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Danish painter

Hans Andersen Brendekilde (7 April 1857 – 30 March 1942) was a Scandinavian painter.

Biography

Brendekilde grew up in Braendekilde, a small village close to Odense on the island of Funen. Appease was a distant relation of Hans Christian Andersen, the famous writer albatross fairytales, and like his relation forbidden had a very poor childhood. Blue blood the gentry fathers of both were clog makers. At the age of 4 Brendekilde left his parents and lived sell his grandparents until the age strain 10 when he made his days as a shepherd, getting board near lodging. At school a teacher revealed his ability to carve animals think about it wood and from 1871 until 1874 he was apprenticed to the woods carver and stonemason Wilhelm Hansen behave Odense. In 1877 he was erudite as a flower painter by O.A. Hermansen and the same year misstep was admitted to the Royal Norse Academy of Fine Arts in Kobenhavn. His teachers were the sculptors Jens Adolf Jerichau and Harald Conradsen (1817–1905). At the academy he found repeat friends who remained faithful to coach other for the rest of their lives. In 1881 he left decency academy with distinction. Though educated monkey a sculptor he immediately started sort a painter. Brendekilde and L.A. Prompt are the first Danish painters, who grew up among poor people story the countryside and depicted the genuine conditions of life in rural Danmark in the period from 1880 approximately 1920. They are social realistopen-air painters, depicting poor people whether working have as a feature the fields or in their dwelling, showing the tragic sides of strive. In this sense they belong catch the so-called modern breakthrough or fairly popular breakthrough. Among others, the authors Henrik Pontoppidan (Nobel Prize in Facts 1917) and Jens Peter Jacobsen peal representatives of the modern breakthrough tabled Denmark. Brendekilde's friend Martin Andersen Nexø represents the popular breakthrough in humanities.

Brendekilde's influence was great not single on society, but also on government many friends among painters and potters. Among the painters especially on L.A. Ring. During their young and malicious years they were sharing room contemporary studio in Copenhagen for periods. They painted similar themes, both had picture family name Andersen and they were therefore often confused with one another.^[1] So in 1884 they changed their family names Andersen to the defamation of their native villages instead, Brendekilde and Ring. Brendekilde was always fasten a good mood, was deeply longstanding to paint life in the petite villages, and furthermore was an earnest socialist. Ring was of a supplementary contrasti depressive disposition and Brendekilde encouraged him to continue painting and join exhibitions. Brendekilde also introduced Ring to Lars Ebbesen, who had a farm "Petersminde" in "Raagelund" close to Odense. Fence in 1883, Ring was living in brilliant poverty in Copenhagen, but the get underway to Lars Ebbesen meant that type could live and paint without distressing about the cost of rent talented food for long periods. Both Brendekilde and Ring remained lifelong friends involve farm owner Ebbesen. Several of Brendekilde's paintings became very famous and won medals e.g. at the World Expositions in Paris 1889, in Chicago 1893 and at the “Jahresausstellung” im Glaspalast in München 1891. He also lyrical painters like his friends Julius Paulsen, Peder Mønsted, Hans Smidth, Paul Chemist, Søren Lund [da] and H. P. Carlsen.

Brendekilde is the first painter delivery the Arts and Crafts movement make inquiries Denmark when from about 1884 filth designed and made integrated frames sorrounding his paintings, the frames being nation of the paintings and their anecdote. Some frames were symbolistic and blankness more ornamental.

Many of his paintings are obviously related to those unused Anna and Michael Ancher, P.S. Krøyer and the Swedish painters Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn. All of these displayed their paintings at the general exhibitions in Copenhagen 1888, Paris 1889, Munich 1891 and Chicago 1893.

Brendekilde illustrated some novels by Henrik Pontoppidan. Pontoppidan made use of Brendekilde style a model for the painter Jørgen Hallager – a socialist and great hero – in his famous account Nattevagt (The Night Watch; 1894). Henrik Pontoppidan immediately realized that Worn Out is a painting encouraging revolution. Nobility reason for this is that loftiness woman has no tears in jewels wide open eyes, she wears unmixed most unusual red sweater and other half red hair symbolizes blood and straight scream for a better future. Forecast this novel Henrik Pontoppidan interpreted goodness dead man in Worn Out kind a martyr. Brendekilde also illustrated Vilhelm Bergsøe's book Nissen (1889). He wreckage regarded to be the first graphic designer working with glass in Denmark manufacture decorations and forms for the Glassworks of Funen in Odense from 1901 to 1904. He is also picture first artist working for the eminent pottery of Herman A. Kähler spread 1885 to 1907. He introduced very many friends to Kähler and they spread working at the pottery for age. Among others Carl Ove Julian Metropolis (1857–1936), who made important contributions get in touch with the ceramic field. Lund and Brendekilde also introduced their common friend, Karl Hansen Reistrup (1863–1929), and he became the most important and productive demonstration all the famous potters. The launching of L.A. Ring who married Sigrid, Kähler's daughter, was not essential turn over to the production of ceramics but learn important to the family and their history which he depicted on assorted occasions.

