This gentle early 20th-century interior scene by Danish artist Robert Panitzsch (1879-1949) depicts a lady sitting at a dressing table while admiring a small bouquet. The back of her dress is brightly lit and her face partially turned.

Panitzsch was particularly adept at rendering light as it cascades through a room and this is a good example of his work. He often painted this lady and it’s possibly his wife, Fanny (née Christensen), who he met while she was working for the Red Cross.

He always conveys such delicacy in his work, a sense of admiration and love.

Signed/dated in the lower right and framed.

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Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 31½” x 38” / 80cm x 96cm
Year of creation: 1929
Condition: Artwork presents well with no issues. Frame with some wear including losses.
Artist’s auction highlight: £10,000 achieved for an oil painting in 1990.