'Radiating Light and Colour': A Magnificent Selection of 19th Century European Paintings

Anders Zorn, In the Bedroom.
Estimate: £400,000–600,000.

This work and In the Artist's Studio occupy a unique position within Zorn's oeuvre for transposing the nude, which he typically painted against natural or rustic backdrops, into more urban settings.

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Helene Schjerfbeck, Trees. Estimate: £70,000–100,000.

Painted in 1942 and exemplifying her increasingly free, abstracted late style, Trees belongs to a small series of works on paper and on board that Schjerfbeck painted that year.

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Peder Severin Krøyer, Oleanders in Bloom, Capri
Estimate: £400,000–600,000.

Painted in 1896, Oleanders in Bloom, Capri, is Krøyer’s love letter to the Amalfi coast: its architecture, flora, and above all its light. Set against an ultramarine sky, the crimson exuberance of a mature oleander tree dominates the scene in a firework-like burst of flowers.

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Le Chemin de Méry, près de La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.
Estimate: £200,000–300,000.

Painted circa 1864-65, this work is characterised by a richness of light and tonalities. By the 1860s the Forest of Fontainebleau had become so famous and frequented by artists and tourists alike that Corot preferred other villages on the outskirts of Paris to paint, like Méry, which had remained more authentic.

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Federico del Campo, The Doge's Palace and the Grand Canal, Venice.
Estimate: £150,000–200,000.

This sweeping view epitomises del Campo’s approach to vedutismo, a popular genre pioneered in the 18th century by Francesco Guardi and Canaletto.

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Emile Claus, The Haymakers.
Estimate: £100,000–150,000.

Reflecting the influence of French artists Jules Bastien-Lepage, Léon Lhermitte, and Jules Breton, the present work depicts the life of rural Flanders which inspired Claus throughout his career.

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Joaquín Sorolla, Elena en la playa, Biarritz.
Estimate: £100,000-150,000.

Following Sorolla's singular triumph of his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris in June and July 1906, the artist spent the rest of the summer at Biarritz. The artist’s daughter Elena, aged nine, is portrayed here in profile wearing a pink dress and a straw hat and looking out to sea.

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Isaac Israels, Carmencita. Estimate: £70,000–100,000.

Israels' portrait of renowned Spanish dancer Carmencita (Carmen Dauset Moreno, 1868-1910), was painted in Paris and reflects the artist's fascination with both the personalities and latest fashions that abounded in the French capital.

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Marie-François Firmin-Girard, Le Quai de la Tournelle, Paris. Estimate: £40,000–60,000.

Painted circa 1900, this work is a quintessential view of Paris on a summer's evening presenting a wealth of details, from the young child waving to boats on the river, to the horse-drawn omnibus crossing the Pont de l'Archevêché, and even an early cyclist just visible to the left.

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Charles Leickert, A Winter Scene.
Estimate: £40,000–60,000.

Building on a tradition begun by his artistic predecessors of the Dutch 17th century, Leickert's winter scenes are characterised by a high degree of technical skill, strong composition, and an emphasis on mood and naturalism.

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