Bornholm school of painters
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The Bornholm school of painters started to take shape towards the beginning of the 20th century on the Danish island of Bornholm when a number of artists developed a distinctive style of classic moder
Bastions, Christiansø (1921) Karl Isakson
Postbåden kommer. Christiansø (1920) Edvard Weie
Oluf Høst
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Oluf Høst was a Danish Expressionist painter, the only member of the Bornholm school who was a native Bornholmer. Although he studied in Copenhagen, he returned to the Danish island of Bornholm in 192
Bornholm school of painters
…changing natural beauty, using pure, subdued colour to produce work in new aesthetic directions. They were soon joined by other Danish artists including Oluf Høst (1884-1966), Olaf Rude (1886-1957), Kræsten Iversen (1886-1955) and Niels Lergaard (1893-1982), They lived mainly in the picturesque little ports of…
Vinterdagen dør (The dying of a Wintersday), 1943. Depicting the setting sun through the entryway of Bognemark, Høst's farm in Gudhjem, Bornholm - one of his most frequent motifs.
The Oluf Høst Museum in Gudhjem, Bornholm