Ivan Bergdahl, Spring Winter at Gadea Mill

Ivan Bergdahl, Spring Winter at Gadea MillA large expressive oil painting from the late 60s by Swedish painter, Ivan Bergdahl (b. 1929). It depicts a Wintery river scene at Gadea Mill, which wouldve been nearby to where Ivan lived. You can almost feel the chill in the air as you cast your eyes downriver towards the bridge in the distance. The painting is housed within its original frame and signed in the lower left. Medium Oil on paper laid on board Size including frame 31 x 27 80cm x 69cm

Several scratches and a few small losses including two towards the top of the canvas

Mrs Robinson briefly became the mistress of George the Prince Regent after playing Perdita in The Winter's Tale

Durozé studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) and exhibited at the illustrious Paris Salon from around 1910

by the time he commissioned Gainsborough to paint this piece

Frame with various losses to its gilding

His works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Berlin

600 achieved at Christie’s

Very worn with various paint losses and dents

Some raised areas

It’s based upon an earlier painting

An early 20th-century portrait of a young lady in a silk blouse and orange necktie by German painter

The artist has captured the effects of light brilliantly as it illuminates the barn in the background