FOR A DANISH COLLECTOR OF PREBEN RASMUSSEN PAINTINGS I AM SELLING - EITHER ONE BY OR TWO OR MORE TOGETHER - SEVERAL DIFFERENT WELL KEPT PAINTINGS INCLUDING THE BELOW PARIS SCENERY:
CONDITION: VERY GOOD WITH NO REPAIRS OR DEFECTS.
APPROXIMATE AGE: FROM ABT. 1945-50.
SIGNED: PR.
THE SIZE IS: 15.7" (40.0 CM) x 11.4"(29.0 CM) WITHOUT THE FRAME.
THE FRAME: IS MADE FROM SIMPLE GREY PAINTED WOOD AND IT IS IN A GOOD/FAIR CONDITION WITH SOME IRREGULARITIES. THE CORNERS DOESN´T FIT EXACTLY. (PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO). IT MEASURES ABT 1.9"(4.8 CM). READY TO HANG
MEDIUM: OIL ON BOARD.
THE ARTIST: PREBEN RASMUSSEN (BORN 1919) IS A LISTED DANISH ARTIST IN PARTICULAR KNOWN FOR HIS MOTIFS FROM PARIS. HA STARTED TO PAINT AT THE TENDER AGE OF 11. HE WAS INSPIRED BY FRENCH ARTISTS SUCH AS VAN GOGH AND GAUGIN. PREBEN RASMUSSEN HAS TRAVELLED AND STUDIED IN ITALY, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND BUT THE PREDOMINANT PART OF HIS PRODUCTION IS CREATED IN PARIS. LIKE CAMILLE PISSARO AND OTHER GREAT ARTISTS HE OFTEN PAINTED THE SAME MOTIFS SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE MOTIF IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT - OFTEN WITH FANTASTIC RESULTS. THE INSPIRATION HE RECIEVED FROM VAN GOGH AND GAUGINIS APPARENT FROM THE SWIRLING COLOURS AND STRONG CONTRAST BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS. THE MOODY ATMOSPHERE CONVEYED BY HIS PAINTINGS IS FURTHER ENHANCED BY THE 3-DIMENSIONAL ASPECTS WHICH THE THICKNESS OF THE PALETTE PORTRAYS.
THE ARTISTS STYLE: IMPRESSIONISTIC, BOLD STROKES OF THE BRUSH AND A HEAVY APPLICATION OF PAINT MAKING THE PAINTING ALMOST APPEAR AS A RELIEF.
DESCRIPTION: THE PAINTING SHOWS ONE OF THE BOULEVARDS OF PARIS IN THE EARLY EVENING IN THE LATE SUMMER. IN THE FOREGROUND THERE IS A TREE AND BEHIND IT THERE IS A NEWSPAPER STALL. SEVERAL PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING THE BOULEVARD. IN THE BACKGROUND SOME VERY CHARACTERISTIC BUILDINGS CAN BE SEEN. THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS PAINTED IS VERY TYPICAL FOR THE WORKS OF PREBEN RASMUSSEN: VERY HEAVY LAYERS OF PAINT CREATING THE WELLKNOWN "RELIEF-EFFECT".
BID: STARTS AT ONLY $ 189.95. NO RESERVE
SHIPPING & DELIVERY: $ 65.00 ($ 45.00 IN EUROPE) COVERS SHIPPING (PRIORITY), HANDLING AND INSURANCE. EXPECT ABT 5-10 DAYS DELIVERY TIME

PREBEN RASMUSSEN 1919-?