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The wife of the old tailor. (1878) er det maleri af Laurits Andersen Ring, der fanger flest blikke. Derefter falder blikket på The old tailor. (1878) og Follow Along. From Dosseringen in København. (1884). Blandt de 205 værker af Laurits Andersen Ring i vores katalog er disse 100 de mest berømte, hver især et unikt originalværk præsenteret med sit årstal, sit museum og årsagen til dets tidløse betydning.
The wife of the old tailor. by Laurits Andersen Ring is a somber and intimate oil portrait of a woman, executed about 1878. The composition is a close-up bust portrait where the subject is positioned slightly off-center. She is oriented toward the viewer's left, her gaze directed away from the center of the frame. The subject's expression appears pensive or weary, contributing to the quiet, domestic realism of the scene.
In "The old tailor." by Laurits Andersen Ring, a quiet, somber atmosphere settles over the scene. This close-up bust portrait captures a young man positioned slightly off-center, his gaze directed toward the viewer's left. He exists within a space defined by deep, dark tones, where blacks and dark greens dominate the surroundings. The composition feels intimate and heavy, pulling the viewer into a private, moody moment of introspection.
Follow Along. From Dosseringen in København. was painted by Laurits Andersen Ring. The artist was born in 1854 in the village of Ring, Denmark.
In this oil painting, Christmas visit, Laurits Andersen Ring invites us into a quiet, domestic moment. Created about 1882, the work captures a scene of stillness within a dimly lit, rustic interior. The atmosphere is one of hushed intimacy, focusing on the unvarnished reality of a private gathering. It is a study of presence and the weight of shared time.
In "Country interior" by Laurits Andersen Ring, a somber and quiet atmosphere settles over a domestic scene from about 1880. A large wooden table dominates the foreground, its heavy presence anchoring the space. This table creates a strong diagonal line that pulls the eye through the room toward the background. There, a seated figure rests in the shadows, quietly engaged in the rhythmic motion of needlework or knitting. The perspective…
Workers at a water pipe at Søndersø is an oil painting by the Danish artist Laurits Andersen Ring. The work dates to about 1885. The artist was born in Ring, Denmark, in 1854 and remained active until his death in 1933. His background was rooted in the rural traditions of his upbringing, as he was the son of a wheelmaker and a farmer's daughter.
A boy and a girl eating supper is an oil painting by the Danish artist Laurits Andersen Ring, executed about 1884. The work captures a quiet, domestic moment between two young children seated at a wooden table during a meal. Through this intimate arrangement, the artist explores themes of poverty, resilience, and the fundamental nature of familial connection.
In Et besøg i et skomagerværksted, Laurits Andersen Ring captures a quiet moment of conversation within a dimly lit interior. The scene, likely a shoemaker's workshop, is anchored by a small wooden table. A single glowing oil lamp sits at the center of the composition. This small flame dictates the entire world of the painting, casting a strong chiaroscuro effect that carves shapes out of the darkness. Deep shadows swallow…
In Drain Diggers, Laurits Andersen Ring presents a quiet, unvarnished moment of manual labor within a rural landscape. Painted about 1885, this realist oil painting captures two men engaged in the physical toil of working on a drainage system. One man stands at the edge of a trench, looking down into the earth, while the other is partially submerged within the excavation. There is a certain stillness to their labor,…
In Interior from a shoemaker's home. A man is reading the paper Socialdemokraten for two others., Laurits Andersen Ring captures a quiet, intimate scene within a modest room. Three men are gathered around a wooden table, their interaction forming the central focus of a medium shot. One man holds a newspaper, while another holds a pipe, suggesting a moment of shared reading or quiet discussion. The arrangement of the figures…
Interior with a man reading and a woman writing.1884
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Interior from the village Ring1882
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Portrait of H. A. Brendekilde1882
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A boy showing a green pea to his grandmother1881
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Time in a Village School. A Girl is up by the Chalkboard Beside the Teacher; four other Girls on the School Bench1886
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An Old Girl1888 · Ordrupgaard
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Harvest1886
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Skelet. Døden uden vinger1887
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Food distribution in Frederiksberg1887 · Sorø Art Museum
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Johanne Wilde at Her Loom1889
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Teglværksarbejdere. Ladby teglværk1892
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Boy with a crossbow at the foot of a hill1890
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Smallholders in the village of Ring1887
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Mogenstrup Church1888 · Den Hirschsprungske Samling
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Herman Kähler in his Workshop1890 · Randers Kunstmuseum
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A turner at his lathe1890
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Footpath near Herlufsholm, Zealand1890 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Evening. Death and the Old Woman1887 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A boy sitting at the village pond.1887
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Young Woman Harvesting1889
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People leaving the church at Mogenstrup1889 · Fuglsang Art Museum
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The road through the village of Ring. Grey autumn day. A man is carrying a sack.1890
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From the grocer's stall in Mogenstrup inn.1889
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Road through a village with a man walking1887
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Portrait of a young woman in coat with fur collar and hat with veil1886
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Reclining nude1886
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Foggy winter's day. Karrebæksminde1897 · Den Hirschsprungske Samling
