A White Camellia

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Johan Laurentz Jensen
A White Camellia

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"A White Camellia" depicts a single white camellia against a dark background. While Jensen often painted large and very elaborate groupings of resplendently colorful bouquets of flowers, he also frequently turned to single-flower studies. The painting’s small size and subject of a solitary flower were intended to inspire contemplation and reflection. Similar works by Jensen are "A Blue Gesneriad," "A Pink Double Stock," and "Two Yellow Marigolds with Buds." Johan Laurentz Jensen was the leading painter of floral still lifes in Denmark in the first half of the nineteenth century. As a young man, he studied at the Royal Copenhagen Academy under Christoffer-Wilhelm Eckersberg and C. D. Fritzsch. In 1821, he decided to devote himself entirely to flower painting, and in 1822, Prince Christian Friedrich suggested study at Sèvres, where Jensen remained for four months. Upon his return from Sèvres, Jensen was then appointed principal painter at the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory. Among the projects he supervised was the 1836 wedding service for Princess Alexandra and the Prince of Wales, a set which used the “Flora Danica” scientific illustrations of native plants. From 1833 to 1835, he lived in France and Italy. While in Rome, he was considered the most prominent painter in an extensive colony of Scandinavian artists there. In 1845, he visited Paris and Holland. Throughout his career he exhibited regularly at the annual Charlottenberg exhibitions and at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. His works were admired and collected by his friends Thorvaldsen and Hans Christian Anderson. It was these accomplishments which led to Jensen’s reputation as the “Father of Danish Flower Painting” and his status as the most outstanding still-life artist of the Danish Golden Age. In his essay for the catalog accompanying the first one-man exhibition of Johan Laurentz Jensen’s work in New York (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800–1856): Father of Danish Flower Painting [1989], p.7), Ingvar Bergstrom notes, “Jensen’s production is richly varied, and includes flower-pieces, fruit-pieces, sometimes a combination of both, potted plants, growing garden plants, cut flowers on a ledge, and single flower studies, collectively demonstrating his remarkable versatility.”

Creator:
Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800 - 1856, Danish)
Dimensions:
Height: 7.75 in (19.69 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Wood Panel
Movement & Style:
Realist
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: HA 69631stDibs: LU23727042