Artwork
Landscape with Haystacks
Landscape with Haystacks is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Edvard Weie. It dates from 1916 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Overview
Landscape with Haystacks is a 1916 oil painting by Danish Modernist Viggo Thorvald Edvard Weie, characterized by its Post-Impressionist style and depiction of a rustic, textured landscape.
Subject & Meaning
The painting portrays a rugged rural scene featuring rolling hills, dry grass, rocky outcroppings, and haystacks, evoking a sense of natural, unpolished landscape.
Technique & Style
Weie employed thick, uneven brushstrokes and impasto techniques, applying heavy layers of earth-toned paint (browns, yellows, dull greens, with accents of red and orange) to create a three-dimensional, tactile quality.
History & Provenance
Created in 1916, the work is part of the collection at Statens Museum for Kunst. Weie, a recipient of the 1925 Eckersberg Medal, passed away in Frederiksberg in 1943.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Viggo Thorvald Edvard Weie (18 November 1879 - 9 April 1943) was a Danish Modernist painter. He was a recipient of Eckersberg Medal in 1925. He died during 1943 in Frederiksberg.
