Vilhelm Th. Fischer (b. Holbæk 1857, d. Frederiksberg 1928)
“Legende hunde”. Playing dogs. Signed and dated Vilh. Th. Fischer 1891. Oil on canvas. 115×131 cm.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1891 no. 126. München, Internationalen Kunstausstellung, 1892 no. 555.
In the background one can see a small section of the old Østervold, where the National Gallery of Denmark is today. Opposite was the old barracks, which later housed DSB and today the dormitory called BaseCamp.
In 1891 Wilhelm Th. Fischer won the Academy's Neuhausen Prize for this painting.
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Paintings, 15 September 2020