THERKILDSEN, Michael(1850 Copenhagen – 1924 Lystrup, Jutland)

Autumn Landscape

Oil on canvas. Monogrammed “M Th” lower right. (18)74.

26.5 x 21 cm. framed : 40 x 34 cm (gold frame).

Canvas lined.

Danish artist from a rural background, trained in Horsens and Copenhagen. He remained faithful to academic painting throughout his life and found his subjects in rural Denmark. With his masterful, salon-worthy style, he won prizes in Copenhagen and Paris, among other places, and his works were exhibited throughout Europe, including in Berlin, London, Munich, and Rome.