Emanuel A Petersen, Arctic Landscape With Inuit

Emanuel A Petersen, Arctic Landscape With InuitA sublime early 20th century oil on canvas depicting an arctic landscape with Inuit by Danish artist, Emanuel Aage Petersen (1894 1948). Petersen was a highly regarded painter of Greenlandic nature, scenery and civilisation. Hes regarded by many to be the last true Grnlandsmaler. In this particular scene, a line of Inuit are dwarfed by an epic mountainous landscape consisting of jagged rocks and icy peaks. Hes captured the light superbly well and you

The level of detail here is astonishing and the fruit appears lifelike - good enough to eat

Signed and dated in the bottom right

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We particularly love the way the artist has skilfully captured the light as it reflects off the fruit

This beautiful little painting captures the essence of the sitter so well

The details are impressive and it’s clearly by a well-trained hand

This marriage ultimately led to him becoming a Danish citizen later in life

A small early 19th-century portrait of a young gentleman dressed to impressed

Artist’s auction highlight: £15

Several of his works have appeared at the leading auction houses and here are two examples

Rohde’s treatment of light here is sublime

The painting is housed within a gilded frame and glazed