#statens museum for kunst copenhagen
Agnete Therkildsen (May 10, 1900 - 1993) was an autodidact Danish artist who went from rural naturalism to abstract, colorist art - often with figurative elements such as birds and other winged beings. She worked first with oils, but from the 1950s onward often with collages of found items.
Above:Blue Man and Birds, 1969 - oil on canvas (SMK)
Sonny Tronborg (May 7, 1953 - 2009) was a Danish artist of the 80s generation of ‘young, wild’ experimentalists - film, performance, installation art was in at the Academy back then.
However, Tronborg also painted more traditional works, inspired by nature, and did decorative work for churches. He was known for his use of gold and golden colors.
He is very well represented at SMK, where this work, part of a series, can be found:
Manna, 2005 - Acrylic, lacquer and pencil on wood (Statens Museum for Kunst)
Christine Swane (May 29, 1876 - 1960) was a Danish artist, whose brother was Johannes Larsen and who was married to Sigurd Swane, both prominent members of Fynbomalerne.
However Christine wanted more than becoming just another regional landscape painter, and she developed her own brand of post-Cubist still life painting, almost always held in green, blue and yellow colors.
She chose Grønningen as her artists’ association, and worked across media with ceramics, textiles and paint, creating many decorative works as well as canvas art.
Above:Opstilling med kardemomme, 1948 - oil on canvas (SMK)
Frederik Rohde (May 27, 1816 - 1886) was a Danish landscape painter who trained at the Academy and in addition took private lessons from Christen Købke. Rohde got a travel scholarship and went to Germany, Austria and Switzerland where he may have picked up a preference for winter landscapes, of which he painted very many throughout his career.
Above:Winter Landscape, 1848 - oil on canvas (SMK)
Christen Købke (May 26, 1810 - 1848) was a Danish National-Romantic painter from the Golden Age of Danish art. He trained at the Royal Academy, starting at age 12, studying with Eckersberg and others.
Eventually Købke traveled abroad to Italy, but upon return failed to be accepted as a full-fledged member by the Royal Academy. This is said to have broken his spirit and he died young from pneumonia.
Now he is considered the most talented Danish National Romantic artist, and he did master both portrait painting, landscapes, interiors and genre painting in almost equal measure. I like his landscapes, esp. those showing Copenhagen, the Danish capital as a semi-rural city. This is the view from out his father’s garden gate:
Havelågen ved bagermester Købkes gård på Blegdammen, 1843-4 - oil on paper pasted onto canvas (SMK)
Carl Wentorf (April 25, 1863 - 1914) was a capable Danish genre and portrait painter. He studied at the Royal Academy in the 1880s and exhibited chiefly at the Charlottenborg seasonal shows. His works are found in good museums, such as Den Hirschsprungske and SMK.
Above:Under gudstjenesten i en kirke på Amager, 1891-2 - oil on canvas (SMK)
