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{{Short description|Danish artist}}
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'''Carl Vilhelm Holsøe''' (12 March 1863 – 7 November 1935) was a Danish artist who primarily painted interiors.
'''Carl Vilhelm Holsøe''' ([[Aarhus]], 12 March 1863 – [[Asserbo]], 7 November 1935) was a Danish artist who primarily painted interiors.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Holsøe was born in [[Aarhus]]. His father was the architect N. P. C. Holsøe; his brother [[Niels Holsøe]] was also a painter. He studied at the [[Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts]] in Copenhagen in 1882–84 and then at the [[Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler]] under [[Peder Severin Krøyer]].<ref name=Weilbach>Vera Rasmussen, [https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=92&wsektion=alle "Carl Holsøe"], ''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'', 4th ed. online (1994), {{da icon}}.</ref> He visited Italy, first in 1897.<ref name=Weilbach/>
Holsøe was born in [[Aarhus]]. His father was the architect [[N.P.C. Holsøe]]; his younger brother [[Niels Holsøe]] was also a painter. He studied at the [[Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts]] in Copenhagen in 1882–84 and then at the [[Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler]] under [[Peder Severin Krøyer]].<ref name=Weilbach>Vera Rasmussen, [https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=92&wsektion=alle "Carl Holsøe"], ''[[Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon]]'', 4th ed. online (1994), {{in lang|da}}.</ref><ref name=SD>Merete Bodelsen, [http://www.denstoredanske.dk/index.php?sideId=291515 "Carl Holsøe"], ''[[Dansk Biografisk Leksikon]]'', 3rd ed. (1979–84), online at ''[[Den Store Danske]]'', {{in lang|da}}; [https://archive.today/20121217180833/http://www.denstoredanske.dk/index.php?title=Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Billedkunst/Maler/Carl_Hols%C3%B8e archived] at the [[Wayback Machine]], 17 December 2012.</ref> He received several stipends from the academy, in one instance visiting Italy in 1897.<ref name=Weilbach/><ref name=SD/>


He made his début at the 1886 Charlottenborg December Exhibition with ''Interior'', which [[Karl Madsen]] described as "hav[ing] almost the character of a manifesto".<ref name=SD/> From 1888 to 1910 and from 1922 to 1933 he showed works in the [[Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition]], and in 1909 and 1914 in the Autumn Exhibition. He participated in the Association for National Art Exhibitions and was a member of the board of the [[Kunstforeningen]] from 1902 to 1905 and from 1909 to 1911.<ref name=SD/> He was twice awarded the academy's annual medal, now the [[Eckersberg Medal]], in 1901 (for ''Interior'') and in 1908 (for ''Evening''), also being made a member of the academy assembly. In 1891 he won a gold medal in [[Munich]].<ref name=SD/>
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He was a friend of [[Vilhelm Hammershøi]], who painted him together with his brother [[Svend Hammershøi]], [[Jens Ferdinand Willumsen]], [[Karl Madsen]] and [[Thorvald Bindesbøll]] in his ''Five Portraits''.


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Holsøe was a friend of [[Vilhelm Hammershøi]], whom he met at the Frie Studieskoler and who depicted him together with his brother [[Svend Hammershøi]], [[Jens Ferdinand Willumsen]], Madsen and [[Thorvald Bindesbøll]] in his ''Five Portraits''.
He lived for many years in the [[Frederiks Hospital]] in Copenhagen. He died in [[Asserbo]], in [[North Zealand]], and is buried in [[Vinderød]] churchyard. He married Emilie Heise in 1894; she died in 1930. On 21 October 1935, shortly before his death, he married Ingeborg Margrethe Knudsen,<ref name=Weilbach/> a long-time model of his.

