Jens Søndergaard (October 4, 1895 – May 21, 1957) was a Danish expressionist painter. He specialised in strongly coloured landscapes depicting his feelings for the power of nature and the sea. Søndergaard won both national and international acclaim.
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Biography
Jens Andersen Søndergaard was born in the small town Øster Assels on the island of
Mors
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. His father, Anders Søndergaard, was a painter, but later opened a bicycle shop in
Hurup on
Thy. After finishing school, Jens Søndergaard also began training as a painter. After having served his apprenticeship, he was admitted to the technical school in
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
. While he worked as a painter, he tried to break through as an artist. He succeeded rather quickly, and was admitted to the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in
Copenhagen in 1916, where his teacher was Malthe Engekstad.
In 1919, Jens Søndergaard debuted at the annual Artists Autumn Exhibition (''
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling
Den Frie Udstilling ('The Free Exhibition') is a Danish artists' association, founded in 1891 by artists in protest against the admission requirements for the Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Modeled on the Salon des Refusés, it is Denmark's oldest asso ...
'') and hosted his own separate exhibition the following year.
In 1926, he traveled to Paris, southern
France and
Italy. The same year, he became a member of the Danish artists cooperative ''
Grønningen'', and exhibited his works there until his death. In 1931, he received the
Eckersberg Medal and in 1946 the
Thorvaldsen Medal. Søndergaard died at
Skovshoved and was buried at Ordrup Cemetery.
Jens Søndergaards Museum
Many of Søndergaard's works can be seen at the Jens Søndergaard Museum, a part of
Lemvig Museum
Lemvig Museum is a local museum in Lemvig, Denmark.
It has a number of exhibits about local points of interest, which is the subject of a major multimedia exhibition. Most notably is the exhibition of the Russian frigate Alexander Nevsky which ...
at
Lemvig on the west coast of
Jutland. Once his own summer residence and atelier, the small wooden house lies right at the coast to the North Sea.
Jens Søndergaard's Museum on Bovbjerg
Jens Søndergaards Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
See also
* Art of Denmark
References
External links
Jens Søndergaards Museum website
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1895 births
1957 deaths
20th-century Danish painters
Danish Impressionist painters
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Recipients of the Thorvaldsen Medal
Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal
People from Morsø Municipality