Lot 117: British or European School, Mid-20th Century, Seascape with Fishing Boats, Oil on Canvas

A mid-20th-century marine landscape executed in oil on canvas. The composition features a dark-sailed fishing vessel and a smaller attendant boat navigating a turbulent sea of dark green and blue. The scene is set against an atmospheric sky with a palette of pink, orange, and yellow, indicative of a coastal sunrise or sunset. The work is painted in an impressionistic style with visible brushwork and impasto highlights on the crests of the waves. The painting is presented in a broad, moulded gilt-finished frame behind glass. No signature is visible on the front of the work. An auction label numbered 501 is attached to the frame.
Approximately 60 cm x 75 cm (including frame).