Helvig Agnete Kinch – At The Race – Art Oil Painting

Art description: Original high quality oil painting on canvas. A magnificent scene from a horse race where one of the horses is without a jockey. A vivid scene with a great sense of movement. Excellent color choice and detail. Needs a large room to hang in.

Artist: Signed in monogram “HK”. Helvig Agnete Kinch (1872 – 1956) is a well-listed artist. She received her education as an artist at the Academy of Fine Art for Women
in Copenhagen under Viggo Johansen (1891 – 1894). She travelled widely in Europe and stayed for longer time in Greece. She received a number of prizes, four from the Academy, Neuhausen’s Prize twice, Soedring’s Prize and Tagea Brandt 1933. She was a co-founder of the women’s association of artist “Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund” and its first chairman. She exhibited widely; at Charlottenborg for many years, at Kunstnernes Efteraarsudstilling (The Autumn Exhibition of the Artists), in Forum and in the Women’s Association. Her works are represented at Rander’s, Soenderjylland’s, Storstroem’s, and Vejen’s museum. This painting has been exhibited at Charlottenborg (see the mark at the reverse side) and is considered one of her main works. This artist is listed on www.kid.dk

Dating: 1926

Condition: Very good. The canvas bulges a little. No missing paint, holes or tears.
Please see the photos.
The frame is in a very good condition. Minor signs of age. Ready to hang.

Size: 65 1/2″ by 42″ (167 cm by 107 cm) without the frame. 72 1/2″ by 49″ (184 cm
by 124 cm) with the frame.

Price: 18000 usd

This item has been vetted by: Bernadette Bille,
Art expert and appraiser for Soulthing ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Has worked professionally with art sales and appraisal since 2002
Has worked with all kinds of pre-1950 Scandinavian art as well as antique artwork from Germany, Holland, France,
United Kingdom and other countries