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HARALD JERICHAU (1851-1878). "The Plain of Lydia near Sardis, Asia Minor". Oil on canvas. With period frame. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Size: 95 x 210 cm; 138 x 253 cm (frame). This work follows the same compositional and thematic model as the painting created by Harald Jerichau in 1878 "The Plain at Sardes", now in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark. Harald used this view on numerous occasions and popularised the scene, which has even become the cover of Birgitte Fink's biography of the artist. As an artist he was one of the few Orientalists who succeeded in bringing out the unique atmosphere in his paintings. In this particular work the piece goes beyond the Orientalist theme, as the author enhances the presence of the columns in such a way that the scene becomes an heir to Vedutism, creating an almost documentary image, where the warmth of the colours, the expanse of the landscape and the stillness of the composition project an idyllic vision of Turkey influenced by Romanticism. Jerichau was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau and his mother the painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. His younger brother, Holger H. Jerichau, also became a painter, while his elder brother, Thorald Jerichau, was a composer. He received his first formal drawing lessons from the architect C. V. Nielsen, then studied perspective at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1868. Subsequently, he received lessons from Frederik Christian Lund and Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen. Jerichau exhibited for the first time in Copenhagen in 1873. This was followed by a trip to Italy with his mother. In Rome, he was a pupil of Jean-Achille Benouville, who at the time was director of the Académie Française. After six months there, he made a study trip to Turkey and Greece, spent some time in Paris, visited Switzerland and, in 1874, returned to Istanbul with his mother. During this time he continued to exhibit in Copenhagen. In 1878, just as he was beginning to restart his career, he died of a combination of typhus and "Italian fever". In 1879, a small exhibition of his works was held in Copenhagen, with scenes painted in Turkey that had been commissioned by the brewer J.C. Jacobsen. Among the works on display was The Plain of Sardis (1878), which he had completed during his travels.
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HARALD JERICHAU (1851-1878). "The Plain of Lydia near Sardis, Asia Minor". Oil on canvas. With period frame. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Size: 95 x 210 cm; 138 x 253 cm (frame). This work follows the same compositional and thematic model as the painting created by Harald Jerichau in 1878 "The Plain at Sardes", now in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark. Harald used this view on numerous occasions and popularised the scene, which has even become the cover of Birgitte Fink's biography of the artist. As an artist he was one of the few Orientalists who succeeded in bringing out the unique atmosphere in his paintings. In this particular work the piece goes beyond the Orientalist theme, as the author enhances the presence of the columns in such a way that the scene becomes an heir to Vedutism, creating an almost documentary image, where the warmth of the colours, the expanse of the landscape and the stillness of the composition project an idyllic vision of Turkey influenced by Romanticism. Jerichau was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau and his mother the painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. His younger brother, Holger H. Jerichau, also became a painter, while his elder brother, Thorald Jerichau, was a composer. He received his first formal drawing lessons from the architect C. V. Nielsen, then studied perspective at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1868. Subsequently, he received lessons from Frederik Christian Lund and Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen. Jerichau exhibited for the first time in Copenhagen in 1873. This was followed by a trip to Italy with his mother. In Rome, he was a pupil of Jean-Achille Benouville, who at the time was director of the Académie Française. After six months there, he made a study trip to Turkey and Greece, spent some time in Paris, visited Switzerland and, in 1874, returned to Istanbul with his mother. During this time he continued to exhibit in Copenhagen. In 1878, just as he was beginning to restart his career, he died of a combination of typhus and "Italian fever". In 1879, a small exhibition of his works was held in Copenhagen, with scenes painted in Turkey that had been commissioned by the brewer J.C. Jacobsen. Among the works on display was The Plain of Sardis (1878), which he had completed during his travels.
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