Artwork
Et gadekær. Maglebylille
Et gadekær. Maglebylille is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Theodor Philipsen. It dates from 1903 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The composition captures a moment of stillness, reflecting the surrounding natural environment rather than narrative or allegorical content.
The painting portrays a quiet village pond at Maglebylille, including a bird, a road, a house, a tree and an expansive sky. These elements together create a typical rural Danish setting, emphasizing everyday landscape features of the early 1900s. The composition captures a moment of stillness, reflecting the surrounding natural environment rather than narrative or allegorical content.
Executed in oil on canvas in 1903, the work is part of the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains on display.
Technique & Style
Et gadekær. Maglebylille is an oil painting executed on canvas, with the support measuring 58 cm in height and 84.5 cm in width. The work is classified as a painting and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
Stylistically, the canvas depicts a village pond scene at Maglebylille, populated with birds and framed by a road, houses, trees, and sky, a compositional structure typical of Theodor Philipsen's plein-air studies of the Danish countryside. The handling of oil paint across these elements reflects the naturalistic observation associated with his landscape work, completed in 1903.
History & Provenance
Et gadekær. Maglebylille is an oil on canvas painting executed in 1903 by Danish artist Theodor Philipsen. The work measures 58 by 84.5 centimetres and portrays a village pond at Maglebylille, with a bird, a road, a house, a tree and a sky.
It was created in Copenhagen and entered the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it remains on display.
The Statens Museum for Kunst is listed as both the collection and the location of the painting. No accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented.
Overview
Theodor Philipsen, a Danish painter, completed Et gadekær. Maglebylille in 1903 using oil paint. This landscape depicts a tranquil village pond scene in Maglebylille, characteristic of Philipsen's focus on natural environments and animal subjects. The artwork is recognized as a Post-Impressionist piece and is part of the collection at Statens Museum for Kunst.
Artist & collection
Artist
Theodor Esbern Philipsen (10 June 1840 – 3 March 1920) was a Danish painter of Jewish ancestry, known for landscapes and animal portraits. He also did small figures in wax and clay.
