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American Impressionist Oil Painting “Wooded Landscape” by Charles Svensson
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CHARLES W. SVENSSON
United States, 1871-1927
A Wooded Landscape
Oil on artist's panel signed lower right
16 5/8" H x 16" W [panel]
20 1/4" H x 19 5/8" W x 1 5/16” D [frame]
Essay
This verdant woodland composition draws the viewer into a secluded forest interior, where slender trunks of birch and other deciduous trees rise in dappled light against a shadowed understory. Svensson’s careful orchestration of tonal values - from the sunlit lichen-covered bark to the receding green depths - demonstrates a nuanced understanding of natural light and atmospheric layering. The surface is animated by a subtle interplay of brushwork, with crisp verticals offset by flecks of warm and cool pigments scattered across the forest floor.
The painting suggests a moment of quiet immersion, inviting contemplation rather than narrative. Though no figures are present, the composition possesses a distinctly human scale, as if captured from the vantage of a solitary walker pausing within a familiar terrain. This sense of direct engagement with the natural world reflects Svensson’s alignment with the American realist tradition, particularly as practiced by regional painters who eschewed urban modernism in favor of unembellished landscape observation.
Svensson remains a little-known but capable hand among early 20th-century American painters. This example, with its moody tonality and rooted naturalism, offers insight into a body of work that favored subtlety over spectacle. Likely painted in the years leading up to his death in 1927, this forest scene stands as a meditative record of a painter in quiet dialogue with his environment.
Condition:
Carefully cleaned and conserved, varnish removed and a traditional Dammar varnish was applied. Presents beautifully. Under UV examination only the most minimal inpainting and touchup. Early hand-carved giltwood frame, perhaps the first frame.
Biography
Charles W. Svensson was born in 1871 and died in 1927. He was active in the United States during his career as a painter. While specific details about his places of residence and work are limited, it is known that he lived in an apartment on West Thirty-second Street in New York City at the time of his death. Tragically, he died from suffocation during a fire in his apartment on May 2, 1927.
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- Dimensions:Height: 20.25 in (51.44 cm)Width: 19.63 in (49.87 cm)Depth: 1.31 in (3.33 cm)
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- Condition:Carefully cleaned and conserved, varnish removed and a traditional Dammar varnish was applied. Presents beautifully. Under UV examination only the most minimal inpainting and touchup. Early hand-carved giltwood frame, perhaps the first frame.
- Seller Location:Shippensburg, PA
- Reference Number:Seller: 501AIM02A1stDibs: LU1059044548482
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