Axel Schovelin, Summer’s Day In Zealand

Axel Schovelin, Summer’s Day In ZealandThis joyous landscape painting by Danish artist Axel Schovelin (1827 1893) depicts a beautiful view in Zealand with undulant scenery and picturesque woodland. On our right, a mother and her two sons are resting by an old track where several sheep graze. Beyond them, a glimpse of distant hills, which are gently painted in lighter values. While in the foreground, a stream runs horizontally by our feet the abundant foliage rendered with precision.

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 9½” x 11½” / 24cm x 29cmYear of creation: c

He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and many of his works are held in public collections

It's been painted with plenty of expression and areas of impasto

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It’s a painting that gives you so much when you spend a few minutes simply taking it all in

It’s been painted quickly with broad brushstrokes and feels impressionistic in its style

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a series of undulating hills provide a picturesque backdrop to this idyllic rural scene

In a document created by his son

The painting is signed/dated in the lower left and housed within a later foliate frame

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a degree of suffering