Christen Købke
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Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 26 May 1810
Died | 7 February 1848 Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 37)
Nationality | Danish |
Education | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Danish Golden Age, Romanticism |
Christen Schiellerup Købke (26 May 1810 – 7 February 1848) was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the
Childhood and early training
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was one of 11 children born to Peter Berend Købke (1771–1843) and Cecilie Margrethe Petersen (1778–1867). In 1815 the family moved to Kastellet, a military fortification area in Copenhagen, where his father was head baker. At the age of 11 he suffered from a bout of rheumatic fever. He made many drawings during his convalescence and decided that he would become an artist.[3]
In 1822 at 12 years of age he started his studies at
Early career
He lived in Kastellet until 1833 and made many paintings of the area. His painting "Gården ved bageriet i Kastellet" (ca. 1832) hangs in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen.
In 1832 he shared a studio with his friend, landscape painter Frederik Hansen Sødring (1809–1862). He painted a portrait of Sødring which now hangs in the Hirschsprung Collection. In 1834 he moved, along with his parents, outside of Copenhagen's fortifications near Sortedam Lake (Sortedamssøen). He painted many views overlooking the lake towards the city and the embankments surrounding the city. His work became larger, more monumental.[6][7]
Like many of his contemporary artists he came under the influence of art historian
At the end of 1837 he married Susanna Cecilie Krohn (1810–1849), and shortly afterwards painted a portrait of his young bride.
Travel to Italy
In 1838 he received a travel stipend from the academy, left his new wife and traveled via Dresden and Munich to Italy accompanied by decorative painter Georg Hilker (1807–1875). They arrived in Rome by year's end where he met his brother-in-law, sculptor and medallionist, Frederik Christopher Krohn (1806–1883) and many other Danish artists. He traveled, along with Constantin Hansen (1804–1880) the following summer to Naples, Sorrento, Pompeii and Capri where he painted in the open air. [10] [11] [12]
Return to Denmark
He returned home in 1840 with a large collection of sketches for later use and inspiration. Unfortunately, most of his later work with these Italian themes was uninspired, and they found little favor. Købke even considered at the time becoming a decorator, having participated in 1844–1845 in the decoration of the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, which is dedicated to the artistic works of neo-classicistical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844).[13]
Two years after his father died in 1843, the family sold the property outside Copenhagen, and Købke moved back into the city. His application for admission to the academy, which was accompanied by one of his failed Italian landscapes, was rejected in 1846. He died in 1848 of
Aftermath
Købke, a
Købke is recognized today as one of the most talented among Denmark's Golden Age painters and the most internationally renowned Danish painter of his generation. The painterly interpretations he made of his surroundings stand as high points of the period.[14]
His works are in the collections of not only Danish museums but also such international museums as the J. Paul Getty Museum[1] and the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.
Works
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View of Østerbro from Dosseringen (1838)
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Valdemar Hjartvar Købke (ca. 1838)
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Parti af Østerbro i morgenbelysning (1836)Statens Museum for Kunst
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Frederiksborg Slot ved Aftenbelysning (1835)
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View from Dosseringen near the Sortedam Lake (1838)
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Frederiksborg Castle in the Middle Distance (1837–38)
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North Gate of the Citadel (1834)
See also
- List of Danish painters
- Art of Denmark
- Efterårsmorgen ved Sortedamssøen
References
- ^ Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen. "Christen Købke". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Christen Kobke : Danish Master of Light". The Art Tribune. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Købke, Christen Schiellerup, 1810-48, maler". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Kirsten Nannestad. "C. A. Lorentzen". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Köbke, Kristen Schjellerup, dansk målare". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Jens Peter Munk. "F. Sødring". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Torben Ejlersen. "Sortedamssøen". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Christen Købke – The Hirschsprung Collection. Frederiksborg Slot ved Aftenbelysning (1835)". visualelsewhere. 28 March 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Niels Laurits Høyen, 1798-1870, Kunsthistoriker". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Sys Hartmann. "Georg Hilker". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Jens Peter Munk. "F.C. Krohn". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Constantin Hansen - Artworks". The Athenaeum. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Thorvaldsens Museum". danskefilm.dk. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "The Golden Age, 1800-1850". National Gallery of Denmark. 13 August 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
Other sources
- David Jackson; Kasper Monrad (2010) Christen Købke, Danish Master of Light (Yale University Press) ISBN 9780300166637
- Kasper Monrad; Philip Conisbee; Bjarne Jornaes (1993) The Golden Age of Danish Painting (Hudson Hills Press) ISBN 9781555950859