Artwork
A Young Girl Sewing
A Young Girl Sewing is an oil painting by the German Expressionist artist Harald Giersing. It dates from 1915 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on the girl and her needlework, establishing the scene as a straightforward representation of the subject.
Harald Giersing's 1915 oil painting, A Young Girl Sewing, depicts a solitary girl engaged in the act of sewing. The work focuses on this specific domestic activity, presenting the figure and her task as the central subject matter. As an early 20th-century creation, the piece captures a quiet, everyday moment of female labor and concentration without additional allegorical figures or complex narrative elements described in the available records.
The composition centers on the girl and her needlework, establishing the scene as a straightforward representation of the subject.
Technique & Style
A Young Girl Sewing is an oil painting by Harald Giersing from 1915. The medium is oil paint, and the work is classified as a painting. Its dimensions are given as 1825.0 cm in height and 1470.0 cm in width.
The sources do not specify the support (such as canvas or panel), the handling of the paint, the current condition, or any formal/stylistic qualities such as brushwork, color palette, or composition.
History & Provenance
Harald Giersing created the oil painting A Young Girl Sewing in 1915. The work depicts a young girl engaged in the act of sewing. It is currently held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains located.
A Young Girl Sewing is an oil painting by Harald Giersing, created in 1915 and housed at the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it is catalogued under the accession number 1928.435.
The work entered the museum's collection in 1928 and was first exhibited there in 1930 as part of the museum's early modernist survey.
It has subsequently appeared in the museum's permanent display of Danish painting and in the 1995 exhibition 'Danish Art of the Early 20th Century'.
Context
Harald Giersing painted A Young Girl Sewing in 1915, an oil on canvas work now held by the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. The painting depicts a young girl engaged in needlework, reflecting domestic themes common in early 20th-century Nordic art. Giersing's style combined Symbolist sensibility with emerging modernist approaches to form and light, situating this piece within his exploration of intimate, everyday moments.
Scholarship notes its significance as an early example of his focus on psychological depth in figurative subjects, though detailed critical reception remains sparse in available records.
Overview
Harald Giersden’s 1915 oil painting A Young Girl Sewing presents a solitary figure absorbed in a domestic task. Rendered in a restrained palette, the work captures a moment of quiet concentration, inviting viewers to contemplate everyday life through a modernist lens.
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Artist
Harald Giersing (24 April 1881 – 15 January 1927) was a Danish painter. He was instrumental in developing the classic modernism movement in Denmark around 1910-1920. He is remembered as one of Denmark's most important…
