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Adolf Carl
A coastal view of the white chalk cliffs of Møn island, Denmark
Lot Closed
February 2, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Adolf Carl
Kassel 1814 - 1845 Rome
A coastal view of the white chalk cliffs of Møn island, Denmark
oil on canvas, unlined
unframed: 40.6 x 54 cm.; 16 x 21 3/8 in.
framed: 51.4 x 64.4 cm.; 20 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.
Anonymous sale, Copenhagen, Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, 7 December 2006, lot 2260;
With Galerie Jean-François Heim, Basel, 2014;
Acquired by the present owner at the Paris Tableau.
A pupil of Siegfried Bendixen, Carl began to exhibit his works in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich in 1837. Starting in 1839, he studied at the Academies of Munich and Düsseldorf, before settling in Hamburg in 1841. In 1843, he left for Italy where he enjoyed much success, in particular with his Sicilian landscapes. He died there at the age of thirty.
The Island of Møn in Denmark has attracted artists and tourists alike for many years due to its varied landscape, including woodlands, grasslands, meadows, wetlands, coastal areas, ponds and steep hills. This picture is an atmospheric rendering of the island's best-known treasure - the white chalk cliffs along its eastern coast.