Frants P. D. Henningsen (Danish 1850-1908)
'A watering place at Gisselfeld'
Oil on canvas
Signed with initials and dated lower left "FH 86"
Signed on sticker on verso "Frants Henningsen"
Exhibited:
Charlottenborg 1886, no. 161
Association for National Art 1970 no. 28
Provenance:
Mrs. Director C.V. Nielsen
Frants P. D. Henningsen (Danish 1850-1908) 'A watering place at Gisselfeld'
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This painting depicts horses watering near Gisselfeld, Denmark's fifth-
largest land estate which is set in a scenic forested environment in an
area of lakes and hills. The area is known for its wildlife and farming
and contains one of the oldest and best preserved renaissance castles
in Denmark.
The Danish genre painter, illustrator and professor Frants Henningsen
was born in Copenhagen in 1850, the elder brother of Erik Henningsen
who was also an artist. Frantz is known for his traditional, realist
depictions of the Danish middle-class. He studied at the Danish Royal
Academy where he graduated in 1875, then in Paris at Léon Bonnat’s
school from 1877 to 1878. In France he was influenced by the French
modern style of the day, interpreted in his own traditional academic
style. He was also influenced by Millet who was highly regarded in
Denmark. In 1878 he travelled to Spain with the artists Frans
Schwartz, Julius Lange and the famous Peder Severin Krøyer, where
he may have been influenced by the dark colouring of the Spanish
School and Velasquez. A highly skilled figure painter and talented
landscape artist with excellent perspective, Frantz Henningsen
exhibited regularly, including the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
nearly every year from 1874.
Size in inches: 26.75 h x 41.25 w (with frame 40" x 54 3/4")
J21238