Lot 125: Borge Nyrop (1881-1948)

Borge Nyrop (1881-1948)
A busy sunlit boulevard in Paris
signed and dated 'B. Nyrop/1911' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
68 x 60 cm.

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1998, lot 235, where acquired by the present owner.

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The Danish painter Borge Nyrop studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and under L. Simon in Paris. In 1907 Nyrop received the Soedring's prize and in 1911 the Neuhausen's prize. Beside Denmark and France, Nyrop traveled and worked in Italy, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. Although Nyrop is best known for his sunlit farm scenes and detailed naturalist landscapes from the west coast of Jutland, he would also paint portraits and cityscapes of which the present painting is a beautiful example.