Fishing Boats in the Lagoon

Fishing Boats in the Lagoon

Oil on canvas

Mått 73,50 x 100,50 cm Ram 105,50 x 133,00 x 9,00 cm

GKM 2013-48

Bequest of Gustaf Werner (1859–1948) to the City of Gothenburg. Transferred to the Gothenburg Museum of Art in 2013.

Wilhelm von Gegerfelt was active in the transition period from academic romantic landscape painting, with its roots in Germany, to the new en plein air painting, which was popularised in France. He was born in Gothenburg but spent much time abroad. Like several of his contemporary colleagues, he studied and worked in Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Paris and many other places in Europe. Von Gegerfeldt was the first Swedish artist to join the artist colony in Skagen, in 1874.

Göteborg, Göteborgs konstmuseum, 07/09/2013 - 17/11/2013