The Danish artist Niels Bjerre depicts an imposing cliff in his painting entitled “View on the Beach at Bovbjerg”: almost dominating the image, the cliffs thrust themselves into view, with the highest outcrop located around the centre of the picture. The work resembles two works by the German painter Carl Hilmers that are also part of the MKdW collection: “The Red Cliff near Kampen” and “Helgoland” (1921). Both artists bring the rock masses very close to the viewer, although significant differen...
Signatur und Datierung: N.B. 1922, unten links
Kunsthandel, Dänemark; MKdW (2007).
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