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Asnæs Skov, Bay at Kalundborg Fjord

Asnæs Skov, Bay at Kalundborg Fjord

1839
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Copenhagen’s Kunstforeningen, an exhibition society for contemporary art, purchased this drawing from Lundbye shortly after its creation—a practice meant to extend the organization’s support of artists.

Description

Johan Thomas Lundbye belonged to the youngest generation of artists working during Denmark’s Golden Age, a period of unprecedented creative activity. This drawing depicts a wooded area on a narrow bay near the town where the artist grew up. Lundbye worked outdoors, directly from nature, aiming to create a work that conveyed his experience of nature. With exacting precision, he conveyed the scene’s solitude and featured a large dolmen, meant to allude to the region’s ancient past.
  • 1839
    Johan Thomas Lundbye, sold to the Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    1839-1933
    Kunstforeningen Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
    October 19, 1933
    (Kunstforeningen collection sale, V. Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, October 19, 1933, no. 571)
    1933-2022
    Private Collection, Nordjysk, Denmark
    2022
    (Le Claire Kunst, Hamburg, Germany), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    September 12, 2022-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Arbejder af Johan Thomas Lundbye: Udstillede I Kunstforeningen I København. Exh. Cat. Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen, 1893 Mentioned: p. 27, no. 178 (possibly)
    Madsen, Karl. Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1818–1848. Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen, 1895 Reproduced: p. 64; Mentioned: p. 65
    Fortegnelse over Kunstforeningens Samling af tegninger og akvareller. Copenhagen: V. Winkel & Magnussen, 1933 Mentioned: p. 47, no. 571; Reproduced: p. 25
    Madsen, Karl. Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1818–1848. Copenhagen: Glydendalske, 1949 Mentioned: p. 88–89; Reproduced: p. 96
  • {{cite web|title=Asnæs Skov, Bay at Kalundborg Fjord|url=false|author=Johan Thomas Lundbye|year=1839|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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