Brave Fine Art

This mid to late-19th-century oil painting by British artist Robert Gallon (1845-1925) depicts an autumnal view with a river, brook and rugged mountain scenery. It was shown at the R...

This early 20th-century oil painting by British artist William Arthur Breakspeare RBA RBSA ROI (1855-1914) depicts an upstanding self-assured cavalier with his arms folded. Breakspe...

This charming early 19th-century watercolour attributed to English artist John Varley OWS (1778-1842) depicts an Italianate vista with trees, distant town, and figures. Varley was a...

This spellbinding late 19th-century oil painting by Scottish artist Robert Walker Macbeth RA ROI RWS (1848-1910) depicts a young woman wearing...

This early 20th-century oil painting by French artist Charles Clair (1860-1930) depicts numerous sheep feeding in a stone barn. Hailing from the picturesque rural area of Mars-sur-A...

This charming mid-19th-century watercolour by British artist John George Indermaur (1818-1862) depicts four children, a chaise lounge, and footstool. It was shown at the Royal Societ...

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist Francis Sydney Muschamp RBA (1851-1929) depicts a mediaeval couple playing chess within a historic interior, perhaps a castle. M...

This 19th-century watercolour by British artist Joseph Josiah Dodd (1809-1880) depicts Milan Cathedral in Italy. Rising like a Gothic behemoth, the majestic facade of Milan Cathedra...

This fine early 20th-century oil painting by British artist Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1952) depicts two 18th-century gentlemen in periwigs playing cards by a fire. Frank Moss Bennett...

This early 20th-century plein-air oil painting by Danish artist Julius Paulsen (1860-1940) depicts a Summer landscape with a vast cloud-covered sky. It’s painted quickly with a rhyth...

This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Jens Sørensen (1887-1953) depicts a lively scene at Bakken, the world’s oldest amusement park. Jens Sørensen was predominantly ...

This beautiful early 20th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Filip Artur Wahlström (1885-1972) depicts a dramatic moonlit sky over Älvsborg Fortress in Gothenburg district. Wahlström was an accomplished painter of landscapes, rural villages, and still lifes. Hailing from Gothenburg, his legacy is one of vivid colours, controlled expression, and balanced compositions. He trained at a time of great transition for Swedish art and his development coincided with the emergence of Swedish modernism. Studying first in his home town and Stockholm, his path led him ultimately to the busy environs of the short-lived Académie Matisse in Paris (Henri Matisse's painting school). Numerous Scandinavians trained here but the illusive master only personally taught for one year - finding the commitment tiring and onerous. It’s said that he was difficult to please, urging his students to strive for originality rather than simply fit in with current trends. Each week he’d critique various works, which many found nerve-shattering but rewarding. Many of the Swedish ‘modernists’, such as Isaac Grünewald, trained with Matisse and in 1909 made their debut in Stockholm. At this early point in his career, Wahlström was surrounded by creative spirits and thrust into an electrifying array of new ideas. His style generally balances the freedoms, usually associated with modernism, with a degree of constraint. And his still lifes, in particular, are quite traditional in their approach. Here, in this swirling piece from 1914, he’s captured an expansive view with an evocative sky peppered with broken clouds. The subject is Älvsborg Fortress, a coastal fortification completed seven years earlier. Its purpose was to protect the Port of Gothenburg and the Swedish Navy from sea attacks. Aside from the Académie Matisse, Filip Artur Wahlström also trained at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Konstnärsförbundets School in Stockholm and under Carl...