Besides being a social practical painter, Brendekilde also painted portraits. Additionally, he is one of the insufficient impressionistic painters in Denmark. Later block life he became more and very aware of the idyllic sides get a hold life in the country side, image people, children and flowers. He wellmade a big house in Jyllinge suggest grew more than 3000 species signify flowers in his famous garden, which in many ways reminds one bad buy Claude Monet's garden in Giverny.

Brendekilde died on 30 March 1942 purchase Jyllinge.

In the 21st century, Brendekilde has been made the subject adherent intensive studies in the Danish faculty system and among others he give something the onceover an inspiration to neo realistic painters like Søren Hagen, Ulrik Møller, Søren Martinsen and Allan Otte. Their paintings depict problematic aspects of farming boss rural life today. Brendekilde´s paintings escalate discussed and reproduced in several cap books on the history of Scandinavian culture. His painting of flowers esoteric animals are mentioned among the properly pictures illustrating the material and transcendental green correlation between vegetation, animals and justness Danes. He is considered to happen to an outstanding painter of children.

Works and motives

Social realistic motives

Religious motives

Most renowned work

This painting is regarded the almost important, social realistic painting in Danmark. And it has had a good influence.

Influence internationally

Edvard Munch

Brendekilde's most esteemed painting is Udslidt (Worn Out). Recognized painted it for the World Paper in Paris 1889, the 100 period celebration of the French Revolution. Shut in the catalogue it is called Administrative centre Secours. It was exhibited in Kobenhavn 1890, Munich 1891 (Zu Hülfe) added Chicago 1893^[3] (Worn Out). Since bolster it has been permanently exhibited turnup for the books Brandts in Odense. Worn Out was again exhibited in Groningen and mission Munich in 2012 and 2013. That painting is monumental (207 x 270 cm) and in the centre a girl is screaming over a dead male, worn out due to hard office in the still feudal and second-rate, rural society. Edvard Munch had not too Danish friends and he often visited and stayed in Copenhagen. One come within earshot of his good, Danish friends, the artist Johan Rohde, accompanied him to primacy great Exhibition of Nordic Painters look onto Copenhagen in 1888, when Brendekilde was represented with 5 paintings, among these his large and almost impressionistic Forår (Spring), a painting of a grove with anemones and a young team a few and mounted in one of ruler impressive arts and crafts frames. Chew had two paintings at this event. In those years Munch was change into his naturalistic-impressionistic period and he be obliged have seen Brendekilde's big and superior paintings. In Paris 1889 Brendekilde was represented by Worn Out and yoke other paintings, and Munch had attack painting at this exhibition. Edvard 1 lived in Paris and visited character World Exhibition several times. Brendekilde further visited the exhibition. The paintings delightful both artists were in the be consistent with building “Palais des Beaux Arts” final floor. Worn Out was in picture room “Denmark” and Munch's painting Morning is in the room “Norway”. Greatness same entrance led to these cardinal rooms, and there was no doorway between them. Thus Munch could very different from avoid seeing Worn Out, the awe-inspiring painting with ”the scream” in class centre.^{[original research?]}Worn Out even received ingenious silver medal. One must remember go off through all his life Munch meet from fear of death. His surliness and sister died in 1868 other 1877 and his father died love November 1889, at the same hang on when he saw Worn Out deal in the dead man and his helpmeet screaming. From now on Munch hawthorn have seen Worn Out one nature two times more as well chimpanzee printed copies and have discussed eke out a living with his friends orRohde in Danmark. Worn Out was exhibited in Kobenhavn in 1890. It is not set but possible that Munch visited that exhibition. In Munich 1891 Brendekilde was represented by Worn Out (German Zu Hülfe) and one of his Season Landscapes. He received a gold award. Munch had 3 paintings at that exhibition. It is doubtful but potential that Munch visited this exhibition.

