Jens Martin Victor Lund (18 November 1871,

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– 10 June 1924,

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) was a Danish painter, designer and graphic artist.

Studies

His father was a cabinetmaker for the Royal Court. He left school in 1886, after the loss of both of his parents left him with a nervous ailment, and became a student of the painter, . Although he also studied

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and law, he eventually decided to focus on art as a career. He was married in 1893 to the daughter of a local

catechist Catechesis (; from Greek language, Greek: , "instruction by word of mouth", generally "instruction") is basic Christian religious education of children and adults, often from a catechism book. It started as education of Conversion to Christia ...

.Jens Lund
Vejen Kunstmuseum He spent a year working with Jens Jensen-Egeberg, but his greatest inspiration came during a stay in Paris from 1896 to 1899, when he studied at the

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

with

Tony Robert-Fleury Tony Robert-Fleury (1 September 18378 December 1911) was a French painter, known primarily for historical scenes. He was also a prominent art teacher, with many famous artists among his students. Biography He was born just outside Paris, and st ...

and became acquainted with his fellow Danish artists, Rudolph Tegner, Johannes Holbek and

Niels Hansen Jacobsen Niels Hansen Jacobsen (September 10, 1861 – November 26, 1941) was a Denmark, Danish Sculpture, sculptor and ceramist. He is most famous for creating the once controversial sculpture, ''Trold, der vejrer kristenblod''. The name of the statu ...

.Jens Lund
Kunstindeks Danmark/Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon This was followed by a long series of travels; many in the company of Tegner. His trips included Italy (1901-1903 and 1905-1907), Greece (1902), Spain and Morocco (1905), Bruges (1909) and

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(1910). Throughout his work, he attempted to forge a connection between writing and graphic expression; publishing two works with text to advance his goal: ''Livets Skov'' (1901) and ''Forvandlede Blomster'' (1899).

Asger Jorn Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. The largest collection of Jorn's works� ...

considered some of his early works to be forerunners of

Surrealism Surrealism is an art movement, art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike s ...

. His later works were more naturalistic. In an unpublished memoir, ''Mindet og Nuet'' (1921), he described the life of the Danish art community in Paris and their attraction to

Symbolism Symbolism or symbolist may refer to: *Symbol, any object or sign that represents an idea Arts *Artistic symbol, an element of a literary, visual, or other work of art that represents an idea ** Color symbolism, the use of colors within various c ...

and

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

. He was president of the Graphic Arts Society from 1921 until his death. Among his numerous book illustrations are those for ''

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'' by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

, '' Bruges-la-Morte'' by

Georges Rodenbach Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach (16 July 1855 – 25 December 1898) was a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist. Biography Georges Rodenbach was born in Tournai to a French mother and a German father from the Rhineland (Andernach). He w ...

(translated by Lund and his wife) and ''

Les Fleurs du Mal ''Les Fleurs du mal'' (; ) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. ''Les Fleurs du mal'' includes nearly all Baudelaire's poetry, written from 1840 until his death in August 1867. First published in 1857, it was important in the ...

'' by

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics ...

Gallery

Jacobs Syn 1900 by Jens Lund.jpg, ''Jacobs Syn'' (1900) Mon âme voltige sur les parfums... 1901 by Jens Lund.jpg, Illustration from
''Les Fleurs du Mal'' (1901) Afrodite 1905 by Jens Lund.jpg, ''Aphrodite'' (1905) Prinsessen 1906 by Jens Lund.jpg, ''Princess'' (1906) Adam 1912 by Jens Lund.jpg, ''Adam'' (1912)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Jens 1871 births 1924 deaths 19th-century Danish painters Danish male painters 20th-century Danish painters 20th-century Danish illustrators Artists from Copenhagen Symbolist painters Art Nouveau painters 19th-century Danish male artists 20th-century Danish male artists