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Harry Kluge, Courtyard - Antique Oil Painting
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Harry Kluge, Courtyard - Antique Oil Painting

1920 - 1940
Sold 30 October 2024 · Brave Fine Art
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This mid-20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Harry Kluge (1879-1963) depicts a view of a courtyard. Kluge was an accomplished painter of maritime scenes and buildings.

Patinated walls, aged and rendered, create a textured surface, which frames a barred window. It’s uneven, tonal, and sombre.

Kluge had a fascination for unlikely beauty. Primarily known as a maritime painter, in his ‘spare time’, he tracked down interesting old structures and dilapidated back streets. His canny brushwork emphasised the diverse nature of urban surfaces - external walls have never been so captivating.

When in these solitary moments, tucked away from sight, he painted little else but architecture. There’s never a soul present, just the artist, the environment, and his tireless ambition to capture it all.

Signed/dated in the lower left and held within a later frame.

Learn more about Harry Kluge in our directory.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 19” x 25½” / 48cm x 65cm

Year of creation: 1948

Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.

Condition: Cleaned. Areas of fine and settled craquelure, as you would expect. The paint layer is stable. Frame with various marks and showing its age.

Artist’s auction maximum: £6,156 for ‘Den kejserliga yachten, The Polar Star, i Köpenhamns hamn (1912)’, Oil on canvas, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015.

Our reference: BRV1912

Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Oil Painting to the 1940s.

Physical Dimensions
Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Reference Numbers
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SA1093178
Description
This mid-20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Harry Kluge (1879-1963) depicts a view of a courtyard. Kluge was an accomplished painter of maritime scenes and buildings.

Patinated walls, aged and rendered, create a textured surface, which frames a barred window. It’s uneven, tonal, and sombre.

Kluge had a fascination for unlikely beauty.

“
Primarily known as a maritime painter, in his ‘spare time’, he tracked down interesting old structures and dilapidated back streets.
Brave Fine Art

His canny brushwork emphasised the diverse nature of urban surfaces - external walls have never been so captivating.

fig 1. An antique oil painting depicting an architectural courtyard scene, housed within a wide, ornate gilt wooden frame.
fig 1. Harry Kluge, Courtyard - Antique Oil Painting

When in these solitary moments, tucked away from sight, he painted little else but architecture. There’s never a soul present, just the artist, the environment, and his tireless ambition to capture it all.

fig 2. An antique oil painting depicting an architectural courtyard scene, housed within a wide, ornate gilt wooden frame.
fig 2. Harry Kluge, Courtyard - Antique Oil Painting

Signed/dated in the lower left and held within a later frame.

Learn more about Harry Kluge in our directory.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Overall size: 19” x 25½” / 48cm x 65cm

Year of creation: 1948

Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.

fig 3. An antique oil painting depicting an architectural courtyard scene, housed within a wide, ornate gilt wooden frame.
fig 3. Harry Kluge, Courtyard - Antique Oil Painting

Condition: Cleaned. Areas of fine and settled craquelure, as you would expect. The paint layer is stable. Frame with various marks and showing its age.

Artist’s auction maximum: £6,156 for ‘Den kejserliga yachten, The Polar Star, i Köpenhamns hamn (1912)’, Oil on canvas, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015.

Our reference: BRV1912

Date of Manufacture

Brave Fine Art has dated this Antique Oil Painting to the 1940s.

Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1093178
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21 Enterprise Way
Arle Road
Cheltenham
Cotswolds
GL51 8LZ
United Kingdom

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An antique oil painting depicting an architectural courtyard scene, housed within a wide, ornate gilt wooden frame.
Harry Kluge, Courtyard - Antique Oil Painting
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An antique oil painting depicting an architectural courtyard scene, housed within a wide, ornate gilt wooden frame.
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  • ObjectFramed Art
  • Period1920 - 1940
  • StyleTraditional
  • MaterialCanvas, Oil Paint, Wood, Gilt
  • ColourMuted Gold
  • MotifsArchitectural perspective, Chiaroscuro lighting, Visible artist signature
  • SizeH 65 cm (26 in) x W 48 cm (19 in) x D 5 cm (2 in)

Antique oil paintings are characterised by the use of pigment suspended in drying oils on stretched canvas or wooden panels, often reflecting the artistic styles and techniques of their specific historical era.

Traditional construction typically involves linen or cotton canvas stretched over a wooden mortise and tenon stretcher frame, painted with oil-based pigments, and housed in hand-carved or molded wooden frames finished with gesso and gilding.

Authenticity is assessed by examining the canvas weave, the natural ageing and craquelure of the oil paint, stretcher mark impressions, artist signatures, and the construction methods of the accompanying antique frame.

Integrating an antique painting into a modern space provides a striking focal point; it can be hung traditionally at eye level on a neutral wall or layered on a mantlepiece to create textural contrast.

Preservation requires maintaining stable indoor humidity and temperature, avoiding direct sunlight to prevent pigment fading, and periodically dusting the canvas and frame with a soft, dry brush.
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