Funen's Art Museum (

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: ''Fyns Kunstmuseum''), formerly The Museum of Funen's Abbey and Museum Civitatis Othiniensis, founded in 1885, is an art museum in

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. Funen's Art Museum operated as a part of the

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(''Odense Bys Museer'').

History

Fyns Kunstmuseum is housed in a stately neo-classical building built in 1883–84 with Emil Schwanenflügel (1847-1921) as supervising architect. The building has a characteristic temple gable and a decorated

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with scenes from Denmark's history and

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. The museum was founded as a mini version of Nationalgalleriets (later the

Statens Museum for Kunst The National Gallery of Denmark ( da, Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK", literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and han ...

) and holds a wide range of works by important Danish artists. The older section contains amongst other things principal works by Jens Juel,

Dankvart Dreyer Dankvart Dreyer (13 June 1816 – 4 November 1852) was a Danish landscape painter of the Copenhagen School of painters who was educated under the guidance of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Around 1840, he was part of the emerging National Romanti ...

, P.S. Krøyer and

H. A. Brendekilde Hans Andersen Brendekilde (7 April 1857 – 30 March 1942) was a Danish painter. Biography Brendekilde grew up in Braendekilde, a small village close to Odense on the island of Funen. He was a distant relation of Hans Christian Andersen, the fam ...

. There are also works by

Harald Giersing Harald Giersing (24 April 1881 – 15 January 1927) was a Danish painter. He was instrumental in developing the classic modernism movement in Denmark around 1910-1920. He is remembered as one of Denmark's most important 20th-century artists both f ...

Vilhelm Lundstrøm Vilhelm Lundstrøm (26 May 1893 – 9 May 1950) was a Danish modernist painter. He was a central figure in early Danish experimental art and introduced French cubism to Denmark. Biography Vilhelm Henry Lundstrøm was born in Copenhagen, Den ...

Olaf Rude Olaf Rude (26 April 1886 – 17 June 1957) was a Art of Denmark, Danish painter. He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art from 1953 to 1956. He is remembered in particular for his paintings of oak trees at Skejten on Lolland, two of ...

Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen (December 24, 1909 - September 13, 1957) was a Danish painter, writer, and art theorist. Life Born in Copenhagen, he studied under Axel Revold at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1927 to 1929, and then unde ...

. The museum specializes particularly in concrete and Constructivist art.

References

External links

Fyns Kunstmuseum websiteOdense Bys Museer website
Art museums and galleries in Denmark Museums in Odense Art museums established in 1885 1885 establishments in Denmark Constructivism (art) {{Denmark-struct-stub