Vases - Landscape motifs
The Danish landscape has been depicted countless times on Royal Copenhagen vases. Often painters will fall in love with an oil painting, from which they will select key elements and transfer them to the vase. Many vase painters are also skilled photographers who take pictures on their travels in Denmark and then paint them free-hand on the vase.
A Royal Copenhagen vase is a work of art that can be admired from any angle. It is also a very exacting piece of craftsmanship that makes great demands on the creative faculties and technical know-how of the individual painter.
Every brushstroke on the smooth sides of the vase makes leaves unfurl, clouds drift across a blue summer sky and proud ships rock on the waves, all depending on the temperament of the individual painters and how they interpret landscapes and flora.