Framed Oil Painting, Street Scene in Winter, Signed A E Söderström

A. E. SÖDERSTRÖM
Street Scene in Winter
Oil on canvas, signed and dated ‘10’
Canvas approx. 57 × 72 cm
Frame approx. 75 × 90 cm
Condition - clear racks to the oil painting, please study the photographs. 
 
In this quietly dramatic winter streetscape, A. E. Söderström captures the resolute calm of a snow-laden day. The scene is built up through a soft, diffused palette: muted façades, deep shadows, and a thick curtain of falling snow that settles across the composition in deliberate, textured strokes. Two figures advance through the drifting whiteness, their forms subdued yet steady, giving the street a sense of human presence without breaking its wintry stillness.
The artist’s signature rests in the lower left corner, its letters partially softened by age and the natural craquelure of the surface. Dated ‘10’, the painting demonstrates Söderström’s facility for atmospheric detail, conveyed here with an unhurried, observational eye. The work remains housed in its substantial period frame, whose layered gilding and warm wood tones echo the painting’s restrained, wintry character.