Robert Panitzsch, The Laundry Room

Robert Panitzsch, The Laundry RoomAn early 20th century oil on canvas depicting a woman washing laundry within a brick outbuilding. The artist, Robert Gustav Otto Panitzsch (1879 1949), has used a lively array of skilful marks to capture the scene. We particularly love how hes created a rough, stony effect by letting the ground show through in varying degrees. The light is also cleverly observed. Panitzsch was born in Germany but later immigrated to Denmark and became a national. Hes

She wears a white dress with a red wrap and holds her treasured Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

a horse and cart with hay

A large 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a rural view with a countryside track and figure

With sweeping brushstrokes

A characterful portrait of a man with a pipe by Austrian artist

he was originally intended to carry on the business of his father

What’s the story here

The painting is signed/dated in the lower right and housed within a frame that’s almost certainly its original

has placed us before a wooden stile that leads on to a dusty quaint track where a mother and child are heading home

A character portrait of a bearded French gentleman with a furrowed brow and a thoughtful expression

Heyer was a respected painter of animal portraits and particularly well known for his fascination with white cats

he enjoyed experimenting with new styles