Thomas Colville Fine Art
19th c. American and French (Barbizon School) Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings
 

Sören Emil Carlsen (American 1853-1932)
Roses and Oriental Porcelain, circa 1895
Oil on canvas
24 7/8 x 14 ¾ inches
Signed Emil Carlsen lower left
19th Century Frame
One of America’s most distinctive still life painters, Emil Carlsen created works immediately recognizable by their oblique viewpoints, unique spatial treatment, and the poetic nature of the objects portrayed.
With the spiky jumble of foliage suggesting an interrupted floral arrangement, Roses and Oriental Porcelain challenges the conventions of traditional still life composition by focusing on the contrasts of color, light, and tactile experience to heighten the sensate pleasure of the objects.