Janus la Cour, Summer day on the beach near Aarhus, 1901. Oil on canvas
He studied at the Royal Danish Academy and traveled to Italy where he pursued plein air painting. This study was from 1871.
Janus la Cour, Party from Helgenæs with Mols mountains in the background, 1875
Janus la Cour, Morning in the High Alps, 1900
He was inspired by the theatricality of the landscapes of Italy and the Alps, and most of his paintings are either observational studies painted on location or dramatic scenes developed in the studio.
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Janus la Cour on Wikipedia
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He spent much of his life in the tiny village where I later grew up. His paintings from the forests and beaches south of the city of Aarhus is the landscape of my childhood, only almost a century before I was born.
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