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Early Dutch Still Life with detail from the Orient

9 Jun 2014

Native to Europe, the cow parsley occupies the central position in the painting, while it’s softly falling flowers and extended stems create a sense of worldly beauty. This is enhanced by the details of Japonisme – the two figurines and the floral wallpaper – that was particularly influential on European art from the late nineteenth century.
Esmé Berman describes Oerder’s work as delighting “in all aspects of the visual experience – the play of light and shade; the many subtle variations of a single colour; the texture of copper and the sheen of sun upon the landscape”. ¹

Lot 196
Frans David Oerder (South African 1867-1944)
Still Life with Cow Parsley and Oriental Figures
signed
oil on canvas
66,5 by 87,5cm

R 200,000 – 300,000

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¹ Esmé Berman. (1983) Art & Artist of South Africa. Cape Town and Rotterdam: AA Balkema. Page 313.

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