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About Sigurd Wandel
Sigurd Wandel (22 February 1875 – 3 June 1947) was a Danish painter who became director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Biography
Wandel was born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of art collector Oscar Andreas Wandel (1845-1925) and painter Elisabeth Wandel (1850–1926). He was the nephew of a naval officer and polar explorer Carl Frederick Wandel (1843–1930).
He was a student of painting both with Kristian Zahrtmann and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1895 to 1904. He also traveled with Zahrtmann to Italy in 1896 before spending a year at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (1896-97).[2] Following closely in Zahrtmann's footsteps, at the beginning of the 20th century, he painted a number of large groups of figures and interiors, mainly consisting of his artist friends and members of his family. His Figurgruppe, selvportræt med familien (Group of Figures, Self-Portrait with the Family), now in the Hirschsprung Collection, earned him the Academy's Medal of the Year in 1908. He also produced a number of notable landscapes.[2]
In 1920, he was selected to serve as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy but this led to a strike by the students who found him too traditional. He nevertheless became a professor in 1920 and the director of the Academy from 1940 to 1043.[1]
Awards
In 1910, Wandel was awarded the Eckersberg Medal.
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Om Sigurd Wandel (Dansk)
Sigurd Wandel (født 22. februar 1875 på Frederiksberg, død 3. juni 1947 i Hellerup) var en dansk maler. Han var søn af Oscar Wandel og maleren Elisabeth Wandel og gift (i sit andet ægteskab) med maleren Marie Wandel.
Hanne Honnens de Lichtenberg skriver: Sigurd Wandel rejste i foråret 1896 sammen med Poul S. Christiansen, hvis rejse blev finansieret af W.s far, til Italien med Zahrtmann. Denne var begejstret for den begavede unge mand, men efter en kritisk udtalelse fra Zahrtmann midt på sommeren, brød W. skuffet op og rejste hjem. Senere på året skrev han dog til Zahrtmann fra Dresden, at han stræbte efter igen at blive elev på skolen. I Dresden kopierede han bl.a. Rembrandt og fortsatte også senere studierne af ældre kunst. W. følte sig livet igennem i gæld til Zahrtmann og erkendte skolens betydning for hans udvikling, men alligevel var han knyttet til Akademiet og Charlottenborg. 1920 blev han valgt blandt en række ansøgere til professoratet ved Akademiet. Det resulterede i vrede og strejke blandt eleverne, der fandt ham alt for traditionel. Det afgørende gennembrud fik W. med en række interiører fra hjemmet, som f.eks. det store gruppebillede fra 1907-08 af kunstneren, der tegner familien. I Interiør fra 1904 skildrer han et mørkt værelse, hvor dagslysets gyldne og blålige farver falder over en sovende kvinde på sengen. I Afteninteriør læser mor og barn i lampelysets skær, mens et senere interiør viser et par børn, der leger på gulvet i sollyset fra vinduerne. W.s sikre fornemmelse for komposition og en fast opbygget form prægede også hans portrætter...
Sigurd Wandel's Timeline
1875 |
February 22, 1875
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Frederiksberg, Denmark
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1904 |
November 29, 1904
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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1947 |
June 3, 1947
Age 72
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Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hellerup Cemetery, Hellerup, Denmark
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