Simone De Dardel, Still Life With Flowers

Simone De Dardel, Still Life With FlowersAn expressive 20th century interior scene with flowers by Swedish artist, Simone Gerda Charlotta de Dardel Kihlman (1913 1996). This energetic little piece was painted with a broad brush and plenty of confidence. Perhaps its a room she knew well. De Dardel Kihlman studied at the cole des Beaux Arts de Genve and also at Otte Sklds school in Stockholm. Like many painters of her generation, she also undertook several study trips to Europe including to

depicts an ancient tree buckling towards a stream that carves its way through a mountain

Frame with rubs and abrasions

Snellman was born in Helsinki and moved to Sweden in 1943

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 16” x 19” / 41cm x 49cm Year of creation: c

It feels like she’s about to talk and perhaps she did during her sitting

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 25” x 29½” / 64cm x 75cmYear of creation: c

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 35½” x 28½” / 90cm x 72cmYear of creation: c

She spent the latter part of her life at St Mawes in Cornwall

so it’s interesting to consider why these were painted so far apart

It’s interesting to note that during the early 18th-century the Duke of Marlborough kept cavalier King Charles spaniels for hunting

This experience primed him to become an important and well-loved salon painter in Paris

he enjoyed experimenting with new styles