L. A. Ring (b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933)
“Sædemand”. The sower. Frederiksværk. Signed and dated L. A. Ring 1901. Oil on canvas. 78×120 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring no. 469.
Exhibited: Den Frie udstilling 1902 no. 196. Kunstforeningen , “L. A. Ring”, 1914 no. 4.
Literature: Peter Hertz, “Maleren L. A. Ring”, 1934, reproduced p. 333 and mentioned p. 337 (in Danish) “....Ring has paid tribute to the sunshine and the brighter motifs: the spring motif with the sower,....”.
L. A. Ring repeats the motif in 1910, “Sædemanden i Baldersbrønde”, (the sower in Baldersbrønde) with the measurement 186.5×155.5 cm, that one owned by the Danish state and is located in the Prime Minister's department.
Provenance: Bank manager Emil Glückstadt. Manager Forstædernes Brødfabrikker D. A. Johansen (1914).
Condition report on request. Please contact: fine-art@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Paintings and antiquities, 28 May 2019