Johannes Boesen, Landscape With Lake

Johannes Boesen, Landscape With LakeThis beautiful late 19th century oil painting by Danish artist Johannes Boesen (1847 1916) depicts a rural view with lake and distant hills. Boesen was taught by a master of Danish Golden Age landscapes, P. C. Skovgaard (1817 1875), and his influence is clear to see. The composition here is adroitly captured with the hills intersecting to create a pathway for the eye. Note how the foliage guides you downhill and out towards the lake. With an area of

Overall size: 49½” x 40” / 126cm x 102cm

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 21½” x 18” / 55cm x 46cmYear of creation: c

and the dog’s paw

It’s held in a later frame

He grew up in a working-class family that lived close to the poverty line and he encountered several bouts of ill health during his childhood

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A beautiful early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting an attractive view across a lake towards a cottage

Jean Pelletier's works are held in numerous public collections including at the British Museum

He was born in Värmland county and he’s represented at the Norrköping Art Museum

we see a seated woman in a green dress reading by lamplight

mother adjusts father’s buttonhole flower

The artist has referenced a time when the Dutch navy was the envy of Europe for its scale and ferocity