View of the sea (1895-1928)
Valdemar Andersen1895-1928 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1928)
Specifications
- Year
- 1895-1928
- Nationality / school
- Danish
- Lifespan
- 1875–1928
About the artwork
This page presents "View of the sea" (1895-1928), created by Valdemar Andersen. About the period around 1895-1928: Japanese prints reached Europe in large numbers and influenced many artists, while photography changed what painting needed to do. In the 1890s, colour lithography and Art Nouveau made the illustrated poster a celebrated art form. Landscape, a short history: Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting. The invention of paint in tubes in the 1840s made it easier to work outdoors, and landscape became a main subject of Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is portrait.
"View of the sea" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Landscape scenes add depth and a sense of air to the room, helping the space feel more open and working especially well above a sofa, console, or desk. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Danish, 1875–1928
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