Harry Kluge

Courtyard

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Harry Kluge

Courtyard

Regular price £895.00
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This mid-20th-century oil painting by Danish artist Harry Kluge (1879-1963) depicts a view of a courtyard. Kluge was an accomplished painter of maritime scenes and buildings.

Patinated walls, aged and rendered, create a textured surface, which frames a barred window. It’s uneven, tonal, and sombre.

Kluge had a fascination for unlikely beauty. Primarily known as a maritime painter, in his ‘spare time’, he tracked down interesting old structures and dilapidated back streets. His canny brushwork emphasised the diverse nature of urban surfaces - external walls have never been so captivating.

When in these solitary moments, tucked away from sight, he painted little else but architecture. There’s never a soul present, just the artist, the environment, and his tireless ambition to capture it all.

Signed/dated in the lower left and held within a later frame.

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Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 19” x 25½” / 48cm x 65cm
Year of creation: 1948 
Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.
Condition: Cleaned. Areas of fine and settled craquelure, as you would expect. The paint layer is stable. Frame with various marks and showing its age.
Artist’s auction maximum: £6,156 for ‘Den kejserliga yachten, The Polar Star, i Köpenhamns hamn (1912)’, Oil on canvas, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015.
Our reference: BRV1912

Conservation & History

We care profoundly about our role as custodians and every piece in the collection has been assessed by our conservator. When required, we undertake professional restoration carefully using reversible techniques and adopt a light touch to retain the aged charm of each work. We also often restore frames rather than replace them as many are original and selected by the artists themselves.

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