Johan Johansson, Nocturne With Distant Lighthouse

Johan Johansson, Nocturne With Distant LighthouseThis mid 20th century Swedish oil painting depicts a tranquil view across shimmering water towards a lighthouse and distant coastline. Its possibly a vista within the Swedish archipelago. Amid gentle blue impressionistic marks, a silvery channel of moonlight creates an abundant vertical as it rests upon the ripples. The moon itself hangs bashfully behind passing clouds. A quaint lighthouse quietly guides a passing sailboat safely around an outcrop as

She’s wearing a beautiful cerulean

Reid lived in Leith

Frame with some age-related wear and chips

At sixteen

Scenes like this were popular in the 19th-century as they took a lighthearted look back at the decadence of yesteryear

We particularly love the way that the large trees in the foreground frame the view and guide the eye deeper into the painting

the Tyska Kyrka

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 33” x 23” / 85cm x 59cmYear of creation: c

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 36½” x 43” / 93cm x 109cmYear of creation: c

following a storm that led to its destruction and rebuild

000 achieved for ‘In The Cafe’ at Sotheby’s in 1989

They feel akin to an engraving after an old master three centuries earlier