Carl Gustav Rodde, River Landscape At Sunset With Cottages & Villagers

Carl Gustav Rodde, River Landscape At Sunset With Cottages & VillagersAn exceptional late 19th century oil on canvas by German painter, Carl Gustav Rodde (1830 1906). It captures the atmosphere of a lazy Summers day as the light begins to diminish while several villagers rest by a river. Rodde specialised in picturesque landscapes that celebrated an idealised vision of rural life. He adored the countryside and often chose to depict scenic views with the sun at its most dramatic. In this scene, the light is gently

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 30” x 25” / 76cm x 63cmYear of creation: 1955Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Overall very presentable

Light craquelure in areas but otherwise good

A fine early 20th-century portrait study of girl by German painter

which gives the painting a ‘lost in time’ quality

19” x 23” / 49cm x 59cm

Areas of professional restoration

Her veil is also intriguing as

They say that from the roots it measures 36 pouces (inches) high and with all the feathers and ribbons that hold all of that up

Fahle studied at Gottfrid Larsson and Edward Berggren's painting school in Stockholm and then later at Maison Watteau in Paris

Yet somehow this is tempered with sorrow and her eyes seem to catch our conscience

a comfortable red armchair is gently lit by the afternoon sun

which is close to Roanne