Jacob Arøe
Jacob Andreas Augustinus Arøe (born February 5, 1803 in Copenhagen , † April 22, 1870 ibid) was a Danish colonial administrator in Greenland and a painter .
Life
Jacob Arøe was the son of the Norwegian trade assistant Immanuel Arøe (1758-1834) and his wife Christence Møller (around 1770-1830). His father had already worked as a commercial assistant in Sisimiut from 1787 to 1794 before he and his family returned to Greenland in 1815. Jacob came to Greenland at a young age and was confirmed there. In 1819 he also went into commercial services and became a volunteer in Qaqortoq . In 1824 he moved to Sisimiut and a year later to Nanortalik . In 1826 he became a commercial assistant in Nanortalik and a year later he became a deputy colonial administrator. From 1834 to 1835 he was colonial administrator of Paamiut , from 1836 to 1838 in Nanortalik and then for another year in Paamiut, before he had to give up work for health reasons and returned to Copenhagen. There he married Frederikke Dorthea Gram (1802-1857) on November 10, 1851, daughter of the skipper Johan Jacob Gram and his wife Frederikke Noch. He died in 1870 at the age of 67.
art
During his time in Greenland, Jacob Arøe began drawing without ever having received any artistic training. He painted the places where he worked, especially Qaqortoq. His drawings were very detailed, so much so that they could be used as cards for building registration, but he also painted very naively . At first his works were drawn from a bird's eye view , later he always painted a foreground in front of the local views, which marked his location. He also made trips to the ruins of Grænlendingar , drawing a detailed map of Tasermiut Kangerluat . After his return to Denmark, he continued to draw Greenlandic views of the place based on his own earlier sketches, others were created using templates from, for example, Jørgen Nielsen Møller or Hans Peter Christian Møller .
Jacob Arøes made three views of Nuuk (1817, 1838, 1845), six from Paamiut (1817, 2 × 1835, 1840, 1845, one undated), four from Qeqertarsuatsiaat (1818, 1845, 1848, one undated), seven from Qaqortoq (1819, 1832, 1840, 1843, 1845, two undated), four from Sissarissoq (1834, 1840, 1846, one undated), three from Narsarmijit (1834, 1846, 1855), two from Sisimiut (1842, 1845) , two from Qerrortusoq (1846, one undated), two from Maniitsoq (1843, 1845), one from Neu-Herrnhut (1846), one from Akunnaat (1846) and three from Alluitsoq (1846, 1856, one undated). Many of these works are exhibited in the National Museum of Denmark , the National Museum of Greenland or the Danish Maritime Museum.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arøe, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arøe, Jacob Andreas Augustinus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish colonial administrator in Greenland and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1870 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |