Axel Frederiksen Fiskebåt ved kysten

Axel Frederiksen (1881 - 1961) Holocaust rescue boat at North Zealand, Denmark Dimensions: 19 x 13 inches without frame. 23 x 12 inches with frame. Oil on canvas. Signed Axel Frederiksen for Axel Frederiksen (1881 - 1961). A listed Danish landscape and seascape painter. Inscribed on the back: Til Arne, 1943 ( To Arne, 1943) Fine beach scene from North Zealand with an old Danish fishing boat. This type of boat was used as a rescue boat in September-October 1943 when approximately 7,200 Jews escaped to Sweden with the help of the Danish resistance movement and many individual Danish citizens. As a result of the rescue, over 90 percent of Danish Jews escaped on fishing boats from Denmark to Sweden. A rare painting and a collector’s dream. Framed in its authentic golden salon frame.