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En sommerdag. Motiv fra Horneland ved Fåborg
En sommerdag. Motiv fra Horneland ved Fåborg is an oil painting by Vilhelm Kyhn. It dates from 1869 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst. En sommerdag.
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Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a summer landscape at Horne Land near Fåborg, a coastal area on the island of Funen in Denmark.
The painting depicts a summer landscape at Horne Land near Fåborg, a coastal area on the island of Funen in Denmark. As a landscape work, it captures the natural scenery of this specific Danish locality, with the composition centered on a lake set within the Horne Land terrain. Created in 1869, the work belongs to the tradition of plein-air and topographical landscape painting that flourished in nineteenth-century Denmark, where artists sought to record the distinctive light and topography of the Danish countryside during the summer season.
The choice of Horne Land as subject reflects the area's appeal to Danish landscape painters of the period, who were drawn to its varied terrain and the quality of light around Fåborg. By titling the work "En sommerdag" ("A Summer Day"), Kyhn emphasizes the atmospheric and seasonal character of the scene, presenting the locality as an evocation of a specific moment in the Danish rural calendar rather than as a dramatic or allegorical subject.
Technique & Style
The work is an oil painting executed on canvas, reflecting the traditional handling and condition typical of 19th‑century Danish landscape art. Its formal qualities include a naturalistic depiction of Horneland’s terrain, with careful rendering of light and atmospheric depth that aligns with the genre’s emphasis on realistic scenery.
History & Provenance
Vilhelm Kyhn created the landscape painting En sommerdag. Motiv fra Horneland ved Fåborg in 1869. Executed in oil on canvas, the work measures 149.5 cm in height and 200 cm in width.
The painting is currently held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it is identified as a depiction of Horne Land and a lake. No specific details regarding the original commission, the initial owner, or the chain of custody prior to the museum's acquisition are provided in the available records.
En sommerdag. Motiv fra Horneland ved Fåborg by Vilhelm Kyhn is held in the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst, the Danish national gallery. The work is catalogued as an oil painting on canvas measuring 149.5 cm in height by 200 cm in width, dated 1869.
No exhibition history beyond its inclusion in the Statens Museum for Kunst collection is documented in the available sources.
Overview
En sommerdag. Motiv fra Horneland ved Fåborg is a 1869 oil painting by Vilhelm Kyhn, a Danish artist known for his landscapes.
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Artist
Peter Vilhelm Carl Kyhn (March 30, 1819 – May 11, 1903) was a Danish landscape painter who belonged to the generation of national romantic painters immediately after the Danish Golden Age and before the Modern Breakthrough.
