Sigurd Swane
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Sigurd Swane was a Danish painter
and writer. He studied in Copenhagen
at the Royal Danish Academy of Art
.
While in Paris
in 1907, he was influenced by the work of the Fauves. On returning to Denmark, he painted a series of woodlands using greens, yellows and blues. His use of spots was soon replaced by more solid brushstrokes, with careful separation of colour, making him one of Denmark's foremost colourists
.
His portraits are typified by wooded backgrounds as can be seen in the paintings of his brother Leo Swane (1908) and of Harald Giersing
(1908).
He finally fulfilled his childhood dream of living in the country on a farm in Odsherred
in the north-west of Zealand where he completed a series of light-filled landscape paintings. From 1947 he often painted in Portugal.
His wife Christine Swane
was also a painter, as was their son Lars Swane.
Art of Denmark
Danish art goes back thousands of years with significant artifacts from the 2nd millennium BC, such as the Trundholm sun chariot. Art from modern Denmark forms part of the art of the Nordic Bronze Age, and then Norse and Viking art...
and writer. He studied in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
at the Royal Danish Academy of Art
Royal Danish Academy of Art
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has provided a practice-oriented complement to the scholarly investigation of the arts carried out at Danish universities for more than 250 years, playing a crucial part in the development of the distinctive tradition of the art of Denmark.- History :The Royal...
.
While in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1907, he was influenced by the work of the Fauves. On returning to Denmark, he painted a series of woodlands using greens, yellows and blues. His use of spots was soon replaced by more solid brushstrokes, with careful separation of colour, making him one of Denmark's foremost colourists
Colourist painting
Colourist painting is characterised by the use of intense colour, which becomes the dominant feature of the resultant work of art, more important than its other qualities. This tendency in painting was foreshadowed by French Impressionism in the late 19th century, and came to prominence in the work...
.
His portraits are typified by wooded backgrounds as can be seen in the paintings of his brother Leo Swane (1908) and of Harald Giersing
Harald Giersing
Harald Giersing , a Danish painter, was instrumental in developing the classic modernism movement in Denmark around 1910-1920...
(1908).
He finally fulfilled his childhood dream of living in the country on a farm in Odsherred
Odsherred
Odsherred is a peninsula in the north-western part of the island Zealand in Denmark. Odsherred is stretching from the Sjællands Odde in the north-west to the now drained fjord Lammefjord in the south, covering an area with a wide range of the most typical Danish landscapes such as long sandy...
in the north-west of Zealand where he completed a series of light-filled landscape paintings. From 1947 he often painted in Portugal.
His wife Christine Swane
Christine Swane
Christine Swane née Christine Larsen was a Danish painter who first associated with the Funen Painters before developing her own increasingly Cubist style.-Biography:...
was also a painter, as was their son Lars Swane.