Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.
Nybo painted this outside, standing by his easel on the sands at North Zealand. The sound of breakers ever-present, the occasional sailboat gliding through a sun-bleached horizon.
For many years he’d been unwell, which slowed his career. These Summer escapes to the beaches close to home served as a tonic. The vivid sunrays radiating from a crack in the clouds are perhaps an optimistic metaphor for better times ahead.
The work is currently unframed but would hang well as a canvas.
Signed lower right.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 37½” x 25½” / 96cm x 65cm
Year of creation: c. 1920
Condition: Artwork presents well. Areas of craquelure but the paint is stable.
Artist’s auction maximum: £2,800
Poul Friis Nybo studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen before attending Kristian Zahrtmann's School. He also travelled to Paris in 1905 and 1907. He exhibited at the Charlottenburg Spring exhibitions.
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Brave Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.
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Poul Friis Nybo, Coastal View with Breakers - Antique Oil Painting
