Theodor Philipsen
Theodor Esbern Philipsen (born June 10, 1840 in Copenhagen , † March 3, 1920 in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter .
Life
Philipsen grew up in a culturally connected family and learned to draw at a young age. He was most interested in animals, so it was only natural to start an agricultural training with his uncle at Højagergård. In the 1860s he got to know the painter Hans Smidth through his brother , which convinced him that he wanted to become an artist himself. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen and continued his artistic training after a short break in the model school, where Frederik Vermehren's ideals regarding the study of reality and his respect for the past were to have a great influence on Philipsen's artistic development.
Philipsen was already familiar with Johan Thomas Lundbye's study of animals from the public collections in Copenhagen . He had also come to appreciate the Dutch paintings of animals and landscapes of the 17th century. Despite his training, nature and animals remained the most important influences on his work.
Philipsen found his artistic identity in painting in the great outdoors in the 1880s. Due to his connection to French Impressionism , Philipsen became very important for the following generations of Danish painters.
Philipsen saw nature more realistically than his artistic role models had seen. It was therefore logical for him to seek inspiration in Paris , and together with Laurits Tuxen he went to Léon Bonnat's school . There Philipsen worked intensively with the croquis and soon learned to show the characteristics of a movement in his works.
Philipsen got to know radical French art through the Belgian painter Rémy Cogghe , with whom he was in Spain in 1882 and in Rome the following year . Philipsen later developed his characteristic art with the light and colors of nature and the animals with which his name and the names of the islands of Saltholm and Amager were closely associated.
His interest in French Impressionism was reinforced by his relationship with the French painter Paul Gauguin , who was in Copenhagen in the winter of 1884–1885 . They became close friends, and from Gauguin Philipsen learned to use small brushes and small, firm brushstrokes.
Through his art, which was never spectacular, Philipsen played an important role as a mediator of the ideas of French impressionism, which has dominated large parts of Danish painting until almost the present day.
literature
- Finn Terman Frederiksen: Philipsen og Fynboerne. Randers Art Museum, 2001
- Thomas Lederballe: Philipsen og impressionisms. Ordrupgaard, 2001
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philipsen, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philipsen, Theodor Esbern |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1920 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |