Gustav Vermehren, Study Of A Girl Knitting Beige And the flickers of light

And the flickers of light from the gilded frames on the wall

and a cafe with timber cladding

a mother and her child are walking along a well-worn track

Mieth had the best of both worlds - a classical education based on the old masters

such as Delacroix

Gustav Vermehren, Study Of A Girl Knitting Beige And the flickers of lightA beautiful early 20th century study of a demure young lady knitting by Danish artist, Gustav Vermehren (1863 1931). Shes lost in a world of her own and transfixed by the task at hand. Vermehren was born into a creative family and destined to become an artist. His father, Frederik (1823 1910) was an accomplished painter well admired for his idealised rural scenes that romanticised the working classes. As a child, Gustav wouldve been taught to draw by