Funen painter
The Funen painters or Fynboerne were a loose Danish artist colony who settled on the island of Funen ( Fyn in Danish ) at the beginning of the 20th century . The relatives were strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann , who taught at the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler in Copenhagen from 1885 to 1908 . Like Zahrtmann, they left the traditions of the Royal Danish Academy of Art behind and began to explore directions such as naturalism and realism .
history
The inner core of the Funen painters consisted of Johannes Larsen (1867–1961) from Kerteminde , Fritz Syberg and Peter Hansen , both from Faaborg . Alhed Larsen, Johannes Larsen's wife, Anna Syberg, Peter Hansen's sister and Fritz Syberg's wife, and Christine Larsen, Johannes Larsen's sister, were all artists and associated with the Funen painter, but they never received the same recognition as the men. Christine Larsen married Sigurd Swane, who also moved to Kerteminde. Møllebakken, a village near Kerteminde, became the home of Johannes and Alhed Larsen. It soon became a meeting place for Fyn painters at the beginning of the 20th century. Harald Giersing joined the group and married Besse Syberg, Fritz Syberg's sister. Other artists came to Møllebakken to seek inspiration, including Olaf Rude, Harald Leth and Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen.
Another artist in the group was Poul S. Christiansen who, like Larsen, came from the north of Funen and became a close friend of Kristian Zahrtmann after he had joined the group in 1885.
Because of their everyday and rural paintings, they were sometimes disparagingly referred to as the bondemalerne , peasant painters. In 1907 a heated debate sparked in the Danish press between Gudmund Hentze, Harald and Agnes Slott-Møller, who represented an intellectual movement in Copenhagen, and Peter Hansen, who created the Funen painters together with Jens Birkholm, Poul S. Christiansen and Karl Schou represented.
Similarities and differences
The three core members of the Funen painters, Larsen, Syber and Hansen, had a lot in common. All studied under Kristian Zahrtmann and were later influenced by Theodor Philipsen , whose approach to light and shadow in images of nature can be found in her pictures. As with Philipsen, Paul Gauguin and Impressionism can also be seen in their art. However, Zahrtmann insisted that everyone develop their own styles. Nevertheless, they copied Zahrtmann's intense colors, for example. Larsen even rejected the idea of being identified with a "Funen School" - rather, relationships should develop through a common background and close friendship.
Museums
- The Johannes Larsen Museum on Møllebakken near Kerteminde is the former home of Larsen and his wife. Many of her pictures are on display there. Other artists of the Funen painters are Fritz Syberg, Peter Hansen and Christine Swane. The contextualization is very similar to the original Fyn constellation at the beginning of the 20th century.
- The Faaborg Museum in the port of Faaburg is also very close to the Funen painter, especially Fritz Syberg and Peter Hansen, who grew up in this village. The museum creates special exhibitions of the Fyn painters.
- gallery
Peter Hansen: Legend børn. Enghave plads (1908)
Peter Hansen: Pløjemanden vender (1902)
Fritz Syberg: Overkærby Bakke. Vinter (1917)
Fritz Syberg: Børnene på Fyns Hoved (1905)
Anna Syberg: Roser (1902)
Harald Giersing: Skovinteriør. Sorø (c. 1915)
Poul S. Christiansen: Skovvej ved Dyrnæs (1915)
Ahled Larsen: Havhuset med blomstrende kirsebær (undated)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Johannes Larsen Museet - “The Funish Art Colony” ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Hans-Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen: Dansk art. Guldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen 2006. ( Danish )
- ↑ Fynboerne In: Den Store Danske. ( Danish ) Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ↑ De mandlige Fynbomalere ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Johannes Larsen Museet . ( Danish ) Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ↑ Johannes Larsen Museum ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Visitkerteminde.dk . ( Danish )
- ↑ Faaborg Museum ( Memento of the original from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ( english )
