Paul Sannemann, Still Life With Chrysanthemums

Paul Sannemann, Still Life With ChrysanthemumsThis early 20th century oil painting by German artist Paul Sannemann (1886 1943) depicts a vibrant still life with chrysanthemums. Sannemann had an eye for colour, never one to shy away from a vivid composition. Here, the blooms are effervescent, buoyant and spirited. Even more so following a recent clean. Little is known about the artists life but he worked predominantly in Berlin where he married Anna Ida Gebauer and had at least two children. We've

The portrait is housed within a gilt frame

The reverse carries a detailed inscription relating to Sebastian’s family tree

a lake in Snowdonia

This mid-19th-century oil painting by German artist Heinrich Spiess (1832-1875) depicts a young lady reading a love letter

Lovingly portrayed

Some scuffs along the edges due to its previous frame

which perhaps suggests that the artist knew the sitter

We’ve discovered a photograph of Albeck and the likeness is impressive

the gothic-revival steeple of Coats Paisley towers over the skyline

frowned silently

Many of his works appear lost in time and could easily sit alongside 18th or early 19th-century pieces

probably around the time he moved to The Hague following twenty years working as the curator for the Villa Welgelegen