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Sold on Aug 14, 2025 for: Not Sold
Johan Frederik Krouthén (Swedish, 1858-1932). Winter thaw, 1920. Oil on canvas. 19-1/2 x 29-1/4 inches (49.5 x 74.3 cm)...
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Johan Frederik Krouthén (Swedish, 1858-1932)Winter thaw, 1920
Oil on canvas
19-1/2 x 29-1/4 inches (49.5 x 74.3 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Johan Krouthén / 1920
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, California.
Displaying artistic talent from a young age, in 1875 Johan Frederik Krouthén entered the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm at age 16, and he received rigorous training in academic painting, demanding technical precision in depicting classical forms. Yet, Krouthén was drawn to Realist landscapes (likely those of French artists such as Jean-François Millet), and began a career-long interest in depicting the rolling fields and small villages of Sweden's countryside. In 1883, after a brief period in Paris, Krouthén joined fellow Swedish Naturalist painter Oscar Björck at Skagen, an artist colony. The Skagen Painters, with their commitment to naturalism in their depictions of rural people, further inspired Krouthén when returning to his native Linköping (then a small city in southern Sweden). There his oeuvre expanded to portraits and domestic interiors, often painted with dramatic light and shadow, or other pictorial effects, enhancing the scene and illustrating the artist's move toward Idealism. With his later work, like Winter Thaw, Krouthén incorporated a more subtle, atmospheric palette, imbuing his landscapes with mood and feeling.
Condition Report*:
Unlined canvas. A patch, approximately 3-1/2 x 4 inches in size, applied to reverse of canvas in upper right corner. Klint, Bernhardt & Co. supplier's mark on stretcher. Minor frame abrasion at edges with a few scattered associated losses. Stretcher bar marks faintly visible near upper and left edges under raking light. Two small losses with impression to surrounding area in upper left corner, corresponding with the location of aforementioned patch on reverse. Very slight yellowing to the varnish layer. Faint, finely patterned craquelure. Some scattered pinpoint dots of discolored accretion. Not examined out of frame.
Under UV: varnish fluoresces green unevenly. Aforementioned dots of accretion fluoresce. No apparent retouching.
Framed Dimensions 23 X 33 X 1.5 Inches
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All lots are sold "AS IS" under the Terms & Conditions of Auction.Under UV: varnish fluoresces green unevenly. Aforementioned dots of accretion fluoresce. No apparent retouching.
Framed Dimensions 23 X 33 X 1.5 Inches
Auction Info
2025 August 14 Fine & Decorative Arts Showcase Auction #13230 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2025
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