Paul Fischer (b. Copenhagen 1860, d. Gentofte 1934)
“Kongens Nytorv med Musse”. View of Kongens Nytorv with the painter's wife Musse. In the background Charlottenborg and the Royal Danish Theatre. 1911. Signed Paul Fischer. Oil on canvas. 58×79 cm.
Exhibited: Øregaard Museum, Hellerup 1985. Foreningen for Dansk Kunst, “Mit bedste Kunstværk”, Charlottenborg 1989.
Literature: Michael Varming, “Paul Fischers København - og vores”, 2006, mentioned and reproduced p. 7. Varming writes (in Danish): “Musse was Paul Fischer's second wife. She looks healthy and lush. She was a concert singer and was baptized Martha Vilhelmine Jensen (1888–1966). The picture was painted in 1911, but they were first married in 1914. Perhaps that is why he painted her as a maid”?
Reproduced: Steffen Linvald, “Paul Fischer - københavnernes maler”, 1984 p. 92. Helge Carlsen, “Billedmageren Paul Fischer”, 1991, p. 85. Jane Sandberg, “Paul Fischer”, 2005, p. 22.
Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen auction 734, 2004 no. 1592. Bruun Rasmussen auction 750, 2005 no. 1100.
Condition report on request. Contact fine-art@bruun-rasmussen.dk
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Paintings & books, 26 February 2019