Ejnar Nielsen (b. Copenhagen 1872, d. Hellerup 1956)
Purchased by Statens Museum for Kunst, September 2023
“Selvportræt”, 1899. Signed Ejnar Nielsen, Gjern. Oil on canvas. 66×79 cm.
Literature: V. Jastrau: “Ejnar Nielsen - 41 gengivelser”, G.E.C. Gads Forlag, Copenhagen, 1930, ill. p. 10. Literature: Henrik Wivel: “Ny dansk Kunsthistorie, Vol. 5, Symbolisme og impressionisme”, Fogtdal, Copenhagen, 1994, ill. p. 115. Literature: Steffen Lange; “”Eneren - Ejnar Nielsen", Poul Kristensen Forlag, 1998. Discussed and ill. p. 165. Literature: Peter Nørgaard Larsen “Sjælebilleder - symbolismen i dansk og europæisk maleri”, Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), 2000. Literature: Ulla Sjöström: “Maleren Ejnar Nielsen 1872–1956”, Christian Ejlers Forlag, Copenhagen, 2000.
Exhibited: Høstudstillingen, Copenhagen, 1912, cat. no. 90. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1927, cat. no. 11d. Exhibited: “Hjælp! jeg er samler”. Birte Inge Christensen & John Hunov's samlinger, Randers Kunstmuseum, 15 January - 20 March 1994, cat. no. 226. Exhibited: “Sjælebilleder - symbolismen i dansk og europæisk maleri”, Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), 2000, cat. no. 19. Exhibited: “Livstegn”, Den Hirschsprungske Samling, Copenhagen, 2022, ill. in the exhibition catalogue p. 49. Exhibited: “Ejnar Nielsen - Liv og Død”, Vejen Kunstmuseum, 2023, no catalogue number.
Provenance: The collection of Birte Inge Christensen and John Hunov.
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Modern paintings, sculptures & prints, 20 September 2023