ERIK MOGENS CHRISTIAN VANTORE

(Danish, 1895-1977)

BLUE ASTERS WITH A LEMON

Oil on Canvas

19½ x 27½ Inches

Signed Lower Left, 'Vantore'

 

Born in Copenhagen in 1895, Mogens Vantore first studied with his father, the Impressionist painter, Hans Christian Hansen. He continued his studies at the Charlottenborg Art Academy, to which he was admitted at the unusually young age of 14. Vantore subsequently studied in Paris (1923-25) where he came under the influence of the Post-Impressionists, particularly Gauguin and the Nabis. Returning to Denmark, he continued to exhibit successfully in Paris while exhibiting annually at Copenhagen’s Charlottenborg Museum. In 1930, he was awarded the Akademie scholarship which enabled him to live and paint throughout Europe for two years. Vantore achieved both academic and commercial success in his lifetime and his paintings may be found in the permanent collections of museums worldwide. His style is characterized by bravura brushwork, a saturated palette, innovative perspective and a compositional structure that imparts vivacity to his carefully-observed subjects.

 

Reference:

Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 34, p. 102; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 14, p. 45; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon; Davenport’s Art Reference Guide, 2003/4 Edition, p. 2070; et al.