<!-- He lived for many years in the [[Frederiks Hospital]] in Copenhagen. -->He died in [[Asserbo]], in [[North Zealand]], and is buried in [[Vinderød]] churchyard. In 1894 he married Emilie Heise, who was his most frequent model;<ref>Patricia G. Berman, ''Danish paintings of the nineteenth century from the collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr.'', exhibition catalogue, Greenwich, Connecticut: [[Bruce Museum of Arts and Science]], 2004, {{ISBN|9780972073691}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vXRHAQAAIAAJ&q=+In+this+painting%2C+dated+after+1886%2C+we+see+Holsoe%27s+favorite+and+most+frequent+model%2C+his+wife+Emily%2C+setting+the+table+i p.&nbsp;62].</ref><ref>Elisabeth Fabritius, ''The Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Danish Art Collection'', New York: J. L. Loeb, 2005, {{ISBN|9780976204305}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=fg_rAAAAMAAJ&q=+charm+of+soft+indirect+light+in+an+interior+household+setting+never+failed+to+intrigue+Carl+Holsoe+X+...+Holsoe.+We+see+Holsee%27s+wife%2C+Emily+Heise%2C+his+favorite+and+most+frequent+model%2C+setting+the+table+sometime+after+1886+in+their p.&nbsp;145].</ref> she died in 1930. On 21 October 1935, shortly before his death, he married Ingeborg Margrethe Knudsen.<ref name=Weilbach/><ref name=SD/> <!-- also a model of his. -->


==Works==
==Works==
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[[File:Vilhelm Hammershøi, Fem-portrætt-1901.jpg|left|thumb|300x300px|[[Vilhelm Hammershøi]], ''Five Portraits'' (1901–02): left to right, [[Thorvald Bindesbøll]], [[Svend Hammershøi]] (foreground, with pipe), [[Karl Madsen]], [[Jens Ferdinand Willumsen]], Holsøe]]
Holsøe's paintings include landscapes, still lifes and flowers, but like Hammershøi he primarily painted interior scenes.<ref name=Weilbach/> They are peopled with individuals and small groups, but Holsøe's works have tended to be overshadowed by Hammershøi's because his focus seems to be more on the furnishings and his works lack the latter's subtle coloration, characterisation and atmosphere.<ref name=Weilbach/> His paintings have been forged (with difficulty).
Holsøe's paintings include landscapes, still lifes and flowers, but like Hammershøi he primarily painted domestic interior scenes;<ref name="Weilbach" /> they undoubtedly influenced each other, but it is impossible to know who first gravitated towards this subject.<ref name="SD" /> It was in general increasingly popular among Danish painters as the country became more industrial, with implications of refuge and restoration from professional life and the city.<ref>Patricia G. Berman, ''In Another Light: Danish Painting in the Nineteenth Century'', New York: Vendome, 2007, {{ISBN|9780865651814}}, p.&nbsp;244.</ref>


Holsøe's works have come to be overshadowed by Hammershøi's: his coloration is less subtle and although there are characteristically one or sometimes a small group of figures, Holsøe's work is less innovative and unemotional by comparison with Hammershøi's [[expressionism]].<ref name="Weilbach" /><ref name="SD" /><ref>Mikael Wivel, ''Dansk kunst i det 20. århundrede'', Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2008, {{ISBN|9788702029857}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p5t62Lo0L-IC&q=Hols%C3%B8e&pg=PA70 p.&nbsp;62], {{in lang|da}}: "[Hammershøi] was far from the only one in this country who was painting Dutch-inspired interiors—his brother-in-law [[Peter Ilsted]] and his friend Carl Holsøe were likewise more than merely capable. But he was the only one to do it with fresh eyes."</ref> In his mastery of form and enjoyment of the beauty of things—characteristically high-ceilinged rooms with mahogany furniture—he has been compared to the Dutch masters.<ref name="Weilbach" /><ref name="SD" /> His paintings have been forged (with difficulty).
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[[File:Vilhelm Hammershøi - Fem Portrætter, 1901-02.jpg|left|thumb|500px|[[Vilhelm Hammershøi]], ''Five Portraits'': [[Thorvald Bindesbøll]], [[Karl Madsen]], [[Jens Ferdinand Willumsen]], Holsøe, [[Svend Hammershøi]]]]

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==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:55, 31 August 2024

Self-portrait by Carl Holsøe, c. 1920
Waiting by the Window

Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (Aarhus, 12 March 1863 – Asserbo, 7 November 1935) was a Danish artist who primarily painted interiors.

