Danish Painter Christian Godtfred Rump (1816-1880) "landscape With Cattle Grazing"

Danish painter Christian Godtfred Ramp (1816-1880) "Landscape with Cattle in the Pasture"
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 64 x 77 cm
Signed
Framed
Christian Godtfred Rump (December 8, 1816 – May 25, 1880) was one of the most productive Danish painters of his time. He initially painted mainly genre and history scenes, later concentrating on landscapes.

In 1836, he exhibited a portrait at Charlottenborg but then concentrated for a time on history painting. However, following the trends of the time, he soon turned to genre painting with rural motifs. A few years later, probably influenced by J.Th. Lundbye and P.C. Skovgaard, he found his true vocation, landscape painting. After spending some time in Italy in (1857-1858), he became more adept at depicting the effects of light shining through foliage or through mist, gaining widespread recognition for his forest paintings. Rump was a member of the Academy from 1866 and became a professor in 1874. His work is now considered to have been eclipsed by Lundbye and Skovgaard at a time when, along with Janus la Cour and Godfred Christensen, his traditional approach was increasingly threatened by modern French trends such as Impressionism.