Erik Raadal

[1] During his short life, Raadal became one of Denmark's most important landscape painters of the 1930s, often painting scenes around Gjern, his home town in central Jutland.

[2] Born in the little village of Horn near Silkeborg in central Jutland, Raadal studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Ejnar Nielsen and Sigurd Wandel (1927–31).

His landscapes of the quiet station town of Gjern were initially quite dark but by the mid-1930s, he had begun to employ lighter tones.

His strict composition and his town scenes were considered leading examples of how to depict space and depth of field in urban landscapes.

[3] His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.