Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6

Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt
"Red Tulips, Paris"

c. 1932

$61,875
£46,296.11
€53,730.32
CA$86,153.30
A$96,903.37
CHF 50,261.66
MX$1,175,508.50
NOK 637,288.12
SEK 599,723.82
DKK 400,843.52
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Bror Julius Olsson “B.J.O.” Nordfeldt (1878 – 1955) Bror Julius Olsson was born in Tullstrop, Sweden in 1878. He immigrated to the United States in 1891, later adopting his mother’s maiden name of Nordfeldt. Beginning his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago where he was chosen to assist fellow artist, Albert Herter, with a large mural project for the McCormick Harvester Company. In 1900, he was sent to Paris by McCormick to help set up the completed mural at the Paris Exposition. While there, he studied briefly at the Academie Julian before traveling to England to study woodblock printmaking under F. Morley Fletcher. Returning to Chicago in 1903, Nordfeldt would spend the next ten years painting mainly figurative works in an academic style similar to that of the Old Masters. By the mid-teens he had developed a bold dramatic modernist style and divided his time between New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. There, he invented the “Provincetown Print”, a form of woodblock printing producing a multi-colored print with a single impression. In 1919, Nordfeldt moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he built a home, and although continuing to make woodblocks and etchings, he primarily concentrated on painting. Nordfeldt spent the year of 1933 teaching at the Minneapolis School of Art where he met an art student named Emily Abbott whom would later become his second wife. For the next several years he taught at the Wichita Art Association in Kansas, until finally moving to Lambertville, New Jersey in 1937. In the early 1940s, Nordfeldt was a guest professor at the University of Texas and upon returning to Lambertville, he would marry Emily Abbott in 1944. Nordfeldt was most prolific during the 1930s and 1940s, creating some of his best work. His paintings are highly sought after by collectors of both western as well as New Jersey and Pennsylvania modernist art. He exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco (1915 Silver Medal), the Art Institute of Chicago (1926 medal(, the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia (1926 medal), the Corcoran Gallery Biennials, the Smithsonian Institute, the Arts Club of Chicago, the Denver Art Museum, the Carnegie Institute, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. Nordfeldt’s work is in the permanent collections of over thirty-five museums internationally. Sources: New Hope for American Art by James Alterman B.J.O. Nordfeldt: An American Expressionist, Sam Hunter, 1984 B.J.O. Nordfeldt, - New Hope Modernists, Pearson, 1991
  • Creator:
    Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878-1955, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1932
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 41 in (104.14 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    Framed Size 34" x 40"Price: $61,875
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Lambertville, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PB1213160291stDibs: LU3745439941

More From This Seller

View All
"Scarlet Zinnias & Gladiolus"
By Constance Cochrane
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Exhibited at the "4th Annual Exhibition of the National Asso...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Gladioli Still Life"
By Gershon Benjamin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Summer Flowers"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 10 #010 Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett, now of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf. A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett resides outside of New Hope above his old-fashioned antique shop and studio. Entering Barrett’s shop is like taking a step back in time. Inside this cluttered and dusty haven of treasures from the past, is a studio spanning only four by eight feet. This little studio, containing cans of old brushes and hundreds of used paint tubes...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Two Bouquets"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Illustrated in "Joseph Barrett, The Prime Years 1970s - 1990s", pg. 54, plate #062. Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (1936 – ) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett, now of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf. A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett resides outside of New Hope above his old-fashioned antique shop and studio. Entering Barrett’s shop is like taking a step back in time. Inside this cluttered and dusty haven of treasures from the past, is a studio spanning only four by eight feet. This little studio, containing cans of old brushes and hundreds of used paint tubes...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Pot Stove, the Flowers and the Pitcher"
By Gershon Benjamin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Flowering Cactus"
By Gershon Benjamin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to present this artwork by Gershon Benjamin (1899 – 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and urban scenes, Gershon Benja...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like

Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Red Tulips in Interior original frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Tulips in Interior by Marcel Chesneau (French 1902 - 1975) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 26 x 19 inches canvas: 22 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, France condi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large French Modernist Oil Painting of Red Tulips in a Vase 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Tulips in a Vase by René GUINAND (1892-1983) dated verso oil on board, unframed Board: 20 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: couple of minor scuffs bu...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930's English still life of Tulips and other red flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English 1930's Still life of Tulips and other red flowers in a vase. The 1930s was a period of great artistic experimentation, and many artists were exploring new techniq...
Category

1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Interior Floral Still Life Framed Oil Painting - Red Tulips
Located in Bristol, GB
RED TULIPS Size: 67 x 58 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A captivating and well-balanced interior still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas. Upon first glance, a vase ...
Category

1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Tulips in a Red Vase, Still Life, British Artist
By Pamela Cawley
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tulips in a Red Vase, Still Life, British Artist by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 31.5 x 31.5 inches Stunning original Impressionist ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Primary Tulips
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Primary Tulips" by Lu Haskew Oil 24x26" framed, 20x22" image size Signed lower right, a still life of red, yellow and blue (purple) tulips and iris ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu considered...
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil