Axel Bredsdorff, Interior With Mother & Child

Axel Bredsdorff, Interior With Mother & ChildThis gentle interior scene by Danish artist Axel Bredsdorff (1883 1947) depicts a child looking out towards a snow covered garden while his mother watches on. An empty bowl rests on the kitchen table as early morning light cascades through a window. The beauty of interior scenes is their ability to spark the imagination and conjure up a story. If you give a scene time, the mind will naturally wander as we consider who the people are and how theyre

we see them taking hold of Phoebe and Hilaeira who were set to marry a different pair of twins

This sensuous interior scene by Robert Panitzsch (1879-1949) depicts a lady reading within a plush

All four are signed in pencil

He was particularly skilled at interior scenes with figures and often painted families

You can almost hear the stream as it cascades over the rocks by your feet - with two nearby chaffinches adding their own light melody

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It reminds us of the drama and heightened sense of self often found in Gustave Courbet’s (1819-1877) self-portraits

It depicts a beautiful old watermill tucked away in dense woodland with a stream cutting its way through rocks

The oils are layered on thickly creating texture throughout and the boats are simply a few quick brush-marks

which is emphasised further by the unusual composition and the artist’s deliberately uneven lines

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Artist’s Auction Highlight: £10