From Copenhagen Stock Exchange
{{Short description|1895 painting by Peder Severin Krøyer}}
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| artist = Peder Severin Krøyer
| year = 1895
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From Copenhagen Stock Exchange ({{Langx|da|Fra Kjøbenhavns Børs}}) is a monumental 1895 oil on canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer, featuring 50 representatives of the Danish commercial and financial industries gathered in the Great Hall of Børsen (the Exchange Building) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The idea for the painting was conceived by Gustav Adolph Hagemann in 1881 while he was entertaining C. F. Tietgen, who was posing for Peder Severin Krøyer's portrait of him. Hagemann presented the idea of four monumental group portrait paintings for the newly refurbished Great Hall in Børsen featuring leading representatives of Denmark's trade, industry, agriculture, and shipping sectors.{{cite web|url=https://ing.dk/artikel/industriens-maend-13609|title=Industriens Mænd|language=Danish|publisher=Ingeniøren|accessdate=17 January 2020}}
The Exchange Building was selected as the scene for the first of the paintings. The building had been purchased by Grosserer-Societetet in 1857. Krøyer's price for painting it was DKK 20,000, and the plan was to raise the money through contributions from the people seen in it. The price for one of the more prominent locations in the foreground was initially DKK 800, while the price for a location in the middle was DKK 500, and one in the background was DKK 300. It turned out to be more difficult than expected to raise the money, and things did not start to move until S. V. Isberg from J. B. Suhr & Søn offered to pay DKK 5,000. This lowered the prices to DKK 500, DKK 300, and DKK 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.borsbygningen.dk/bibl.htm|title=Biblioteket|language=Danish|publisher=Børsen|accessdate=17 January 2020}}
The painting was completed in 1895. The original plan of commissioning three more paintings was abandoned. Hagemann did, however, in 1901, commission Men of Industry ({{Langx|da|Industriens Mænd|links=no}}), as a private commission for his home in Bredgade.
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In April 2024, the painting was rescued from Børsen during a severe fire.{{cite news |title=Historisk P.S. Krøyer-maleri reddes ud fra brændende Børsen |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2024-04-16-historisk-ps-kroeyer-maleri-reddes-ud-fra-braendende-boersen |access-date=16 April 2024 |work=TV 2 (Denmark) |publisher=TV 2 (Denmark) |date=16 April 2024 |language=da}}
List of people portrayed in the painting
The people portrayed in the painting are:{{cite web|url=https://jura.ku.dk/jurabog/pdf/juridiske-monografier/hove_soe_og_handelsretten_gennem_100_aar_1962.pdf|title=Sø- og Handelsretten gennem 100 år|language=Danish|author=Robert Hove|accessdate=1 May 2020}}
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- Johan Hansen (1838–1913)
- H. P. J. Lyngbye (1834–1920)
- Jacob Holmblad (1839–1904)
- Jacob B. A. Salomon
- {{ill|Carl Will|da}} (1850–1927)
- Georg Petersen (1820–1900)
- Sabinus Seidelin (1819–1904)
- Jacob Heinrich Moresco (1828–1906)
- {{ill|Sophus Munk Plum|da|S.M. Plum}} (1847–1904)
- {{ill|Carl Albert Næser|da|Albert Næser}} (1841–1913)
- Emil Vett (1843–1911){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Købmand/Emil_Vett|title=Emil Vett|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=14 January 2020}}
- Theodor Wessel (1842–1905)
- Bernhard Ruben
- {{ill|Johan Frederik Carøe|da|Johan Frederik Carøe (handelsmand)}} (1817–1893)
- Harald Hansen (1835–1902)
- Alfred P. Hansen (1829–1893)
- {{ill|Wilhelm Petersen (businessman)|lt=Wilhelm Petersen|da|Wilhelm Petersen}} (1817–1895?)
