Renbjærg Tileworks by Flensburg Fiord

The tileworks at Renbjerg on Flensburg Fiord appear in this 1830 landscape at the Statens Museum for Kunst, connecting Eckersberg to the industrial landscape of his home region in the duchy of Schleswig. Tile-making was a significant industry along the Flensburg Fiord, and Eckersberg"s view documents both the natural beauty of the fiord and the industrial activity along its shores. Eckersberg was a pioneering advocate of outdoor painting in Denmark, regularly taking his students into the Copenhagen countryside and harbors to work directly from nature.

The industrial buildings and chimneys are rendered with the same precision Eckersberg brought to all his architectural subjects, integrated into the natural landscape of the fiord. The water surface reflects the surrounding landscape and buildings. The palette captures the specific light and color of the Schleswig coast.