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The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has been a parallel to the arts studies found on Danish universities for nearly 250 years.

sh King Frederik V
Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach....
 on his 31st birthday. It It is still situated in its original building, the Charlottenborg Palace
Charlottenborg Palace

Charlottenborg Palace, located in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark, is an exposition center and contains several of Denmark's cultural institutions....
, located on the Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv

Kongens Nytorv is a square in central Copenhagen at one end of Str?get.The square was designed by Christian V in 1670 and contains an equestrian statue of him....
 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....
, Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
. The School of Architecture has since 1996 been situated on Holmen
Holmen naval base

Holmen is a part of central Copenhagen on a row of islands between Zealand and the northern tip of Amager. A former naval base, it is under development into the city's major cultural centre and has institutions such as the State Drama School, the Danish Film School, the School of Architecture and the new Copenhagen Opera House on Dok?en, faci...
 in former naval buildings.

The academy is the oldest and most renowned place of higher learning in Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 where art and research within the theoretical and technological areas are bound together.






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The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has been a parallel to the arts studies found on Danish universities for nearly 250 years.

History


The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, was inaugurated on 31 March, 1754, and given as a gift to the Danish King Frederik V
Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach....
 on his 31st birthday. It It is still situated in its original building, the Charlottenborg Palace
Charlottenborg Palace

Charlottenborg Palace, located in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark, is an exposition center and contains several of Denmark's cultural institutions....
, located on the Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv

Kongens Nytorv is a square in central Copenhagen at one end of Str?get.The square was designed by Christian V in 1670 and contains an equestrian statue of him....
 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....
, Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
. The School of Architecture has since 1996 been situated on Holmen
Holmen naval base

Holmen is a part of central Copenhagen on a row of islands between Zealand and the northern tip of Amager. A former naval base, it is under development into the city's major cultural centre and has institutions such as the State Drama School, the Danish Film School, the School of Architecture and the new Copenhagen Opera House on Dok?en, faci...
 in former naval buildings.

The academy is the oldest and most renowned place of higher learning in Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 where art and research within the theoretical and technological areas are bound together. It is significantly larger and better funded than the Jutland Art Academy
Jutland Art Academy

Jutland Art Academy , is a state recognized institute for higher education in ?rhus, Denmark, offering a 5-year educational programme in contemporary art....
 and Funen Art Academy, which offer similar educations.

The main objective is to teach and research within the creative arts, (painting
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
, sculpting, architecture
Architecture

The term architecture can refer to a process, a profession or documentation.As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and construction buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter....
, graphics
Graphics

Graphics are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain....
, photography
Photography

Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an ....
, video
Video

Video is the technology of electronics Videography, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing Scene in motion....
 etc.), and in the theoretical and cultural historical disciplines.

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is subordinated under the Danish Ministry of Culture.

Institutions


  • Kunstakademis Billedkunstskoler, The School of Visual Arts
  • Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, The School of Architecture
  • Kunstakademiets Konservatorskole, The School of Conservation
  • Det Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster


Notable Alumni and Faculty


The School of Visual Arts
  • Olafur Eliasson
    Ólafur Elíasson

    Olafur Eliasson is a Denmark-Icelandic artist, noted for his exhibition The Weather Project at the Tate Modern, London, in 2003. That same year, he also represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale....


The School of Architecture
  • Bjarke Ingels
    Bjarke Ingels

    Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect born October 2, 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is spearheading a new generation of Danish architects including Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen, Force4, Julien de Smedt, A.A.R.T, CEBRA, NORD and COBE....
  • Arne Jacobsen
    Arne Jacobsen

    Arne Emil Jacobsen was a Danish people architect and designer, exemplar of the 'Danish Modern' style. In addition to his architectural work he...
  • Henning Larsen
    Henning Larsen

    Henning Larsen is a Denmark architect.He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadhand the Copenhagen Opera House....
  • Steen Eiler Rasmussen
    Steen Eiler Rasmussen

    Steen Eiler Rasmussen was a Denmark architect and town-planner, professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and a prolific writer of books and poetry....
  • Johann Otto von Spreckelsen
    Johann Otto von Spreckelsen

    Johann Otto von Spreckelsen was a Denmark architect.He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, and later served as director up to his death....
  • Jørn Utzon
    Jørn Utzon

    J?rn Oberg Utzon, Order of Australia was a Danish architect most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia....


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