Brendekilde — Two Women, Red Umbrella, Autumn Hillside (Art Postcard)

Two elegantly dressed women in dark clothing sit together on a grassy slope facing a pale sandy bank, a moment of rest on a country outing. The woman in front wears a deep brown-red dress and a hat, a red silk umbrella lying open beside her; the second, in dark navy, sits slightly behind, looking toward her companion. Bare beech trees to the right and a crow overhead suggest late autumn. Signed lower right ‘Brendekilde.’

A departure from his usual village themes: a quiet study of bourgeois leisure in the Danish countryside.