- Ferdinand Ekman (1849–1901)
- Benny Levin Fræckel (1825–1893)
- Frants Andreas Lorck (1841–1914)
- Harry Hertz (1828–1895)
- {{ill|Franz Christopher Smidt|da|F.C. Smidt}} (1832–1896)
- Moritz Levy (1824–1892)
- {{ill|Ludvig Bramsen|da}} (1847–1914)
- Claus L. Smidt (1841–1918)
- Peter Nicolai Damm (1839–1918)
- Martin R. Henriques (1825–1912)
- {{ill|Isak Salomon Salomonsen|da}} (1830–1916)
- {{ill|Isak Glückstadt|da}} (1839–1910)
- Axel Prior (1843–1898)
- {{ill|Christian Holm (businessman)|lt=Christian Holm|da|Christian Holm (1835-1920)}} (1835–1920)
- Carl Frederik Tietgen (1829–1901)
- Toxen Worm (1837–1902)
- Gotfred Halkier (1837–1917)
- {{ill|Adolf Carl|da}} (1848–1908)
- Andreas Collstrop (1847–1933)
- Albert Berendsen (1860–1897){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Grosserer/Sophus_Berendsen|title=Sophus Berendsen|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=18 February 2020}}
- Victor Høffding (1836–1910)
- Johannes M. Holm (1835–1912)
- F. Fischer
- F. Schiødte
- Marcus Meyer
- Christoph Cloëtta (1835–1897){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Fabrikant/Christoph_Cloëtta|title=Christoph Cloëtta|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=17 February 2020}}
- {{ill|S. W. Isberg|da|S.W. Isberg}} (1820–1895)
- Sigfred Goldschmidt (1831–1906){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Grosserer/Sigfr._Goldschmidt|title=Sigf. Goldschmidt|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=28 January 2020}}
- Philip W. Heyman (1837–1893){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Grosserer/Philip_W._Heyman|title=Philip W. Heyman|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=16 February 2020}}
- Selgen Sthyr (1837–1922)
- Carl Gammeltoft (1856–1934){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Direktør/Carl_Gammeltoft|title=Carl Gammeltoft|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=18 February 2020}}
- Valdemar Holm (1835–1908)
- Louis Meyer (1843–1929){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Grosserer/Louis_Meyer|title=Philip W. Heyman|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=17 February 2020}}
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Related works
File:Fra Københavns børs skitse.jpg
Krøyer completed a 49cm x 79 cm oil-on-canvas study for the Stock Exchange painting in 1894. It was previously owned by G. A. Hagemann (1929), Paul Hagemann, and the Codan insurance company but was later sold on a Bruun Rasmussen auction to an anonymous buyer. It has been on display at the following exhibitions:
File:S.V. Isberg by P. S. Krøyer.jpg
- Venice, "Esposizione Internationale d'Arte Della Citta di Venezia", 1909 no. 634
- Kunstforeningen, "P. S. Krøyer 1851-1909", 1910 no. 239
- Forum Copenhagen, "Det danske Kunststævne", 1929
- Charlottenborg, "Mindeudstilling for P. S. Krøyer 1851-1951", 1951
Krøyer also painted several individual studies for some of the portraits. These include a study for the portrait of S. V. Isberg (The David Collection, 1894) and Peter Nicolaj Damm (Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, 1894).
Thomas Kluge was in connection with the 100th anniversary of the painting commissioned to paint Det danske handelskammers komite og administrerende direktør, 1995, a group portrait painting of the CEO and 13 committee members of the Danish Chamber of Commerce. Klugge and Krøyer are seen on the cover of two books held by two of the people seen in the painting. The painting, located in the Exchange Building's library, was rescued from the 2024 Børsen fire.{{Cite web |last=Olling |first=Jakob |title=Særligt maleri reddet ud af brændende Børsen |url=https://www.tv2east.dk/naestved/saerligt-maleri-reddet-ud-af-braendende-boersen |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=TV2 ØST |language=da}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/kroeyers-bestillingsopgaver-i-flot-formidling Source]
- [https://jura.ku.dk/jurabog/pdf/juridiske-monografier/hove_soe_og_handelsretten_gennem_100_aar_1962.pdf Source]
- [http://www.royalacademy.dk/Publications/Low/1717_Lomholt,%20Asger.pdf Videnskabernes Selskab]
{{Peder Severin Krøyer}}
Category:Paintings by Peder Severin Krøyer
Category:Group portraits by Danish artists
Category:Cultural depictions of Danish people