P. S. Krøyer (b. Stavanger 1851, d. Skagen 1909)
“Aftenlandskab ved det antikke teater i Taormina med udsigt over Ætna og Golfen”. Evening landscape by the antique theatre in Taormina with a view of Etna and the gulf. Signed and dated S. Krøyer Taormina 1901. Oil on panel. 32×42 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of P.S. Krøyer, 1923, no. 695.
The present painting is one among several in which the ancient theatre in Taormina is included. As early as in February 1901, Marie and P.S. Krøyer went to Sicily, where they met Heinrich (1836–1910) and Pauline Hirschsprung (1845–1912). During their stay, Krøyer received word that he had been granted a Civil List pension of DKK 3,000 per year. Good news, because the Krøyer family spent a lot of money. Later that year, Marie and P.S. Krøyer went to Norway, where Krøyer executed his renowned portrait of author and playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910). Marie went on a spa stay in Larvik. In Norway, Krøyer's 50th birthday was also celebrated with, among others, Holger Drachmann (1846–1908) and Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937).
Provenance: Banker Paul Hagemann (1923). Bruun Rasmussen auction 688, 2000 no. 1448, ill. p. 123.
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