Carlo Hornung Jensen, Woodland With Distant View

Carlo Hornung Jensen, Woodland With Distant ViewMidsummer, the heat punctuated by a light breeze as the artist sketches from a woodland clearing. He knew this area well, hes walked this way before. Beech trees line the right and guide the eye towards a cloud covered horizon. While a single fir brings balance to the composition. This picturesque view of nature by Danish artist, Carlo Hornung Jensen (1882 1960), puts you at ease. Its disarming in its tranquillity. Housed within a later frame and

a stamp from the studio of Curt Agthe (1862-1943) dates the painting’s restoration to 1916

38” x 27” / 96cm x 69cm Year of creation c

in often perilous conditions

Daniel Sherrin was born in Brentwood

note how the composition guides our eye via the use of a leaning copse to our left

by landscape painter

The painting is housed within an attractive later frame with foliate corners and a decorative inner border

has used a high-key palette to flood the scene with light

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Her outfit pairs a black dress

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 18½” x 23” / 47cm x 58cmYear of creation: c

We’ve discovered an Isabel Waldron that worked around the same time so perhaps this could be her as Isabel can be shortened to ‘Lily’