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Anna Zinkeisen (British, 1901-1976) Fête Champêtre 64.5 x 76.2 cm. (25 3/8 x 30 in.) (Painted circa 1950) image 1
Anna Zinkeisen (British, 1901-1976) Fête Champêtre 64.5 x 76.2 cm. (25 3/8 x 30 in.) (Painted circa 1950) image 2
Anna Zinkeisen (British, 1901-1976) Fête Champêtre 64.5 x 76.2 cm. (25 3/8 x 30 in.) (Painted circa 1950) image 3
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Anna Zinkeisen
(British, 1901-1976)
Fête Champêtre 64.5 x 76.2 cm. (25 3/8 x 30 in.)

22 September – 1 October 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

£1,200 - £1,800

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Anna Zinkeisen (British, 1901-1976)

Fête Champêtre
signed 'A.Zinkeisen' (lower right); further signed 'Zinkeisen' (on a fragment of canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
64.5 x 76.2 cm. (25 3/8 x 30 in.)
Painted circa 1950

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 28 October 2022, lot 103, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Anna Zinkeisen's Fête Champêtre at first appears to depict a light-hearted, neo-classical idyll, echoing 18th-century scenes of leisure. Yet beneath its surface elegance lies a striking complexity. The artist's earlier works often celebrated the glamour of high society, but after her wartime experiences, her palette and tone shifted. Here, the bright costumes and refined atmosphere are undercut by shadowed reflections in the water, lending a sense of unease. This tension between surface frivolity and underlying darkness reflects Zinkeisen's post-war perspective. Fête Champêtre ultimately reads as both an homage to past traditions and a subtle critique of Europe's fragile veneer of sophistication in the aftermath of devastation.

We are grateful to Dr Philip Kelleway for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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