This painting shows the Danish 19th-century artist Laurits Andersen (“L.A.”) Ring, looking pensive against a sombre background. L.A. Ring was to become one of Scandinavia’s most important Symbolist artists of the late 19th- and early 20th-century. His oeuvre is coolly understated in a very Nordic way, and the taciturnity that emanates from his many paintings seems suitable reflected in the artist’s earnest expression on our present painting.
The portrait was completed by the Danish artist Christian Clausen (1862-1911), who is today little-known. In 1886, Clausen and Ring got to know each other when Ring rented a studio in Knabrostraede in Copenhagen. In 1887 the two men came to share a studio in Oehlensschlaegersgade in Copenhagen [1]. Clausen was to prove the lesser artistic talent of the two, but he did have an influence on Ring in those years. He was well-connected and was able to introduce Ring to a wider group of artists and journalists who were all committed to the social-democratic ideals of improving the lot of the poor. In 1890, both men served on the editorial board of the progressive newspaper København.
According to the Danish art historian H.Chr. Christensen, Ring portrayed Clausen in 1887 (although the present whereabouts of that painting are unknown), so it seems probable that the present painting was also produced around that time. A photograph of L.A. Ring made in 1888 shows similarities with the present painting, which would support it being dated in the late 1880s[2]
L.A. Ring was born in a small village in Sealand in 1854. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1875, but the strict emphasis on drawing technique that was demanded of the students did not suit him, and he quit the Academy after 3 years. He continued painting throughout the 1870s and 1880s, and achieved some success when he was allowed to exhibit at Charlottenborg in 1882. Trips abroad in the late 1880s, as well as a spell under the tutelage of P.S. Krøyer, gave him the confidence to explore his own take on realism. Visits to Holland, Belgium and France introduced him specifically to the work of Millet, Bastien-Lepage and Jean-François Raffaëlli.
From the 1890s onwards, Ring started to achieve regular success with his paintings, which also led to him exhibiting abroad. After his death in 1933 he became quietly forgotten for a while. But in recent years, his remarkable abilities have started to be recognised again, with the National Gallery, London and the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, both purchasing paintings by L. A. Ring.
[1] L.A. Ring. Mellem lys og mørke, exh.cat., Ordrupgaard 2016, pp. 136-37.
[2] L.A. Ring. On the Edge of the World, exh.cat., Statens Museum for Kunst and Randers Kunstmuseum, 2006, p. 208.
The portrait was completed by the Danish artist Christian Clausen (1862-1911), who is today little-known. In 1886, Clausen and Ring got to know each other when Ring rented a studio in Knabrostraede in Copenhagen. In 1887 the two men came to share a studio in Oehlensschlaegersgade in Copenhagen [1]. Clausen was to prove the lesser artistic talent of the two, but he did have an influence on Ring in those years. He was well-connected and was able to introduce Ring to a wider group of artists and journalists who were all committed to the social-democratic ideals of improving the lot of the poor. In 1890, both men served on the editorial board of the progressive newspaper København.
According to the Danish art historian H.Chr. Christensen, Ring portrayed Clausen in 1887 (although the present whereabouts of that painting are unknown), so it seems probable that the present painting was also produced around that time. A photograph of L.A. Ring made in 1888 shows similarities with the present painting, which would support it being dated in the late 1880s[2]
L.A. Ring was born in a small village in Sealand in 1854. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1875, but the strict emphasis on drawing technique that was demanded of the students did not suit him, and he quit the Academy after 3 years. He continued painting throughout the 1870s and 1880s, and achieved some success when he was allowed to exhibit at Charlottenborg in 1882. Trips abroad in the late 1880s, as well as a spell under the tutelage of P.S. Krøyer, gave him the confidence to explore his own take on realism. Visits to Holland, Belgium and France introduced him specifically to the work of Millet, Bastien-Lepage and Jean-François Raffaëlli.
From the 1890s onwards, Ring started to achieve regular success with his paintings, which also led to him exhibiting abroad. After his death in 1933 he became quietly forgotten for a while. But in recent years, his remarkable abilities have started to be recognised again, with the National Gallery, London and the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, both purchasing paintings by L. A. Ring.
[1] L.A. Ring. Mellem lys og mørke, exh.cat., Ordrupgaard 2016, pp. 136-37.
[2] L.A. Ring. On the Edge of the World, exh.cat., Statens Museum for Kunst and Randers Kunstmuseum, 2006, p. 208.
