Karl Madsen
Carl (Karl) Johan Wilhelm Madsen (born March 22, 1855 in Copenhagen ; † April 16, 1938 there ) was a Danish painter, art historian and museum director.
biography
Madsen was the son of the painter AP Madsen and the painter Sophie Thorsøe Madsen. He was born into a long line of painters. From 1872 to 1876 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art and from 1872 at the Det frie Aftenakademie operated by Vilhelm Kyhn . From 1876 to 1879 he spent further studies in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme and copied in the Louvre . In the years 1880–82, 1886, 1889 he took part in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (Forårsudstilling) in Copenhagen.
He lived in Copenhagen for most of his life. The artist spent his summers with the other Skagen painters in Skagen on the northern tip of Jutland . Although he gained influence primarily through his art-historical texts, he was also a gifted painter.
In 1880 he married Johanne Henriette Møller (* 1859), who died in childbed in 1881; she was a cousin of the painter Anna Ancher . Alone with the newborn son he had to give up painting. In his second marriage he was married to Thora Juliane Nielsen (1858–1929) from 1883. From 1884 he worked as an art critic a. a. for the daily Politiken . During this time Madsen became very important for the development of Danish painting by conveying influences from France.
Madsen's work at museums began in 1895 at the Danish National Gallery, the Statens Museum for Kunst , where he initially worked as an assistant at the royal. Painting and sculpture collection was. After serving as an inspector from 1900, he was director of the art museum from 1911 to 1925. As a museum man, he was internationally recognized as a connoisseur of Dutch painting. In addition, his book on Japanese painting, published in 1885, was groundbreaking in Northern Europe, as did his monograph on Johan Thomas Lundbye, which contributed to the reassessment of Danish art in the first half of the 19th century.
Madsen has an important place in the history of the Skagens Museum because of his position as the first museum director. He took over the post in 1928 immediately after the museum opened.
Madsen was an associate member of the Copenhagen Art Academy from 1917 and a member of the Royal Swedish Art Academy in Stockholm from 1926 . From the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts , he received in 1907, the year the coin, 1918 he was from the Lund University Dr. phil. appointed.
Fonts
- Japansk painting art . PG Philipsen, Copenhagen 1885.
- Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818-1848) . Ed .: Kunstforeningen. Thieles Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen 1895 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Illustrated arts . Det Nordiske Forlag, Copenhagen 1901 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Wilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873) . Ed .: Kunstforeningen. Thieles Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen 1905 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Viborg Domkirke - Joakim Skovgaards Billeder - Domkirken's history . Ed .: Kunstforeningen. Thieles Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen 1909 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Billeder af Rembrandt og hans Elever i den kgl. Malerisamling . Gyldendals Boghandel, Copenhagen 1911 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Painters Theodor Philipsen . Ed .: Kunstforeningen. Thieles Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen 1912 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
literature
- Karl Madsen. In: Den store Danske (Danish)
- Karl Madsen. In: Kunstindeks Danmark / Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon (Danish).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Madsen. In: Den store Danske (see literature)
- ↑ Karl Madsen. In: Kunstindeks Danmark / Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon (Danish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Madsen, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Madsen, Carl Johan Wilhelm (full name); Madsen, Karl Johan Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1938 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |