Janus la Cour (b. Ringkøbing 1837, d. Odder 1909)
Landscape with a stream flowing into the sea. Signed and dated J. la Cour 1896. Oil on canvas. 46×61 cm.
Literature: Rikard Magnussen, “Landskabsmaleren Janus la Cour 1837–1909”, p. 125, reproduces a painting from the same locality. That one once in Consul General Johan Hansen's collection. On p. 126 the author mentions la Cour's fascination of the motif with the meeting of the stream and the sea (in Danish): “He has sat at this outlet so many times and watched the currents meet. But then one midsummer eve, as the elder bloomed and the mosquitoes swarmed, the stream and the sea merged in a mirror-like silence. Only when he threw a straw out there, could it be seen that the water of the stream was in motion. How quiet it could be. How deeply felt a peace”. Exactly the same atmosphere can be found in the present painting.
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