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Six portraits of potter Herman A. Kähler's children1898
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The Painter in the Village1897 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Twilight. The Artist's Wife1898 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Small-Holders. Zealand1898 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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The Artist's Wife by Lamplight1898 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A Child Visiting his Grandparents on a Sunday1898 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A Sunday morning at Karrebæksminde near the bridge.1898
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A boy doing his homework.1893
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The artist's wife Sigrid sewing in the lamplight. Karrebæksminde1898
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How are you, old friend1893
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Visiting grandfather. Outside a house in Lille Næstved.1893
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Alone. Interior by lamplight with a man sitting in thought1899 · Ordrupgaard
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“The Sower”. Frederiksværk1901
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The sick man1902 · Den Hirschsprungske Samling
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Foggy winter day in Vinderø1901 · Fuglsang Art Museum
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Autumn weather. A man with a wheelbarrow on a path1903
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In the Month of June1899 · Nationalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
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Moder fortæller. Kunstnerens hustru og datter1901 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A foggy morning. Boats on their way from Thurø to Svendborg, Denmark.1902
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Snow landscape with the painter Aage Bertelsen at his work1905
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An organ grinder playing for the children of a village.1904
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The elderly couple have received a letter.1901
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Interior from Hanehoved Huse, a small fishing village in the parish of Melby1900
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Outside a farmhouse. Two women with a pram1906 · Ordrupgaard
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A short rest1908 · Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum
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The Sower1910 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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The Artist's Wife with the Family Caravan1911 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Old thatched house.1910
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Interior with sewing woman1909
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Goldsmith Workshop1917 · Ordrupgaard
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Waiting for the Train. Level Crossing by Roskilde Highway1914 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A son reading a letter to his mother.1913
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Has it Stopped Raining?1922 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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At the Old House1919 · Nationalmuseum
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Ole Ring looks over Roskilde1925 · Ordrupgaard
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Parti fra Gasværkshavnen1882
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Winter scene1881 · Den Hirschsprungske Samling
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Landscape, near Næstved. Evening light1880
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Two children walking along a road in the early spring.1885
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A Stream Between Karrebæk Fjord and the Sea1890 · Ordrupgaard
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Along the rye field. Footpath with a grass-grown earthwork to the right, the rye field to the left. In the background a stile1887 · Randers Kunstmuseum
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Et halvtag ved keglebanen i Mogenstrup1888 · Ribe Kunstmuseum
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Road with Boy1887
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Raager på Pløjemarken1891 · Toledo Museum of Art
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Moor landscape from Jutland. Scene from Bryrup by Aarhus1888 · Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum
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Spring landscape with light green fields; small pond and to the right Mogenstrup1888
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Gleaners1887
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The Road at Mogenstrup, Zealand. Autumn1888 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Gadekæret i Ring1890 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A landscape near Bryrup, Jutland1888 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Udsigt fra vinduet i Café Osborne op ad Frederiksberg Allé1889 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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A Rye Field near Ring Village1887 · Statens Museum for Kunst
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Harvest scene near the village of Ladby.1892
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From the garden of Lindegården in Horns Herred1890
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View from the beach in Hellebæk1889
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Road near Mogenstrup, Denmark.1889
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Rain. View from my window.1887
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Path Going past a Ripe Cornfield1886
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At the River's Mouth. Flower-covered Slope to the Right. On the Other Side of the River a Long Spit into the Fjord. Karrebæksminde1897
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Dansk sommerlandskap1895 · Nationalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
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The Temple of Apollo, Pompeii1895 · Nationalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
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Trunks of alders1893
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Lady at Karrebæksminde Beach, Zealand1898 · Statens Museum for Kunst
De fire motiver, der optræder hyppigst i disse originaler, hver med sit fineste eksempel.
