August Jansen

(1881 - 1957)

Maastik jõega. 1940

Oil on canvas. 48 x 70 cm
price 3 516 (sold)


August Jansen "Maastik jõega"

August Jansen was undoubtedly one of the most influential artists of the first half of the 20. century. After the studies in St.Petersburg, in the school of the Arts Promoting Society and in the higher school of arts of the Academy of Arts, Jansen returned to Estonia. Here he became an unreplacable lecturer, an extremely active organizer of the artistic life and a fruitful artist. He moved swiftly between a number of techniques, becoming between the two wars one of the most significant landscape painters. While taking into account the deep traditions of the mentioned genre, it was more than remarkable.
Jansens works from the 1940ies reflect clearly the author’s desire to rest, which lasted for a couple of years, before taking again up the work as a lecturer. “Maastik jõega” represents a typical Jansen of this period, gathering onto the picture the motif of the homeland, where he is interested in addition to the colours’-related problems – differently from the previous periods – searching for the essence of nature. It has been noticed that just at that time can be found in Jansen’s works a certain new quality: colours do not oppose each other sharply, but the artist is searching for colours, being carried by a single prevailing basic shade. But still, in this picture Jansen is not inquiring so much “the values of colours themselves, but the total sensation from the nature”, for the purpose of which he uses equally soft yellow, slightly melancholic blue and modest green. A boat, waiting on a river bank and farmhouses, which can be seen from behind the field shadows, convince us that in the first range the artist is interested in forwarding of the unexplainable feeling of the homeland.

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Appearance in auctions

Before Lightning
August Jansen
Before Lightning
1930s. Oil, canvas 33 x 46 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: TIMELESS VISIONS Haus Gallery 04.11.2023
3 100
Final price: 9 900
Riverside View With Boats
August Jansen
Riverside View With Boats
1929. Oil, canvas on cardboard 43 x 31.5 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
2 600
Final price: 18 200
The Yard of Lauri's Farm
August Jansen
The Yard of Lauri's Farm
1945-1954. Oli, masonite 84 x 102 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022

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River Landscape
August Jansen
River Landscape
1920-1930s. Oil, canvas 46.5 x 66.5 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS - Saturday, May 14th 15:00 Haus Gallery 14.05.2022
3 600
Final price: 8 300
Summerhouse
August Jansen
Summerhouse
1927. Oil, canvas 50 x 76 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN EARLIER ART CLASSICS AUCTION - FALL 2021 Haus Gallery 06.11.2021
5 400
Final price: 16 700
Käravete Manor
August Jansen
Käravete Manor
1938. Oil, canvas 72 x 93 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN EARLIER ART CLASSICS AUCTION - FALL 2021 Haus Gallery 06.11.2021
5 700
Final price: 18 700
Farmhouse
August Jansen
Farmhouse
1926. Oil, canvas 56.5 x 94.5 cm (framed)
EESTI VANEMA KUNSTI KLASSIKA OKSJON Haus Gallery 07.05.2021
5 300
Final price: 26 600
Farm Motif
August Jansen
Farm Motif
1940. Oil, canvas 39.5 x 49 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's spring auction Haus Gallery 25.04.2019

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(sold)"> (sold)Maastik
August Jansen
Maastik
1947. 46.5 x 65 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's spring auction Haus Gallery 27.04.2018
1 800
Final price: 11 400
(sold)"> (sold)Surnuaiapüha
August Jansen
Surnuaiapüha
1918. tempera 29.5 x 45 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 28.03.2013
1 900
Final price: 1 900
Taluõu kiigega
August Jansen
Taluõu kiigega
1940-1950. oil on cardboard 35.5 x 44 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 28.03.2013
1 500
Final price:
(sold)"> (sold)Külatänav
August Jansen
Külatänav
1950-1955. oil on canvas 54 x 78 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXV ART AUCTION 2009 autumn Haus Gallery 27.10.2009
3 132
Final price: 4 218
(sold)"> (sold)Maastik
August Jansen
Maastik
1935-1937. oil on canvas 44 x 69.7 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXV ART AUCTION 2009 autumn Haus Gallery 27.10.2009
3 451
Final price: 7 797
(sold)"> (sold)Paadiga rannal
August Jansen
Paadiga rannal
1942. Oil on plywood 39 x 63 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIIth ART AUCTION, 2005 autumn Haus Gallery 20.10.2005
2 237
Final price: 3 355
(sold)"> (sold)Maastik jõega
August Jansen
Maastik jõega
1940. Oil on canvas 48 x 70 cm
HAUS GALLERY XIVth ART AUCTION, 2004 spring Haus Gallery 04.04.2004
2 301
Final price: 3 515
(sold)"> (sold)Lauri talu õu
August Jansen
Lauri talu õu
1940. Oil, masonite 84 x 102 cm
HAUS / XI AUCTION, 2002 autumn Haus Gallery 24.10.2002
2 493
Final price: 2 493
Kompositsioon laste ja paadiga
August Jansen
Kompositsioon laste ja paadiga
1940. Oil on plywood
HAUS / VIII AUCTION, 2001 spring Haus Gallery 26.04.2001
1 662
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Appearance in exhibitions

Farm Motif
August Jansen
Farm Motif
1940. Oil, canvas 39.5 x 49 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY Haus Gallery 08.03.2024

The Yard of Lauri's Farm
August Jansen
The Yard of Lauri's Farm
1945-1954. Oli, masonite 84 x 102 cm (framed)
WORKS FROM TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Haus Gallery 15.02.2023-13.03.2023

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