Danish Expressionist Preben Rasmussen 20th Century Vintage Paris Oil Painting

Preben Rasmussen was born at Copenhagen in 1919. He was only eleven years old when he began his painting career. During the course of his life, he made many trips throughout Europe concentrating on France, Italy and Switzerland. Many of his paintings depict Paris, especially Montmartre and Sacre Coeur. Like Camille Pissarro, he regularly painted the same scenes at different times of the day in order to create the diversity of light and darkness as the day progressed. The inspiration he received from Van Gogh and Gauguin is apparent from the swirling colors and strong contrast between darkness and light. His style is marked by the thickness of his palette giving his works a three-dimensional aspect.