Axel Søeborg, Interior Scene With Priest Reading

Axel Søeborg, Interior Scene With Priest ReadingThis early 20th century oil painting by Danish artist Axel Seborg (1872 1939) depicts a priest reading the bible within an interior. Story Imagine youre the priest, a man of faith and routine in equal measure. Every morning, you move a dining chair to your favourite spot by the window and read the gospel. On this day in November, the view across the lake shimmers with a silvery light as the distant firs stand motionless. These are the moments you

A beautiful impressionistic landscape painting depicting a horse and cart within an attractive light-filled meadow

we see the first light of the morning as a mother and child walk along a well-trodden path

206 achieved at a Danish auction for ‘Parti af Landsbyen Kragholm paa Faareveildgods paa Langeland’

This early 19th-century lithograph by Swiss printmaker Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862) depicts a polar bear standing precariously on an ice floe

Wahlberg was a fascinating artist who is considered to be one of the first to bring the French impressionistic style of painting to Sweden

The tight waistcoat buttons are also a curious addition

Overall size: 21½” x 18” / 55cm x 46cm

It’s likely that he created this piece towards the end of his career when he’d adopted a looser

Her hair is styled into a centre parting and swept into side coils as per the style of the day

A young couple have met within a wooded area and seem to be having a conversation

A fascinating 19th-century portrait of a young gentleman wearing a dark blue coat

While for portraits