Susan Donaldson Fine Art

Fox in the Hen House

Adolf Mackeprang (Danish, 1833 -1911)
Oil on canvas
301/2 x 381/2 in.
signed lower left

Adolf Henrik Mackeprang was an apprentice to two artists in his native Odense before, at age 16, attending the Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen under the tutelage of Lundbye. Starting at age 24, and for the next 55 years, he exhibited a total of 172 paintings at the Charlottenborq Palace exhibitions of the Academy. He also exhibited in Paris and Norway. His works are in numerous Danish museums including the Hirschsprung Collection. Primarily Mackeprang painted animals, usually in motion, often deer. In this painting he captured the dynamic charge of a fox into a hen house. Mackeprang is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire des Peintures and Weilbach' s Kunstner Lexikon of Danish artists.

Nude

Suzanne Camille Desire Fremont (French , 1876-1962)
Oil on Canvas
21 x 30 in
Signed lower left and dated

Suzanne Camille Desire Fremont regularly exhibited her works at the French Society of Artists. She is listed in Benezitfs DDictionnaire des Peintres and Petteys' Dictionary of Women Artists.

Spring Pasture near Naesbyholm

Peder Mork Monsted (Danish, 1859-1941)
Oil on Canvas
16 12 X 23 ½ in.
Signed lower right and dated 1900

Peder Mork Monsted learned the art of landscape painting in Aarhus under widely – Italy (1882), Paris (1883), Algeria & Switzerland (1899) and Greece (1892). He painted landscapes of the countries he visited and an occasional portrait such as the of King George of Greece and Olaf Paulsen. He exhibited 122 works at the Charlottenborg for 1878 to 1941. Principally he painted Dutch scenes of beaches, forests and glistening streams and pastures, of which this a fine example. Monsted is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire des Peintures, & Weilbach’s Kunster Lexikon of Danish artists.

Bird Hunting

Eugene Petit (French, 1839-1886)
Oil on canvas
151/2 x 211/2" in
Signed

Eugene Petit is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire de Peintres.

Chickens Outside a Barnyard Gate
Cows Watering

Carl Bartsch (Danish, 1829-1908)
Oil on canvas
13 x 28 in.
Signed lower right

At age 13 Carl Frederick Bartsch became an apprentice at the Royal Copenhagen factory where he master the art of decorating porcelain until his health failed in 1864. His work is displayed in their museum. At age 19 he enrolled in the Danish Academy and only two years later published a collection of his etchings. For over a decade of poor health he supported himself by teaching. In 1877 he started doing oil paintings, usually landscapes, often with horses and cows. From 1848 to 1857 and from 1877 to 1895 Bartsch displayed 30 works at the Charlottenborg exhibitions of the Royal Danish Academy of Art. Bartsch is listed in Weilbach's Kunstner Lexikon and Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler.

Shell Still Lifes

Oil on Canvas
8 X 11 ½ in.
Signed lower left

This pair was purchased in Holland. Their origin and age is otherwise unknown. The: stretchers and frames are modern

Ballerinas Before The Dance

Jean Louis Marcel Cosson (French, 1878-1956)
Oil on Canvas
21 x 171/2 in.
Signed lower left

Cosson was born in Bordeaux and died in Paris after a distinguished career as a post-impressionistic genre painter. His favorite subjects were the opera, ballet and circus. He exhibited at Salon des Artistes Francais a Paris. He won honorable mention in 1901 and a medal in 1911. Cosson merited one-half page in Benezit's Dictionnaire des Peintres which includes his signature.

Jetty with Beached Dinghy

John Clayton Adams (British, 1840-1906)
Oil on Canvas
10 x 291/2 in.
Signed and dated 1891

John Clayton Adams was a genre painter who also did landscapes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in London. His work is in the collection of the 'Victoria and Albert Museum in London and smaller regional British museums. John Clayton Adams rates one-half page in Benezit's Dictionnaire des Peintres.

Vases with Poppies, Rhodendron and Morning Glories

Arnold Windther (Danish, 1955-1883)
Oil on canvas
291/2 x 231/2 in.
Signed lower right and dated 1875

Arnold Lauritz Winther was a painter of flowers and fruit. He painted with oil and watercolors - and also porcelain for Royal Copenhagen. He began to display paintings at the Danish Academy of Art. He died at age 28, however, he was already prominent enough to merit citations in Weilbach's Kunstner Lexikon and Thieme-Becker's Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler.

