Gustav Vermehren, Rural Landscape With Man Sawing Wood

Gustav Vermehren, Rural Landscape With Man Sawing WoodThis 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. Vermehrens 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

1900Provenance: FranceCondition: Very presentable with two tidy repairs

805 achieved for ‘Lekende gutt på sten med seilbåt’ in 2006

The painting is housed within what is probably its original gilded frame

which tend to feature flowers and stoneware

We love the way that he's liberally added texture with thick layers of oil paint and loose brushwork

Could it be a self-portrait perhaps

The painting is housed within a fine period frame

1830Provenance: EnglandCondition: Fine craquelure

1820Condition: Frame with some age-related wear but otherwise fine

Lefebvre was born in Belgium in 1873 and his works are held in private and public collections within Europe and beyond

touched by the light - as reflections in umber emerge from the stream

Artist’s auction highlight: £25’000 achieved for ‘Classical Maidens’ at Bonhams in 2003