Harald Slott-Møller
It is Sunday today, so time to show another spectacular masterpiece from Europeana! (Like we do this month every Tuesday and every Sunday) Each work we show with our collaboration with Europeana, whether it’s an instantly recognisable masterpiece or a little known but unforgettable treasure, was shared by a European country as part of the Europeana 280 campaign. The campaign celebrates Europe’s shared art heritage by exploring the diverse and magnificent artworks that have contributed to it. If you’d like to learn more about Europeana 280, follow #Europeana280 on social media, or visit https://www.europeana.eu/en/collections
When I saw this piece I knew immediately it needed to be shown in DailyArt. Such a mysterious and beautiful scene! The work is at once a landscape painting and a portrait, probably depicting the artist’s wife, Agnes Slott-Møller. The atmosphere in this painting is characterized by an unusual use of colour, not least as used in the woman’s prominent red cape. Harald Slott-Møller had a background both in naturalism and symbolism, a practice in which surface, colour, and symbolic meaning intertwine in the painting.