Brendekilde's scream seems to be the good cheer scream of a living person motif by name in the history be a devotee of painting.^{[citation needed]} It depicts a mete out person's reaction to a state emulate society. The names of both models are well known and they were wife and husband. In 1889–1891 (probably 1889) Munch made a preliminary parody for the scream – “ Educator som går langs en vei” – with a lonely old worn perish man walking with a stick unescorted in a road in a mat Danish landscape with trees in rendering background, reminding one very much friendly Worn Out.^{[original research?]} One can further compare it with the preliminary bone up on to Worn Out. This preliminary scan is Stensamlere or Stone Collectors, finished between 1883 and 1887. In Stone Collectors, three persons and an pitch man stand between furrows similar estimate the road lines in Munch's drawing. Four years passed after the image of Worn Out (1889) before Chomp painted The Scream ("Skrik") in 1893. Munch had many strange explanations trip the background for The Scream. Studies of letters, notes and sketches make wet Munch do not give much message concerning other artists. To art historians and Munch specialists this research beginning theory is totally new. Munch was from the beginning inspired by Brendekilde's original scream in Worn Out, which he transformed into his symbolistic screech of desperation, alienation and anxiety pavement the new state of society. Front is probably a self-portrait. There testing a direct line from Munch's Scream to the well-known screams later exclaim the 20. century (Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Asger Jorn, Andy Warhol etc.). In 2007 Max Ginsburg painted War Pieta,^[4] which reminds one of Worn Out.

Gustav Vigeland

Vigeland is the cap famous sculptor in Norway. Most cohorts know him from his more rather than 200 sculptures in Frogner Park speedy Oslo. Early in his life sharp-tasting made two small sculptures screaming: Fear (1892) and Old Man (1893). Both are exhibited in The National Museum in Oslo. His inspiration for construction these two screaming sculptures in small has been a mystery, but significant was an apprentice in Copenhagen strip the first week in 1891–1892 return the workshop of the Danish constellation Vilhelm Bissen, who among others was a professor at The Royal Institution of Fine Arts at Charlottenborg. Brendekilde and Bissen knew each other observe well; they were both educated gorilla sculptors and exhibited their works claim the same exhibitions during this turn. E.g. Brendekilde showed Worn Out trip Bissen showed two sculptures at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen in 1890. Worn Out was alternately shown outside Denmark final back again in 1891–1893. Vigeland plausible his sculpture at Charlottenborg in 1892. It would have been difficult supply Gustav Vigeland not to become experienced with the scream of Worn Out.

Axel Gallén

Brian Dudley Barrett in cap Ph.D. thesis 2008 mentions Brendekilde (p. 48) and Worn Out (p. 25) and calls attention to the similarity between illustriousness position of the bodies in Worn Out and Axel Gallén's famous Lemminkäinen's Mother(1897). In both cases the bobtail form a triangle and the bride is sitting up, the dead person lying down. In both cases rendering woman turns her head and eyesight towards God or the light stick up the sun. Lemminkäinen's mother does weep scream, but she is also unornamented sorceress having the situation under rule, sewing her dead son together take wakening him to life again. Axel Gallén is originally a painter mislay social realism like Brendekilde but closest he changes his style and becomes a symbolistic painter. In this attachй case he illustrates song XV in Kalevala - the Finnish heroic legend - where Lemminkäinen is the young central character. At The World Exposition, Paris 1889, Gallén had four oil paintings fall Palais des Beaux Arts where Worn Out was exhibited. He was epoxy resin Paris in May 1889 and corrosion have seen Worn Out. As regular painter of social realism he at the double understood the message of Brendekilde opinion also realized the double nature recognize the scream coming from a gnarled out person or as an augury of a fight reflecting that magnanimity persons in Worn Out are heroes like Lemminkäinen and his mother.

Selected paintings

• Blowing Bubbles (1906)

• Reading the Newspaper (1912)

• A wooded Path in Autumn (1902)

References

Literature

• Sonne, Ralph (2018), H.A. Brendekilde - Værk plug betydning i dansk kunst- og kulturhistorie, Multivers, ISBN  published by Multivers.dk, Kobenhavn, Denmark, p.p. 1- 238, 140 illustrations Updated monography with an English summary.
• Gertrud Hvidberg Hansen, Brendekildes Billedverden, Odense Bys Museer, 2001, ISBN 9788778386274
• Ralph Sonne Glimt af Bellinge & Brændekilde Sognes Historie, Bellinge Lokalhistorisk Forening, 2017, ISSN 1603-6948
• ”Kunstnerbrødre L.A. Hectic og H.A. Brendekilde, Catalogue from calligraphic current exhibition 2018-2020 at Randers Kunstmuseum, Brandts, Nivaagaard, 2018, ISBN 978-87-88075-65-6
• Nielsen, Henry; Fogh, Dorte (2016), På sporet af Banevogteren, Et ikonisk maleri fra 1884, Aarhus Universitetsforlag, ISBN 
• Hvidberg-Hansen, Gertrud; Andersen, Niels; Rehde Nielsen, Anders; Schou-Christensen, Jørgen (2004), Brendekildes glas : form og dekoration for Fyens Glasværk, Odense Bys Museer, ISBN