Pumpkin Platter With Apples, Plums, Ras;pberries and Grapes On The Vine
Pumpkin Platter With Apples, Plums, Ras;pberries and Grapes On The Vine by Danish Painter Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800 – 1856); who was a still life flower painter
This is a beautiful representation of a ábhar Neamhbheo flower painting with a small pumpkin as the central focus of the artwork in what appears to be a fruit garden.
The pumpkin sits as the center piece in a weaved pattern platter that rest on a brown marble table; and it is surrounded by apples, peaches, raspberries and other fruits.
Above the pumpkin and other fruits that are on the table are a beautiful collection of red and golden grapes that are interspersed in an abundance of beautifully colored large green leaves that transition off into the distance of warm reddish tones.
Is é atá i gceist leis seo ná sean-mháistrí ealaíne digití atáirgeadh ar íomhá fearainn phoiblí.
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Johan began his art training at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts and was a student of both Danish Painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783 – 1853) and Danish Flower Painter Cladius (Claus) Detlev Fritzsch (1765 – 1841).
He decided to sepcialize in flower paingting and continued his artistic education in Paris France under the Flemish flower painting brothers Gérard van Spaendonck (1746 – 1822) and Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756 – 1839), as well as at the porcelain factory in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, An Fhrainc (one of Europes principle porcelain factories founded in 1740) where he learned the art of miniature flower painting.
Back in Denmark Johan used 17th century Dutch flower painting as a starting point to deveople his own unique style; reviving the art of flower making in Denmark.
His painting generally featured floral arrangements that were both decorative and symbolic; as Danish plants were often mixed with rare flowers and fruits and sometime birds.