Werner Reuter, Farmhouse Interior With Painted Trunk & Chair

Werner Reuter, Farmhouse Interior With Painted Trunk & ChairA detailed interior scene with a hand painted trunk, chair, textiles, and clock, by German artist, Werner Reuter (1902 1962). You can almost hear the clock gently ticking as you while away the hours in this beautiful farmhouse. Reuter had a workshop in Lbeck, North Germany, and he enjoyed painting interior scenes. Another of his works depicts him in his studio surrounded by canvases, frames and supplies. Two large windows provide an abundance of

It’s thickly woven and almost leathery in appearance

An early 20th-century oil on wood depicting a lady wearing a stone-coloured dress with a decorative collar and vest

which gives the painting a ‘lost in time’ quality

A fine late 19th-century oil on canvas depicting a cottage interior by German artist

he would’ve surely been influenced by the impressionists

He’s clutching the dear animal quite firmly so perhaps it was a little less keen to sit for its portrait

Apparently

including the loss of his two children and the continual pressure of financial ruin

Drews was predominantly a landscape painter but also had a fascination for capturing the effects of light within a room

It’s interesting to consider why Frederik chose this particular room to focus on as he also painted it at other times of the day

Given its timeworn appearance

you may think that the portrait dates to the early 20th-century or later