Felix Polak, Landscape With Walled Country Property

Felix Polak, Landscape With Walled Country PropertyA beautiful turn of the century oil on canvas depicting a woodland track alongside a walled countryside property. The artist, Felix Polak (1874 1951) has captured this leafy view with a skilful impressionistic touch. Perhaps he sat on the grassy bank to the left while sketching out his studies. We particularly love the way that the foliage is lurching over the wall as if the property is lost in time. Polak was born in Paris and studied under M

An atmospheric Danish landscape painting depicting a young lady stood before an extensive mountainous landscape and lake

Johannes Grenness (1875-1963)

It’s perfect for a gentleman’s study and particularly a dark wall

He looks across to our right with slightly raised eyebrows

Framed with age-related wear

Yet Gustav

Brita Von Sydow Södöö (1884-1959)

It’s unlikely that he painted this so perhaps the artist was a follower

Typically hair extended to around 1

but never carry it to excess

The buildings are little more than a silhouette with the ones in the foreground appearing more prominent through the use of impasto

so it’s interesting to consider how the two were introduced