Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen, Romantic Forest Landscape With Cottage

Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen, Romantic Forest Landscape With CottageThis late 19th century oil painting by Danish artist Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1827 1912) depicts an idyllic forest landscape with a cottage and figures. Within this snapshot of rural Utopia, we see Eilersens love for nature coupled with his pride for picturesque Denmark. Every element balanced with precision a remarkably harmonious scene under the affectionate tints of Mid Summer. Winding beneath gentle boughs, the river shimmers. Cleverly rendered

which gives the portrait a sense of life and vitality

white shirt with an upstanding collar

Appreciating that art should be considered as more than simply an aesthetic pursuit as

hunched by square windows

Overall size: 28½” x 16” / 72cm x 41cm

A beautifully rendered 20th-century oil on board depicting a table set for tea within an exquisite English parlour

under a tranquil Summertime sky

which were produced around 20 years earlier

he sought the calm mists of ancient valleys and headlands

Overall size: 34½” x 30” / 88cm x 76cm

so it’s plausible that she could’ve produced copies for the market

stands in a doorway surrounded by climbing ivy