Life and career

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Holsøe was born in Aarhus. His father was the architect N.P.C. Holsøe; his younger brother Niels Holsøe was also a painter. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1882–84 and then at the Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler under Peder Severin Krøyer.[1][2] He received several stipends from the academy, in one instance visiting Italy in 1897.[1][2]

He made his début at the 1886 Charlottenborg December Exhibition with Interior, which Karl Madsen described as "hav[ing] almost the character of a manifesto".[2] From 1888 to 1910 and from 1922 to 1933 he showed works in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, and in 1909 and 1914 in the Autumn Exhibition. He participated in the Association for National Art Exhibitions and was a member of the board of the Kunstforeningen from 1902 to 1905 and from 1909 to 1911.[2] He was twice awarded the academy's annual medal, now the Eckersberg Medal, in 1901 (for Interior) and in 1908 (for Evening), also being made a member of the academy assembly. In 1891 he won a gold medal in Munich.[2]

Holsøe was a friend of Vilhelm Hammershøi, whom he met at the Frie Studieskoler and who depicted him together with his brother Svend Hammershøi, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Madsen and Thorvald Bindesbøll in his Five Portraits.

He died in Asserbo, in North Zealand, and is buried in Vinderød churchyard. In 1894 he married Emilie Heise, who was his most frequent model;[3][4] she died in 1930. On 21 October 1935, shortly before his death, he married Ingeborg Margrethe Knudsen.[1][2]

Works

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Vilhelm Hammershøi, Five Portraits (1901–02): left to right, Thorvald Bindesbøll, Svend Hammershøi (foreground, with pipe), Karl Madsen, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Holsøe

Holsøe's paintings include landscapes, still lifes and flowers, but like Hammershøi he primarily painted domestic interior scenes;[1] they undoubtedly influenced each other, but it is impossible to know who first gravitated towards this subject.[2] It was in general increasingly popular among Danish painters as the country became more industrial, with implications of refuge and restoration from professional life and the city.[5]

Holsøe's works have come to be overshadowed by Hammershøi's: his coloration is less subtle and although there are characteristically one or sometimes a small group of figures, Holsøe's work is less innovative and unemotional by comparison with Hammershøi's expressionism.[1][2][6] In his mastery of form and enjoyment of the beauty of things—characteristically high-ceilinged rooms with mahogany furniture—he has been compared to the Dutch masters.[1][2] His paintings have been forged (with difficulty).

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Vera Rasmussen, "Carl Holsøe", Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon, 4th ed. online (1994), (in Danish).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Merete Bodelsen, "Carl Holsøe", Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd ed. (1979–84), online at Den Store Danske, (in Danish); archived at the Wayback Machine, 17 December 2012.
  3. ^ Patricia G. Berman, Danish paintings of the nineteenth century from the collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., exhibition catalogue, Greenwich, Connecticut: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2004, ISBN 9780972073691, p. 62.
  4. ^ Elisabeth Fabritius, The Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Danish Art Collection, New York: J. L. Loeb, 2005, ISBN 9780976204305, p. 145.
  5. ^ Patricia G. Berman, In Another Light: Danish Painting in the Nineteenth Century, New York: Vendome, 2007, ISBN 9780865651814, p. 244.
  6. ^ Mikael Wivel, Dansk kunst i det 20. århundrede, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2008, ISBN 9788702029857, p. 62, (in Danish): "[Hammershøi] was far from the only one in this country who was painting Dutch-inspired interiors—his brother-in-law Peter Ilsted and his friend Carl Holsøe were likewise more than merely capable. But he was the only one to do it with fresh eyes."
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