Sunrise

Niels Lergaard (1893–1982) settled on Bornholm in 1928, where he painted in a slightly different style than his contemporaries. He was called a dark painter, because he was not primarily interested in the island’s intense light and colours, but rather the constant features of the motif. Lergaard’s paintings became increasingly abstract but without ever letting go entirely of the impression of nature. By contrast with Høst, for instance, who depicts an immediate experience and a perceived lyrical picture, Lergaard seeks to convert his impression of the landscape or scenery into universal shapes. Thus, in most of his works, he also concentrates on relatively few motifs, with the view of the sea from Gudhjem as one of the most important.