Poul Friis Nybo, Reading By Candlelight

Poul Friis Nybo, Reading By CandlelightA gentle interior scene depicting an older lady reading by Danish artist, Poul Friis Nybo (1869 1929). We love the quiet introspection in this piece and you can almost hear a clock ticking. Poul Friis Nybo is predominantly known for his interiors with many of these featuring women either writing, reading or undertaking crafts. Weve managed to discover three other paintings that include this particular lady so it was probably someone he knew well. Nybo

Johan Larentius Carolinus Leksell (1874-1932)

Charles Warland (1856-1921)

The painting is signed/dated in the lower left and housed within an impressive 19th-century Rococo revival foliate frame

There are some nice details

We love the way that he's liberally added texture with thick layers of oil paint and loose brushwork

122 achieved for ‘Landschaft bei Amalfi’ at an auction in 2017

This early-20th-century portrait by French painter Paul-Antoine Hallez (1872-1965) depicts a formidable lady with her left hand resting on an umbrella

So could we assume that the appearance of ‘the Blenheim’ in this portrait is a reference to the Duke

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

The sun casts a long shadow behind them

With an easy-going muted palette

He’s resting a top hat on his left arm and sports a magnificent set of sideburns