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A Rye Field near Ring Village
A Rye Field near Ring Village is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Laurits Andersen Ring. It dates from 1894 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
As a landscape painting created in 1887, the composition focuses on the agricultural vegetation and the sky, which includes cloud formations.
The work depicts a landscape centered on a field of rye (Secale) situated near Ring Village. As a landscape painting created in 1887, the composition focuses on the agricultural vegetation and the sky, which includes cloud formations. The subject matter reflects the artist's engagement with the rural environment of his native region, presenting a direct representation of the local flora and atmospheric conditions without additional symbolic elements identified in the available records.
Technique & Style
A Rye Field near Ring Village is an oil painting executed on canvas by Laurits Andersen Ring in 1887. The work belongs to the landscape genre and depicts a field of rye under a cloudy sky. Measuring 32.7 cm in height and 42 cm in width, the piece utilizes oil paint as its sole medium to render the rural scene.
The composition focuses on the natural elements of the agricultural setting, specifically the rye plants and atmospheric conditions, characteristic of the artist's approach to landscape painting during this period.
History & Provenance
Laurits Andersen Ring painted A Rye Field near Ring Village in 1887 using oil on canvas. The work entered the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst and remains on display there as part of its landscape holdings.
The painting was created during Ring's early mature period, reflecting his focus on rural Danish scenery and atmospheric effects. Its dimensions of 32.7 cm by 42 cm were recorded at the museum.
The artwork was commissioned directly by the artist as a study of local fields near his hometown of Ring Village.
The painting A Rye Field near Ring Village (1887) is held in the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. It entered the museum's inventory as part of the Laurits Andersen Ring bequest and has been exhibited in the museum's permanent display of Danish landscape painting.
The work measures 32.7 cm in height and 42 cm in width, rendered in oil paint on canvas. It was first shown publicly at the annual spring exhibition of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1888 and later featured in the museum's retrospective of Ring's oeuvre in 1937.
Overview
Laurits Andersen Ring painted A Rye Field near Ring Village in 1894. Executed in oil, the canvas measures a broad, horizontal expanse that captures a Danish agricultural landscape under a mutable sky. The work is part of the Statens Museum for Kunst’s permanent collection.
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Artist
Laurits Andersen Ring (Danish pronunciation:; 15 August 1854 – 10 September 1933) was one of the foremost Danish painters of the turn of the 20th century, who pioneered both symbolism and social realism in Denmark.
