Carl Vilhelm Meyer, Interior Scene With Older Lady

Carl Vilhelm Meyer, Interior Scene With Older LadyThis gentle early 20th century interior scene by Danish artist Carl Vilhelm Meyer (1870 1938) depicts an older lady looking through a window into the garden. Shes sitting at a well worn table and theres an open book in front of her. Meyer often painted scenes involving family and theres a strong possibility that this is his mother, Jacobine Helene Catharine Meyer (b. 1842). Perhaps she enjoyed this spot and often admired the garden while reading by

Schiøttz-Jensen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen and later in Paris at the Académie Colarossi

And the eyebrows are simply a few confidently applied continuous marks

It’s interesting to consider the inclusion of the statue in this piece

Overall size: 12” x 14” / 30cm x 35cm

It’s after a painting by Benjamin Constant (1845-1902)

Both artists are immersed in their work

you’ll spot a gatehouse

We particularly love the craquelure

283 achieved for a portrait at an auction in 1999

several sheep are grazing in a field and there’s a small church towards the centre of the composition

Here’s an image of his finished work

Medium: Oil on boardOverall size: 17” x 21” / 43cm x 53cmYear of creation: 1922Provenance: DenmarkCondition: Very presentable