The Skovgaard Museum is an art museum in

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. It is situated in the former town hall from 1728 next to

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and holds a collection of works by four generations of the Skovgaard family of artists.

The Permanent Collection

The main feature of the permanent collection is the work of the members of the Skovgaard family. Peter Christian Skovgaard (1817–1875) was the principal representative of national romantic

landscapes A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

of the Golden Age of Danish painting. P. C. Skovgaard married

Georgia Skovgaard Georgia Maria Luise Schouw-Skovgaard born Georgia Maria Luise Schouw (1828–1868) was a Danish embroiderer who is remembered above all for works depicting Danish flora, many of which were based on the artwork of her husband, the Danish Golden Age ...

(1828-1868). Their sons,

Joakim Skovgaard Joakim Frederik Skovgaard (18 November 1856 – 9 March 1933) was a Danish painter. He is remembered above all for the frescos which decorate Viborg Cathedral. Biography Born in Copenhagen, from an early age he was trained in drawing and paintin ...

(1856–1933) created the

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decorations in Viborg Cathedral and Niels Skovgaard (1858–1938) also worked with landscape painting. However, their work is characterized rather by

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and burgeoning

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. The collection holds exquisite examples of landscape painting as well as religious and mythological subjects. The circle of artists surrounding the Skovgaard family is also represented in the museum's collections, with works by, among others, renowned Danish artists Niels Larsen Stevns, Viggo Petersen and

Thorvald Bindesbøll Thorvald Bindesbøll (21 July 1846 – 27 August 1908) was a Denmark, Danish National romantic architect, sculptor and ornamental artist. He designed the Dragon Fountain, Copenhagen (''Dragespringvandet'') and is perhaps best known as the cre ...

Exhibitions

The Skovgaard Museum shows three to four temporary exhibitions a year, ranging from art from the beginning of the nineteenth century to contemporary art. The permanent collection is on display all year round.

References

Other sources

*Anne-Mette Villumsen, Camilla Lisby Boesen (2012) ''Historien om et museum : Skovgaard Museet 1937-2012'' (Skovgaard Museet)

External links

Skovgaard Museum Official site
{{Authority control Art museums and galleries in Denmark Buildings and structures in Viborg Municipality Museums in the Central Denmark Region