Dankvart Dreyer (b. Assens 1816, d. Barløse 1852)
View towards Stovbjerg (“Cinders Mountain”) and Himmelbjerget (“The Sky Mountain”) in Jutland. C. 1841. Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. 34×56 cm.
Suzanne Ludvigsen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Dankvart Dreyer, 2008, no. 127.
Exhibited: Kunstforeningen & Fyns Kunstmuseum, “Dankvart Dreyer”, 1989 no. 78. Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, “Hedebilleder”, 1997 no. 11, ill. p. 45. Skovgaard Museet, “Udsigt til Guldalderen”, 2006. Fyns Kunstmuseum & The Hirschsprung Collection, “Naturfortrolighed. Dankvart Dreyer 1816–1852”, 2006–2007 no. 31.
Literature: Suzanne Ludvigsen, “Maleren Dankvart Dreyer”, 2008, vol. I, ill. p. 165 and described pp. 164 and 166. Ludvigsen writes here about the painting (in Danish): “Leo Swane did not know about the painting ”Udsigt mod Stovbjerg og Himmelbjerget“ [...]. But a signed pen-and-ink drawing with the same motif - one of the few direct studies for Dreyer's painted works that exist - makes a strong case for the correctness of the attribution [...]. The drawing is augmented at the upper edge, and so is the painting. The latter with a border of clear blue sky and golden clouds calling out to the heavy hills”. The drawing, which is mentioned as a study for the painting, is located at The National Gallery of Denmark (Inv. No. KKS7806).
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 507, 1988 no. 125. Antikvitetsudstillingen, Børsen, Copenhagen, Autumn 1988. The art historian Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen (1945–2023).
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