The collection at Kunstmuseum Brandts encompasses 250 years of Danish art history. Here, we present the best from our archives alongside significant new acquisitions.
The works in the exhibition reflect changing artistic views over time. The Golden Age painters sought beauty in the ruins of ancient Rome. The social realist H.A. Brendekilde made Danish history with his poignant monument to the worn-out farm worker who collapsed in the field. Concrete artists celebrated abstraction as a free space and cultivated the clear language of color and form. Through a chronological presentation of the collection's most significant periods, the exhibition shows how artists throughout time have attempted to navigate a complex reality.
Classics such as Jens Juel, H.A. Brendekilde, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and Anna Ancher are displayed side by side with artists like Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann and Agnes Slott-Møller, who have only recently taken their rightful place in art history. The modern collection includes fine works by Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Ebba Carstensen, Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Asger Jorn, Poul Gernes, Per Kirkeby, and Kirsten Lockenwitz. The exhibition also presents a selection of the museum's new acquisitions, including contemporary artworks by Nina Beier, Rasmus Myrup, Kamil Dossar, and Miriam Kongstad.
The exhibition of works from the collection extends to the museum's ground floor, where you can become acquainted with sculptures and plaster casts from significant historical periods. The selection includes a few international names and ranges from Myron's "Discobolus" to Gerhard Henning's iconic female figure "Danaë." The human body is a recurring motif in most sculptures, showcasing changing body ideals and depictions of men and women over time. It is striking how Michelangelo's sculpture "The Dying Slave" eroticizes the male slave by portraying him in a traditionally female pose.
Contemporary sculpture is represented by Amalie Jakobsen's nearly three-meter-high work "Future Rock," which is part of the museum's new acquisitions.
The Collection
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