Slow Art Sunday - Wegmann

As the chill of a new season sets in, Slow Art Sunday brings you a cozy oil painting by Danish painter, Bertha Wegmann (1847-1926).

Known for her beautiful portraits, she also has landscapes and domestic scenes to her credit.  Wegmann received many artistic awards and was the first woman to hold a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1907. The title and date of this work is unknown but has been assigned the name “A woman reading in bed by the glow of the lamp, a stack of books by her bed” (hmm, okay then!).

The snug warmth of the setting is contrasted with the pop of red on the slippers and my favourite green on the lamp. I recently saw on Instagram @goodwilllibrarian, a saying that would go perfectly with this painting… “Tomorrow is National Stay in Bed Reading Day.  I just made it up.  Tell the others.”

Take some time to snuggle up with a good book and a long look at a lovely, warm scene on a chilly night.

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