Niels Jakob Jakobsen Bjerre

View on the Beach at Bovbjerg, 1922

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).
Swane, Leo: Niels Bjerre, Kopenhagen 1935.
Henrik Bramsen: Niels Bjerre, in: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 17.7.2011, URL: https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Niels_Bjerre [02.06.2020].

Niels Jakob Jakobsen Bjerre (1864 - 1942)

View on the Beach at Bovbjerg

1922

Oil on canvas

51 x 72 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 2 BJR 01

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2007

Not on display