Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another successful virtual tour of a museum. On Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 12:34 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Friday a week ago, I had a few hours free in Copenhagen before I had to > head to the airport for my flight home. I decided to spend part of this > time in one of Denmark?s great art institutions, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. > The founder of the Carlsberg brewery, Carl Jacobsen, was an avid art > collector and he set up the original museum next to the brewery, on the > outskirts of the centre of Copenhagen, in 1882. In 1888 he donated his > entire art collection to the Danish state, and a new home for it was built > right in the centre of the city, 5 minutes walk from City Hall and > Tivoli?hence the name ?Ny? (?new?) Carlsberg Glyptotek. It opened in 1897. > The original building is still the main building, but several additions > have been built over the years. > > The collection of the museum ranges from Egyptian, Greek and Roman > antiquities to modern art, with a heavy emphasis on French art, including > sculpture by Rodin, Impressionist paintings etc. But I went there to see > two special exhibitions, one of works by French painter Suzanne Valadon > (1865-1938) who had considerable commercial success during her lifetime but > had been somewhat neglected in recent decades, something that this > exhibition was designed to rectify, and it does so very successfully. The > other exhibition was by Danish sculptor Anne-Marie Carl Nielsen > (1863-1945), wife of composer Carl Nielsen but a great artist in her own > right. She too was successful during her life, and several works by her are > part of the urban landscapes of Denmark, including the statue of King > Christian IX on horseback on the square behind Christiansborg, home of > Denmark?s parliament. > > So I invite you to look at some magnificent art in a magnificent location: > https://www.greatpix.eu/Visit-to-Ny-Carlsberg-Glyptotek/ > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information