Ref: 2825
Price : 48,000 €
Norwegian Coastal Landscape with a Cormorant Colony
Eduard Hildebrandt
Ref: 2825
Price : 48,000 €
Norwegian Coastal Landscape with a Cormorant Colony
Eduard Hildebrandt
Eduard Hildebrandt (1818 Danzig – Berlin 1868)
Oil on canvas, relined
Framed
Oil on canvas, relined
Framed
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Mathies (1852–1927), Berlin; presented to him in 1917 by Gelsenkirchner Bergwerks AG in recognition of his services in connection with the construction of the Dortmund–Ems Canal;
Private collection, Southern Germany.
Private collection, Southern Germany.
Description: Eduard Hildebrandt
(1818 Danzig – Berlin 1868)
Norwegian Coastal Landscape with a Cormorant Colony
signed lower left
Oil on canvas, relined
Framed
Hildebrandt’s extensive travels took him through the Scandinavian countries as far as the North Cape in 1856. In the subarctic regions, he was particularly fascinated by the midnight sun and other luminous phenomena observable only in these latitudes, which he captured in his atmospheric landscapes. In this expansive coastal scene, he depicts a colony of birds with their young, braving the pounding surf.
Hildebrandt’s Romantic vision was influenced by C. D. Friedrich.
Hildebrandt’s extensive travels took him through the Scandinavian countries as far as the North Cape in 1856. In the subarctic regions, he was particularly fascinated by the midnight sun and other luminous phenomena observable only in these latitudes, which he captured in his atmospheric landscapes. In this expansive coastal scene, he depicts a colony of birds with their young, braving the stormy surf. They may be common murres (Uria aalge), whose name derives from their amusingly ungainly gait. This species is native to Norway, nests in the open on rocky ledges and, unlike penguins in the Southern Hemisphere, is capable of flight.
(1818 Danzig – Berlin 1868)
Norwegian Coastal Landscape with a Cormorant Colony
signed lower left
Oil on canvas, relined
Framed
Hildebrandt’s extensive travels took him through the Scandinavian countries as far as the North Cape in 1856. In the subarctic regions, he was particularly fascinated by the midnight sun and other luminous phenomena observable only in these latitudes, which he captured in his atmospheric landscapes. In this expansive coastal scene, he depicts a colony of birds with their young, braving the pounding surf.
Hildebrandt’s Romantic vision was influenced by C. D. Friedrich.
Hildebrandt’s extensive travels took him through the Scandinavian countries as far as the North Cape in 1856. In the subarctic regions, he was particularly fascinated by the midnight sun and other luminous phenomena observable only in these latitudes, which he captured in his atmospheric landscapes. In this expansive coastal scene, he depicts a colony of birds with their young, braving the stormy surf. They may be common murres (Uria aalge), whose name derives from their amusingly ungainly gait. This species is native to Norway, nests in the open on rocky ledges and, unlike penguins in the Southern Hemisphere, is capable of flight.
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