(Landscape with trees and clouds)

Albert Larsen

Danish-born Swedish artist Albert Larsen (1885 - 1957) did this woodcut in 1923. He used a black, linear block to carry the composition, a gray tint block and allowed the paper to show through in the clouds.

Larsen depicts a Scandinavian road, running between plowed fields and bordered by large, art deco trees. In the background large white storm clouds form over dark rain clouds. In the margin he wrote "Eget Tryk", Danish for "My impression" (Artist's Proof).

This simple but dramatic two color woodcut is from the collection of Danish art critic and author Georg Bröchner, who wrote on Scandinavian art for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century. He assembled a "Golden Book" of prints and drawings that were given to him by his artist friends, many of whom were Scandinavian.