Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum, formerly '' Hjørring Kunstmuseum'', is a state-subsidised art museum in Hjørring, which was founded in 1963 and has a collection of 19th and 20th century art mostly from North Denmark. The museum's collection contains works by the painters Svend Engelund (1908–2007), Johannes Hofmeister (1914–90), Poul Winther (1939–2018) and

Poul Anker Bech Poul Anker Bech (13 April 1942 – 7 October 2009) was a Danish painter. He started painting in the 1960s and studied at The Jutland Academy of Art in Aarhus, 1966–67. He quit his job in 1988 to become a full-time painter. Poul Anker Bech ...

( 1942–2009). In addition to major works by the mentioned artists, the museum's collections includes works by Agnete Bjerre (b. 1924), Anna Maria Lütken (1916–2001),

Poul Ekelund Poul is a Danish masculine given name. It is the Danish cognate of the name Paul. Poul may refer to: People * Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer * Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer * Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish f ...

(1921–76 ), Arne L. Hansen (1921–2009), Søren Elgaard (b.1951),

Emil Gregersen Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ...

(1921–93),

Frede Christoffersen Frede Christoffersen (15 April 1919 – 29 May 1987) was a Danish painter and illustrator. Biography Born in Borup in central Zealand, Christoffersen spent a short period at the Copenhagen Arts and Crafts School before travelling to the Far East ...

(1919–87 ) et al. The museum was founded in 1963. In 1970, the museum took over the premises of Hjørring Central Library. The library's reading room was decorated with six large frescoes with motifs from the history of the Vendel residents made by the painter

Niels Larsen Stevns Niels Larsen Stevns (9 July 1864 – 27 September 1941) was a Danish painter and sculptor. He was originally educated as a journeyman painter but attended Kunstakademiet in the years 1886–1887 and 1892–1894. He assisted Joakim Skovgaard decora ...

. Since 2003, the museum has been housed in a former textile factory, which is centrally located in Hjørring on . Nørkjærs Plads. The old industrial building was transformed by architect Anna Maria Indrio from C.F. Møllers Tegnestue. In 2009, the museum was expanded with a new underground gallery also designed by Indrio, used for permanent hangings of works by Niels Larsen Stevns. The museum received state recognition in 1981 and changed its to Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum in 2000.

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