Soren Melchior Hansen, Rustic Farm Building

Soren Melchior Hansen, Rustic Farm BuildingAn impressionistic depiction of a rustic old farm building with a thatched roof by Danish artist, Soren Melchior Hansen (1908 1978). Melchior Hansen painted in a distinctive impressionistic style with broad marks to convey light and depth. He frequently produced landscapes and scenes featuring farm buildings and its plausible that he lived a rural life. The painting is signed dated in the lower right. Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 22 x 17 57cm x

Year of creation 1979 Provenance Sweden Condition

art and ceramics

A wonderful early 20th-century half-length portrait of a lady by Belgian painter

we see a boy walking alongside a donkey

several silhouetted landmarks guide our eye towards a distant steamboat

by landscape painter

Many of his portraits were completed in crayon and he’s represented at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm

“Two citizens of the world who call London or Montreal

This quirky building (completed around 1844) had a central octagonal stairwell hall with a cantilevered stair - so it was far from the norm

he carries the air of a distinguished country gentleman

Canvas a little undulant

This fascinating portrait is so full of intrigue and certainly warrants further research