Albert Kongsbak

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Albert Georg Kongsbak was a Danish artist. He was born on 20 February 1877 and died on 21 October 1958 [1] He is most famous for his landscapes in the realist or naturalist style. [2] [3] [4] He moved to Copenhagen when he was ten years old. He created drawings throughout his childhood. He trained as a painter and visual artist at the Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen from 1895 to 1901. [4] At the Academy Kongsbak developed into a naturalist painter. [3]

Kongsbak painted landscapes, portraits, and interiors. He gained inspiration for his work during his travels abroad. From 1898 -1899 Kongsbak traveled in Germany and Switzerland, then in Italy in 1923-1924 and 1939. [4] He also worked in Paris in 1925. [3] His work was included in many of the Royal Charlottenborg exhibitions in Copenhagen from 1902 to 1959. [4] Kongsbak's most prominent works can be found such in museums as: Rudersdal Museer, Københavns Museum, Kunsten Museum of modern art Aalborg. [2]

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References

  1. Albert Georg Kongsbak - Geni
  2. 1 2 Online version of Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon, from kulturarv.dk, retrieved Feb. 10, 2013, Complete artist background.
  3. 1 2 3 "Albert Georg Kongsbak". Gravsted.dk. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Albert Kongsbak (1877-1958) Well-listed Danish artist". Obro Art. Obro Art Galleries. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

Further reading in Danish