Crocus, Tulip, & Lily of the Valley

Albertine Flindt (Danish, 19th Century)
Oil on Panel
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.
Signed
No biographical information is available concerning Albertine Flindt. This is the case with many Danish women artists. Some were upper class women who painted as a hobby. Most decorated Danish porcelain for a living.

Two Cows in a Brook

Dutch School, Mid 19th Century
Oil on Panel, wax seals on the reverse
12 x 16 in.
The reverse of this painting has an old label inscribed with the name P. Potter and bears wax seals which were probably estate seals of previous owners. However, the fine hand who executed this painting, although greatly influenced by Paulus Potter (Dutch, 1625-1654), probably lived in the mid-l9th Century because the panel was smoothly planed by machine. In the mid-l640’s, Paulus Potter depicted strategically arranged cows in flat landscapes and farmyard scenes. Typical of Potter is the use light reflected from water to illuminate the underbellies and udders of the cows to give a fuller three-dimensional definition of the animals.

Portrait of a Seated Lady with a Lilac Shawl

Jorannes Grnnes (Danish School, 1875-1963)
Oil on canvas
41 x 31 in.
Signed and dated 1919, upper left
Johannes Grenness was a Norwegian artist who spent much of his career in Denmark. Johannes Grenness was trained by royalty in the world of art at that time. From 1896 to 1899, he was a student of P.S. Kroyer, founder of the Skagen School of Danish Impressionism. Skagen is at the northern tip of the Danish peninsula, just north of the setting of the movie Babbette’s Feast. Skagen is now a trendy summer vacation destination for the Danes. Then Grenness was exposed to an entirely different style of art by spending 1902 and 1903 with Vassilij Kandinsky in Munich. Grenness developed his own style. His palate of colors is unique among Danish painters of his era. He used a palate knife for large areas such as the shawl but did faces and hands meticulously. Grenness painted women with poignancy, tenderness and respect. His model for this painting is probably his wife. She is wearing a Georg Jensen ring.

Dutch Farm along a Canal

Albertus Verhoesen (Dutch, 1806-1881)
Oil on canvas
24 x 32 in.
Signed lower middle and dated 1847

Albertus Verhoesen was a landscape artist, an architect and an engraver. He was born in Utrecht and returned there in 1853 after spending almost two decades in Amerstoort. He was a student of Bruno van Straaten, Jan van Ravenling and Pieter Gerardus van Os. Verhoesen is best known for larger landscapes with cattle and meticulous small paintings of chickens, roosters, cockerels and peacocks. is listed in P,én4zit’s Dictionnaire des Peintres, Thieme Decker’s A1lgemenes Lexikon der Bildenden Kilnstler & Scheen’s Honderd Jaren Nederlandsche Schilder en Teekenkunst.

Rocky Beach

Janus La Cour (Danish, 1837-1909)
Oil on canvas
171/2 x 291/2 in.
Signed J la Cour and dated 1 Sept 1882

Janus Andreas Bartholin la Cour was a landscape painter and the most accomplished student of Shovgaard at the Danish Academy of Art. He was awarded scholarships by the Academy to study in Paris and Rome (1865-1867) and Switzerland and Italy (1868-1870). La Cour was established as one of Denmark premier landscape painters in 1871 when he was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal. In 1872 he became a member of the Academy and in 1888 a Professor. He was knighted in 1892. He had exhibitions in Paris (1900) and Munich (1901;) . La Cour is described as a fastidious man with a cold, reserved temperament which is said to have frustrated his attempts to show spontaneous outbursts of stormy weather. Usually he picked subjects, such as this stony beach, which lent themselves to strong lines and his careful, refined style. La Cour is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire d e s Peintres, Thieme-Beckerts Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden & Weilbach's Kunstner Lexikon.

Vue de Hollande

Pierre-Paul Boissart (French, early 20th century)
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
Signed lower right

Pierre-Paul Boaissart was a student of Leon Bonnat and received an award from the Association of Students of Leon Bonnat in 1935, He was a painter of landscapes and portraits but also did etchings of life in Paris and northern France. He was an active member of the Society of French Artists, where he exhibited his work from 1911 to 1938, receiving an honorable mention in 1914. Boissart is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire des Peintres and Thieme-Becker' s Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler.

The Mender

Gabriel Biessy (Frnech, 1854-1935)
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Signed lower right

MArie Gabriel Biessy was a student of Felis Clement in Lyon and Carolus Duran in Paris. Her paintings debuted at the Salon du Lyon in 1878 and the Salon du Paris in 1882. Portraits were her forte although she also did scenes of Paris. Her paintings during trips to South America are in high demand. She won numerous prizes at exhibitions including the World's Fair and a silver medal at the Crystal Palace in London. Marie Gabriel Biessy: is listed in Benezit's Dictionnaire des Peintres.

