Severin Nilsson, Twilight Landscape With Cottages

Severin Nilsson, Twilight Landscape With CottagesThis early 20th century oil painting by Swedish artist Severin Nilsson (1846 1918) depicts a landscape with cottages at twilight. As the sun drifts beyond the horizon, the sky remains illuminated while the land becomes little more than a silhouette. The glow of a cottage window alludes to a welcoming fire. Perhaps its a bolthole for the artist himself. Nilsson was an important contributor to the progression of Swedish landscape art. Training first at

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 28½” x 34½” / 72cm x 88cmYear of creation: c

Label with the artist’s details

A peaceful landscape painting depicting a view in Virkland across to the Thorsø hills by Danish artist Harald Foss (1843-1922)

1750Condition: Canvas relined

Signed in the lower left and held within a gilt frame

This fascinating little study captures the subject’s character with skill and sensitivity

The vase (perhaps a creamer) is particularly well done

Royal Scottish Academy

which includes 17th-century stone cottages and a Georgian Manor House

The majority of the composition is light

It’s no wonder he later became a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy

She holds a riding crop and cuts a striking figure as she turns to face him