Lot 222: - Ludvig Karsten , Norwegian 1876-1926 fru godseier Langaard til hest (Mrs Langaard on Horseback) oil on canvas

signed and dated Karsten / 24 upper left oil on canvas

100 by 125cm, 39¼ by 49¼in.

Oslo, Blomqvist, 1924
Copenhagen, Den frie Udstilling, 1924

Nils Messel, Ludvig Karsten, Oslo, 1995, p. 209, catalogued; pp. 181-182, discussed & illustrated

Knut & Ellisif Langaard, acquired from the artist

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORWEGIAN COLLECTION
In January and February 1924 Karsten stayed with his friends Knut and Ellisif Langaard at their estate Staur Gard at Stange, near Hamar in Hedemarken. There he completed some ten paintings of the family and the Stange landscape. As well as the present work, these included the large family portrait of Knut and Ellisif with their five children (private collection), and Hjem fra Travbanen (Stenersen Museum, Oslo).

Shortly after leaving Staur Gard Karsten showed the paintings at Blomqvist in Oslo. Later that year he was honoured to be invited to exhibit his works at Den frie Udstilling in Copenhagen. Extremely well received by the Danish press, and much lauded by the general public, the Staur Gard paintings, including the present work, took pride of place among the twenty-two pictures that he showed.