Anders Hune, Lifeboat

Anders Hune, LifeboatThis mid 20th century oil painting by Danish artist Anders Hune (1894 1968) depicts the launch of a lifeboat amid treacherous waters. Its a vivid portrayal that captures the emerging drama. Hunes energetic brushwork seems apt for such a scene. With flicks, curves and well placed daubs, hes captured this electrifying moment with feeling. Under the expressive brushwork is a skilful composition, which guides our eye from the bottom right, to mid left, to

The radiant morn hath passed away

The etching is signed/dated in the lower right and housed within a later frame

The etching is housed within a later frame

Hero immediately leapt to her death to join him in the afterlife

Signed in the lower left and held within a later swept frame

when Kulle produced this drawing

Reasonable with a few light scratches here and there

the teacher’s style is evident

has rendered every detail with great skill - particularly the light as it enters from a window on our left

Heyligers is generally considered to be a painter of genre scenes depicting women with children but he also painted still lifes and landscapes

It’s been superbly rendered with a Joshua Reynolds’ style classical landscape providing a rich backdrop to the image

The portrait is signed in the lower right and held within a frame that’s probably the original