Holga Reinhard (1853-1902). Naturalist Oil Painting of a Wood Alley. Denmark. From Late 19th century

Holga Reinhard (1853-1902). Naturalist oil painting of a wood alley. Denmark. From late 19th century Painted on paper in a finely painted, detailed naturalist style. The motif shows a sandy wood path that runs straight through a dense alley of tall beech and spruce trunks. The dark, deep wood floor is held up against the light stone covering and the scattered sunlight in the grass.

Framed in a gilded wood frame with carved leaf decoration and silver-gilded inner list. Signed: HR

Measurements: frame: approx. 20,4x24,5 cm. Painting: approx. 10,2x15,9 cm. Condition: see pictures.

Holga Reinhard was a Danish painter, pupil of Vilhelm Kyhn and later the Kunstskolen for Kvinder under the Kunstakademiet. She exhibited regularly at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition for almost two decades (1883-1901) and is represented in Weilbach's Kunstnerleksikon.