Oswald Poreau, Seated Nude In Leather Boots

Oswald Poreau, Seated Nude In Leather BootsA fine oil on canvas depicting a seated woman wearing only a pair of knee high leather boots. Her legs are crossed and she holds her left hand to her face. Its an interesting painting for several reasons. Firstly, the composition has us standing by a chair looking down at the right side of her body. This unusual view highlights her curves and fleshy skin tones, which are rendered with an impressionistic touch. Secondly, the artist, Oswald Poreau (1877

He spent many years of his adult life in Venice

24” x 19” / 61cm x 48cm

Justus Evald Lundegård (1860-1924)

A fine early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a picturesque coastal view and two villagers nattering over a rustic wooden fence

As the decade progressed

The painting is housed within a fine hand-carved foliate frame with a decorative inner border

Ehlinger has selected a composition that brings these beautiful flowers firmly in view with the longest stems extending off three sides of the canvas

Overall size 18” x 22” / 46cm x 56cm

Perhaps this was his own bedroom at the family home or somewhere he stayed during a study trip

Wolf Thaler (1895-1952)

27” x 35¾” / 70cm x 91cm

Between the tall spruce