Pedersen, Hugo Vilfred (1870 - Kopenhagen - 1959),, Taj Mahal. Öl auf Leinwand

Signiert "Hugo V P" 41 x 54,5 cm
Vilfred-Pedersen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen between 1886-1892, and later studied under Henningsen at the School of Modeling. Vilfred-Pedersen painted portraits, landscapes, figures and interiors in oils and watercolors. Vilfred-Pedersen was a world traveler, having journeyed around the globe seven times. He spent many years in Asia – visiting China, India, Indonesia, Sumatra, and Japan, where he painted landscapes and people – including the Viceroy, Lord Curzon. Vilfred-Pedersen lived in India for a dozen years, and here he produced some of his finest works, that established his reputation as one of the leading painters in the British Indian colonies. Vilfred-Pedersen exhibited internationally, including the United States. Vilfred-Pedersen sketched ordinary people as well as sultans and court life. In 1904, Vilfred-Pedersen published the book "Journey Through Dutch East-India", which is lavishly illustrated with eight color plates and a deluxe sketch-journal that the artist made during a five year journey through the Dutch East-Indies, Singapore and Malaysia. Vilfred-Pedersen spent most of his life in Java and Sumatra. Sehr gut erhalten. - Taj Mahal. Oil on canvas. Signed "Hugo V P" and titled on the stretcher frame: "Taj Mahal" Fra Jumna Floden / Agra (Brit:India)." The danish artist and illustrator Pedersen spent about 20 years of his life in India. - In 1902 he published the book "Durch den indischen Archipel. Eine Künstlerfahrt" ("Journey through Dutch East-India") with illustrations of his painted work