Artwork
The Beach at Kandestederne, West Jutland
The Beach at Kandestederne, West Jutland is an oil painting by the Plein Air artist Vilhelm Kyhn. It dates from 1889 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
The Beach at Kandestederne, West Jutland is a landscape painting by Vilhelm Kyhn that depicts the coastal area of Kandestederne, located in West Jutland. As a work within the landscape genre, the painting represents the natural terrain and shoreline of this specific Danish region, focusing on the geographical features of the Kandestederne coast rather than narrative or figurative subjects.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1877, this landscape by Vilhelm Kyhn is an oil painting on canvas.
Executed in 1877, this landscape by Vilhelm Kyhn is an oil painting on canvas. The work measures 32 cm in height and 44 cm in width. As a depiction of Kandestederne in West Jutland, the piece utilizes traditional oil paints applied to a woven fabric support, a standard medium for Danish Golden Age and subsequent landscape traditions.
The composition focuses on the coastal environment, rendered through the artist's handling of oil pigments to capture the specific atmospheric qualities of the location.
History & Provenance
Vilhelm Kyhn created the oil painting The Beach at Kandestederne, West Jutland in 1877. Executed on canvas, the work depicts the coastal landscape of Kandestederne. The piece currently resides in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, where it is held as part of their holdings.
No specific details regarding a commission or a detailed chain of previous ownership are provided in the available records, though its inception is firmly established as 1877.
Overview
The Beach at Kandestederne, West Jutland is a painting created by Vilhelm Kyhn in 1889 using oil paint on an unspecified surface. It is now part of the Statens Museum for Kunst collection.
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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.
