Erik Jerken, Still Life With Flowers & Book

Erik Jerken, Still Life With Flowers & BookThis expressive mid 20th century oil painting by Swedish artist Erik Jerken (1898 1947) depicts a still life with flowers and a book. Set against a turquoise wall, the tangled forms of vibrant blooms emerge from a conical vase. They lean, droop, and twist in a wild dance. Somewhat uncontrolled, unbeautified, and natural. Jerken was a modernist and known for his buoyant still lifes. He often used strong background colours to add dynamism to his

her right clutches a scarf

Her early work tended to be finer with influence being drawn from the old masters

a mother and daughter picnicking in the garden while disrupted by the bark of a noisy spaniel

The results were mixed with many visitors mocking the works as sub-standard and ludicrous

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 27” x 19½” / 69cm x 49cmYear of creation: c

Craquelure but the paint is stable

Inverness Cape

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 19” x 19” / 49cm x 48cmYear of creation: 1949Provenance: SwedenCondition: Minor paint loss in top left but otherwise very presentable

This late 19th-century farmyard scene skilfully depicts three farm buildings

His father passed in 1826

Medium: Pastel on cardOverall size: 14” x 16” / 36cm x 41cmYear of creation: 1840Labels & Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse

Rydbeck-Zuhr returned to painting as a full-time endeavour