Artwork
Playing Children, Enghave Square
Playing Children, Enghave Square is a photography by Unknown. It dates from 1907 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Playing Children, Enghave Square, created circa 1907 by an unknown artist, is a painting housed at the Museum of Ethnography. It depicts a scene of children at play in an outdoor setting.
Subject & Meaning
The subject is a group of children engaged in various playful activities on a sunny day, dressed in simple, traditional attire. The scene conveys a sense of lively, everyday life.
Technique & Style
The painting features prominent, thick brushstrokes and an impasto technique, lending the work a textured, dynamic appearance. The color palette is predominantly blues, reds, and earthy tones, maintaining a bright yet subdued aesthetic.
History & Provenance
Created around 1907, the artwork is currently part of the collection at the Museum of Ethnography. The artist remains unidentified.
Context
The backdrop of the scene includes trees with green foliage and a red-brick building, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th-century urban or semi-urban setting.
Legacy
Information on the artwork's impact, influence, or reception over time is not provided in the available sources.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
