Having educated as a painter, he got in the Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi in Copenhagen in 1882, and in 1884 the Kunstnernes Studieskole under the popular Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer. His fellow trainees at the academy and at the Kunstnernes Studieskole included Peter Ilsted and Vilhelm Hammershøi, with whom he was to develop the elite of Danish indoor painters. Holsøe captured the quiet elegance of domestic areas with a charming interplay of light and shadow.
Still life with Grapes and walnuts oil on timber panel 27 x 37 centimeters
Sunlit Interior
Sunlit Breakfast oil on canvas 73.2 x 68.5 cm
Sunlight in the Living Room oil on canvas 62.3 x 57 centimeters
The Artist’s Wife establishing the Table oil on canvas 73 x 65.1 cm
The Artist’s Wife reading by Candlelight oil on canvas
The Artist’s Wife in an Interior oil on panel 78 x 67.8 centimeters
The Cello oil on canvas 64 x 55.5 centimeters
The Fountain, Italy oil on canvas 42.5 x 50.8 cm
The Yellow Living Room oil on canvas 29.9 x 25.2 cm
The Reader oil on panel 70 x 62.5 centimeters
The Music Room
The Kitchen Doorway oil on canvas 65 x 55 centimeters
View of a Landscape with a Birch Grove oil on canvas laid on board 56 x 67.5 centimeters
View from Kronborg Castle in Elsinore oil on canvas 27.6 x 33.9 cm
Woman Sewing
Woman reading oil on panel 62.5 x 70.5 centimeters
Woman analysis in an Interior
Woman in an Interior oil on canvas 79.4 x 58.6 cm
Woman in an Interior
Woman sitting by a Window oil on canvas 73.7 x 68.5 centimeters
Still life with Grapes and walnuts oil on timber panel 27 x 37 centimeters
Sunlit Interior
Sunlit Breakfast oil on canvas 73.2 x 68.5 cm
Sunlight in the Living Room oil on canvas 62.3 x 57 centimeters
The Artist’s Wife establishing the Table oil on canvas 73 x 65.1 cm
The Artist’s Wife reading by Candlelight oil on canvas
The Artist’s Wife in an Interior oil on panel 78 x 67.8 centimeters
The Cello oil on canvas 64 x 55.5 centimeters
The Fountain, Italy oil on canvas 42.5 x 50.8 cm
The Yellow Living Room oil on canvas 29.9 x 25.2 cm
The Reader oil on panel 70 x 62.5 centimeters
The Music Room
The Kitchen Doorway oil on canvas 65 x 55 centimeters
View of a Landscape with a Birch Grove oil on canvas laid on board 56 x 67.5 centimeters
View from Kronborg Castle in Elsinore oil on canvas 27.6 x 33.9 cm
Woman Sewing
Woman reading oil on panel 62.5 x 70.5 centimeters
Woman analysis in an Interior
Woman in an Interior oil on canvas 79.4 x 58.6 cm
Woman in an Interior
Woman sitting by a Window oil on canvas 73.7 x 68.5 centimeters