Gustaf Magnusson, Needlework

Gustaf Magnusson, NeedleworkThis charming mid 20th century oil painting by Swedish artist Gustaf Magnusson (1890 1957) depicts two female friends sitting at a table within a tastefully decorated interior. Magnusson was a celebrated painter and engraver, predominantly known for portraits and scenes. Dressed in blue and beige, shes absorbed in her craft occasionally glancing across the table towards a young lady in green. Her friend is reading, maybe engrossed in a novel or

Biehl was a well-known author during the 18th-century and predominantly known for the scandalous letters she wrote to her friend

Signed/dated in the lower right and held within a later frame

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Cooling & Sons

Marthe Letellier (nee Fourton) features in many of his works including this striking portrait from 1895

Ølsted was a master of serenity - his landscapes are quiet

He married Marie Elisabeth Lorentzen

This inability to settle was caused in part by Blacklock’s failing health and the necessity to find warmer climbs but also

It depicts a young lady looking left before a landscape and a vast sky

Perhaps an English artist discovered this vividly dressed lady while on a tour of the continent and quickly sketched her from life

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Referred to as ‘Types et Caracteres par Benoni Vander Gheynst’