Wood Interior (c. 1910): Art, History and Details

Wood Interior (c. 1910) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Emil Carlsen (American, born Denmark, 1848–1932).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Through luminescent color, filtered light, and a subtle evocation of atmosphere, Carlsen created a quiet, meditative mood in Wood Interior. The delicate trees, trickling brook, and soft bed of the forest floor invite a tranquil retreat from bustling city life. The painting’s lighter palette is complemented by its custom-made gilded frame, which is crafted in muted 16-karat gold rather than the standard, more vibrant 18-karat.

Object facts

• Title: Wood Interior
• Date: c. 1910
• Creator attribution: Emil Carlsen (American, born Denmark, 1848–1932)
• Culture: America
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Unframed: 114 x 99 cm (44 7/8 x 39 in.)
• Collection: American - Painting
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1926.488

A detail from the museum

Carlsen’s son Dines also became a professional artist, and the two exhibited together several times.

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• "Art Throughout America." Art News 36, No.40 (September 1938).
• Macbeth Gallery. Paintings by American Artists: Colonial Portraits. New York: William Macbeth, 1914.
• The Bystander, August, 10, 1929.

View the collection record

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