Fritz Syberg
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Syberg, generally known as Fritz Syberg, (28 July 1862,
Biography
Syberg, from a poor background in Fåborg, first served a house painter's apprenticeship under Syrak Hansen, the father of fellow artist Peter Hansen before attending the Copenhagen Technical School in 1882 where Holger Grønvold taught him drawing. After a short period at the Danish Academy (spring 1884), he attended the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler (1885–1891) where he was the first of the Fynboerne to study under Kristian Zahrtmann. His travels included Sweden (1899) where he visited Johannes Larsen, Germany (1902), Italy (1905) together with Jens Birkholm, the Netherlands and Paris (1908) and Pisa (1910–1913). Syberg married Syrak Hansen's daughter Anna in 1894 and, after her death in 1914, he married her sister Marie in 1915. He was the father of artist Ernst Syberg and composer Franz Syberg.
Artistic career
Together with
Selected works
- Rugmark ved Svanninge (1887)
- Dødsfald (1892)
- Forår (1893)
- Historien om en moder (18 drawings, 1895–1898)
- Aftenlegg i Svanninge Bakker (1900)
- Børnene på Fyns Hoved (1905)
- Mor og datter ved Hverringe Strand (1906)
- Dødens komme (1906)
- Døden ved vuggen (1907)
- Sommerhytterne. Korshavn (1910)
- Efter badet, Italien (1911)
- Overkarby Bakke. Vinter (1917)
- Ved Morgenkaffen (1919)
- Komponisten (1936)
Gallery
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Fritz Syberg: Dødsfald (1892)
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Fritz Syberg: Aftenleg i Svanninge Bakker (1900)
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Fritz Syberg: Børnene på Fyns Hoved (1905)
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Fritz Syberg Overkærby Bakke. Vinter (1917)
See also
References
- ^ Vera Rasmussen, "Fritz Syberg", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachskunstnerleksikon. (in Danish) Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ Vibeke Skov. "Fynboerne". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ISBN 87-03-01582-3. (in Danish)
- ^ "Fritz Syberg", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 11 August 2011
- ^ "Ernst Syberg". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 3 October 2014.