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Christen Købke (1810-48) – View from a Window in Toldbodvej Looking towards the Citadel in Copenhagen, c. 1833

Christen Købke (1810-48), was a Danish Golden Age painter that shared little recognition during his lifetime, however some thirty to fourty years after his death, his work was acknowledged and his work nowadays hungs on many Museums.  He is considered to be one of Denmark’s most renowned paintors for his innate use of color and synthesis, along with his venerable sense and portrayal of everyday. Foremost, he is the national romantic painter, who has drawn numerous scenes of Denmark’s sites and monuments along with his celebrated landscapes. However, he has also painted numerous portraits of relatives and friends with astonishing atmosphere and coloristic qualities.

Christen Købke was one of the eleven children of a baker father. He started his training at the Royal Danish Academy as early as at the age of twelve.  He studied under the supervision of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, who influenced him greatly, however critics state that he surpassed his tutor by far.  As it was accustomed to most of his contemporaries he took an influential trip to Italy, which broadened his horizons and granted him with the understanding of the old but prevailing Renaissance Art and Modern Italian painters of his time.  He sketched broadly and intensely while his stay in the Mediterranean and its undertaking was very supportive in the work that followed.  However, his later work concentrated on the Danish scenery and landscape, rather than themes form his stimulating trip to Italy. Influenced by art critic and historian Niels Lauritz Høyen, who promoted nationalistic art, and prompted artists to explore the paysage of their origin country rather than Italian art.  Christen Købke’s work was greatly influenced by the suggestion of the critic and studied throughout his life the Danish scenery of landscape and monuments.

Sentimentality Reinforcing Creativity

One of his famous paintings is the “View from a Window in Toldbodvej Looking towards the Citadel in Copenhagen.”  This painting is of a great sentimental value to the painter, as it is painted form his studio at the age of twenty three, with a view to his home town as a child, and specifically a new view on his childhood home.  This sentimentality is obvious in the tenderness of the execution of the paysage, in the calm horizontal synthesis and the pal use of colors. We view in this sunset scenery, the Citadel mill and church the ridge turret of the town church, and the rooftop of the military buildings in a horizontal composition, portraying the silence and ambience of the Danish countryside setting.  In order for the painter to add depth to the painting, he shares the edge of the neighbor’s house and chimney in the foreground, what is appreciated as one of his genius propositions to landscape painting.  The light falls from the side, proposing the nearly setting sun and a warm atmosphere to the arrangement.  The sky is poetically elaborated with warm endless and varied hues of blues and pink, covering the land with an opening of embellishment and calm.

Inappropiate synthesis a mastery accomplishment

Købke has again attained our admiration and regard over his painting, for his mastery synthetic qualities, of what seems to be inappropriate, as an inventive and graphic chimney in the foreground, yet a bold proposition to an overwhelming composition. This awkward setting is flooded with heartfelt caressing light and color, to which he is an expert guru.  We are overawed with an embrace of boldness and technique of a tranquil temper and sober mastering of painting talents.

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Christen Købke (1810-48) – View from a Window in Toldbodvej Looking towards the Citadel in Copenhagen, c. 1833

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