Folmer Bonnén Swedish Lakeside Landscape With Rowboat, Oil on Panel

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A Swedish lakeside landscape in oil on panel, signed lower right by Folmer Bonnén. A wooden rowboat rests on the … Read more A Swedish lakeside landscape in oil on panel, signed lower right by Folmer Bonnén. A wooden rowboat rests on the shore beneath a stand of wind bent birches, with open water and a low wooded shoreline under a pale, brushy sky. The palette is soft and northern: birch gold, lichen green, slate blue and the warm ochre of the boat.

Sourced from a private Swedish collection.

I chose it because it is exactly the kind of painting Swedish homes were built around. Quiet, unfussy and full of light, it has the looseness of a painter working outdoors and the calm of a summer house on the water. It hangs as easily alone in a bedroom or study as it does in a gallery wall with older pieces.

Panel approx. 24 x 20 in. (61 x 51 cm). Wooden frame approx. 28.25 x 24.5 in. (72 x 62 cm). See less