Vintage Swedish farmhouse landscape oil painting from 1916, executed in oil on wooden panel. The scene shows a traditional red countryside building with thatched roof typical of the rural landscapes of southern Sweden.

This Swedish landscape painting depicts a traditional rural farmhouse surrounded by lush summer vegetation. The red wooden building with thatched roof is characteristic of historic farm architecture in the Scanian countryside of southern Sweden.

Executed in oil on wooden panel. The artist uses textured brushwork and layered greens to create depth in the trees and garden vegetation. The earthy palette and confident brushstrokes reflect early twentieth-century Scandinavian landscape painting.

Painted in 1916, the work is now more than one hundred years old and qualifies as an antique oil painting. The composition has a calm and balanced character that works well in Scandinavian, rustic, or classic European interiors.

DETAILS
Artist: Helge Kemner (1883–1934)
Subject: Swedish farmhouse in landscape
Medium: Oil on wooden panel
Size: 58 × 49 cm (22.8 × 19.3 in)
Frame: Later decorative frame from the 1960s–1970s
Signed: Yes, lower left, dated 1916
Condition: Good vintage condition
Era: 1916
Style: Scandinavian landscape painting
Size category: Medium

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Helge Kemner (1883–1934) was a Swedish painter known for his atmospheric landscapes from southern Sweden. Born in Malmö, he studied in Sweden and abroad, including periods in Copenhagen, Munich, and Paris in the early 1900s.

Kemner painted rural landscapes, farmhouses, and wooded scenery, particularly from the Scanian countryside and the Romeleåsen area. His works combine Nordic naturalism with loose impressionistic brushwork and rich earthy colors, capturing the calm character of early twentieth-century rural Sweden.

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