Erik Henningsen, Rural Scene With Family, Evening

Erik Henningsen, Rural Scene With Family, EveningThis early 20th century oil painting by Danish artist Erik Henningsen (1855 1930) depicts a rural family standing before a cottage. Henningsen was an accomplished painter of genre scenes, interiors, portraits and landscapes. Pipe in hand, father stands proudly before a cottage dappled in light. His son, barefoot, looks on, while mother holds a pale. A grassy bank is rendered in a patchwork of sun bleached dabs. The sky is crisp and wispy. Henningsen

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