Sigurd Wandel, Interior Scene With Young Siblings

Sigurd Wandel, Interior Scene With Young SiblingsA sublime early 20th century interior scene depicting a boy reading while his younger sibling plays in a cradle. The artist, Sigurd Wandel (1875 1947) has painted this with a great deal of expression and we particularly love the way the babys arms and legs are full of movement. Wandel studied under Kristian Zahrtmann and also at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he later became a director. He was particularly skilled at interior scenes with

a pair of portraits by Russ the Elder sold for £13

the wife of successful Parisian businessman

It’s an outstanding piece that captures the sitter’s character with a high degree of skill

river and various figures

composition creates an interesting mood whereby the gentleman appears to be leaning on the right-hand side of the frame

Carl Gustav Rodde (1830-1906)

spots and shades

She holds her hand to her heart and reveals a gleaming golden band

A charming early 20th-century portrait of Madame Ernestine Maudet (1880-1971) by French painter

Perhaps this could be the artist’s home and the paintings are his

The etching is signed in pencil and housed with a good later frame

The painting was previously owned by a family who purchased the piece directly from the artist