Rasmus Christiansen, Pastoral Landscape With Bull & Grazing Cows

Rasmus Christiansen, Pastoral Landscape With Bull & Grazing CowsA fine early 20th century pastoral scene with a mean looking bull and several grazing sheep. The artist, Rasmus Christiansen (1863 1940) was particularly skilled at painting animals and this is a good example of his work. We love the way hes captured the muscular frame of the bull and the glower in its eyes. Christiansen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and also at the Artists' Study School under the gifted PS Kryer (1851 1909) and

Sørensen painted this room multiple times so it’s a place he knew well

areas of paint loss and craquelure throughout

And afterwards no sign of her coming is found therein

Craquelure throughout but the paint layer is stable under varnish

Several scratches

19” x 15” / 48cm x 38cm

A thatched cottage is sheltered behind them and could be a welcome retreat on this blustery day

A picturesque scene depicting a village in Germany

with his later works becoming more impressionistic

We love the atmosphere which has been created in part by a muted

the inscriptions are written in German

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a fine period frame with shell centres and pierced foliate corners