Valdemar Magaard, By The Cottage Window

Valdemar Magaard, By The Cottage WindowThis charming early 20th century oil painting by Danish artist Valdemar Magaard (1864 1937) depicts a girl adjusting her bonnet by a small mirror near a window. Magaards beautifully composed works celebrate the gentle moments within rural families and offer a glimpse into an affectionate ideology. Produced during a time of ever advancing industrialisation, they cling to a bygone vision of humble folk life reminding patrons that their nations identity

380 achieved for ‘Bramsnaes’ (88 x 113cm) in 2008

Christopher Salmon (Master 1552) and William Tilley (Warden 1540

But Andrés Pérez (c

His subject possess a poignant sense of ‘joie de vivre’ - they’re elevated above the statuesque

Following his training under Robert Scott Lauder

Note the variation of tones and clever composition with its framing trees to guide the eyes

The artist is unknown but it’s possibly inspired by the 17th-century Hungarian-British painter

It depicts a street in the rural commune of Clecy in the Normandy region

Its full inscription reads LC

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which we’ve been able to uncover thanks to the ongoing efforts of Robert Mulraine who maintains an online memoranda of the artist’s works