Libert, Georg Emil (1820 – 1908). Austrian Landscape the Lake. (1865)

Oil on canvas artwork titled “Austrian Landscape the Lake” painted in 1865 by the renowned Danish landscape painter, Georg Emil Libert. Measuring 50 x 74.5 cm, this piece features a signature on the lower right as “E. Libert 65”. Emil Libert, a graduate of the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, was deeply influenced by his travels across Europe, especially the Munich landscape scene. He exhibited extensively in Charlottenborg and “Kunstforeningen”. His fondness for the Baltic island of Bornholm is evident, with a cliff named after him, Libertsklippen (Libert’s Rock). His art is notably showcased in the Danish National Gallery and Thorvaldsens Museum. Among his lauded works, the painting “Ansicht des Heidelberger Schlosses Zwischen der Molkenkur, der Stadt” fetched $11,240 at a Sotheby’s auction in Munich, 1994.