"Georg Nikolaj Achen. Oil On Prepared Cardboard "bourgeois Interior" 30.5 X 24.5 Cm"
Georg Nikolaj Achen. Oil on prepared cardboard (cardboard and wood in interleaf) "Bourgeois interior" signed and dated lower left G. Achen1900. Danish school. 30.5 X 24.5 cm. Born in 1860 and died in 1912, Georg Nikolaj Achen was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (Denmark) from the age of 13. After numerous trips to Russia, France, Germany, Italy, then Holland, he acquired a serious reputation in his country, particularly for his interior scenes. He was a contemporary of Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864-1916) by four years, whose talent he has nothing to envy. The Museums of Copenhagen and Stockholm hold his works. Gilded wooden frame from the period. Good condition.