MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (KUNSTMUSEUM)

This beautiful house, beautifully restored, was built between 1860 and 1864, in the Flemish Renaissance style. It was once the private residence of Balthazar Giørtz, an industrialist, and since 1891 has housed an art museum, which is a must-see for several reasons. First of all, it is not crowded. Secondly, the collections exhibit treasures of Danish painting from the 1750s to the 1940s, spread over two floors in chronological order and by movement.

In a very intimate atmosphere, enhanced by the tones of the walls of the pleasantly lit rooms, you will discover the painters of the Danish Golden Age (1800-1850): Carl Bloch, Lundbye, Willumsen, Peter Hansen... and of Realism (1860-1900): Viggo Johannsen, Vilhelm Hammershøj... The Skagen painters (1870-1940): Krøyer, Anna Ancher, Michael Ancher (for his great and very classical painting, Baptism in the church of Skaw, from 1888) or this other painting signed by the writer Holger Drachmann: After a shipwreck (1872). Then there are the Fiona painters (1880-1960), the classical modernists (1910-1930) and finally the interwar period.

The visit will allow those who have not been to Copenhagen or to the Ribe Museum to familiarize themselves with the pre-contemporary periods of Danish art history thanks to this very extensive collection. The museum's garden, its pavilion, and the lake where the swans are splashing around allow you to take a break before resuming your visit.