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Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art
Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this sociopolitical and economic tumult also gave rise to a vibrant cultural and philosophical environment for nineteenth-century Danish artists. Beyond the Light places the drawings, oil sketches, and paintings created by these artists firmly in this period, one that witnessed the transformation of a once-powerful Denmark into a small, somewhat marginalized country at the edge of Europe. Danish artists forged a close-knit community during this time, and the artworks they created explore notions of place, identity and belonging, and what it means to travel and return home.
The exhibition features approximately 100 works from The Met collection, SMK 鈥� The National Gallery of Denmark, and several American collections, and highlights such artists as Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen K酶bke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus R酶rbye, and Vilhelm Hammersh酶i as well as lesser-known figures like Anton Melbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Peter Christian Skovgaard, and Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, among others.
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Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this sociopolitical and economic tumult also gave rise to a vibrant cultural and philosophical environment for nineteenth-century Danish artists. Beyond the Light places the drawings, oil sketches, and paintings created by these artists firmly in this period, one that witnessed the transformation of a once-powerful Denmark into a small, somewhat marginalized country at the edge of Europe. Danish artists forged a close-knit community during this time, and the artworks they created explore notions of place, identity and belonging, and what it means to travel and return home.
The exhibition features approximately 100 works from The Met collection, SMK 鈥� The National Gallery of Denmark, and several American collections, and highlights such artists as Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen K酶bke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus R酶rbye, and Vilhelm Hammersh酶i as well as lesser-known figures like Anton Melbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Peter Christian Skovgaard, and Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, among others.
Artists on show
- Adam August Müller
- Carl Christian Constantin Hansen
- Christen Købke
- Christian Albrecht Jensen
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
- Daniel Herman Anton Melbye
- Ditlev Conrad Blunck
- Ernst Christian Frederik Petzholdt
- Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm
- Johan Christian Klausson Dahl
- Johan Thomas Lundbye
- Johan Wilhelm Gertner
- Jørgen Roed
- Lorenz Frolich
- Martinus Rorbye
- Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard
- Thorald Laessøe
- Vilhelm Hammershøi
- Vilhelm Kyhn
- Wilhelm Bendz
- Wilhelm Marstrand
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