Oluf Høst (b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966)
“Sankt Hansbål” (Bonfire), Bornholm 1956. Signed OH. Oil on canvas. 81×146 cm.
Literature: Jørgen Sandvad & Otto Gelsted: “Oluf Høst”, Copenhagen, 1960, ill. pp. 60–61. Literature: Lars Kjærulf Møller & Jens Erik Sørensen (red): “Oluf Høst”. Published in connection with the exhibition “Oluf Høst”, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 1994, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1995 and Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1995, ill. p. 71 and on the front cover. Literature: Jens Henrik Sandberg, Rasmus Nielsen, Knud W. Jensen (ed): “Oluf Høst Museet”. Published in connection with the opening of Oluf Høst Museet 12 June 1998, no. 39.
Exhibited: “Mindeudstilling for Oluf Høst”, Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, 1966, cat. no. 106. Exhibited: “Oluf Høst”, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 1994, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1995 and Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1995, ill. p. 71 and on the front cover. Exhibited: Oluf Høst Museet, Opening Exhibition, Bornholm, 1998, cat. no. 39.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, auction 559, Copenhagen, 1991, cat. no. 125, ill. p. 33 and on the front cover. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.
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Paintings and sculptures, 16 June 2020