Part 5

We did do a bit of crisscrossing, but we had to get to VEJEN and the Art Museum there. Well, it turned out to be a ‘find’ as it was home to the work of sculptor Neils Hansen Jacobsen.

Militarismen by Neils Hansen Jacobsen, 1898-99

Of course, the museum was having its grounds renovated. That actually made an interesting landscape for some of Jacobsen’s sculptures.

 

But inside was calm. Neils Hansen Jacobsen (1861-1941) was born and raised in Vejen before going off to the Royal Academy in Copenhagen. He married and settled in Paris in 1892, before returning to Denmark after his wife died. NHJ and his second wife built this museum, as well as a residence and studio.

Mermaids creating a maelstrom, 1927

The First Blush of Dawn, 1898-1902

An Unknown Star, 1895

There was the work of others on display:

The Pillar from Sodom by Siegfried Wagner, 1905

Portrait of a Spanish Gypsy by Edith Willumsen, 1911

 Portrait of a Woman by Harald Slott-Moller 

 Portaet af maleren Elise Konstantin-Hansen by Susette Catherine Holten Dkovgaard, 1897

A Barbarian by Carl Johan Bonnessen, 1891

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VEIJLE was our last stop before heading to Copenhagen. The Art Museum our destination. We had time to find a few pieces of Kunst around town:

Gert Nielsen, 1990

Ole Christensen Kvindelig Dobbeltslange by Bjørn Nørgaard, 1986-87

Holiday on Ice by Christian Lemmerz, 2007-08

Another good one, it featured many of the Danish painters we had become acquainted with, plus a few more:

Mozart by Henry Heerup, 1942

Stok til H.C. Anderson by Henry Heerup, 1955

Stok til 'Hejertets ensomhed' by Henry Heerup

Henry at work.

Paatraengende Vaesener, hvis Existensberet-tigelse bevises ved derers Existens by Asger Jørn, 1939

Titel ubekendt by Ejler Bille, 1938

Opus II nr 22 by Richard Mortensen, 1943

Titel ubekendt by Carl-Henning Pedersen

Komposition, Bjergtinder by Else Alfelt, 1943

Bybillede by Egill Jacobsen, 1937

Bolger i Moll by Svavar Gudnason, 1943

 Vintereftermiddag by Oluf Host, 1951

Fuglebedyret brystbensskulptur by John Olsen, 1993

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On to Copenhagen:

See DENMARK MEANS ART - Part 6