Christian Godtfred Rump (8 December 1816 – 25 May 1880) was one of the most productive Danish painters of his times. He first painted mainly

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and history works but later concentrated on landscapes.

Biography

Born in

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

. He also worked in J.L. Lund's studio where many young painters gained experience in national romanticism. In 1836, he exhibited a portrait at Charlottenborg but then concentrated for a time on

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. However, moving with the trends of the times, he soon turned to

genre painting Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...

with rural motifs. A few years later, possibly influenced by J.Th. Lundbye and

P.C. Skovgaard Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard (known as P. C. Skovgaard; 4 April 1817 – 13 April 1875) was a Danish national romantic landscape painter. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He is especially known ...

, he found his true vocation, landscape painting. After spending some time in Italy in (1857–58), he became more adept at depicting the effects of light shining through foliage or through the mist, gaining wide recognition for his paintings of forests. Rump was a member of the Academy from 1866, becoming a professor in 1874. His work is now considered to have been overshadowed by Lundbye and Skovgaard at a time when together with

Janus la Cour Janus Andreas Bartholin la Cour (5 September 1837 – 13 October 1909) was a Danish painter who is remembered for his landscapes painted in the classical style of the Eckersberg school. Biography Born near Ringkøbing, he spent much of his earl ...

and

Godfred Christensen Polycarpus Godfred Berry Wildenradt Christensen (23 July 1845, Copenhagen - 15 November 1928, Copenhagen) was a Danish landscape painter. Biography Christensen was born Copenhagen, the son of Mads Christensen and Anna Kirstine Wissing. Afte ...

, his traditional approach was increasingly threatened by modern French trends such as

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Awards

In 1849, Rump was awarded the

Thorvaldsen Medal The Thorvaldsen Medal (Danish: Thorvaldsens Medalje, Thorvaldsen Medaillen) is awarded annually with few exceptions to a varying number of recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and is its highest distinction within the visual arts. It ...

References

External links

Examples of Rump's paintings from Arcadja
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rump, Godtfred 1816 births 1880 deaths 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters Danish landscape painters Danish genre painters People from Hillerød Municipality Recipients of the Thorvaldsen Medal Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 19th-century Danish male artists