Visions of Greenland, painted by Danish artist Emanuel Aage Petersen. Living from 1894 to 1948, he was the last of the “Grønlandsmaler” painters, a group of artists whose subjects include the history of Greenland documenting the arctic way of life.

Scenery from Greenland with Two Dog Sledges in the Evening Sun. Undated, by 1948. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed Emanuel A Pedersen on the lower right. Image © Uno Langmann Ltd. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.langmann.com/evening-sun-greeland-by-emanuel-a-petersen-danish-1894-1948

Parti fra Nordgrønland ved Umanakøen, i forgrunden hundeslæde. 1946. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed and dated Emanuel A. Petersen 46 on the bottom right. Image source: bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_A._Petersen_-_Parti_fra_Nordgr%C3%B8nland_ved_Umanak%C3%B8en,_i_forgrunden_hundesl%C3%A6de_-_1946.png

Midnight sun over Greenland. 1936. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed and dated Emanuel A. Petersen on the lower right. Inscribed Midnatssol Nordgrønland 1936 on the reverse. Image © Uppsala Auktions Kammare. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.uppsalaauktion.se/en/auctions/20240611/685-emanuel-aage-petersen/

I Umanakfjorden. 1921-1948. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed Em. A. Petersen. I Umanakfjorden on the lower right. Image source: bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_A._Petersen_-_I_Umanakfjorden.png

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