Georg Anton Rasmussen

A Norwegian Fjord in Summer, n. d.

In “A Norwegian Fjord in Summer”, Georg Anton Rasmussen presents a majestic mountain panorama on the coast of Norway. The artist placed a group of figures in the foreground of the painting, accentuating the overwhelming dimensions of the fjord landscape and, as it were, enlivening the natural space. The small family is using the still and beautiful day for a spot of fishing. Seemingly immersed in her handicrafts, a woman in a headscarf, sitting on a rocky outcrop that juts out into the water, ha...

Signatur: A Rasmussen, unten rechts, handschriftlich

Kunsthandel, Niederlande (2002); MKdW (2002).
Faszination Norwegen. Landschaftsmalerei von der Romantik bis zur Moderne, hrsg. von Tilmann von Stockhausen und Ulrike Wolff-Thomsen: Ausst.-Kat. Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum/Föhr, Augustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Heide 2018, S. 37–38, Kat. 38.

Georg Anton Rasmussen (1842 - 1914)

A Norwegian Fjord in Summer

n. d.

Oil on canvas

68.5 x 101 cm

Human

Inv.-Nr. 3 RMS 01

Museum Kunst der Westküste

Access 2002

Not on display