Elisabeth Fabritius

Elisabeth Fabritius (born June 2, 1945 in Frederiksberg ) is a Danish art historian who is particularly dedicated to researching the Skagen painters Anna and Michael Ancher .

Life

Fabritius is the daughter of the genealogist and historian Albert Fabritius (May 17, 1905 - March 14, 1976) and his wife Karen (née Haarløv, ⚭ June 24, 1944, June 14, 1908 - September 14, 1979). From 1963 to 1964, she studied French culture, language and art history at the University of Nancy. In 1967 she took a correspondence exam at Handelshøjskole in Copenhagen and studied art history with a focus on neoclassical architecture at the University of Copenhagen until 1974 . Her publications include the volume Skagen i gamle fotografier (Skagen in old photographs), which she published in 1962 together with Jan Zibrandtsen. From 1965 to 1972 she worked as a student assistant on several catalogs and museum guides for the Statens Museum for Kunst . She was also involved in documentaries on radio and television. Fabritius has contributed to well-known biographical encyclopedias, including for the 3rd edition of Dansk biografisk leksikon ( Den Store Danske Encyklopædi ) or for Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon . From 1989 to 1997 she was archive manager of the 4th edition of Weilbach's artist lexicon . She has been a freelance senior researcher, curator and editor since 1998.

From 2005 to 2017 she worked at the Danish Royal Library ( Danish Det Kongelige Bibliotek ). She has been a consultant for the Skagen Art Museum since 2014 . Before that she was the artistic director of the “Michael & Anna Anchers Hus” museum.

Fabritius was married to the documentary filmmaker Jesper Tvede (1920-2000). The couple have a daughter, Edith Ursula.

Publications (selection)

• Ole Wivel: Anna Ancher . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 1 : Abbestée – Bergsøe . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77362-3 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
• Ole Wivel: Michael Ancher . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 1 : Abbestée – Bergsøe . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1979, ISBN 87-01-77362-3 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
• Helga Anchers Fund: olieskitser af Anna, Michael, Helga Ancher . Skagen 1990, OCLC 486148918 (exhibition catalog).
• Michael Anchers ungdom: 1865–1880 - tålmodighed, udholdenhed, flid og et ikke rings kvantum mod . Helga Anchers Fund, Skagen 1992, ISBN 87-7468-335-7 .
• Anna Ancher: 1859–1935 - painter in Skagen . With contributions by Christine Refflinghaus, Elisabeth Fabritius, Heide Grape-Albers and Claus Olsen. 1994, p. 168-176 .
• The Denmark of the artist colonies . Faaborg Museum, Faaborg 2007, ISBN 978-87-88686-42-5 .
• Anna Ancher - the pastels . Vandkunsten, Copenhagen 2008, ISBN 978-87-7695-077-4 .
• Skagen: en skandinavisk konstnärskoloni . Ed .: Karin Sidén. Carlsson, Stockholm 2013, ISBN 978-91-7331-613-2 (exhibition catalog).

Web links

• Literature by and about Fabritius, Elisabeth in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Elisabeth Fabritius kvinfo.dk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans H. Worsøe: Albert Fabritius . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 4 : Dons – Frijsh . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1980, ISBN 87-01-77392-5 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Elisabeth Fabritius kvinfo.dk
3. ^ Elisabeth Fabritius, Jan Zibrandtsen: Skagen i gamle fotografier . G. Mathiassen, 1962, OCLC 987258699 (Danish).
4. ↑ Klokkerne ringer for Venezia. 1969 TV documentary.
5. ↑ Elisabeth Fabritius. Det Danske Filminstitut, accessed April 19, 2020 (Danish). 
6. ↑ Edith Tvede Byg-Fabritius. In: super8.dk. Retrieved April 19, 2020 (Danish). 
7. ↑ Edith Ursula Fabritius Tvede. Det Danske Film Institute, accessed April 19, 2020 .