical as it rests upon the ripples.

Brave Fine Art

The moon itself hangs bashfully behind passing clouds. A quaint lighthouse quietly guides a passing sailboat safely around an outcrop - as it has done for decades. While a cluster of illuminated cottages is denoted with highlights.

fig 1. Johan Johansson, Nocturne With Distant Lighthouse - Vintage Oil Painting — fig 1. Johan Johansson, Nocturne with Distant Lighthouse - Vintage Oil Painting

Can you imagine the artist perched upon the rocks, sketching under a full moon? How would it feel to live in a cottage by the lighthouse?

The painting is signed ‘Joh. Johannson’, which could relate to the Swedish artist Johan Johansson (1879-1951) who often painted scenes on the West Coast.