The European Art Sale
The European Art Sale
Property from the Collection of Andy and Deborah Williams
Carl Holsøe
In the dining room
Lot Closed
May 20, 06:37 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Andy and Deborah Williams
Carl Holsøe
Danish
1863 - 1935
In the dining room
signed C. Holsøe (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 25 ⅝ by 21 ¾ in.; 65.1 by 55.2 cm.
framed: 30 ⅛ by 26 ¼ in.; 76.5 by 66.7 cm.
Paul Rich Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Enormously popular in his native Scandinavia and throughout the rest of Europe during his lifetime, Carl Holsøe had studied with Vilhelm Hammershøi at the Royal Academy of Copenhagen and, together with Peder Ilsted, they formed the Danish School of Interior Painting. Their influence on one another is palpable in works such as Interior, Light of Spring. It epitomizes the effects for which they are most celebrated: an atmosphere that is dense, introspective, and immensely alluring to a modern aesthetic.
As in many of his best works, here Holsøe has lingered over an intelligent play of reflected light and color and included a figure looking away, yielding her identity to the viewer's imagination.