Susåen. The Bridge and the Mill at Karrebæksminde

The work was painted in 1898 by Laurits Andersen Ring, now commonly known as L. A. Ring. It entered the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst (the National Gallery of Denmark) in Copenhagen, where it remains held by the museum under the Ministry of the State of Denmark. The museum records list the painting’s dimensions as 60 cm in height and 82.2 cm in width.

The painting Susåen. The Bridge and the Mill at Karrebæksminde is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Denmark. The work is administered by the Ministry of the State of Denmark.

While the specific inventory or accession number is not provided in the available records, the museum maintains the piece as part of its permanent holdings of landscape paintings by Laurits Andersen Ring.

No specific exhibition history is documented in the provided sources. The available information confirms the artwork's creation in 1898 and its current location within the Danish state collection, but does not list past or future public displays.

Laurits Andersen Ring’s Susåen. The Bridge and the Mill at Karrebæksminde (1898) is recognized as a defining example of Danish late-nineteenth-century naturalism, aligning with the period’s emphasis on atmospheric realism and local subject matter. Contemporary critics situated the work within the broader turn toward plein-air painting in Danish art, linking it to the plein-air tradition that emphasized direct observation of light and landscape.

Its inclusion in the Statens Museum for Kunst’s holdings underscores its canonical status in Danish art history, where it is frequently cited as emblematic of Ring’s mature style and of the national landscape tradition.

Scholarship has interpreted the painting’s depiction of the Suså River and Karrebæksminde’s mill as a synthesis of natural observation and symbolic resonance, positioning it within broader discourses on modernity and rural life in Danish art. The work’s careful composition and subdued palette have been read as reflecting Ring’s engagement with contemporary aesthetic debates, including the influence of French naturalism filtered through Nordic sensibilities.

Created in 1900 by Danish painter Laurits Andersen Ring, this oil on canvas portrays a tranquil riverside at twilight. A modest wooden bridge spans the Suså River, leading to a stationary windmill on a grassy bank. Nearby, a sailing vessel is moored beside a dirt path, while simple thatched houses line the water’s edge, all under a pale, cloud‑dotted sky.