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Peter Ilsted Opus 1. Young Girl by a Semi-Circular Table. Signed. Plate 15.7 x 20 cm  1909 Colour Mezzotinte. Framed 45 x 41 cm
Peter Ilsted, painter and graphics artist (1861-1933) He was one of the foremost turn of the twentieth century artists in Denmark Known from many etchings, paintings and about 70 colour prints and mezzotints. He was one of a group of Danish artists known for works of sun-filled rooms utilizing subtle colors, simplistic interiors inhabited with one or more figures. Ilsted, however, was the only member of the "Copenhagen Interior School" who focused on printmaking. Mezzotint, from the Italian mezzotinto ('half tint')