Portrait of L.A.Ring, ca. 1887
Signed with monogram
Oil on canvas
19 x 14 cm
Provenance
Private collection, CopenhagenExhibitions
Kunstforeningen, Christian Clausen Exhibition, January-February 1902
This painting shows the Danish 19th-century artist Laurits Andersen (“L.A.”) Ring, looking pensive against a sombre background. L.A. Ring was to become one of Scandinavia’s most important Symbolist artists of the late 19th- and early 20th-century. His oeuvre is coolly understated in a very Nordic way, and the taciturnity that emanates from his many paintings seems suitable reflected in the artist’s earnest expression on our present painting.
The portrait was completed by the Danish artist Christian Clausen (1862-1911), who is today little-known. In 1886, Clausen and Ring got to know each other when Ring rented a studio in Knabrostraede in Copenhagen. In 1887 the two men came to share a studio in Oehlensschlaegersgade in Copenhagen [1]. Clausen was to prove the lesser artistic talent of the two, but he did have an influence on Ring in those years. He was well-connected and was able to introduce Ring to a wider group of artists and journalists who were all committed to the social-democratic ideals of improving the lot of the poor. In 1890, both men served on the editorial board of the progressive newspaper København.
According to the Danish art historian H.Chr. Christensen, Ring portrayed Clausen in 1887 (although the present whereabouts of that painting are unknown), so it seems probable that the present painting was also produced around that time. A photograph of L.A. Ring made in 1888 shows similarities with the present painting, which would support it being dated in the late 1880s[2]
L.A. Ring was born in a small village in Sealand in 1854. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1875, but the strict emphasis on drawing technique that was demanded of the students did not suit him, and he quit the Academy after 3 years. He continued painting throughout the 1870s and 1880s, and achieved some success when he was allowed to exhibit at Charlottenborg in 1882. Trips abroad in the late 1880s, as well as a spell under the tutelage of P.S. Krøyer, gave him the confidence to explore his own take on realism. Visits to Holland, Belgium and France introduced him specifically to the work of Millet, Bastien-Lepage and Jean-François Raffaëlli.
From the 1890s onwards, Ring started to achieve regular success with his paintings, which also led to him exhibiting abroad. After his death in 1933 he became quietly forgotten for a while. But in recent years, his remarkable abilities have started to be recognised again, with the National Gallery, London and the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, both purchasing paintings by L. A. Ring.
[1] L.A. Ring. Mellem lys og mørke, exh.cat., Ordrupgaard 2016, pp. 136-37.
[2] L.A. Ring. On the Edge of the World, exh.cat., Statens Museum for Kunst and Randers Kunstmuseum, 2006, p. 208.
The portrait was completed by the Danish artist Christian Clausen (1862-1911), who is today little-known. In 1886, Clausen and Ring got to know each other when Ring rented a studio in Knabrostraede in Copenhagen. In 1887 the two men came to share a studio in Oehlensschlaegersgade in Copenhagen [1]. Clausen was to prove the lesser artistic talent of the two, but he did have an influence on Ring in those years. He was well-connected and was able to introduce Ring to a wider group of artists and journalists who were all committed to the social-democratic ideals of improving the lot of the poor. In 1890, both men served on the editorial board of the progressive newspaper København.
According to the Danish art historian H.Chr. Christensen, Ring portrayed Clausen in 1887 (although the present whereabouts of that painting are unknown), so it seems probable that the present painting was also produced around that time. A photograph of L.A. Ring made in 1888 shows similarities with the present painting, which would support it being dated in the late 1880s[2]
L.A. Ring was born in a small village in Sealand in 1854. He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1875, but the strict emphasis on drawing technique that was demanded of the students did not suit him, and he quit the Academy after 3 years. He continued painting throughout the 1870s and 1880s, and achieved some success when he was allowed to exhibit at Charlottenborg in 1882. Trips abroad in the late 1880s, as well as a spell under the tutelage of P.S. Krøyer, gave him the confidence to explore his own take on realism. Visits to Holland, Belgium and France introduced him specifically to the work of Millet, Bastien-Lepage and Jean-François Raffaëlli.
From the 1890s onwards, Ring started to achieve regular success with his paintings, which also led to him exhibiting abroad. After his death in 1933 he became quietly forgotten for a while. But in recent years, his remarkable abilities have started to be recognised again, with the National Gallery, London and the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, both purchasing paintings by L. A. Ring.
[1] L.A. Ring. Mellem lys og mørke, exh.cat., Ordrupgaard 2016, pp. 136-37.
[2] L.A. Ring. On the Edge of the World, exh.cat., Statens Museum for Kunst and Randers Kunstmuseum, 2006, p. 208.
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