Evening on the Shore
Peter Johann Raadsig (Kopenhagen 1806 - Kopenhagen 1882)
Lot-No. 43
Oil/canvas, 75,5 x 106,5 cm, sign. lo. ri. a. dat. P. Raadsig 1867, min. rest. - The painting depicts the peaceful atmosphere of an evening on the danish coast. It shows a family in the foreground tidying their nets while another family in the background still awaits their vessel returning from fishing. - Landscape a. figure painter, student of the Copenhagen Academy, extensive study trips to Rome and Munich, was among the first artists to discover the beauty of the rural danish coast, he portrays masterly the life of its fishermen and peasants. - Mus.: Copenhagen, Aarhus a. Skagen. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Peter Johann Raadsig: Evening on the Shore
Peter Johann Raadsig (Kopenhagen 1806 - Kopenhagen 1882)
Evening on the Shore
Lot-No. 43
Oil/canvas, 75,5 x 106,5 cm, sign. lo. ri. a. dat. P. Raadsig 1867, min. rest. - The painting depicts the peaceful atmosphere of an evening on the danish coast. It shows a family in the foreground tidying their nets while another family in the background still awaits their vessel returning from fishing. - Landscape a. figure painter, student of the Copenhagen Academy, extensive study trips to Rome and Munich, was among the first artists to discover the beauty of the rural danish coast, he portrays masterly the life of its fishermen and peasants. - Mus.: Copenhagen, Aarhus a. Skagen. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.