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 2 of a 4-part post on the works of Holsø
Note: Dates and details not found for all of the works:
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| Womas reading oil on canvas 55 x 48 cm |
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| Woman reading in a sunlit Room |
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| Girl reading in an Interior oil on canvas 47 x 55 cm |
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| Woman standing on a Balcony |
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| Woman seated by a Window oil on canvas 53 x 45 cm |
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| Harvest Landscape oil on canvas 21.1 x24.4 cm |
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| Interior oil |
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| Interior oil on canvas 59.5 x 63 cm |
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| Interior oil on canvas 61 x 65.5 cm |
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| In the Dining Room oil on canvas 65.1 x 55.2 cm |
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| Interior Light oil on canvas 448.9 x 51.1 cm |
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| Interior oil on canvas 54.5 x 53.5 cm |
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| Interior oil on canvas 48.5 x 37.5 cm |
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| Interior oil on board 30 x 17.5 cm |
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| Interior oil on panel 17.7 x 14.6 cm |
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| Interior oil on canvas laid down on board 57.8 x 55.2 cm |
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| Interior oil on canvas 65 x 55 cm |
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| Interior with a Cello and Stove oil on panel 41 x 33 cm |
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| Interior with a Cello oil |
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| Interior with a Cello oil |
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| Interior with a Woman and a Cat oil on panel 45.5 x 50 cm |
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| Interior with a Stove and a view into a Dining Room oil on canvas |
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| Interior with a Samovar oil on canvas 18.5 x 15 cm |
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| Interior with a Woman seen from the back oil on canvas 21.7 x 18.1 cm |
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| Interior with a Woman reading oil on canvas 49 x 53 cm |
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| Interior with a Woman reading oil on canvas 22.2 x 24.1 cm |
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| Interior with a Woman and a Cat oil |
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| Interior with a Mother and Child oil on canvas 29.5 x 23.6 cm |
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| Interior with Cello oil on canvas 57.5 x 52.1 cm |
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| Interior with Cello and Spinet oil |
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| Interior with Bureau oil on canvas 65.5 x 61 cm |
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