Niels Bjerre
Niels Jakob Jakobsen Bjerre (born January 5, 1864 in Engbjerg , Denmark ; † March 19, 1942 there ) was a Danish painter.
Niels Bjerre came from a West Jutian farming family. In 1880 he moved to Copenhagen , where he attended the art academy from 1881 to 1888. He spent the summers in Jutland, whose landscape and people greatly inspired him, especially the deeply religious fishing families and the harsh nature, in whose description he followed the socially realistic tradition.
In 1892 he joined Frie Udstilling , where he exhibited regularly in the following years. In the 1890s he was influenced by the pictures Van Gogh he saw in Copenhagen and Vilhelm Hammershøi . In 1899 he traveled to Italy , where he stayed until 1901. In 1914 he was in France , and in 1925 and 1926 in the Faroe Islands . 1930–31 he painted twelve landscape pictures for the library in Lemvig .
Pictures by Niels Bjerre can be seen in the State Art Museum and in the Lemvig Museum , which also has a memorial hall dedicated to him.
literature
- Karin Sidén (Ed.), Nordiskt sekelskifte. The Light of the North . Stockholm 1995.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bjerre, Niels |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bjerre, Niels Jakob Jakobsen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Engbjerg , Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1942 |
| Place of death | Engbjerg , Denmark |