J.F. Willumsens Museum is in

Frederikssund Frederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 16,850 (1 January 2022).Frederikssund Municipality Frederikssund Kommune () is a municipality ( da, Commune (subnational entity), kommune) on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the mu ...

. The

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is dedicated to the works of the artist

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (7 September 1863 – 4 April 1958) was a Danish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, architect and photographer. He became associated with the movements of Symbolism and Expressionism. Biography J. F. Willumsen was born i ...

(1863–1958) and was opened in 1957. Jens Ferdinand Willumsen was a Danish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, architect and photographer who became associated with the movements of Symbolism and Expressionism. The museum contains a wide range of Willumsen's artworks, including

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s, sketches,

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sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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s and

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. The museum was designed by the architect

Tyge Hvass Tyge Hvass (5 July 1885 – 4 September 1963) was a Danish functionalist architect. He was most notable for his design work on the J.F. Willumsens Museum in Frederikssund. Biography Hvass was born in Randrup, Denmark. He was the son o ...

, and a new wing was opened in 2005, based upon designs by architect Theo Bjerg (1936-2019). The head of the museum from 1973-1990 and 1993-2006 was art historian mag. art. Leila Krogh (born 1943).

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"Aladdin, Willumsen and Thorvaldsen"
Thorvaldsens Museum Archive Art museums and galleries in Denmark Museums in the Capital Region of Denmark Museums established in 1957 {{Denmark-museum-stub

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