Bøger af Mette Harbo Lehmann

’Lysets elsker’ kaldte en fransk kritiker i 1912 den store danske maler Peder Severin Krøyer, der i mere end to årtier havde nær tilknytning til den franske kunstscene. Krøyer kom første gang til Paris i 1877, og hans mange breve fortæller om, hvilken betydning den franske kunst havde ikke blot for Krøyers egen udvikling som maler, men også for kunstnerkolonien i Skagen og dansk kunsthistorie.I Krøyer og Paris. Franske forbindelser og nordiske toner beskriver de to kunsthistorikere Mette Harbo Lehmann og Dominique Lobstein Krøyers kunstneriske udvikling fra akademiets guldaldertradition til naturalismen og det moderne gennembrud. De viser, hvordan inspirationen fra Frankrig kan spores i hans maleteknik og i friluftsmalerierne fra Skagen og peger på, hvordan den franske naturalisme satte sig spor i Krøyers særlige stil.

Viggo Johansen (1851–1935) was a distinctive figure among the Skagenpainters, renowned in his own time and still dazzlingly brilliant and relevant to modern-day eyes. Even so, he has not been canonised to the same degree as some of his contemporaries: Peder Severin Krøyer, Anna Ancher, Michael Ancher, and other luminaries of late nineteenth-century Danish art.Johansen pushed the boundaries for what was considered appropriate subject matter in art, delving deep into intimate domestic life. He often portrayed the everyday chores of his wife, Martha Johansen, centred on their six children, or the couple’s dinner parties in lamp-lit rooms. When he raised his gaze from hearth and home, he often turned to the marginsand overlooked aspects of life, as seen in his empty landscapes of Skagen or Dragør. With his beautiful, intimate and densely atmospheric scenes, Viggo Johansen significantly contributed to the development of modern painting.

Viggo Johansen (1851-1935) var en særlig skagensmaler. Berømt på sin egen tid og stadig virtuos og aktuel, når øjnene hviler på ham i dag. Imidlertid er han ikke i eftertiden blevet kanoniseret i samme grad som dem, han malede i nærheden af: P.S. Krøyer, Anna Ancher, Michael Ancher og resten af dansk kunsts absolutte top i slutningen af 1800-tallet.Viggo Johansen udfordrede de kunstneriske grænser for, hvad man kunne tillade sig at skildre fra livet inden for hjemmets fire vægge. Ofte afbildede han hverdagens gøremål med hustruen Marthas arbejde, centreret om hjemmets seks børn, eller parrets selskabelige middage i lampeoplyste stuer. Når han vendte blikket væk fra hjemmet, rettede han gerne opmærksomheden mod bagsiderne og udkanten i sine mennesketomme landskaber fra Skagen eller Dragør. Med sine smukke, intime og stemningsfulde motiver bidrog Viggo Johansen til udviklingen af det moderne maleri.

‘A lover of light’: in 1912, a French critic used these words to describe the great Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer, who had close ties to the French art scene for more than two decades. Krøyer first visited Paris in 1877, and his many letters clearly show the impact French art had on Krøyer’s own development as a painter, on the artists’ colony in Skagen, and on Danish art history in general.In Krøyer and Paris. French Connections and Nordic Colours, art historians Mette Harbo Lehmann and Dominique Lobstein describe Krøyer’s artistic development from the Golden Age tradition favoured by the Danish academy to Naturalism and the Modern Breakthrough. They show how inspiration from France can be traced in his painting technique and his open-air paintings from Skagen, revealing how French Naturalism made its mark on Krøyer’s distinctive style.