Oil painting by Dorte Breyen Oblong mirror in Scandinavia

in Scandinavia

Seat height: 41 cm

Dimensions: 131L x 55W x 56H cm

ranging from flowers with petals

Designed by Frits Schlegel and produced by Fritz Hansen in the 1930s

Oil painting by Dorte Breyen Oblong mirror in ScandinaviaProduced in and around the early 2000s, around the time that Dorte Breyen was exhibiting at Galleri Blidah, this painting feels both contemporary and traditional. As with much of the art produced during the mid century in Scandinavia, Breyens piece is abstract, expressed with large, intentional brushstrokes. Yet, the colours used here cool, steely shades of blue and grey, punctuated by yellow at times feel far more modern, even mechanstic or