Johannes Snellman, Portrait Of A Woman With A Woodpecker Brooch Green the artist has certainly been

the artist has certainly been academy trained

which is a small fishing village on the west coast of Sweden

Medium: Oil on canvas laid on boardOverall size: 16” x 15” / 40cm x 38cmYear of creation: c

it seems that Walter preferred to work against the grain and paint with gesture and expression - even though this led to very limited exposure during his lifetime

000 achieved for ‘Ducks resting in a meadow by a pond’ at Christie’s

Johannes Snellman, Portrait Of A Woman With A Woodpecker Brooch Green the artist has certainly beenA mid 20th century three quarter length portrait of a seated lady by Finnish Swedish artist, Herman Johannes Snellman (1885 1961). Shes wearing a dress with a woodpecker brooch and looking across to our right. Snellman appears to have worked in pencil and crayon, which gives the piece an unusual 'lost in time' quality. We particularly love the highlights of electrifying blue that dart through her hair. Snellman was born in Helsinki and moved to Sweden