Auguste Braekevelt, Still Life With Fruit

Auguste Braekevelt, Still Life With FruitA luscious 19th century still life with apples, pears, pot and plate by Belgian artist, Auguste Braekevelt (1832 1908). The level of detail here is astonishing and the fruit appears lifelike good enough to eat. Braekevelt was a painter and sculptor that trained under gide Hyacinthe Mlot (1817 1885). Undoubtedly, his experience of working in three dimensions as a sculptor helped him to capture light with a high degree of understanding. Note how the

He spent many years of his adult life in Venice

Scattered paint losses and the canvas is a little undulant

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1930Provenance: FranceCondition: Very presentable with light craquelure and some scuffing around the edges

The artist has been inspired by the great French impressionists who were well-loved when this painting was created

1925Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Artwork in good condition

which was only a few before G Chambers painted this piece

Here we see a seated middle-aged woman staring pensively through a curtained window as she holds a cameo

Little is known about Cilio-Jensen but he is recorded as having worked and exhibited in Dresden

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a lady

A mid-20th-century Scandinavian coastal scene depicting three moored fishing vessels under the last of the evening’s sun

It evokes the feeling of a brisk walk on a cold day in November