Helge Helme, Royal Danish Academy Of Fine Arts, Interior

Helge Helme, Royal Danish Academy Of Fine Arts, InteriorA fascinating early 20th century oil painting by Danish artist Helge Helme (1894 1987) depicting a session at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Towards the middle of the scene, a life model poses with a stick in her left hand several artists are studying her intently. We particularly love the attention to detail here with one of the artists rocking forward on his stool. The painting is inscribed on the reverse and housed within a

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A fine late 19th-century portrait of a gentleman attributed to Austrian painter

A worn 19th-century oil on canvas depicting an older 17th-century bearded gentleman wearing a hat

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It’s inscribed in the lower left ‘Till Tant Ester’

Houdini also pursued a career in the movies - releasing his first film in 1901

She’s known predominantly for her landscape paintings but also created wall decorations in metal

This interesting depiction is full of expression and captures the sitter’s character with skill and vigour

The painting is signed on the reverse and housed within a frame that could be its original

Size including frame 10” x 12½” / 25cm x 32cm

Pierre Petit

1910Provenance: DenmarkCondition: A few areas of minor paint loss