Erik Larsen, Parisian street scene, mixed media on paper, listed Danish visual artist.
Erik Larsen, Parisian street scene, mixed media on paper, listed Danish visual artist.
Lively Parisian cityscape depicting pedestrians, cars and shopfronts. Rapid, sketch-like lines combine with light areas of pink, yellow and blue, conveying the movement and atmosphere of the street. Signed lower left, inscribed Paris and dated 1936.
Origin: Denmark.
Material: Mixed media on paper.
Dimensions: Visual size 27 × 24 cm.
Period: 1936.
Condition: Appears with minor signs of age and some unevenness along the edges of the paper.
Bio:
Erik Larsen (1902–1975) was a Danish painter, draughtsman and illustrator. He studied under Karl Larsen in 1932–33 and travelled to Paris in 1929 and again in 1936. His subjects included Parisian street scenes, theatre life, entertainers and bustling cafés, rendered with spontaneous, animated linework. He exhibited at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling and illustrated works by Heinrich von Kleist and Johan Herman Wessel.
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