Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (born September 7, 1863 in Copenhagen , † April 4, 1958 in Cannes ) was a Danish painter and sculptor .
He studied from 1881 to 1885 at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. During a stay in France from 1890 to 1894 he came into contact with Paul Gauguin and turned to symbolism . In 1900 Willumsen won a poster competition for the Copenhagen brewery Tuborg . However, instead of the award-winning design, the managing director of the brewery took up a motif by the painter Erik Henningsen , which later became world famous as " The Thirsty Man ".
The JF Willumsens Museum in Frederikssund has been showing the artist's works since 1957 .
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen died the following year at the age of 94 and was buried in the park of the museum named after him.
bibliography
- You Symbolisme à l'Expressionisme: Willumsen (1863-1958) un artiste danois . Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2006, ISBN 2-7118-5118-4 .
Web links
- JF Willumsen. Retrieved June 13, 2011 (short animated representation of the Statens Museum for Kunst (Danish with English subtitles)).
- JF Willumsens Museum. Retrieved June 13, 2011 .
- Biography, Danish
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lars Dybdahl: Den Danske poster . Ed .: Kunstbogklubben. 1st edition. Borgens Forlag, Copenhagen 1994, ISBN 87-7807-311-1 , p. 201 ff . (Danish).
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willumsen, Jens Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4th 1958 |
| Place of death | Cannes |