The Blue Kitchen 1913

"The Blue Kitchen" (1913) by Ludvig Karsten, is an oil on canvas painting housed in the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst. The painting features a woman standing in a kitchen, framed by a window that appears to show a hazy, possibly nighttime view. The dominant blue hue and simplified forms are characteristic of Karsten’s style, which was influenced by both Impressionism and Expressionism. The painting, despite its simplified form, captures the atmosphere of a domestic space and the quiet solitude of the woman within it.