Beyond the light : identity and place in nineteenth-century Danish art / edited by Freyda Spira, Stephanie Schrader, and Thomas Lederballe ; with contributions by Gry Hedin and Karina Lykke Grand.

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press

227 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from January 26-April 16, 2023, and at J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, from May 23-August 20, 2023

"Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this sociopolitical and economic tumult also gave rise to a vibrant cultural and philosophical environment for nineteenth-century Danish artists. Beyond the Light places the drawings, oil sketches, and paintings created by these artists firmly in this period, one that witnessed the transformation of a once-powerful Denmark into a small, somewhat marginalized country at the edge of Europe. Danish artists forged a close-knit community during this time, and the artworks they created explore notions of place, identity and belonging, and what it means to travel and return home. The exhibition features approximately 100 works from The Met collection, SMK - The National Gallery of Denmark, and several American collections, and highlights such artists as Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, and Vilhelm Hammershøi as well as lesser-known figures like Anton Melbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Peter Christian Skovgaard, and Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, among others. " -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website (viewed November 30, 2022) https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2023/beyond-the-light

Identity and place in nineteenth-century Danish art

English

February 16, 2023

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-217) and index

Exhibition catalogs.