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Johan Laurentz Jensen (Danish, 1800-1856) Danish painting of the
Golden Age reflected a merchant society atease with itself and a renewed
sense of national consciousness expressed through art. While numerous
painters found inspiration in landscape or shipping scenes,
Johan Jensen carved out a niche for himself as a flower painter. A
common thread linking these various genres was the strong influence of
Dutch art of the 17th century, which reflected similar bourgeois values
of domesticity, thrift, national pride, and which in Danish art
translated into a ratherbiedermeier aesthetic, which was particularly
evident in the numerous paintings of interiors. Jensen’s flower
paintings were in many ways extensions of the latter, featuring potted
plants, baskets, vases and other domestic accessories. Devices such as
the use of marble ledges and Jensen’s extreme precision show that he was
clearly inspired by Dutch and Flemish floral still-life painting by
artists such as Jan van Huysum, which the artist had the opportunity to
study in the Royal Collection. But to this formula, Jensen added his own
touch, notably a very geometric structure, a strong sense of plasticity
and, above all, a fascination with new and exotic fruits and flowers,
which were largely unknown to his audience.
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