(Snow-laden Scandinavian town)

 

Aksel Karl Jorgenson

  1883 - 1957 (biography)

1909  

etching 

4 3/4 x 5 5/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

Artist proof 

pencil dated after signature; inscribe "Eget Tryk" ("Own Print") in lower left; dedication note to Brochner in pencil, verso 

 

Antique white laid with partial watermark 

published 

artist 

2350 

$400.00 

From the collection of Danish critic and author Georg Bröchner (1874-1933) who wrote for the British art magazine The Studio in the early 20th century.

Aksel Karl Jorgenson (also spelled Jorgensen) was known for his deft technical talent and ability to capture the mood of a scene, no matter what medium he worked in. Known primarily for his woodengravings and oil paintings, he was equally adept at etching, watercolor, and more. He would go on to found the graphics department at the Royal Danish Academy of Art and help promote printmaking as a fine art.

Here, he renders a bright wintery Scandinavian scene in minute detail. The foreground is a snow-blanketed field dotted with trees; the midground features a canal on which a boat travels; the backgrouns is a series of low-lyng structures silhouettes against a cloudy sky. Jorgenson's keen sense of tonailty and contrast creates elegant drama on the plate.