Kingfisher Caught in an Early Snow

K. S. Vissotsky
Oil on Canvas
19 1/2 x 26 in.
Included with this painting is a Royal Copenhagen porcelain of this European kingfisher (isfugl) Attached to the stretcher id information about another artist. Perhaps Vissotsky was a pseudonym.

Cow and Sheep at Pasture

Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A.
Signed and dated 1879, lower center
Oil on panel
13 x 11 in.

Thomas Sidney Cooper was born in Canterbury and started as a coach painter at age 12/ At age 20 he studied at the Royal Academy. In 1827 he moved to Brussels and became a feind of the Belgian animal painter Verbieckhoven who influenced his style as did the 17th center Dutch School. In 1831 he returned to London. For a record 69 years, from 1833 until 1902, Cooper exhibited 266 paintings at the Royal Academy with sheep and cattle being his constant subjects. After his death, it took Christies’s three days to auction off all the contents of his studio.

Afternoon at the Vejle Fiord

Johannes Boesen (Danish, 1847-1916)
Oil on canvas
14 x 23 in.
Signed J. Boesen
Exhibited in 1882 at the Charlottenborg Palace by the Danish Academy of Art (Number 33).

Johannes Boesen was a student of Peter Skovgaard and adopted his careful, tasteful style. This scene of the Vejle fiord is -20 miles south of Arhus, Denmark's third largest city, where Boesen studied. This is one of many paintings selected to be shown at the Charlottenborg Palace exhibitions of the Danish Academy of Art. Another of his paintings was exhibited at Chicago's World Fair in 1893. Johannes Boesen is listed in Weilbach’s Kunster Lexikon of Danish Artist.

Midday in Venice

Vilhelm Arnesen (Danish, 1865-1948)
15 May 1909
Oil on Canvas
17 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Exhibited: Royal Danish Academy of Art 1910, number 708

Vilhem Arnesen was the son of a ship's captain who as a boy learned about ships and rigging on voyages with his father. His talent was art but the sea and ships never left him. He received a series of scholarships to the Danish Academy and over 60 years showed 88 paintings at the Charlottenborg Palace exhibitions of the Academy. This painting was one of them. He traveled widely throughout his life. This view of Venice was painted on his first trip to Italy. Many of his commissions were ship portraits. The focus of this painting is a gondola and a harbor vessel with Venice as background.

Black Birds in a Winter Forrest in Winter

Peder Mork Monsted (Danish, 1859-1941)
Oil on canvas
18 1/2 x 12 in.
Signed lower left and dated 1902

This is the third painting by Peder Mork Monsted in this collection. He painted in all seasons and everywhere he went. This is one of a series of black birds in a winter forest which fascinated him in the winter of 1902.

Mid-Afternoon, South of France

Victor Jean Baptiste Barthelemy Binet (French, 1859-1924)
Oil on canvas
251/2 x 36 in.

Victor Binet was a landscape artist from Rouen who learned the craft of landscape painting from Troyon. In 1878 he began exhibiting at the Salon de Paris and won a gold medal in 1889. In 1886 Binet was the French representative to the Royal Academy in London. In 1900 he became an Officer of the Legion of Honor. Many of Binet’s paintings were done in the vicinity of Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf, where he died at 75. Victor Binet is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire de Peintres.

Waves Breaking on Rocks, Hammeren, Bornholm

Peder Mork Monsted (Danish, 1859-1941)
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Signed lower right and dated 1921

Pader Monk Monsted learned the art of landscape painting in Aarhus under Andreas Fritz and Prince Ferdinand. As a young man he received acclaim and traveled widely - Italy (1882), Paris (18831, Algeria & Switzerland (1889) and Greece (1892).He displayed 122 works at the Charlottenborg Palace exhibitions from 1878 to 1941. Principally he painted Danish scenes of beaches, forests, glistening streams and pastures. Hammeren is the rocky northern tip of Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Monsted is listed in Benezit’s Dictionnaire des Peintres, Thieme-Becker's Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden and Kunsler & Weilbach’s Lexikon of Danish artists.

Laurel

Signe Andreasen (Danish, 1853-1919)
Oil on Canvas
13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.

Signe Andreasen was a flower painter. She was a student of Emmy Thornam. She spent 1887 painting in Paris. In 26 years between 1887 and 1919 she exhibited 33 paintings at the Charlottenborg Palace exhibitions of the Danish Academy of Art. She also exhibited in Norway.

Winter Connecticut Farm

David Baresford (Contemporary Connecticut Artist)