Artist: L.A. Ring
تاریخ: 1897
اندازه: 144 x 191 cm
موزه: National Gallery of Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
تکنیک: Oil On Canvas
There is always more at stake than what meets the eye in an L. A. Ring painting. One example is this portrait of his young wife, which is among the ten main highlights at SMK – owner of Denmark’s largest and best collection of this Danish artist’s work.The Artist’s Wife certainly deserves its place among SMK’s ten greatest highlights. Ring first attracted SMK’s attention around 1900, and that attention has remained unwavering through a succession of directors and curators at the museum. They have expanded the collection of Ring’s art to the point where it comprises 32 paintings and 33 drawings in 2019.The work possesses the duality typical of L. A. Ring while also reflecting the transition between the old Denmark, as it is perceived in Danish Golden Age art, and the modern world that is such a key theme for L. A. Ring. At the same time, the painting shows how portraits of women (and wives) change around 1900, becoming more nuanced. Women are allowed to appear more self-sufficient, to display greater personality and appear much more independent.‘This is one of my favourite pictures – for many reasons. It is painted with great skill and has a very crisp and delicate colour scheme. And just looking at it makes you happy. This is precisely the kind of summer we all dream of, with a lush garden and a beautiful woman too. Remember, this is the woman he has just married, so he is obviously interested in depicting her as part of a world he sees as happy. A very positive picture,’ says chief curator and senior researcher Peter Nørgaard Larsen.The transience of lifeBut there is also something else at stake in the painting. As a Symbolist, Ring looks to the soul and to inner life, distancing himself from the more carefree landscape paintings created by Danish Golden Age artists. Before marrying the 22-year-old Sigrid Kähler in 1896, the 42-year-old artist had suffered from several bouts of depression. ‘You think you see one thing, but there’s usually something else going on too. There is always something disturbing the idyll and harmony, and that’s what makes him really interesting,’ says Peter Nørgaard Larsen.The disruptive element in The Artist
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