Carlo Hornung-Jensen, Living Room Interior With Seated Woman

Carlo Hornung-Jensen, Living Room Interior With Seated WomanThis early 20th century interior scene by Danish artist Carl Hornung Jensen (1882 1960) depicts a seated woman amid a plush living room interior. Under the glow of a single lamp, a lady in black sits at a writing desk seemingly deep in thought. She looks towards a table with liquor, her green shoe conspicuous and jutting. The nets behind are tied back to reveal a bright moonlit sky its silvery blue complementing the warm woodwork of cherished

A church is also a conspicuous inclusion

He’s primarily known as a portraitist but also painted genre scenes and miniatures

A charming Scottish school portrait of a Regency gentleman dressed in a white shirt with a cravat and black coat

Note the large stove

It’s easy to imagine that this was once attributed to an 18th-century master but perhaps that’s been lost over time

Alfred Wahlberg (1834-1906)

He was 29 when he completed this work

She looks directly towards us with eyes that could indicate a hidden depth or mystery

A fine 19th-century landscape painting depicting a woman and child walking along a coastal track under a vast sky

pond and figures by British painter

Incidentally

Boesen's style is rooted in the Danish Golden Age tradition yet his brushwork is a little looser than his mentor’s