This little pen drawing of a sun-splashed church in a forest expresses great graphic power. The subject may have been taken from Switzerland, southern Germany or Austria.
Kilde: Odense Bys Museer
The author: Jan Zibrandtsen, born 1907, is an art historian, critic and museum man. Since 1938 he has been director of the Amager Museum, which illustrates the Dutch cultural heritage on the island of Amager near Copenhagen, and from 1950 to 1968 he was also director of Skagens Kunst Museum. Chairman of the Visual Art Committee of the Danish State Art Foundation 1971-74. From 1956 art critic of the newspaper Berlingske Tidende. His published works include Moderne Dansk Maleri, 2nd ed. 1967 (with an English version), and a monograph on the graphic artist Christian Kongstad Petersen, 1971.