Georg Anton Rasmussen

GEORG ANTON RASMUSSEN (Stavanger 1842 - Berlin 1914).
"Fjords in Summer", 1870.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left corner.
The canvas has been cleaned and varnished.
Measurements: 62 x 94 cm; 83 x 116 cm (frame).

Lively view of the Norwegian fjords in summer, probably those corresponding to the district of Helgeland, seen from the island of Torget. This is a painting entirely in keeping with the work of the artist, who returned to his native Norway each summer to paint.

Rasmussen began as a pupil of the painters Johan Ludvig Losting and Anders Askevold. He worked in Copenhagen and then, in 1863, became a pupil of the master of the Düsseldorf school, Oswald Achenbach. He would live in Düsseldorf and Berlin for the rest of his life, returning to Norway during the summer, where his views of the fjords were very successful. His technique is fresh and close to impressionism, finding the light from within the scene, depicting clouds and animating it with locals and boats. Works in the State Art Museum in Copenhagen, the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, the Kunstmuseum in Düsseldorf and the Hermitage.