Sigurd Wandel Oil Painting "Frokostbordet", Circa 1930

Item Details

Sigurd Wandel (Danish, 1875 – 1947)
Frokostbordet (“The Lunch Table”), circa 1930
Oil painting on wood panel
Initialed to the lower right
Inscribed label to panel verso states artist and title; graphite inscription to upper center on frame verso reads “Wandel Mørk Høst” (Wandel, Dark Harvest)
Personal inscription to verso in Danish cursive, dated 1932
Label to verso from Bruun Rasmussen auction house

Provenance
Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, Copenhagan, Denmark; Old Master & 19th Century Paintings – Danish Golden Age – Drawings – Prints and Russian Icons; December 4, 2000, lot#1503, catalog page 172.

Danish artist Sigurd Wandel studied under Kristian Zahrtmann and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He later continued his studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts for a year. He is especially known for his paintings of interior scenes, often exhibiting groups of people engaged in leisurely activities, many of which feature the artist’s friends and family members. In 1920, he was hired as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, where he also served as the Director from 1940 to 1943.

Condition

- discoloration throughout painting; craquelure to paint; frame rub wear to painting edges; minor overpainting restoration visible under UV light; marks, chips, and scratches throughout frame finish, with nail head and gesso exposed to upper right and lower left corners, as well as edge and corner wear present; period label to verso is discolored and has portions torn away.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible work 25.75" W x 21.75" H.

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Item #

ITMG113662