Funen's Art Museum
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Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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The museum, one of Denmark's oldest art museums, is located in a Classical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
, stately building on Jernbanegade. The building has a characteristic temple gable and a decorated frieze
Frieze
thumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon...
with scenes from Denmark's history
History of Denmark
The history of Denmark dates back about 12,000 years, to the end of the last ice age, with the earliest evidence of human inhabitation. The Danes were first documented in written sources around 500 AD, including in the writings of Jordanes and Procopius. With the Christianization of the Danes c...
and Norse mythology
Norse mythology
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The museum was founded as a mini version of Nationalgalleriets (later the Statens Museum for Kunst
Statens Museum for Kunst
Statens Museum for Kunst is the Danish national gallery located in Copenhagen....
) and holds a wide range of works by important Danish artists. The older section contains amongst other things principal works by Jens Juel
Jens Juel
Jens Juel is the name of:*Jens Juel , Danish diplomat*Jens Juel , Danish painter...
, Dankvart Dreyer
Dankvart Dreyer
Dankvart Dreyer was a Danish landscape painter of the Copenhagen School of painters who was educated under the guidance of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg...
, P.S. Krøyer and H.A. Brendekilde. There are also works by Harald Giersing
Harald Giersing
Harald Giersing , a Danish painter, was instrumental in developing the classic modernism movement in Denmark around 1910-1920...
, Vilhelm Lundstrøm
Vilhelm Lundstrøm
Vilhelm Lundstrøm was one of Denmark's most successful modernist painters. It was he who introduced French cubism to Denmark.He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Art where he studied under Rostrup Böyesen....
, Olaf Rude
Olaf Rude
Olaf Rude was a Danish painter who was born in Estonia. As a child, he moved with his family to Frejlev on the island of Lolland. He is remembered in particular for his paintings of oak trees at Skejten on Lolland, two of which can be seen at Christiansborg.In 1905, he studied at the Copenhagen...
og Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen. The museum specializes particularly in concrete and Constructivist
Constructivism (art)
Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, which was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had a great effect on modern art movements of the 20th...
art.
Funen's Art Museum is a part of the Odense City Museums.