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A pick-up and a window clean aheadM O G E N S A N D E R S E N (1916-2003)No title. 1979Ink Presented here in a mid 20th ...
19/06/2026

A pick-up and a window clean ahead

M O G E N S A N D E R S E N (1916-2003)
No title. 1979
Ink
Presented here in a mid 20th century, so-called Montoarnasse frame. Vendu

Mogens Andersen returned from Paris during the mid 1960's. In 1964 he purchased the Danish painter, J.F.Willumsen's iconic villa in Hellerup. In "Huset", (The House), from 1986 Andersen writes about the importance of discernment:

"To be able to discern in art, to be able to tell the difference between "skidt og kanel (Danish proverb for bad and good - dirt and cinnamon), one must have feeling and insight. An understanding and an instinct that we know from other situations in life, where it is important to be able to tell the difference between genuine and inauthentic. We can all sense when a person is being lied to, when content and form do not match each other ..."

Framing Schønheyder MøllerWas this the international breakthrough for Valdemar Schønheyder Møller (1864-1905)?In 1999 SM...
18/06/2026

Framing Schønheyder Møller

Was this the international breakthrough for Valdemar Schønheyder Møller (1864-1905)?

In 1999 SMK, The National Gallery of Denmark acquired the breathtaking " Sunset. Fontainebleau" from 1900. That was the lift off. During the last 25 years we have seen an increasing, albeit discrete interest in his work - academic as well as commercial. For Schønheyder Møller it is certain - bidding kicks in when the sun is out. This we saw at Bruun Rasmussen Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers when auctioneer Søren Holmstrup hammered top first, second and third among the only 21 works offered to the market since the late 1980's. And this is where we have a market challenge. Schønheyder's life was cut short and his oeuvre is not counted in high numbers. How many of these are backlit trees from Fontainebleau?
And a personal interest - how are they framed?
Two of the three works consigned at Bruun Rasmussen arrived in early if not original frames - one mahogany and one gilt, both wide and flat. The third was housed in a modern frame and needed a replacement. The choice was fairly easy once we tried different options - a contemporary wide profile which combined the mahogany on one and the profile on the other.

Images
1. Sunlight through the trees (Fontainebleau). 1899
2.L'éblouissement (étude). 1896
3. Sunlight through the trees (Fontainebleau). 1897
4. Anna Ancher (1859-1935). Portrait of Valdemar Schønheyder Møller. 1893. Skagen Kunstmuseum

Recent acquisition...arrival any day.Moissey Kogan (1879-1943)Zwei hockende Mädchenakte. 1929Woodcut, From "Die Schaffen...
17/06/2026

Recent acquisition...arrival any day.

Moissey Kogan (1879-1943)
Zwei hockende Mädchenakte. 1929
Woodcut, From "Die Schaffenden", 6,1. Published in 1929 by Euphorion, Berlin.
Edition of 125.
[ Söhn n° 47 ]

Moissey Kogan's artistic career began in 1908, when he exhibited for the first time in Paris.
Kogan mixed in artistic circles, and maintained relationships with figures such as Kandinsky, Jawlensky and Maillol. He was an active participant in the Salon d'Automme, where he served on the jury and was eventually elected vice-president of the sculptural department in 1925.
In 1933, he ceased travel to Germany on account of the increasingly anti-Semitic atmosphere. Some of his works were exhibited at the Entartete Kunst exhibition in Berlin, 1938. In February 1943, Kogan was deported to Auschwitz where he was murdered two weeks later. 

Unknown photographer:
The artdealer, publisher and collector Alfred Flechtheim, Moissey Kogan and Isa Speyer in Eduard von der Heydt's  garden, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland,1929 (collection of Museum Rietberg, Zürich,

Black frame?Henri Laurens (1885-1954)Valencia. 1927EtchingEdition of 100. Ref.: Brigitte Völker. Werkverzeichnis der Dru...
16/06/2026

Black frame?

Henri Laurens (1885-1954)
Valencia. 1927
Etching
Edition of 100.
Ref.: Brigitte Völker. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, no. 9

The sculptor Henri Laurens joined the cubist circle through Georges Braque in 1911. He conceived his first Cubist work in 1915. The etching "Valencia" was published 1927 and based on a paper collage from 1916.
Four of Laurens' etchings of 1920's depict the guitar - one of the most recognizable Cubist motifs at all.

Third image by Rogi André (1900-1970). Henri Laurens c. 1935

Back in the gallery after a short presentation at Galleri Christoffer Egelund for Dagmar in a setting curated by Marie M...
15/06/2026

Back in the gallery after a short presentation at Galleri Christoffer Egelund for Dagmar in a setting curated by Marie Monrad Graunbøl
Second image by Andrea Papini

J E A N W O O D H A M (1925-2021)
Sentinel. 1965
Bronze. Edition of 6

Jean Woodham was included in group exhibitions with Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi, Jose de Rivera and her close friend Louise Nevelson.

