Erik Kristoffer Raadal (18 June 1905 – 13 January 1941) was a Danish painter. During his short life, Raadal became one of Denmark's most important landscape painters of the 1930s, often painting scenes around

Gjern Gjern is a former railway town in central Denmark with a population of 1,529 (1 January 2025),Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

Biography

Born in the little village of Horn near

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under

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and Sigurd Wandel (1927–31). His landscapes of the quiet station town of Gjern were initially quite dark but by the mid-1930s, he had begun to employ lighter tones. They often include figures, usually seen from behind, emphasizing the depths of the scene beyond. His strict composition and his town scenes were considered leading examples of how to depict space and depth of field in urban landscapes. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

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. Raadal exhibited in Charlottenborg from 1929 as well as at

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until 1934 but it was at

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that he exhibited most frequently. Raadal died in Silkeborg when he was only 35.

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External links

Illustrated list of works by Erik Raadal in Danish museums from Kunstindeks Danmark
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raadal, Erik 1905 births 1941 deaths 20th-century Danish painters Danish landscape painters People from Silkeborg Municipality Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Art competitors at the 1932 Summer Olympics