Sture Ekengren, Cubist Landscape With Coastal Town

Sture Ekengren, Cubist Landscape With Coastal TownA wonderfully bold cubist landscape painting by Swedish artist, Per Sture Ferdinand Ekengren (1918 1996). It depicts a view across rooftops towards the sea, beach and hills. Ekengren studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and also undertook various study trips to Norway, Denmark, France and Spain, among others. During his lifetime, he exhibited at several museums including the Zorn Museum and the Hudiksvall Museum. The painting is signed in

Mieth had the best of both worlds - a classical education based on the old masters

Examination under UV shows a few small areas of restoration but nothing major

The canvas has seen better days but it’s fine to hang and would make a nice addition to your mantle or gallery wall

You can tell him by his walk

If you would like the frame touched up

Shaw painted many celebrities including actress

Van Kregten painted this during his Autumnal years and perhaps he found peace in this quiet rural idyll

Pierre Vervou (1822-1913)

Along the shoreline

waistcoat and necktie

The portrait is unsigned but it’s clearly by a competent hand

Her skin tones are beautifully rendered with Watelet’s characteristically soft touch and the light is reminiscent of the impressionists