De 8 museer, der rummer flest af malerierne på denne side.
| Museum | By | Værker af Laurits Andersen Ring | Malerier fra denne liste |
|---|---|---|---|
 Statens Museum for Kunst |
København | 33 | Et besøg i et skomagerværksted, Drain Diggers, Footpath near Herlufsholm, Zealand |
 Ordrupgaard |
Gentofte | 16 | An Old Girl, Alone. Interior by lamplight with a man sitting in thought, Outside a farmhouse. Two women with a pram |
 Den Hirschsprungske Samling |
København | 8 | Christmas visit, Country interior, Mogenstrup Church |
 Fuglsang Art Museum |
Guldborgsund | 4 | Workers at a water pipe at Søndersø, People leaving the church at Mogenstrup, Foggy winter day in Vinderø |
 Nationalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design |
Oslo | 4 | In the Month of June, Dansk sommerlandskap, The Temple of Apollo, Pompeii |
 Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum |
Hannover | 5 | A short rest, Moor landscape from Jutland. Scene from Bryrup by Aarhus |
 Randers Kunstmuseum |
Randers | 3 | Herman Kähler in his Workshop, Along the rye field. Footpath with a grass-grown earthwork to the right, the rye field to the left. In the background a stile |
 Nationalmuseum |
Stockholm | 5 | At the Old House |
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The wife of the old tailor. by Laurits Andersen Ring is a somber and intimate oil portrait of a woman, executed about 1878. The composition is a close-up bust portrait where the subject is positioned slightly off-center. She is oriented toward the viewer's left, her gaze directed away from the center of the frame. The subject's expression appears pensive or weary, contributing to the quiet, domestic realism of the scene.
Follow Along. From Dosseringen in København. was painted by Laurits Andersen Ring. The artist was born in 1854 in the village of Ring, Denmark.
The scene unfolds in the heavy, sunlit air of a brickworks, captured in the work titled Teglværksarbejdere. Ladby teglværk. Created about 1892, this oil painting by Laurits Andersen Ring places the viewer directly into the rhythmic, physical reality of manual labor. The artist, Laurits Andersen Ring, turns his gaze toward the grit and the earth, focusing on the quiet, persistent dignity of those engaged in the taxing process of brickmaking.…
“The Sower”. Frederiksværk” by Laurits Andersen Ring, created about 1901, presents a realistic landscape depicting a rural agricultural scene under a vast, bright sky. The composition is dominated by a diagonal line formed by a freshly plowed field, which leads the viewer's eye from the foreground right toward the background left. In the foreground, a man is captured in profile walking toward the left. He is the sower, shown scattering…
Laurits Andersen Ring produced The Sower about 1910. The work centers on the dignity and hardship inherent in peasant life, capturing a solitary moment of agricultural labor. Through the figure of the sower, the painting utilizes the act of sowing as a symbol of the cycle of life and the necessity of survival.
An elderly man stands framed within the dark geometry of a doorway, his silhouette a heavy presence against the interior gloom. He leans slightly, peering out from the sheltered porch into a garden that feels damp and heavy with the scent of recent rain. His hands hold a closed umbrella, a silent companion in this moment of stillness. The world outside is a study in desaturated tones—muted greens, weathered teals,…
The wife of the old tailor. (1878). Derefter følger The old tailor. (1878) og Follow Along. From Dosseringen in København. (1884).
24 år gammel: The wife of the old tailor. er fra 1878, og Laurits Andersen Ring blev født i 1854.
The wife of the old tailor., The old tailor., Follow Along. From Dosseringen in København., Christmas visit, Country interior, Workers at a water pipe at Søndersø, A boy and a girl eating supper, Et besøg i et skomagerværksted, Drain Diggers og Interior from a shoemaker's home. A man is reading the paper Socialdemokraten for two others.. Ranglisten ovenfor viser det enkelte værks årstal og museum.
Vores katalog indeholder 205 værker af Laurits Andersen Ring, dateret fra 1878 til 1925.
Primært i Statens Museum for Kunst (København), Ordrupgaard (Gentofte) og Den Hirschsprungske Samling (København). Museumslisten ovenfor viser dem alle.
