Kasper Monrad

Statens Museum for Kunst & Waanders Rijksmuseum

Katalog og bogværk udgivet i forbindelse med udstillingen Dansk Guldålder på Nationalmuseum Stockholm (28. februar – 21. juli 2019) og Dansk guldalder. Verdenskunst mellem to katastrofer på SMK (24. august- 8. december 2019) inkl. fuld værkfortegnelse. Værket består af 20 artikler forfattet af fremtrædende svenske og danske kunsthistoriker, der her fremlægger de senere års reviderede og kritiske forskning i en af de mest populære perioder i dansk kunst. Forskningen suppleres med viden og indsigter opstået i den redaktionelle og kuratoriske proces omkring både bog og udstilling i Stockholm og København. Således indledes bogen med en omfattende oversigtsartikel om perioden af Karina Lykke Grand (AU), hvor den traditionelle, mere idealiserende fortælling og de tematiseringer, man typiske præsenteres for (”Det nye borgerskab”, ”Kunstakademiet”, ”Familieliv” mm.) uddybes og udfordres af en række nye læsninger og perspektiver. De øvrige artikler i bogen behandler og uddyber de problemstillinger, hovedartiklen opridser, og naturligvis også de temaer, man præsenteres for i udstillingen. Periodens udstrækning bliver diskuteret, men også hidtil underbelyste emner i kunsthistorien som tidens kvindelige kunstnere, kolonialisme, resultater af den helt nye tekniske kunsthistorie, den demokratiske revolution, nationalisme vs. internationalisme, teknologi, skandinavismen og de danske kunstnere i Sverige. Ikke mindst er der fokus på de mange kunstnere, der har været skrevet ud af den vedtagne kanon, ikke af kvalitetsmæssige, men af dybest set real- eller identitetspolitiske årsager. Bogen har som udstillingen en art kronologisk-rumlig opbygning, så man følger kunstens faglige udvikling og geografiske bevægelser mellem 1800 og 1860. En udvikling som selvfølgelig ikke kan betragtes isoleret, som kunsthistorien nok har haft tilbøjelighed til, men skal forstås som tæt sammenvævet med en lang række samfundsmæssige forhold og forandringer. Derudover finder man et forord ved NM’s og SMK’s museumsdirektører, en kuratorisk introduktion til udstillings-samarbejdet samt et appendiks med værkfortegnelse, omfattende bibliografi og fyldige kunstnerbiografier over de udstillende kunstnere, Bogen er rigt illustreret med ca. 350 billeder og fotografier.****** ’Et mirakel af et katalog’ Berlingske***** ’Nuanceret og indsigtsfuldt’ Kristeligt Dagblad???? ’De 278 værker er smukt gengivet’ Politiken

The catalogue was published in connection with the exhibition The Danish Golden Age World-Class Art Between Disasters at The National at National Museum Stockholm (28th February - 21st July 2019) and the National Gallery of Denmark (24th August - 8th December 2019). The catalogue includes 20 articles by prominent Swedish and Danish art historians, who present the most recent academic research on one of the most popular eras in Danish art history. The research is supplemented with knowledge and insight gained in the editorial and curatorial process of both the book and the exhibition in Stockholm and Copenhagen. Thus, the book is introduced by a comprehensive overview article about the period by Karina Lykke Grand (University of Aarhus), which elaborates on the traditional, more idealised, narrative and the thematics that are typically presented in connection to the Danish Golden Age. Family life, citizenship, the Danish Art Academy, etc. are elaborated and challenged by various new readings and perspectives. How far the Danish Golden Age stretches is discussed, as well as, more undiscussed topics in art history, such as the female artists of the Danish Golden Age, colonialism the results of the new technical art history, the democratic revolution, nationalism versus internationalism, technology, Scandinavianism and Danish artists in Sweden. In addition, the catalogue focuses on the many artists who have been written out of the approved canon, not for lack of quality, but for reasons of realpolitik or identity politics. The catalogue, as well as the exhibition, has a chronological-spacial set up so that we follow the technical development and geographic movement between 1800 and 1860. This development can of course not be considered isolated, like art history has been inclined to do, but must be understood as closely interwoven with a wide range of societal conditions and changes. The catalogue is richly illustrated with approximately 350 paintings and photographies

This volume illustrates the development of art in Central Europe from 1830 – 1860 – a period which begins in the age of Biedermeier but extends well beyond it. It shows by means of a selection of representative works how art at this time developed independently and was not restricted to the historical Biedermeier era. DESCRIPTION “Is that Biedermeier?”, we often ask of pictures which date from the same period but do not look typically Biedermeier. The publication concentrates on these works in particular by showi ng the wide range of painting in the years between 1830 – 1860 through portraits, landscapes and genre pictures. The main focus lies on Austrian painters like Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt and Friedrich von Amerling, together with artists from N orthern Italy, Hungary, Bohemia and Slovenia including Giuseppe Tominz, József Borsos, Bedrich Havránek and Francesco Hayez. There are also references to the changes in style in furniture production at that time, which also demonstrated a remarkable divers ity.

