Carl Holsøe - part 1

Self Portrait
oil on canvas 38 x 32.5 cm

Holsøe was a talented Danish interior painter, born in the town of Aarhus. Having trained as a painter, he entered the Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi in Copenhagen in 1882, and in 1884 the Kunstnernes Studieskole under the famous Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer. His fellow students at the academy and at the Kunstnernes Studieskole included Peter Ilsted and Vilhelm Hammershøi, with whom he was to form the elite of Danish interior painters. Holsoe, who was married twice, settled outside Copenhagen in the village of Asserbo.

Holsøe captured the quiet beauty of domestic spaces with an exquisite interplay of light and shadow. His works evoke a sense of solitude, intimacy, and contemplation, showcasing the elegance of Scandinavian interiors and the subtleties  of natural light filtering through windows.

Note: Details were not found beyond the title for all of the works.

This is part 1 of a 4-part post on the works of Holsø

Note: Dates and details not found for all of the works:

c1898 Woman in an Interior with a Mirror
oil on canvas
Private Collection

1900 Interior with Woman and Child
oil on canvas 75 x 70.5 cm

c1900 Breakfast Time

c1900-10 Woman with a Fruit Bowl
oil on canvas 48 x 51 cm
Carmen Thyssen Collection, Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

c1900 Woman with fruit bowl
oil on canvas 48 x 51 cm
Carmen Thyssen Collection, Madrid

c1900 The artist's wife sitting at a window in a sunlit room

c1900 Interior

c1900 Girl in an Interior

1903 Interior with a young girl reading
oil on canvas 53 x 46 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst / National Gallery of Denmark

1903 Interior with a Girl Reading

1907 View from Christianshavn in Copenhagen
oil on cardboard 15.7 x 21.7 cm

1935 Woman making tea

Before 1935 Waiting by the Window
Private Collection

A Sunlit Interior
 

A Saucer of Milk
oil on canvas 70.5 x 78 c

A Room with Views
oil on panel 65.1 x 59.7 cm

A Candlelit Interior
oil on panel 47 x 45 cm

A Sunlit Interior
oil on canvas

A woman reading by Lamplight

A Woman descending a Staircase
oil on canvas 21.1 x 17.4 cm

A Woman at a sunny Window

At the Window
oil on canvas 82 x 90.1 cm

Asleep
oil on panel 46.5 x 55 cm

An Interior with a Stove and a view into the Dining Room

Afternoon Tea

By the Window
oil on panel 44 x 42 cm

By the Window
oil on canvas 66.8 x 73.3 cm

Breakfast Time
oil on panel 48.9 x 61 cm

Contemplation
oil on canvas 58 x 63 cm

Clearing away the Tray

Daydream at the Window
oil on canvas 48 x 41 cm

From Mols Bjerge
oil on canvas 11.4 x 18.1 cm