I 1880s: 46 af de 100 værker på denne side blev skabt dengang, herunder Follow Along. From Dosseringen in København..
På denne side er det tidligste The wife of the old tailor. (1878) og det seneste Ole Ring looks over Roskilde (1925).
Woman (28), Man (28) og Table (16), fordelt på de 100 værker på denne side.
Oil On Canvas, for 42 af de 100 værker på denne side.
Et besøg i et skomagerværksted, Drain Diggers og Footpath near Herlufsholm, Zealand: Statens Museum for Kunst, København har 20 af værkerne på denne side.
Den skandinaviske kunsthistorie finder en af sine mest dybsindige og rørende stemmer i Laurits Andersen Ring. Han blev født den 15. august 1854 i den stille landsby Ring nær det sydlige Sjælland, og hans eget navn bærer selve essensen af den jord, han udsprang af. Som søn af en hjulmager og en bondedatter var Rings tidlige liv præget af det landlige Danmarks rytmer – en verden defineret af håndværk, årstidernes skiften og det usminkede liv blandt bønderne. Denne intime forbindelse til jorden skulle senere blive selve hjerteslaget i hans arbejde, hvilket gjorde det muligt for ham at transcendere det rene landskabsmaleri og indfange selve ånden i en nation i forandring.
Rings rejse fra lærling i sin fars værksted til en titan inden for dansk modernisme var præget af en rastløs og uafhængig intellekt. Selvom han søgte formel uddannelse på Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi i København og studerede under den anerkendte P.S. Krøyer, trak han sig berømt væk fra de kvælende begrænsninger i det akademiske dogme. Han besad et medfødt nej til at lade den klassiske disciplin kvæle sin vision, og foretrak i stedet at udforske det rå, emotionelle potentiale i lys og skygge. Denne periode med selvstændig opdagelse gjorde det muligt for ham at bygge bro mellem to kraftfulde bevægelser: Socialrealisme og Symbolisme.
At betragte et mesterværk af Ring er at være vidne til en delikat dans mellem det håndgribelige og det æteriske. Som pioner inden for socialrealismen rettede han sit blik mod de marginaliserede og dokumenterede med et urokkeligt øje de hårde kår, det tunge slid og den stille værdighed hos de lavere samfundsklasser. Hans engagement i den politiske "Skyttel movement" under Danmarks turbulente æra med Rådspræsidentskabet indpodede en dyb følelse af empati og social retfærdighed i hans lærreder. Han malede ikke blot de fattige; han malede deres kamp, deres modstandskraft og den tunge atmosfære, der omgav deres eksistens.
Alligevel findes der i disse realistiske skildringer en hjemsøgende symbolistisk undertone. Ring havde en enestående evne til at besjæle en simpel udsigt over Roskilde Fjord eller en stille sommerdag med en følelse af dyb mystik og eksistentiel tyngde. Hans landskaber føles ofte som om, de ånder, fanget i et øjeblik af åndelig suspension. Gennem subtile farveskift og en mesterlig beherskelse af lyset transformerede han det velkendte danske landskab til en scene for den menneskelige psyke, hvor grænsen mellem den fysiske verden og det indre følelsesmæssige landskab bliver smukt udvisket.
Betydningen af L.A. Rings bidrag til kunsten kan ikke overvurderes. Hans værk var ikke blot en refleksion af hans samtid, men en fundamental omformning af den danske kulturelle bevidsthed. Hans evne til at væve det politiske, det sociale og det spirituelle sammen sikrede, at hans malerier resonerede langt ud over Danmarks grænser. Et af hans mest fejrede værker, Sommerdag ved Roskilde Fjord, blev med rette optaget i den danske Kulturkanon i 2006, hvilket cementerede hans status som en mester af den nationale identitet.
Selv i dag lever Rings indflydelse videre i den måde, vi opfatter forholdet mellem mennesket og naturen på. Hans eftermæle er defineret ved flere centrale søjler:
Da Laurits Andersen Ring gik bort i 1933, efterlod han sig mere end blot en samling malerier; han efterlod et visuelt sprog for den danske sjæl. Hans værker forbliver vitale, evokative og dybt bevægende, og minder enhver beskuer om, at der selv i det mest almindelige landskab findes en dyb og hellig dybde, der venter på at blive opdaget.
