Fredrik Borgen, River Landscape With Grazing Cattle Beach he was awarded two medals

he was awarded two medals of distinction

and he enrolled at Nottingham School of Art

By the 1840s

Quiet solemnity under a poignant setting sun

Fredrik Borgen, River Landscape With Grazing Cattle Beach he was awarded two medalsThis early 20th century oil painting by Norwegian artist Fredrik Borgen (1852 1907) depicts a river view with grazing cattle. Borgen was a skilled painter of naturalistic landscapes who exhibited extensively, including at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo and the Exposition Universelle in Paris. A river snakes through pasture towards a distant hill, which is a veritable patchwork of tones. Dense clouds above reflect in the silvery waterway, with flickers