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unusual facts about L.A. Ring



Kevin A. Ring

Prosecutors relied on e-mail messages associated with work on behalf of the Wampanoag to show that Ring provided tickets to sporting events and pricey meals to Robert E. Coughlin, the former Deputy Chief of Staff, Criminal Division, of the United States Department of Justice who had pleaded guilty in April 2008, admitting that he accepted meals, concert tickets and luxury seats at Redskins and Wizards games from Ring.

L. A. Ring

At this time, Denmark was in political turmoil, as the Council President Estrup had bypassed democratic rule and governed through decrees.

Ring drew on the Danish tradition of "almue" (folk) art, such as the work of J. th. Lundbye, but he also incorporated influences from more modernist painters such Paul Gauguin, Jean François Raffaëlli and Jean-François Millet.

The year after Ring's death, the author Peter Hertz published a biography in which he summarized Ring's life and work: "His oeuvre remains as his life and essence: The still water of profound depth".

In 1894, Ring was used as a model for a character in the novel Night watch (Nattevagt) by the Danish author and later Nobel prize winner Henrik Pontoppidan, an old friend of his.

Ordrupgaard

The main part of the collection, however, testifies to Wilhelm Hansen’s interest for contemporary art with works by artists such as: L.A. Ring, Vilhelm Hammershøi and Theodor Philipsen, not forgetting the Fynbo Painters Johannes Larsen, Fritz Syberg and Peter Hansen, Wilhelm Hansen’s childhood friend.

Ten Years of Harmony

#"School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)" (Chuck Berry) – 2:46


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