The Artistic Evolution of Carl Østerbye Carl Østerbye was a Danish landscape painter who began his career by participating in the circle of Frie jyske Malere. In his early years, he was recognized as a "dark painter," characterized by a heavy brushwork and a palette of earth tones. His early subjects were often found in Aarhus, though his travels eventually led him to capture the landscapes of Samsø, Bornholm, Helgenæs, Djursland, and Jystrup Sø near Ringsted. As his career progressed, his color palette lightened. He became particularly noted for his later landscape paintings from Midt- an…