GARDENS IN SPRING
ONLINE EXHIBITION
In celebration of the return of spring, Uno Langmann Gallery is pleased to present our newest online exhibition: Gardens in Spring. As the temperature warms, gardens across the world come to life with blooming flowers, plants, and trees. Join us as we travel through the gardens of Italy, France, Denmark, and Canada, and celebrate all things floral, colourful and bright.
Jean Beauduin (Belgian 1851-1916)Summer Idle, Brittanyoil on canvas, signed lower right "Jean Beauduin"
Size: 24 x 28 in (with frame 32 x 37 in)
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Jean Beauduin is best known for his florals and figurative paintings including beautiful women, often painted in the soft light characteristic at the end of the day. Born in Belgium, he was educated at the Fine Art Academy in Antwerp before moving to Paris and opening a successful studio. He worked as an illustrator for important newspapers, magazines and publishers, and built a considerable reputation. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francaises as well as exhibitions in Europe and the US.
Hans Andersen Brendekilde (Danish 1857-1942)
Summer Day, Villa Borghese, Rome
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left "H. A. Brendekilde Roma 1922"
Size: 20 x 16 in (with frame 25 x 21 ¼ in)
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The most popular park in Rome today, Villa Borghese is located close to the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo. The magnificent estate, with its lush gardens and scenic gravel paths, covers an area of 688 hectares, and is home to the Galleria Borghese and the Rome Zoo. The gardens were developed in 1606, converted from former vineyards into the most extensive gardens in Rome. The Borghese family purchased surrounding lands to expand the estate.
Housed within the Casino Borghese, unquestionably the centerpiece of the Villa, is one of most extensive and venerated collections of ancient, Renaissance, and Baroque art in the world. Galleria Borghese was established by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, who appointed Cardinal Borghese in charge of the Vatican Collection. He became an avid collector and patron to Bernini, creating an extraordinary private collection currently housed in the Galleria. The Villa Borghese was purchased by the Italian state in 1901 and opened to the public in 1903, and is known as the perfect combination between nature and Roman art.
Mogens Vantore (Danish 1895-1977)
At the Table
oil on canvas, signed lower left "Vantore"
Size: 31 ¼ x 25 ¾ in (with frame 33 x 39 ⅞ in)
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Mogens Vantore (Danish 1895-1977)
Cosmos and Sunflowers
oil on canvas, signed lower left "Vantore"
Size: 23 ¾ x 27 ¾ in (with frame 28 x 31 ⅞)
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Frederik J.A. Winther (Danish 1853-1916)
August Morning at Sorgenfri Stream
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right ' Fr. Winther 1886' "Formiddag i August. Fra Vejen ved Sorgenfri Aa".
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1887 no. 405. World's Fair in Chicago 1893, where Winther received a medal for the painting.
Literature: Feature about the World's Fair in Chicago in the magazine "Illustreret Tidende", 28th of May 1893, reproduced p. 423 (full-page).
On the reverse of the painting traces from the paintings passage to the US, among others a lacquer seal from Copenhagen Customs.
Size: 41 ¼ x 68 ½ in (with frame 53 x 79 ½ in)
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Sorgenfri Palace Garden, just north of Copenhagen, Denmark, is a tranquil, wooded natural garden laid out around the Lake Lyngby and Mill Stream. The gardens cover almost 100 acres of woodland, with winding paths and small buildings elegantly placed in the landscape. Sorgenfri Palace, located in the middle of the palace garden, was originally built in 1706 and rebuilt in 1756 in the Neoclassicist Style. The garden surrounding the Palace was originally made in the Baroque style, rebuilt in the English Romantic tradition circa 1800 straight out of a Golden Age painting, incorporating garden furniture including a well, grotto and gazebos. The Palace and garden is closed to the public and is still enjoyed by the Danish Royal Family to this day. However the surrounding woodlands are owned by the state and offer a peaceful and
idyllic oasis setting open year round.
Flora Danica luncheon plate with pierced edge, "Viscaria Alpina", dated 1963
Size: 9 in diameter
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Flora Danica luncheon plate with pierced edge, "Ranunculus bulbosus", dated 1963
Size: 9 in diameter
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In 1790 the Danish Crown Prince Frederik ordered a dinner set as a gift for Russian Empress Catherine II. The set was to be hand painted, decorated with exact copies of the plates of Flora Danica, a comprehensive botanical encyclopedia containing pictures of all the wild plants native to Denmark in the period from 1761-1883. However Catherine died in 1796 and never received the gift. The set is considered a national treasure and one of the world’s most prestigious and luxurious porcelain collections. It is still in use for state occasions and is currently on display at Christiansborg Palace, Amalienborg Palace and Rosenborg Castle. Copies of the set are still sold by Royal Copenhagen Porcelain,
maintaining the same standards centuries later.
Pair of continental, possibly Italian, alabaster figures on marble bases, circa 1880. Figures are copies of 18th century sculptures, one by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French 1716-1791) "Bathers" and the other by Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (French 1710-1796) "Bathers/Venus". Both originals in the Louvre, Paris.
Georg Jensen (Danish 1866-1935)
Set of four ornamental sterling silver serving spoons, blossom pattern #21, with Georg Jensen
marks after 1945
Size: 5 ¼ in
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Chinese export silver basket with handles and openwork bamboo design, with mark of Tuck Chang & Co, Shanghai, circa 1900, 3 ozt
Size: 2 h in (diameter 3 ½ in)
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