#figure in landscape

Sigvard Hansen (May 23, 1859 - 1938) was a Danish landscape painter. He was apprenticed at Aluminia (Porcelain factory) and studied at the Academy at the same time, but never graduated.

His specialty was Danish and foreign winter landscapes which he executed with great skill and sold in copious amounts. Here I have selected an atypical canvas, which I think shows off his technical skill with figures, scenery and a typical Danish grey sky:

Above:The Harbour of Elsinore, Denmark, 1884 - oil on canvas (Shown at Charlottenborg, privately owned)

Jens Vige (May 11, 1864 - 1912) was a Danish social-realist painter. He trained at the Academy and later with P.S. Krøyer. After marrying, he settled at Hammer Bakker in Northern Jutland and developed a preference for open air painting (he only worked summers) in Skagen and other heath and moor landscapes up north…

Above:Kvinder hakker lyng, 1906 - oil on canvas (SMK)

Georg Seligmann (April 22, 1866 - 1924) was a Danish genre painter who had studied with P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen, after which he traveled extensively abroad, studying old masters (particularly Frans Hals).

He exhibited at Forårsudstillingen at Charlottenborg and later at Den Frie. He did quite a few architecture paintings and portraits, including a whole show of “Doctor portraits” (apparently he was hospitalized for long periods towards the end of his life).

He is represented at Den Hirschsprungske Samling and Statens Museum for Kunst, from where this canvas comes:

Ukrudt. En kvinde i et landskab, 1888 - oil on canvas (SMK)

Pelle Åberg (April 21, 1909 - 1964) was a Swedish painter from an artist family. He studied and worked for many years with his father as a decorator, learning the crafts aspects.

Åberg was a founder member of the artists’ association ‘De unga’, and has works (often depicting figures from neighborhoods in Stockholm) in many Swedish museums, including Prins Eugen’s Waldemarsudde and Moderna Museet.

Above:I Parken, 1944 - oil on board (Moderna Museet)