Herman Vedel, Still Life With Bread, Bottles, Bowls & Cloth

Herman Vedel, Still Life With Bread, Bottles, Bowls & ClothA fine still life with bread, bottles, bowls and cloth by Danish artist, Herman Vedel (1875 1948). Its beautifully stark and strangely atmospheric. It seems to borrow a little from 17th century Dutch still lifes yet it deliberately lacks the exuberance, wealth and luscious colours. Here we see a simple table with a fresh loaf of bread along with a bowl perhaps containing soup. Its a modest meal accompanied by oil, water and wine. Theres every chance

It’s reminiscent of a Claude Monet and perhaps it was created en plein air

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a good later frame

An unusual French portrait of a leathery-skinned gentleman wearing a soft-brimmed hat

A worn path leads past and winds its way under several tall trees as the clouds cast their reflection onto the water below

the setting evening sun creates a gentle glow across this lost golden wilderness

Light craquelure in areas and one blemish towards the bottom which could be varnish bloom

how an old master would envisage a female saint)

A characterful mid-19th-century French miniature depicting a seated gentleman holding a book

This majestic interior scene was created by Danish Golden Age painter

It was painted towards the end of his life when he was a master of impressionistic brushwork

which suggest that the couple have more than the weather on their mind

By today’s standards