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 Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture in Copenhagen was inaugurated on 31 March 1754, and given as a gift to the King Frederik V on his 31st birthday.
Its name was changed to the Royal Danish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in 1771. At the same event,
Johann Friedrich Struensee
Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. ...
introduced a new scheme in the academy to encourage artisan apprentices to take supplementary classes in drawing so as to develop the notion of "good taste". The building boom resulting from the Great Fire of 1795 greatly profited from this initiative.
In 1814 the name was changed again, this time to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is still situated in its original building, the Charlottenborg Palace, located on the Kongens Nytorv in
Copenhagen
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. The School of Architecture has been situated in former naval buildings on Holmen since 1996.
The academy is larger and better funded than the
Jutland Art Academy
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and
Funen Art Academy Funen Art Academy ( da, Det Fynske Kunstakademi) is an independent, nationally recognized educational institution located in central Odense, Denmark offering a 5-year programme in contemporary visual arts.
The academy is funded jointly by the Danis ...
, which offer similar programs.
It teaches and conducts research on the subjects of
painting
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,
sculpting
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,
architecture
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,
graphics
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,
photography
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,
performance
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Management science
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,and
video
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and in the history of those subjects.
The academy is under the administration of the Danish Ministry of Culture.
The School of Architecture, Design and Conservation is separated from Schools of Visual arts and therefore is a different institution(KADK)
Institutions
* Kunstakademiets Billedkunstskoler, The School of Visual Arts
* Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, The School of Architecture
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Kunstakademiets Designskole
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, more commonly known as the Danish Design School (Danish: ''Danmarks Designskole''. often abbreviated as DKDS) is an institution of higher education in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a five-yea ...
, The School of Design
* Kunstakademiets Konservatorskole, The School of Conservation
* Det Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster
Awards
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C. F. Hansen Medal The C. F. Hansen Medal (Danish: C. F. Hansens Medaille) is awarded annually with few exceptions to one or more recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for an outstanding contribution to architecture. It is the Academy's highest obtainabl ...
N. L. Høyen Medal The Høyen Medal is one of several medals awarded by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Niels Laurits Høyen, known as the first Danish art historian.
The N. L. Høyen Medal is awarded to art historians and other theorists, ar ...
C. C. A. Christensen
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Andreas Emenius
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Caspar David Friedrich
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(1794–1798)Koerner, Joseph Leo. 1990. ''Caspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape.'' Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut. 256 pp. (pages 80–81)
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Oluf Hartmann
Oluf Hartmann (16 February 1879 – 16 January 1910) was a Danish painter. Trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, he showed his works at important exhibitions in the 1900s.
Career
Hartmann was born in the house Carlsm ...
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Jeppe Hein
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* Asger Jorn
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Jane Jin Kaisen
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Biography
Kaisen was born in Jeju Island, South Korea and adopted to Denmark in 1980. She is Professor of Media Arts at The Royal Danish Academy ...
Nína Sæmundsson
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Bertel Thorvaldsen
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The School of Architecture
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Jan Gehl
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Bjarke Ingels
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In Denmark, Ingels became well known after designing two housing complexes in Ørestad: VM Houses and Mountain D ...
Arne Jacobsen
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Finn Juhl
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Kaare Klint
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Henning Larsen
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Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy ...
Johann Otto von Spreckelsen
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Life
He was bor ...
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Magnus Steendorff
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Background
Magnus Steendorff was born in Copenhagen as the only son of Danish painter Christian Wilhelm Steendorff (1817–1904) and his wife Swedish An ...
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Lene Tranberg
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History
Lene Tranberg was born in Copenhagen in 1956. In 1977, she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy o ...
Kristian von Bengtson
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Martin Nyrop
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Early life and education
Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805–1879) and Helene Ahlmann (1807–1874). ...
Directors of the Royal Academy schools
Gallery
Image:Gustav III's Visit to the Konstakadamien 1780.jpg, Gustav III's Visit to the academy 1780 (Martin)
Image:Model Class at the Copenhagen Academy.jpg, Model Class at the academy circa 1824 (Lorentzen)
Image:Wilhelm Bendz - The Life Class at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 1826.jpg, Model Class at the academy 1826 (Bendz)
Image:Abgusssammlung.jpg, Plaster cast collection 1843 (Exner)
Image:Thorvaldsens atelier på Charlottenborg (Johan Vilhelm Gertner).jpg, Thorvaldsen's studio at Charlottenborg, painted by Johan Vilhelm Gertner while he was still a student at the academy (1836)
See also
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Architecture of Denmark
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Arne Ranslet
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His works were purchased by museums and communities in Europe and gained worldwide recognition through international exhibitions. He has been acclaimed amon ...
List of Danish painters
This is a list of Danish painters who were born in or whose creative production is associated with Denmark:
A
* Axel Aabrink (1887–1965)
* Jørgen Aabye (1868–1959)
* Carl Frederik Aagaard (1833–1895)
* Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1 ...