Northern Light Art

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Post-Representative Paintings
ca, 1890- 1920


"Art of Enduring Value - Sensibly Priced"

Art succeeds when it provides a momentary glimpse into the "eternal," into timless truths about life. Which is why Northern Light Art aims to offer paintings with universal themes and timeless motifs. They tend to be elegant, beyond trends and time, and sensibly priced.

Regarding styles, we focus on "Post Representative," ca 1890 - 1920 and Modernist pieces, primarily from the 1940s. ("Post Representative" refers to colors and light of the French Palette applied to Representative or Traditional motifs. "Modernist" is a style noted for reducing the motifs to their elemental forms or shapes, eliminating as much ornamentation as possible.)

Many of our pieces come from Denmark. That's because after these artists graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, they were among the first to travel to France in the 1880s and 1890s and study Impressionism. They often spent a year in the countryside, through the changing light of the four seasons. In this way, they learned the new "French Palette with its emphasis on color, light and shadow, along with shape over detail. They also adopted the Impressionist's choice of subject matter; "everyday" scenes, ordinary people, hard work, and other motifs that were foreign to the old Academic School.

After their year in France, they returned to Denmark where they married the French Palette with traditional representative painting, taking into account the different sunlight in Scandinavia. They called it "The Nature, Light, and Mood School" of Art. We call it "Post Representative."

Danish artists were also among the first to adopt the Modernist style, some as early as 1915. No surprise that Scandinavian Modern, which included furniture, lighting, sculpture, and other facets of modern living, originated in Denmark.

After acquiring paintings at auction, we clean and restore them as needed, along with repairing or replacing the frames.

2 Showrooms

Watson & Company
1524 So Broadway
Denver, CO
(Antiques Row)

Commencing Dec 1, 2011 seven new dealers were added to Watson Annex, Interiors & Antiques, complementing their full service design services. Among them was Northern Light Art.

Other dealers represent 40s, 50s & 60s accent pieces, cosmolitipan antiques for in Town Living, classic American oak furniture, custom drapery and upholestry designer, "architectual antiques," and "decortables" for every niche.

Open Monday-Saturday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Phone (303) 777-8707.

Starr Antiques

Starr Antiques, featuring Colonial and Federal Period antiques is located at 2940 East 6th Ave.(at Milwaukee), about 7 minutes from Downtown, in the "Cherry Creek Upper North Shopping District." Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10: 00 AM to 5 PM. Phone 303-399-4537.

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