Horsens Kunstmuseum description and photos - Denmark: Horsens (Topic)

Horsens Kunstmuseum description and photos - Denmark: Horsens. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Horsens Kunstmuseum.

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The Museum of Fine Arts is located in picturesque Lunden Park, just 400 meters from Horsens town center. It was opened in 1906 and is dedicated to contemporary art. Special attention is paid to the work of Mikael Kvium - the largest Danish artist of our time and a native of Horsens.

Initially, the museum was located in a modest building of the city technical school, but in 1915 it moved to a new modern building, specially built for this purpose. The money for the construction was donated by the famous aviator Theodor Loewenstein, who loved art. Now this elegant one-story building houses the Museum of Urban History. It is located in the same Lunden Park as the Museum of Fine Arts, only closer to the city center. The Horsens Museum previously combined both of these collections, but since 1984 there has been a division into the Urban History Museum and the Fine Arts Museum. It is worth noting that Lunden Park, on the territory of which both museums are located, was established back in 1843.

At the moment, the Museum of Fine Arts is located in an elegant pavilion, built simultaneously with the park, but greatly rebuilt at the end of XX century and the beginning of the XXI century. The building consists of two floors and is distinguished by spacious, bright rooms and an elegant balcony.

Among the museum collections, the works of Mikael Quium, a supporter of a realistic direction in art, which sometimes even go beyond the grotesque, stand out. Also worth noting is the monumental painting "Wall of People" located opposite the main entrance to the museum. It belongs to another contemporary artist - Bjorn Norgaard. However, the museum exhibits older paintings, including those made during the golden age of Danish art (early 19th century). The Horsens Museum of Fine Arts is still well represented by Danish modernists from the 1940s and 1960s. A separate collection is dedicated to foreign contemporary art.

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