Jais Nielsen (b. Copenhagen 1885, d. Hellerup 1961)
“Frederik VII giver grevinde Danner gavebrevet på Jægerspris Slot” (Frederik VII gives Countess Danner the deed of gift at Jægerspris Castle). Signed Jais Jægerspris 1918. Oil on canvas. 154×137 cm.
Literature: Hanne Abildgaard: “Ny Dansk Kunsthistorie. Tidlig Modernisme, Bind 6”, Copenhagen 1994, reproduced in colours p. 131 and mentioned pp. 131–132. Literature: Dorthe Aagesen “Avantgarde i dansk og europæisk kunst 1909–19”, National Museum of Art, 2002. Ill. p.178. Literature: Lone Kølle Martinsen and Mette Houlberg Rug: “Danner af Danmark. En national kamæleon”, Frederiksborg, Hillerød 2025, reproduced p. 37. Literature: Lone Kølle Martinsen and Mette Houlberg Rug: “Danner af Danmark. Frihed, fremtid og folkestyre”, Frederiksborg, Hillerød 2025, reproduced p. 55.
Exhibited: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen 1918. Exhibited: “Ausstellung Der Sturm - Herwarth Walden”, Potsdamer Strasse 134a, Berlin, Germany, probanly September 1923 where the gallery held the exhibition “Arnold Topp / Wilhelm Wulff / Die jungen Dänen / Sturm-Gesamtschau” including works by a.o. Jais Nielsen, Olaf Rude, Mogens Lorentzen, Robert Storm-Petersen and Eugene de Sala in international company with works by a.o. Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, Kurt Schwitters, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Alexander Archipenko (traces of label on the reverse). Exhibited: Det danske Kunststævne i Forum, Frederiksberg 1929 (Interview in Politikens Magasin, 1929). Exhibited: Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen 1955 Exhibited: Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 1960. Exhibited: “Danner af Danmark. Frihed, fremtid og folkestyre”, Frederiksborg Slot, Hillerød 2025. Provenance: “Auktion over maleren Jais Nielsen's malerier, studier og keramik”, Anton Hansen's Kunstauktioner, Copenhagen 5 November 1924, cat. no. 137. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. Acquired at the above mentioned auction. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. Acquired from the above private collection in 1948. Thence by descent in the family.
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