| Title: |
Farmhouse Ruins |
| Artist: |
Simmelhag, Kay Ferdinand Villian 'Kay Simmelhag' (Kobenhavn (Copenhagen), 1899 - Kongens Lyngby, 1988) |
| Date: |
1929 |
| Medium: |
Original Linocut |
| Note: |
Kay Ferdinand Villian Simmelhag 'Kay Simmelhag': A leading Danish painter, printmaker, illustrator, and a fine mosaic artist, Kay Simmelhag studied at the Copenhagen University. The artist spent several years in southern France during the early 1920's and around 1922, he began exhibiting his art internationally. During the following years his paintings, woodcuts, lithographs and linocuts were included in major exhibitions in Prague, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen, Haveselsk and elsewhere. The Skovgaard Museet in Denmark includes several works by Kay Simmelhag in its collection. |
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Simmelhag's woodcuts and linocuts focus almost exclusively upon the countryside
of Denmark. Views of forests, streams and ruins figure prominently. In
these intimate works, attention to the effects of light and shade, form
and texture are masterfully delineated, as can be seen in this original example of
"Farmhouse Ruins". During the 1920's and 1930's, Kay Simmelhag dedicated most
of his creative efforts to original printmaking. "Farmhouse Ruins" is a striking example from this period, created in the medium of the linocut. The artist was married
to the painter, Ida Bay-Schmith. |
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In his original landscape prints, the Danish artist,
Kay Simmelhag proved to be a master of atmospheric effects. In "Farmhouse Ruins" for example,
he depicts an abandoned farmhouse in ruins, the effects
of light and shade, form and texture brilliantly define the mood in this scene. |
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Kay Simmelhag was also the illustrator of such fine books as, Far paa Jagt (Father On Hunting) by Kay Simmelhag (1945), Vore store Fugle (Our Large Birds) by Kay Simmelhag (1945), Drenge Jorden rundt (Boys Around the World) by Kay Simmelhag (c. 1946), Der er en Verden udenfor Verona (There is a World outside Verona) by Svend Methling (1946), Fra Fjeld Og Fos (From the Mountain and the Waterfal) by Svend Methling (1950), I Havstokken (On the Beach) by Svend Methling (1952), and others. Note: The translations for the book titles may not be exact. |
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As a mosaic artist Simmelhag has adorned, coffee tables, wall plaques and other objects of various shapes and sizes with his stone & mixed media mosaics, beautifully adorned with a variety of motifs such as birds, insects, animals, fruits and flowers. In 1937, his combined interest in aquariums and mosaics landed him employment at the Denmark Aquarium, where the artist, Kay Simmelhag, in cooperation with the director of the Aquarium, Mr. Mogens Hojgaard created the decorations for them. |
| Edition: |
Kay Simmelhag did not number his original prints in specific editions
but it is known that most were printed in numbers of one hundred or less. |
| Size: |
9 1/2 X 13 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $365.00 US |
| Condition: |
Printed upon fine mulberry (rice) paper and with full margins as created
in 1929. Signed and dated in pencil by the artist to the lower
right. A finely printed, early impression and in excellent condition throughout.
"Farmhouse Ruins" stands as a superb, original example of the Danish landscape
art of Kay Simmelhag. |
| Subject: |
"Farmhouse Ruins", Kay Simmelhag, Kay Ferdinand Denmark,
original, linocuts, painter, printmaker, Kongens Lyngby, Danish artists, landscape art. |
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