Thorvaldsen Medal | |
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![]() The first Thorvaldsen Medal which in gold which was presented to Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1842. | |
Sponsored by | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
Date | 1837 |
Country | Denmark |
Formerly called | Exhibition Medal (1837) Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (1866) |
Current Winner | Per Bak Jensen, Viera Collaro |
The Thorvaldsen Medal (Danish: Thorvaldsens Medalje, Thorvaldsen Medaillen) is awarded annually with few exceptions to a varying number of recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and is its highest distinction within the visual arts. It is named after the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
The medal was founded in 1837 as the Exhibition Medal and awarded for talented works in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in the Charlottenborg Palace. In 1866, it was renamed the Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (Danish : Thorvaldsenske Udstillings-Medaille), and from 1923 it has been known under its current name. [1]
The medal is executed in silver and designed by the sculptor Christen Christensen (1806–45) in connection with Thorvaldsen's homecoming from Rome in 1838.
Year | Laureate | Winning work | Ref(s) | |
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1839 | Martinus Rørbye | ![]() | A Turkish notary drawing up a marriage contract in front of the Kiliç Ali Pasha Mosque, Tophane, Constantinople | |
1841 | Wilhelm Marstrand | ![]() | Scene of the October celebrations in Rome (Scene af oktoberfesten i Rom) | |
1842 | Bertel Thorvaldsen | Honorary medal | ||
1843 | Johan Vilhelm Gertner | Stiftsprovst Trydes Portræt | Source | |
1845 | P. C. Skovgaard | ![]() | Scene from Tisvilde Woods (Parti ved Udkanten af Tisvilde Skov) | |
![]() | View of Skarrit Lake (Udsigt over Skarrit Sø) | |||
1846 | Anton Melbye | ![]() | Eddystone Lighthouse (Eddystone Fyrtaarn) | |
1847 | Jens Adolf Jerichau | |||
1849 | Godtfred Rump | Scene from Himmelbjerget (Parti fra Himmelbjerget) | ||
1853 | Julius Exner | ![]() | Visiting Grandfather ("Besøget gos bedstefar") | |
1858 | Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann | |||
1860 | Frederik Vermehren | ![]() | Huslig Syssel i en fattig Bondestue; en Kone bælger Ærter | |
1860 | William Hammer | ![]() | Grain and fruits under an apple tree ("Korn og Fruget under et Æbletræ") | Source |
1860 | Theobald Stein | Neapolitan fishing boy, carrying a pitcher("Neapolitansk Fiskerdreng, bærende en Vandkrukke") | ||
1861 | Christen Dalsgaard | ![]() | (En Kones højtidelige Kirkegang efter Barselfærd) | |
1867 | Carl Neumann | ![]() | Skibe under land efter en byge | |
1871 | Janus la Cour | Aften ved Nemisøen | ||
1872 | Otto Bache | ![]() | Portrait group of the Ræder family (Portrætgruppe af Familien Ræder) | |
1882 | Vilhelm Rosenstand | Outside a Brasserie in Paris. Mother and Son at Café Pousse (Udenfor et Brasserie i Paris. Moder og Søn ved Pousse-Caféen) | ||
1882 | Peder Severin Krøyer | ? | ||
1882 | Frants Henningsen | ![]() | A Funeral (En Begravelse) | |
1883 | Thorvald Niss | Winter Scene from Folehaven | ||
1883 | Bertha Wegmann | Portrait of the Artist's Sister (Portræt af kunstnerindens søster) | ||
1884 | August Jerndorff | |||
1884 | Christian Zacho | Quiet waters in Dyrehaven (Et stille Vand i Dyrehaven) | Source | |
1886 | Viggo Johansen | ![]() | Evening talk (Aftenpassiar ) | |
1887 | Otto Haslund | ![]() | Concerto (Koncert) | Source |
1887 | Hans Michael Therkildsen | Køerne vandes | ||
1887 | Carl Thomsen | |||
1890 | Georg Achen | Johanne Achen. The Artist's Mother (Johanne Achen, kunstnerens Moder) | ||
1893 | Julius Paulsen | |||
1896 | Michael Ancher | ? | ||
1899 | Ludvig Brandstrup | ![]() | Christian IX statue, Esbjerg | |
1892 | Knud Larsen | |||
1906 | L. A. Ring | ? | ||
1907 | Bertha Dorph | Et besøg hos den unge barselskone | ||
1913 | Ejnar Nielsen | ? | ||
1915 | Theodor Philipsen | ? | ||
1918 | Herman Vedel | Fra forhandlingerne om grundloven 5. juni 1915 | ||
1923 | Joakim Skovgaard | Jomfru i Fugleham |
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