Thorvaldsens Museum and Faaborg Museum
- Susanne Thestrup Truelsen, Niels Frithiof Truelsen, arkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk, 1998
This is a re-publication of the article:
Susanne Thestrup Truelsen og Niels Frithiof Truelsen: ‘ Thorvaldsens Museum and Faaborg Museum’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museum (Communications from the Thorvaldsens Museum) p. 1998, p. 176-185.
For a presentation of the article in its original appearance in Danish, please see this facsimile scan.
ENGLISH SUMMARY
Thorvaldsens Museum and Faaborg Museum
In 1900, Faaborg Museum’s architect Carl Petersen had his first sight of Bindesbøll’s sketches for Thorvaldsens Museum. The inspiration was recalled 12 years later when he was assigned the task of designing a museum building for the groups of painters »Fynboerne«.
The similarities are striking – the colours, the floor patterns and the light. The contrasts are fewer – the sizes and the materials. The influence is clear – Carl Petersen erected a museum in which architecture and art became international art on a small scale.
References
Lisbet Balslev Jørgensen o.a.: Ny Klassicisme?, i: Arkitekten 1983
Lisbet Balslev Jørgensen: Faaborg Museum, i: Arkitektur 1985
Hakon Stephensen: »Calle« Arkitekten Carl Petersen. København 1979
Carl Petersen: »Stoflige Virkninger«, i: Arkitekten 1918-19
Carl Petersen: »Modsætninger«, i: Arkitekten 1920
Carl Petersen: Farver. 1920. Trykt i tidsskriftet CRAS XXXIV, 1983, s. 23-29.
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