Rytterhuset (
lit. "The Rider's House"), located at Nordre Strandvej 230,
Ă
lsgürde, Helsingør Municipality,
Denmark
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m was built in 1889 to a
national romantic
Romantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs. This includes ...
design by
Martin Nyrop
Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect.
Early life and education
Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805â1879) and Helene Ahlmann (1807â1874). ...
as summer residence for the painter
Frants Henningsen. The property, including a detached
atelier, a jetty with a
bathhouse and a number of other outbuildings, were listed in the
Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1993. The ample use of wood ornamentation and
polychromy are both tell-tale features of this particular architectural style. The name of the building was inspired by a relief of a horseman located above the main entrance.
Barbicaia at Nordre Strandvej 232 dates from the same year and was also designed by Nyrop but has undergone considerable alterations and is therefore not listed.
History
Frants Henningsen and his friends
P. S: Krøyer,
Viggo Johansen
Viggo Johansen (3 January 1851 â 18 December 1935) was a Danish painter and active member of the group of Skagen Painters who met every summer in the north of Jutland. He was one of Denmark's most prominent painters in the 1890s.
Early life an ...
and
Kristian Zahrtmann
Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, (31 March 1843 â 22 June 1917) was a Denmark, Danish Painting, painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and ...
visited
HornbĂŚk in 1873. They were later coined by other artists, including
Holger Drachmann and
Carl Locher
Carl Locher (21 November 1851 – 20 December 1915) was a Danish realist painter who from an early age became a member of the Skagen group of painters.
Biography
Carl Ludvig Thilson Locher was born in Flensburg in the Duchy of Schleswig w ...
, forming what would become Denmark's first artist colony.
Nordre Strandvej was constructed in 1874â1879 as a more direct link between
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; sv, HelsingÜr), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...
and
HellebĂŚk
HellebĂŚk is a town located on the coast five kilometres northwest of Helsingør, North Zealand, some 40 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has merged with the neighbouring community of Ă
lsgĂĽrde to form an urban area with a population o ...
than Hammermøllevej (now Gammel GellebÌkvej). The fashionable
Hotel Marienlyst was located at the beginning of the new road and many of the first buildings along it were summer retreats for wealthy citizens from Copenhagen or Helsingør.
Henningsen did not follow Krøyer, Johansen and most of the other HornbÌk artists when they moved to
Skagen in the early 1880s. In 1889, he commissioned
Martin Nyrop
Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect.
Early life and education
Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805â1879) and Helene Ahlmann (1807â1874). ...
to design a summer house for him and his family in
Ă
lsgĂĽrde
Ă
lsgürde is a former fishing village on the north coast of Zealand, Denmark, located six kilometer northwest of Helsingør.
Formerly Ă
lsgĂĽrde was a separate town, but today it has merged with the neighbouring town of HellebĂŚk into an urban ...
.
Henningsen's wife Thora was a daughter of the painter
Frederik Vermehren
Johan Frederik (Frits) Nikolai Vermehren, also known as Frederik Vermehren (12 May 1823 â 10 January 1910), a genre and portrait painter in the realist style.
His artistic career took place during the period of Danish art known as the Golden ...
. They had five children, including
Thorkild Henningsen
Thorkild Henningsen (7 February 1884 â 27 January 1931) was a Danish architect. He is best known for his design of numerous terraced housing developments, especially Bakkehusene at Bellahøj whish is listed on the Danish Registry of Protected b ...
. The family lived in an apartment on the second floor at Ăsterbrogade 46 in Copenhagen when Rytterhuset was completed but moved to an apartment in the
Behagen House
The Behagen House is a Neoclassical townhouse located at Strandgade 26 in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
History origins
Two ...
on
Strandgade
Strandgade ( lit. "Beach Street") is one of the principal streets in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs along the full length of the neighbourhood, following the harbourfront, from Christian's Church in the south-west to ...
the following year.
Architecture
The two-storey house is constructed in yellow-washed brick contrasted by a wealth of carved wooden details painted in
Swedish red and other strong colours. The red-painted
bargeboards are decorated with blue- and white-painted carved animal heads. Above the covered main entrance in the south gable is a relief of a horseman. An outbuilding with kitchen and washroom projects from the west side of the building. and on its east side is a veranda.
Nyrop, who had a background as a carpenter, had just experienced his breakthrough as an architect with his design of the buildings for the
1888 Nordic Exhibition in Copenhagen. He constructed all his exhibition pavilions of wood at a time when iron and glass was favored for temporary structures, justifying the decision by claiming the result would be prettier for the same cost.
Both Rytterhuset and many of his buildings for the Nordic Exhibition (cf.
Det Norske Hus) were inspired by Nordic
Vernacular architecture, wood ornamentation and
polychromy which mirror the
National romantic
Romantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs. This includes ...
currents in architecture at the time.
Other buildings include a shed for firewood, an annex building, a garden pavilion. an
atelier, a garage and a jetty with a
bathhouse.
See also
*
Munkeruphus
Munkeruphus (literally "Munkerup House") is a former country house located in Munkerup now part of Dronningmølle–HornbĂŚk, on the north coast of Zealand, Denmark. A rare example of American influence in Danish architecture, the building no ...
*
RĂĽgegĂĽrden
RĂĽgegĂĽrden is an Arts & Crafts inspired country house from 1915 situated on the eastern outskirts of RĂĽgeleje, Gribskov Municipality, some fifty kilometres northwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. The house is perched on a small wooded hill, overlooki ...
References
External links
RytterhusetEytterhusetat arkitekturbilleder.dk
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Houses in Helsingør Municipality
Listed buildings and structures in Helsingør Municipality
National Romantic architecture in Denmark
Martin Nyrop buildings
Houses completed in 1889