What if they had met - James McNeill Whistler and Vilhelm Hammershøi?In London during the late 1890's or even earlier? I...
11/06/2026

What if they had met - James McNeill Whistler and Vilhelm Hammershøi?
In London during the late 1890's or even earlier? It's a well documented wish from Hammershøi's side but despite a contact via Alfred Bramsen, the two artist's never met. Would a meeting or even a friendship have an effect on the younger Hammershøi - as a printmaker or a designer of frames? I have discussed printmaking in previous posts. Hammershøi and frames? We  know very little. Whistler, however was opinionated about the relationship between his pictures and the frames throughout his life - and he was relentless; ‘You will notice and perhaps meet with opposition that my frames I have designed as carefully as my pictures - and thus they form as important a part as any of the rest of the work - carrying on the particular harmony throughout - This is of course entirely original with me and has never been done.' (1873 in a letter to a friend).

Numerous books have been published on Hammershøi - very few touch Hammershøi's approach to frames. Some of the frames seen on his works are contemporary, some are early 19th century and mainly gilt. In addition to these we see a selection of ebonized baroque style profiles -a taste en vogue during the second half of the century. It was with this in mind we approached a study from the early 1880's. The shortlist included a selection of contemporary frames. The fitting had a unanimous winner - a superb patinated oak frame from 1880. 

Vilhelm Hammershøi's "Woodland scene with old and young trees" is part of the forthcoming sale at Bruun Rasmussen Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, and as always, accompanied by a well researched text. Pre-view opens today, Thursday. The evening sale is Tuesday 16th of June.

Tomorrow's post is framing, or should we say, shedding light on an artist related to Hammershøi. Will we see an international breakthrough for the artist?

What if they had met - James McNeill Whistler and Vilhelm Hammershøi?In London during the late 1890's or even earlier? I...
11/06/2026

What if they had met - James McNeill Whistler and Vilhelm Hammershøi?
In London during the late 1890's or even earlier? It's a well documented wish from Hammershøi's side but despite a contact via Alfred Bramsen, the two artist's never met. Would a meeting or even a friendship have an effect on the younger Hammershøi - as a printmaker or a designer of frames? I have discussed printmaking in previous posts. Hammershøi and frames? We  know very little. Whistler, however was opinionated about the relationship between his pictures and the frames throughout his life - and he was relentless; ‘You will notice and perhaps meet with opposition that my frames I have designed as carefully as my pictures - and thus they form as important a part as any of the rest of the work - carrying on the particular harmony throughout - This is of course entirely original with me and has never been done.' (1873 in a letter to a friend).

Numerous books have been published on Hammershøi - very few touch Hammershøi's approach to frames. Some of the frames seen on his works are contemporary, some are early 19th century and mainly gilt. In addition to these we see a selection of ebonized baroque style profiles -a taste en vogue during the second half of the century. It was with this in mind we approached a study from the early 1880's. The shortlist included a selection of contemporary frames. The fitting had a unanimous winner - a superb patinated oak frame from 1880. 

Vilhelm Hammershøi's "Woodland scene with old and young trees" is part of the forthcoming sale at Bruun Rasmussen Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, and as always, accompanied by a well researched text. Pre-view opens today, Thursday. The evening sale is Tuesday 16th of June.

Tomorrow's post is framing, or should we say, shedding light on an artist related to Hammershøi. Will we see an international breakthrough for the artist?

Dagmar & JeanDrop by and enjoy works from in a setting curated by First image by J E A N W O O D H A M (1925-2021)Sen...
10/06/2026

Dagmar & Jean

Drop by and enjoy works from in a setting curated by
First image by

J E A N W O O D H A M (1925-2021)
Sentinel.1965
Bronze. Edition of 6

Jean Woodham was included in group exhibitions with Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi, Jose de Rivera and Louise Nevelson.

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Walter Becker (1893-1984)No titel. 1953Lithograph on chinese paperEpreuvre d'artiste. Walter Becker  studied at the Scho...
08/06/2026

Walter Becker (1893-1984)
No titel. 1953
Lithograph on chinese paper
Epreuvre d'artiste. 

Walter Becker  studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Essen from 1910 to 1913, and at the Karlsruhe Academy 1915 1918.
In 1924 he moved to the South of France, and remained there for the following eleven years. During this period his art was extensively exhibited through France. Becker's friends and neighbours included such artists as Braque, Grosz and Pascin and such writers and composers as Thomas Mann, Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith. Walter Becker returned to Germany in 1936 and set up his home and studio in Baden.
In 1937 several of his works were removed from the Folkwang Museum,Essen and the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe - some of them were destroyed. Becker was declared a „degenerate artist“. Even though he already was appointed teacher of the art academy Karlsruhe, he was dismissed before starting.
After the Second World War, Walter Becker served as a professor at Karlsruhe Academy 1952 - 1958 - regarded as his most prolific years as an artist.

The lithograph was commissioned by the Guilde Internationale de la Gravure, Geneva, Switzerland. During the early 1950's the publisher commissioned prints from S. W. Hayter, Alfred Manessier, Fernand Leger and Walter Becker.

Image 3: Walter Becker and his wife Yvonne von König
Image 4: Portrait of Walter Becker.
Courtesy of Walter Becker.com

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07/06/2026

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