The Ekensund Artists' Colony (German - ''Künstlerkolonie Ekensund'') was a late 19th-century
art colony
Art colonies are organic congregations of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, who are often drawn to areas of natural beauty, the prior existence of other artists, art schools there, or a lower cost of living. They are typically mission ...
in Egernsund Sogn, now in southern
Jutland
Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...
on the north bank of the
Flensburg Firth
Flensburg Firth or Flensborg Fjord (; ) is the westernmost inlet of the Baltic Sea. It forms part of the border between Germany to the south and Denmark to the north, on the eastern side of Schleswig Holstein and Jutland, respectively. Its leng ...
in Denmark, but then known as Ekensund and part of the
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
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History
It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which had been conquere ...
within the
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...
. It drew artists including
Wilhelm Dreesen,
Alexander Eckener,
Otto Heinrich Engel,
[ Emmy Gotzmann,]
Bibliography
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*''Ekensund im Kreis der Künstlerkolonien an der Ostsee''. Ausstellungskatalog Gemäldegalerie Dachau. Dachau 2016, .
References
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Artist colonies
German artist groups and collectives
Danish art