The Fruits of A Long Life
Kyhn maintained a freshness of perspective. He portrayed a more naturalistic landscape than previously, one that was anchored in careful study and with an immediacy made possible through open-air painting. He chose to feature and glorify the landscapes of his native land, exploring especially the countryside near his home in Jutland. He was influenced by the times, and could show that influence in his paintings, while the national romanticism of his middle years was stll an anchor in his large production of landscapes. He influenced many younger artists.
He is featured in a portrait by P.S. Krøyer (1898).
Other Danish landscape painters of his generation were Johan Thomas Lundbye and P.C. Skovgaard.
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