'Portrait of a 'Young Girl' by Henrik Schouboe, 1915, Paris, Italy, Academy of Fine Arts, Charlottenborg Museum

Description

Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' and painted circa 1915.

Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen … more Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' and painted circa 1915.

Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from d, from n Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenberg and his submission was bought by the leading Danish painter, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection. Schouboe continued to exhibit internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape' by the State Museum of Art for the national collection. His work is also held in the permanent collections of numerous other museums including the Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer this delicate and psychologically penetrating study of a girl.


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