Artwork
Twilight. The Artist's Wife
Twilight. The Artist's Wife is an oil painting by the Symbolist artist Laurits Andersen Ring. It dates from 1900 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The work is a portrait depicting a woman seated in a chair before a window. As the title indicates, the subject is the artist's wife. The composition focuses on her figure within an interior setting, utilizing the window and chair as key elements of the scene. Created in 1898, the painting captures a quiet, domestic moment centered on the female sitter.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1898, Twilight. The Artist's Wife is an oil painting on canvas by Laurits Andersen Ring. The work measures 97.4 cm in height and 78 cm in width. As a portrait, the composition depicts a woman seated in a chair near a window, utilizing the oil medium to render the interior scene.
History & Provenance
The painting entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains held.
Laurits Andersen Ring executed the oil painting Twilight. The Artist's Wife in 1898. Created on canvas, the work depicts a woman seated near a window and a chair.
The painting entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains held. No specific details regarding the original commission or intermediate ownership transfers prior to the museum's acquisition are provided in the available records.
Overview
Created in 1900 by the Danish painter Laurits Andersen Ring, Twilight. The Artist’s Wife is an oil painting on canvas that resides in the Statens Museum for Kunst. The work exemplifies Ring’s turn toward Symbolist concerns, merging personal interiority with a broader visual language that emphasizes mood and atmosphere.
Context
At the turn of the century, Ring was instrumental in introducing Symbolist and socially aware themes into Danish painting. Twilight. The Artist’s Wife illustrates his interest in everyday scenes imbued with deeper psychological resonance, aligning with contemporary European trends that favored mood over narrative detail.
Own this work as a print
Artist & collection
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.