Vilhelm Hammershøis raffinerede kunst har længe været højt værdsat blandt kunst-forskere og -kritikere. I de seneste år har kunstneren også vundet stor anerkendelse hos et bredt internationalt publikum. Denne bog præsenterer 24 udvalgte værker fra en af verdens væsentligste Hammershøi-samlinger: samlingen på Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK). De udvalgte malerier dækker hele spændvidden i Hammershøis arbejde, herunder de interiørbilleder, der gav kunstneren tilnavnet ”de stille stuers maler”. Her finder man eksempler på de fire hovedgenrer i Hammershøis værk: forenklede landskabsbilleder, mennesketomme byer, portrætter og skrabede, solbeskinnede interiører. Tilsammen giver de et intimt indblik i malerens liv og uudgrundelige kunst. Kataloget fokuserer på udstillingens 24 værker, der er udlånt fra SMK’s omfattende Hammershøi-samling og indeholder desuden et introducerende forord v. Mikkel Bogh, artikel af Kasper Monrad, digte af Naja Marie Aidt og Sophus Claussen samt 24 billedtavler i helsidetryk og en komplet, illustreret oversigt over SMK’s Hammershøi-samling. Kataloget har både dansk og engelsk tekst. The Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi’s exquisite art has long captivated scholars and critics, and his international popularity has grown rapidly in recent years. This book features a selection of 24 paintings from one of the most important Hammershøi-collections in the world: the collection of SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark. The paintings cover many aspects of Hammershøi’s body of work, including several of the tranquil interiors that earned him the title “de stille stuers maler” (the painter of quiet rooms). The selection is representative of Hammershøi’s four main genres: reduced landscapes, unpopulated cityscapes, portraits, and spare, sunlight infused interiors – offering an intimate look into his life and enigmatic art. This catalogue focuses on the 24 pieces from the Hammershøi-collection at SMK and includes a foreword by Mikkel Bogh, an article by Kasper Monrad, poems by Naja Marie Aidt and Sophus Claussen, 24 full paged pictures and a complete list of Hammershøi’s work in the collection of SMK. The catalogue contains both Danish and English text.

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) stands among the most important artists of Danish art history. While working in Rome around 1815, he created the basis for an entire epoch in Danish art: the so-called Golden Age. Eckersberg’s art combines dual traits: great precision in the depiction of every detail as well as a desire to show his subjects to their best advantage. He disregarded the accidental and the ugly. And he would often adjust and “improve” his subjects. Eckersberg paved the way for modern painting. Without the understated transition away from classical history painting to studies of nature’s essential forms effected by him and other artists such as J.A.D. Ingres, later artists like Paul Cézanne or Edvard Weie would not have had the same starting point for their work with the picture plane, nor for their poetic liberation of colour itself. In his own day, Eckersberg struck a highly successful balance between fundamental respect for the actual visual appearance of the physical world and a keen sense for the formal architecture of paintings. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg offers insight into the artist’s life and career while also considering his work within the framework of the international art scene of his day. Instead of providing a conventionally slavish chronological account of his life, the book sheds new light on his art by exploring five central themes: views of nature, portraying people, the human body, storytelling and image construction. Written by a range of leading experts on Eckersberg’s art, this book is published to coincide with the SMK exhibition Eckersberg - A Beautiful Lie.

This generously illustrated volume examines Hammershoi's work as a whole and in relation to the artists of his generation. Hammershoi's enigmatic paintings, with their rich and muted palettes, have always enjoyed enormous popularity in Scandinavia, and recently his work has received renewed attention across the globe. Thematically arranged, this volume includes beautiful reproductions and essays that focus on Hammershoi's isolated private life and travels; his time in London and Germany; and comparisons between him and such notable painters as Seurat, Gauguin, and Whistler. Fans of this remarkable painter, and anyone interested in modern art, will enjoy this celebration of Hammershoi as a part of the pantheon of great European painters.