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ANTIQUE #SA1101788

Harry Kluge, Landscape With Windmill - Oil Painting

£1,695    $2,142    €2,034
This mid-20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Harry Kluge (1879-1963) depicts a windmill in a river landscape. Kluge was an accomplished painter of maritime scenes and buildings.
 
Dormant and architecturally enchanting, it stands like an imperious spectre. From our lowly viewpoint, we’re looking up towards its towering presence. The angles have been carefully studied with the addition of a distant sunlit building to enhance the sense of perspective.
 
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 the textures he encountered - worn timber has 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.
 
Alongside his works in oil, he was employed as an underglaze painter in the workshop at Bing & Grųndahl, the porcelain manufacturer.
 
Signed/dated in the lower right and held within a later frame.
 
Learn more about Harry Kluge in our directory.
 
Medium: Oil on canvas
 
Overall size: 39½” x 27½” / 100cm x 70cm
 
Year of creation: 1934
 
Labels & Inscriptions: Copenhagen supplier''s label.
 
Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.
 
Condition: Cleaned. Frame in excellent condition.
 
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: BRV1953
 
Antique Number: SA1101788
Dateline of this antique is 1930
Height is 70cm (27.6inches)
Width is 100cm (39.4inches)
Depth is 5cm (2.0inches)
Antique #SA1101788, shown on this page, originates from 1930. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1930
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