The Atmospheric Soul of the Danish Landscape Born in the quiet reaches near Ringkøbing in 1837, Janus Andreas Bartholin la Cour emerged as a master of light and atmosphere, a painter whose brush captured the very breath of the natural world. His journey began in the Aarhus area, where his early encounters with painting—guided by the mentorship of Emmerik Høseb-Guldberg and the apprentice Christen Købke—planted the seeds of a lifelong…