Emile Bussier, Still Life With Mandolin & Book

Emile Bussier, Still Life With Mandolin & BookA beautiful still life depicting what appears to be a mandolin or saz laying across an old open book. Its a fine work and the artist, Emile Bussier, has rendered the light particularly well as it falls across the pages. The painting is signed in the lower left and housed within a frame that could be its original. Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 29 x 25 73cm x 63cmYear of creation: c. 1900Provenance: GermanyCondition: Very presentable. A minor

primarily at the Royal Academy but also at the Suffolk Street Gallery and the British Institution

In most cases

was primarily a landscape painter and isn’t known for nudes - so maybe this is an intimate portrayal set within a home

which was a less-enhanced version of the bouffant

In this particular work

Jensen was an accomplished artist and tended to paint interior scenes with figures

Like many artists sent to war

The palette of warm tones creates an almost seductive atmosphere

A beautiful mid-20th century depiction of a Summer's day in Sweden by landscape artist

Following this

A character portrait of a bearded French gentleman with a furrowed brow and a thoughtful expression

He offers her a drink as his flock attempt to graze through the snow underfoot