Title & Author:

Baltic light : early open-air painting in Denmark and Northern Germany / Catherine Johnston [and others].

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press in association with National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ©1999.

Description:

xii, 220 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of the exhibition organized by and held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 15 Oct. 1999-2 Jan. 2000; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 26 Jan.-26 March 2000;, Denmark, 19 April-18 June 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-220).
A view through three arches: Danish and German artists in Denmark, Germany and Italy / Kasper Monrad -- Friedrich and Pomerania / Helmut R. Leppien -- Between Copenhagen and Dresden: Berlin / Helmut Borsch-Supan -- "Light, colour and moving life": Hamburg / Helmut R. Leppien -- The rediscovery of Danish and North German painting of the early Nineteenth Century / Catherine Johnston -- List of artists -- Artists" biographies -- Catalogue.

Summary:

During the first half of the nineteenth century, Danish and German artists studying in Paris and Rome brought back the concept of "plein air" painting and began to paint out-of-doors on their native soil. They introduced a whole new aesthetic that was sensitive to the light and atmospheric conditions peculiar to the north, especially during the long summer days. This beautiful book focuses on the painters and paintings of this period, particularly Caspar David Friedrich, who produced many fine works before he developed the romantic style for which he is better known. The book presents topographical landscapes, panoramas, and some group and individual portraits that often include a window from which light emanates. Essays by eminent authorities discuss various aspects of the Danish and North German open air movement. They note, for example, that the paintings reflect a direct view of nature devoid of the intellectual and moral overtones of the neoclassical paintings that preceded them. They also discuss the fact that Schleswig Holstein was closely allied with Denmark until 1848, and this favored many Hamburg and north German artists studying at the Academy in Copenhagen where painting out of doors was encouraged. In addition to the essays, the book presents 108 works by twenty-three artists, catalogue entries for each work, and a biography of each artist.

ISBN:

0300081669 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780300081664 (cloth ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Painting, Danish 19th century Exhibitions.
Plein air painting Denmark Exhibitions.
Painting, German Germany, Northern 19th century Exhibitions.
Plein air painting Germany, Northern Exhibitions.
Peinture danoise 19e siècle Expositions.
Peinture de plein air Danemark Expositions.
Peinture allemande Allemagne (Nord) 19e siècle Expositions.
Peinture de plein air Allemagne (Nord) Expositions.
Painting, Danish
Painting, German
Plein air painting
Schilderijen.
Landschappen.
Stadsgezichten.
Peinture de paysages Danemark 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Peinture de paysages Allemagne 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Denmark
Northern Germany
Arte danés Pintura Siglo XIX Exposiciones.
Arte alemán Pintura Siglo XIX Exposiciones.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Johnston, Catherine (Art museum curator)
National Gallery of Canada.
Hamburger Kunsthalle.
Thorvaldsens museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 234424
Call No.: ND717 .B35 1999
Status: Available