Lot 377: f - Christian Skredsvig Norwegian, 1854-1924 , Landskap fra Normandie (Normandy)

signed Chr. Skredsvig. l.l. oil on canvas

79 by 64cm., 31 by 25¼in.

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner; thence by descent

PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Painted in Normandy in the early 1880s.

Following his studies first in Christiania (Oslo) and then in Copenhagen and Munich, Skredsvig lived in Paris between 1879 and 1885. During the years he spent in France he developed the evocative neo-romantic style which is such a feature of the present work, and with which Skredsvig's name is so associated.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ingrid Reed Thomsen.