#kunstnernes frie studieskoler

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Louise Bonfils (Nov. 3, 1856 - 1933) was a Danish marine painter. She was the first woman in Denmark to register to train as a marine painter and she studied at Kunstskolen for Kvinder at the Royal Academy and later with Tuxen and Krøyer at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler.

Above: Langebro set fra Ryssensten. Diset vejr, 1889 - oil on canvas (originally shown at Charlottenborg, now privately owned)

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"Pas de Deux". 1909.

"A Family of Badgers".

"Fox and Hare Fishing".

"Louis Moe (20 April 1857 – 23 October 1945) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and writer who settled in Denmark.

Moe was born in Arendal to a dentist, Halvor Georg Theodor Moe, and Hansine Constance Halling. He was a nephew of priest and labour movement pioneer, Honoratus Halling.

Louis Moe came to Denmark in 1875, where he was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1876 and at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler 1882-83; he settled in Denmark, but from 1897 stayed every summer in Norway.

With a versatile and wide-ranging production, Louis Moe became especially known as a draftsman, valued for his empathy, his imagination and fabulous form of expression in illustrations for Saxo's Chronicle of Denmark (1896-98), for works by e.g. Holberg , HC Andersen and Knut Hamsun as well as Asbjørnsen and Moes Norske Folkeeventyr (Swedish ed. 1936).

Louis Moe's etchings and lithographs , and not least the many children's books he himself wrote and illustrated, gained circulation throughout Scandinavia".

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Children´s pastimes. Gad Frederik Clement (Danish, 1867-1933). Oil on canvas.

After an apprenticeship as a house painter, he studied art under Hans Grønvold at Copenhagen's Technical School before attending the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he graduated in 1888. He then studied under Laurits Tuxen and Frans Schwartz at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler before completing his studies under Kristian Zahrtmann in 1901.

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Jens Vige (May 11, 1864 - 1912) was a Danish social-realist painter. He trained at the Academy and later with P.S. Krøyer. After marrying, he settled at Hammer Bakker in Northern Jutland and developed a preference for open air painting (he only worked summers) in Skagen and other heath and moor landscapes up north…

Here he has paid a visit to the capital region, though:

Fra Nyboder en efterårsdag, 1897 - oil on canvas (privately owned)

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Johan Rohde (Nov. 1., 1856 - 1935) was a Danish painter and designer. Rohde studied at Kunstnernes frie Studieskoler, which he helped co-found, under P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen.

In 1891 he was among the founders of Den frie Udstilling, an alternative to the annual Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg.

He mastered portraits in the Symbolist vein, and similarly landscapes and cityscapes from Denmark and abroad…

Above: Randers Havn, 1906 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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Kristian Zahrtmann (March 31, 1843 - 1917) was a Danish history painter who specialized in the figure of Leonora Christina, whose eventful life as the wife of traitor Corfitz Ulfeldt he depicted in a great many canvases. Contemporaries  amused themselves by saying that Leonora and Zahrtmann’s mother were the only women he ever showed any interest in…

Zahrtmann also painted many portraits while abroad in Italy, and frequently depicted males in Biblical and mythological scenes. Here is another bizarre work by him, showing the Swedish Queen Kristina (1626 - 89) who abdicated, moved to Rome and converted to Catholicism. In this canvas the ex-Queen is shown lifting her skirts to warm her buttocks near a stove in the Palazzo Corsini...

Above: Dronning Kristina i Palazzo Corsini, 1908 - oil on canvas (SMK).

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Frederik Larsen-Særsløv (March 30, 1870 - 1942), was a Danish painter, who had studied with P.S. Krøyer at Kunstnernes Studieskole and later with Zahrtmann in Cività d'Antino in Itaiy. His preferred topics remained Danish landscapes and daily life in small villages.

Above: Autumn landscape with an avenue, 1919 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

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Axel P. Jensen (Sept. 28, 1885 - 1972) was a Danish landscape painter. A friend and student of Zahrtmann and Johan Rohde, he devoted himself to an enhanced, colorist type of naturalism and was very popular and highly regarded in his day…

Above: Landskab med Heste, 1919 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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Knud Kyhn (March 17, 1880 - 1969) was a Danish animal and landscape painter and porcelain/ceramics sculptor, who created many animal figurines for the three major, Danish porcelain factories: Royal Copenhagen, Bing & Grøndahl, and Kähler.

He trained at the Royal Academy and Zahrtmann's school, and traveled widely to observe animals and birds, esp. in Northern Europe. His style of painting aligns with that of Fynboerne, esp. Johannes Larsen.

Above: Vandrefalken jager, 1945 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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Ane Marie Hansen (January 20, 1852 - 1941) was a Danish painter who had studied with Vilhelm Kyhn and at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler. She exhibited regularly at Charlottenborg for almost 5 decades.

Hansen was mainly a portrait painter, but sadly being a gay woman artist limited her success considerably.

Above: Interiør med en siddende herre, no year - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

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Erik Jensen (Dec. 31, 1883 - 1974) was a Danish painter who trained with Johan Rohde at Kunstnernes Studieskole. He was a keen participant at Charlottenborg and also did several commissions for church art. He also depicted many work life and factory scenes.

Above: Arbejdere på Hansen & Lyngbye’s Dørgreb og Metalvarefabrik, 1944 - Olie på lærred (Privately owned)

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Christian Bonnesen (Sept. 30, 1870 - 1936) was a Danish landscape and cityscape painter. He trained both at the Royal Academy and Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler with P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen.

He was too old-fashioned for the critics who found his choice of palette monotonous. He preferred painting at dusk or in the evening light, creating nostalgic mood pieces.

Above: Dragefontænen foran Industriforeningen på Rådhuspladsen, 1908 - oil on canvas (sold at auction in 2022 for 1.500 Danish kr.)

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Johan Rohde (Nov. 1., 1856 - 1935) was a Danish painter and designer. Rohde studied at Kunstnernes frie Studieskoler, which he helped co-found, under P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen.

In 1891 he was among the founders of Den frie Udstilling, an alternative to the annual Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg.

He mastered portraits in the Symbolist vein, and similarly landscapes and cityscapes from Denmark and abroad...

Above: Vinteraften i Ribe, 1892 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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Karl Isakson (Jan. 16, 1878 - 1922) was a Swedish-born Danish artist, who trained at the Academy in Stockholm, before meeting Kristian Zahrtmann in Civita d'Antino in Italy, after which Isakson studied a few years under Zahrtmann at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler.

Isakson became a glowing Modernist in the process, whether he painted from models, or did landscapes on Bornholm and Christiansø. He also loved Norse mythology, esp. the figure of Sif (Thor’s wife) - and late in life he threw himself at making Biblical canvases.

Above: Lady with Hand Mirror, 1910-1 - oil on canvas (SMK)

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Hans Agersnap (Nov. 19, 1857 - 1925) was a Danish landscape painter who had studied with Krøyer and traveled abroad to Germany, before returning to his home area. He specialized in winter landscapes:

Efterårsskov, 1903 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)

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Christian Bonnesen (Sept. 30, 1870 - 1936) was a Danish landscape and cityscape painter. He trained both at the Royal Academy and Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler with P.S. Krøyer and Laurits Tuxen.

He was too old-fashioned for the critics who found his choice of palette monotonous. He preferred painting at dusk or in the blue summer evening light, creating nostalgic mood pieces.

Here, though, we see a winter’s day at Akerselven at Nybroen, Oslo - oil on canvas (Privately owned)