Christen Kbke

Christen Kbke (18191848) was arguably the greatest painter of Denmarks Golden Age, the period of the nations supreme artistic achievement. He had the remarkable ability to invest the simplest corner of town or countryside with charm and delicacy, without resorting to the artificial rhetoric of academic traditions. He endowed ordinary people and places, and simple motifs, with a universal significance; a world in microcosm. This beautiful book, written by leading scholars of Scandinavian art, offers an overview of Kbkes achievement within its cultural context, and also highlights the most innovative aspects of his work, including outdoor sketching, his fascination with painterly immediacy in the treatment of light and atmosphere, his exquisite originality, and his experimental outlook. Published in association with the National Galleries of Scotland Exhibition Schedule: National Gallery, London(03/17/10-06/13/10) National Gallery, Edinburgh(07/04/10-10/03/10)