Julius Paulsen

Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860–1940).

This work is offered unframed.

A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and modern art theorist. Julius Paulsen first studied at Denmark's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1882. In 1885, he traveled to the Netherlands, France and Belgium, where he made a particular study of the works of Rembrandt. In Paris, he was exposed to the ferment of Modernist art ideas, which led him to lighten his palette and seek more subjective and emotional forms of expression. Paulsen's work bears the influence of Realism, Symbolism and Impressionism, but he was also inspired by Dutch 17th-century art as can be seen in his 1902 painting, Portrait Group, in Skagens Museum. Paulsen was associated with several of the Skagen Painters who gathered each summer in the north of Jutland, but did not visit Skagen itself until after 1900. While there, he painted several portraits of his friend, the artist Laurits Tuxen and his family, as well as a number of semi-abstract landscapes. From 1908 to 1920, Paulsen was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. His portrait of P.S. Kroyer hangs in the Museum of National History in Frederiksborg Palace. The artist is well-listed in all relevant art reference works.

Signed with initials, 'J.P'