Christjern Schobius. Portrait of a man

Automatic translation from Danish.

Christjern Schobius (1872-1900). Portrait of a man. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated: 'C.S 99'. 35 x 32 (38 x 35) cm. There is light surface dirt.

Christjern Schobius was a young, promising artist who won recognition early on for his unusual - and very original - talent. His works are extremely rarely seen at auction, as he died at the age of just 27 - officially as a result of a tram accident. In an article about Schobius, however, the art historian Peter Michael Hornung raises the question of whether it was really an accident - or whether Scobenius actually committed suicide: "Was it just a damned accident that he fell from a moving tram and killed himself? Or did he jump out of the tram on purpose to put an end to a perhaps not too hopeful artistic life?"