Artwork
Thaw
Thaw is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Laurits Andersen Ring. It dates from 1901 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Technique & Style
Stylistically classified as a landscape, the composition depicts a winter scene featuring a fence and snow-covered ground.
Executed in 1901, Thaw is an oil painting on canvas by Laurits Andersen Ring. The work measures 54.4 cm in height and 76.4 cm in width. Stylistically classified as a landscape, the composition depicts a winter scene featuring a fence and snow-covered ground.
The piece is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst and has been exhibited in shows focusing on Nordic landscape painting from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries.
History & Provenance
The painting now in the Statens Museum for Kunst was created by Laurits Andersen Ring in 1901. It entered the national Danish collection as part of the holdings of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains located.
The work was included in the exhibition The Mirror of Nature. Nordic Landscape Painting 1840–1910, which presented Nordic landscape painting from the period.
Thaw is an oil landscape painting by Laurits Andersen Ring created in 1901. The work is held at Statens Museum for Kunst under inventory number KMS1901:1, accessioned on 1901-01-01, and measures 54.4 cm by 76.4 cm. It was included in the exhibition The Mirror of Nature. Nordic Landscape Painting 1840-1910.
Overview
Created in 1901, Thaw is an oil painting by Danish artist Laurits Andersen Ring. The work presents a winter field where a weathered wooden fence is partially uncovered by melting snow. Beyond the fence, modest structures and sparse trees sit on a low horizon, conveying a quiet, rural environment.
Subject & Meaning
The composition centers on the transition from frozen to liquid, using the fence as a marker of human presence within a natural setting. The uneven melt suggests the passage of time and the subtle forces that alter the landscape, inviting contemplation of everyday change and the resilience of rural life.
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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.
