Victor Isbrand (1897 – 1989) was a Danish painter.

Biography

Isbrand was born on 6 July 1897 in Copenhagen. From 1913 to 1917 Isbrand studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and from 1930 to 1967, he taught drawing at the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen and influenced young artists and craftsmen, including among others

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. His style is inspired by the Cubist movement; he painted portraits and urban landscapes as well as watercolors landscapes from the south of France. From 1916 to 1987, his works were exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art at the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 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 Dani ...

: Kunsthal Charlottenborg. His best known work is ''

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and Eros''. He died 5 MArch 1989.

Permanent collections

KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art is located in Aalborg, Denmark, on Kong Christians Allé near its junction with Vesterbro. Of a modern Scandinavian design, it was built between 1968 and 1972 by Finnish architects Elissa and Alvar Aalto and Danis ...

Bibliography

* Victor Isbrand: '' And Udvalg Billeder af '', 1937 * Victor Isbrand: '' Victor Isbrand maler og pdagog '', 1987 * A Dalskov: ''i Vejledning Havebrug'', 1919 * Birgitte Hasle: ''af Vignet Venedig'', 1957 * Andreas Lund-Drosvad: ''Gourmanden Gaba; grnlandske Sagn Skitser og'', 1937.Worldcat
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References

Modern painters 20th-century Danish painters 1897 births Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 1989 deaths {{Denmark-painter-stub