Carl Oscar Borg - Arizona LandscapeCarl Oscar Borg (1879 1947) Swedish American Arizona Landscape gouache on paper signed CARL OSCAR BORG. unframed: 12 x 17. 5 cm (4 3 4 x 6 7 8 in)framed: 22 x 27 cm (8 5 8 x 10 5 8 in) Provenance: Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart, Germany, 08 dec 2010, lot 1036. Essay: In this expressive gouache study, Carl Oscar Borg captures the dramatic sweep of the Arizona highlands, where storm clouds gather over layered mesas and valleys bathed in shifting light.

capturing the fleeting beauty of dusk as sunlight fades over a frozen expanse

Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-1875) Sweden

BALLET DANCER

conveying both the heat and stillness of the Nile landscape

and sky into a single atmospheric envelope

The artist:

together with the panel’s intimate scale and austere backdrop

offers a rare and bold perspective for the time

Alvén composes the canvas in horizontal bands of tone and form

His paintings are represented in the collection of the Nationalmuseum

that which the eye fastens on in the open air

was a British painter renowned for his landscapes and depictions of rural life