Viggo Pedersen (Danish 1854-1926)

By the Cradle
oil on canvas, signed lower left "Viggo Pedersen", in a Kleis frame

Although undated, this painting most likely depicts one of Viggo Pedersen's children watching the new baby in the cradle. It could be painted in the family home at Karlsberg. Pedersen often painted his five children, four from his first wife Elisbeth and the last from his second wife Johanne.

Well-known Danish artist Viggo Pedersen began his artistic career as a traditional naturalist, following the ‘plein air’ trend of Danish landscape painting in the 1880's. He attended the Royal Danish Academy from 1871 to 1878 and his work was decisively influenced by close contact with the Danish artists P.C. Skovgaard and Janus La Cour. It was under the influence of Skovgaard that Pedersen adopted the bright colours which he often used in his rendering of figures. During his travels throughout Europe he was influenced by the Barbizon School and its Romanticist depictions of rural life in nature. He exhibited widely including with the Danish Royal Academy and the Free Exhibition founded by the Danish Artist’s Association, and is represented in major museums throughout Scandinavia.

Size: 15 ¼ h x 14 ¼ w in (with frame 19 ¼ x 18 ¼ in)
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