Untitled - rosehips

 

Fritz Christian Syberg

  1862 - 1939 (biography)

1910  

watercolor and pencil 

8 1/4 x 7 1/4 

initialed, lower right in pencil, above date. 

1 of 1 unique 

dated; noted in Georg Brochner's hand: "From Fritz Syberg Famous Danish Painter 1910"; dated in pencil, lower right. 

 

cream laid 

 

 

2207 

SOLD

By 1910 Fritz Syberg had established himself as one of Denmark’s leading painters, as well as a founder of the Funen Painters whose style broke away from the Danish School and explored Naturalism and Realism. He had exhibited his oils and lithographs for nearly fifteen years when, in the early 1910s, he began to learn watercolor.

This delicate, simple, yet richly hued watercolor sketch of rosehips was likely done early in his three year trip to Pisa with his wife, the painter Anna Syberg, and their children. It was in Pisa that he truly began to explore the medium, broadening his color palette and focusing on landscapes and intimate interior scenes. This period of time proved to be a harbinger of change for the artist who was always searching for new ways of approaching the canvas; indeed, upon his return in 1913 to Denmark he brought with him a style entirely new to his homeland.

This untitled work was a gift to art critic and collector Georg Brochner, who wrote for the British art magazine The Studio in the early 20th century.