Paul Fischer (b. Copenhagen 1860, d. Gentofte 1934)
A busy winter day at Vesterbro Passage in Copenhagen. Signed and dated Paul Fischer 1913. Oil on canvas. 85×94 cm.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 895, 2004 no. 61, ill. p. 85.
Paul Fischer has painted Copenhagen many times in rain or snow, and he once stated in an interview (in Danish): “I like Copenhagen best when the snow softens the contours or the light shines on the rain-soaked asphalt.” (Jane Sandberg, “Paul Fischer - Ingen kan tjene alle til takke”, 2005, p. 28). In the present painting, Paul Fischer has depicted a broad section of the Copenhagen residents near the Town Hall Square on a winter's day: Elegant Copenhagen ladies strolling, an errand boy on his way with goods, a maid shopping carrying a basket, a worker with a shovel and a policeman looking at the many trams passing.
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