Artwork

Tåget efterårsmorgen i udkanten af en birkeskov. Motiv fra egnen ved Silkeborg

Tåget efterårsmorgen i udkanten af en birkeskov. Motiv fra egnen ved Silkeborg is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Janus la Cour. It dates from 1889 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.

About this work

Subject & Meaning

The title explicitly mentions the train (tåget) and the seasonal setting, while the Wikidata entry confirms the depiction of a forest.

The work shows a train moving through an autumn morning at the edge of a birch forest near Silkeborg. The title explicitly mentions the train (tåget) and the seasonal setting, while the Wikidata entry confirms the depiction of a forest. This juxtaposition of the industrial train with the tranquil Danish birch woodland invites reading the painting as a commentary on the encroachment of modernity upon the national landscape, a theme common in 19th‑century Danish landscape art that sought to capture both the beauty of the countryside and the changes brought by technological progress.

Technique & Style

Created in 1877, this landscape painting by Janus la Cour is executed in oil paint on a canvas support. The work depicts a forest scene, specifically capturing the atmosphere of a foggy autumn morning at the edge of a birch grove near Silkeborg. Measuring 125 cm in height and 190.5 cm in width, the piece is classified as a landscape genre painting. It is currently held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.

History & Provenance

Janus la Cour executed the oil painting Tåget efterårsmorgen i udkanten af en birkeskov. Motiv fra egnen ved Silkeborg in 1877. The work depicts a forest landscape and was created on canvas.

While the specific circumstances of its commission and early ownership history are not detailed in the available records, the painting is currently held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, where it remains part of the institution's holdings.

Overview

Janus la Cour’s 1889 oil painting titled Tåget efterårsmorgen i udkanten af en birkeskov. Motiv fra egnen ved Silkeborg portrays a tranquil forest near Silkeborg. The canvas, now part of the Statens Museum for Kunst collection, exemplifies the artist’s engagement with natural scenery during the late nineteenth‑century Impressionist period.

Artist & collection

Artist

Janus la Cour

Janus Andreas Bartholin la Cour (5 September 1837 – 13 October 1909) was a Danish painter who is remembered for his landscapes painted in the classical style of the Eckersberg school.