Poul Friis Nybo, Interior Scene With Lady Sewing

Poul Friis Nybo, Interior Scene With Lady SewingThis gentle interior scene by Danish artist, Poul Friis Nybo (1869 1929) depicts a lady sewing. We love the quiet introspection in this piece and you can almost hear the 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 other paintings that include this particular lady so it was probably someone he knew well. The painting is

1909Provenance: DenmarkCondition: A few light scratches

The painting is housed within a fine wood and composite frame with swept corners

We particularly love the table in the lower left with its single candle and book

has used an array of rich colours to capture the landscape

Bold expressive marks are laid down with energy and liberal use of impasto

Lindstrom has brought the scene to life

The painting is signed in the bottom left and housed within a frame that’s probably its original

1770Condition: Areas of thinning paint in the sky area perhaps due to prior over-cleaning

Voltz generally painted forests and pastoral landscapes so this is quite an unusual example of his work

An inscription on the reverse is hard to decipher but seems to mention that the pair are related

A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a dapper gentleman wearing a navy frock coat

000 achieved at Sotheby’s for ‘Sunday Afternoon’ in 2007