Albert Edvard Wang (1 September 1864 - 19 December 1930) was a
Danish landscape painter.
History
Wang was born on 1 September 1864 in
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of the Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 64,418 (1 January 2025) and the municipality's population is 97,921 (), making it the List of cities and ...
, the son of merchant Søren Monberg Wang and Ane Cathrine Borg. He completed an apprenticeship as a building painter in his home town in 1882 but aspired to become an artist. He therefore enrolled at the
Artists' Independent Art Schools in Copenhagen where he studied under
Peder Severin Krøyer
Peder Severin Krøyer (; 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909), also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter.
Life
Growing up and early training
Krøyer was born in Stavanger, Norway, on 23 July 1851 to a single mother, Ellen Cecilie Gjes ...
and
Kristian Zahrtmann
Peder Henrik Kristian Zahrtmann, known as Kristian Zahrtmann, (31 March 1843 – 22 June 1917) was a Danish painter. He was a part of the Danish artistic generation in the late 19th century, along with Peder Severin Krøyer and Theodor Philipsen, ...
in 1886–1889.
Career
Landscape painting
Wang specialized in landscape painting and painted his way through most of Denmark, although the countryside between Horsens and
Juelsminde and
North Zealand
North Zealand, also North Sealand (), refers to the northeastern part of the Danish island of Zealand. The Danish tourist authorities have recently introduced the term Danish Riviera to cover the area in view of its increasing importance for to ...
feature most prominently in his work. He has also painted in Norway.
Wang was represented on many exhibitions, including the
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (''Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling'') is an annual art exhibition in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The event is held at the Charlottenborg Exhibition Building (''Kunsthal Charlottenborg'').
Kunsthal Cha ...
s between 1889 and 1911.
Åpstcards
Wang was one of Denmark's first artists to collaborate with publishers of postcards. They include a series of wide cartoons with romantic landscapes from most parts of Denmark. Most of the real postcards date from the period between 1898 and 1910 and were printed with the text "Hilsen fra Danmark" ("Greetings from Denmark").
Personal life
Wang blev married Katrine Linca Jørgensen on 6 May 1892 in Copenhagen. They lived in
Hellerup
Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compr ...
and also owned a summer house in
Rågeleje
Rågeleje is a former fishing village and popular tourist resort on the north coast of Zealand, midway between Gilleleje and Tisvildeleje, some 50 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 2024, it had a population of 700.
History The fishing vi ...
from the early 1910s.
Wang died on 19 December 1930 in Hellerup and is buried at the
Cemetery of Holmen.
References
External links
Albert Wangat
Kunstindeks Danmark
''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'' (English: ''Weilbach's Biographical Dictionary of Artists'') is a Danish biographical dictionary of artists and architects. The current edition, which is also freely accessible online, contains the biographies of some ...
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19th-century Danish painters
20th-century Danish painters
Postcard artists
People from Horsens
Burials at Holmen Cemetery
1864 births
1930 deaths
Emigrants from Austria-Hungary
Immigrants to Denmark