The Golden Age of Danish Painting (1801-1864)

The exhibition, jointly organised by the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK, Copenhagen) and the Petit Palais, includes more than 200 works by leading artists of this period, including Christoffer Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Martinus Rørbye and Constantin Hansen. The exhibition has benefited from research carried out over many years and offers a comprehensive analysis of this artistic period. It focuses on a number of key themes relevant to the social, political, economic and cultural conditions of 19th century Denmark. At the same time, it provides a broad overview of familiar subjects such as life in Copenhagen, the artist at work, travelling, landscape painting and the family. These precise and delicate paintings are also notable for the originality of their frames. The exhibition is organised jointly by the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen and the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Curators

• Servane Dargnies-de Vitry, conservatrice des peintures du XIXe siècle au Petit Palais
• Christophe Leribault, directeur du Petit Palais

Curatorial advisers

• Peter Nørgaard Larsen et Annette Rosenvold Hvidt (Statens Museum for Kunst de Copenhague)
• Magnus Olausson et Carl-Johan Olsson (Nationalmuseum de Stockholm)