Emanuel Larsen (b. Copenhagen 1823, d. s.p. 1859)
“Parti af Faxe Fjord på Island. Aftenbelysning”. Faxe Bay, Iceland. Evening light. Signed and dated E.L. 1846. Oil on canvas. 60×90 cm. Period frame with corner ornamentation.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1846 no. 123. Bought by Kunstforeningen (The Danish Art Society) and was disposed of by lottery at Kunstforeningen, here won by Justice (justitsråd) Driefer.
Emanuel Larsen travelled by warship to the Faroe Islands and Iceland in 1845. He painted several paintings on the trip.
Faxe Bay or Faxaflói is a bay in southwest Iceland. The name Faxe refers to a man from one of the first Norse boat trips to the island.
Emanuel Larsen is mentioned in Weilbach's Kunstnerlexikon vol. 4, 1996 p. 507 (in Danish): “His speciality was marine painting, which he cultivated in continuation of the principles set off by C.W. Eckersberg. There is the same clear account of the detail as in the master teacher's painting, but Larsen added more lively movement and a romantic touch to the genre, which was alien to Eckersberg's art”. The present painting is a clear example of that.
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Paintings & Drawings, 18 September 2023