Vejle Museum of Art ( da, Vejle Kunstmuseum) in the town centre of

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

in southeastern

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

has Danish paintings and sculptures from classic modernism up until pre- COBRA on display. The museum is also home to a collection of

Golden Age The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the ''Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages of Man, Ages, Gold being the first and the one during ...

paintings from the Vejle area as well as a collection of drawings, e.g. 50 etchings by

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

Collection

The museum was founded in 1899 when councillor Christian Eckardt donated approx. 2000 drawings. The present collection counts more than 15,000 works on paper including art by

Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...

Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna (, , ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in order ...

and

as well as Danish artists. The collection was substantially enhanced when in 1995 a butcher and his wife donated their collection of early COBRA works to the museum. Among the modern Danish highlights of the museum are works by

Asger Jorn Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. He was born in Vejrum, in the northwest c ...

Else Alfelt Else Alfelt (16 September 1910 – 9 August 1974) was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract paintings. She was one of two female members of the CoBrA movement. She was married to Carl-Henning Pedersen, another prominent CoBrA member. Earl ...

Carl-Henning Pedersen Carl-Henning Pedersen (23 September 1913 – 20 February 2007) was a Danish painter and a key member of the COBRA movement. He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20th ...

Ejler Bille Ejler Bille (6 March 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Danish artist. Biography Ejler Bille was born in Odder, Denmark. He was the son of Torben Holger Bille and Anna Kirstine Lysabild Jensen. Bille graduated from Birkerød State School in 1930, and then ...

Richard Mortensen Richard Mortensen (23 October 1910 – 6 January 1993) was a Danish painter. Biography Richard Strange Mortensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied between 1931 and 1932 at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. Influenced by the ...

Robert Jacobsen Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen (4 June 1912 – 26 January 1993) was a Danish sculptor and painter. The Danish Robert Award is named in his honor. Biography Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen. He was self-taught as a sculptor. During World War I, ...

and

Henry Heerup Henry Heerup (4 November 1907 – 30 May 1993) was a Danish painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Heerup was an extremely versatile artist. His works of art included paintings, lithographs, stone sculptures, linoleum cuts and drawings as well as ob ...

. The museum re-opened in 2006 after building new exhibition spaces with a presentation of works by

Merete Barker Merete Barker (born 1944) is a Danish artist who uses sketches and photographs from her many travels as the basis for highly expressive paintings where it is often difficult to distinguish between nature and culture. She has received various honor ...

, Jes Fomsgaard, Nina Sten Knudsen, Preben Fjederholt, Anders Moseholm,

Doris Bloom Doris Bloom (born 1954 in Vereeniging, South Africa) is a South African painter who also incorporates performance art into her work. She lives and works in Denmark. Biography During 1972, Bloom attended Johannesburg College of Art and later at ...

Hans Christian Rylander Hans Christian Rylander (born 1939, dead 2021) was a Danish painter, educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1965 to 1969. He uses an expressive and surreal style, in the 70's and 80's with a critical edge towards society. Rylander ...

Peter Brandes Peter Brandes (born 5 March 1944 in Assens, Denmark) is a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist and photographer. Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. He ...

and

Morten Stræde Morten Stræde (born 1956) is a Danish sculptor. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1978 to 1985 and later became a professor there (1994–2002). Morten Stræde had his breakthrough in the 1980s; in his art he uses both orga ...

. The re-opening coincided with the 400th anniversary for Rembrandt's birth for which reason the museum showcased the drawings from the Dutch master.

The building

The museum is housed in a complex consisting of the former museum from 1923 and library from 1934 in Vejle to which a new building by

Kim Utzon Kim Utzon (born 1957) is a Danish architect, and son of Jørn Utzon. Biography Kim Utzon was born in 1957 as the son of Pritzker Prize-winning Danish architect Jørn Utzon. He studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 19 ...

was added in 2006. The three different types of buildings offer different types of exhibition spaces; the 1923 building has small, intimate rooms where drawings, graphic art, and paintings of an older date can be seen. The 1934 building has larger rooms where pre-COBRA works from the 1930s and 1940s are displayed. The Utzon building has a large room with a skylight fit for contemporary art. It also has a storage area as well as a study gallery.

Opening times

Located at Flegborg 16-18, Vejle, the museum is open to visitors free of charge from 11 am to 4 pm. Closed from 22 to 26 December, 31 December, and 1 January.

References

External links

Vejle Kunstmuseum
official site {{Coord, 55, 43, N, 9, 32, E, display=title Art museums and galleries in Denmark Vejle Municipality Tourist attractions in the Region of Southern Denmark Museums established in 1899 Art exhibitions in Denmark 1899 establishments in Denmark