The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Danish: Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) has provided a practice-oriented complement to the scholarly investigation of the arts carried out at Danish universities for more than 250 years, playing a crucial part in the development of the distinctive tradition of the art of Denmark.
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History
The Royal Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture in Copenhagen was inaugurated on March 31, 1754, and given as a gift to the King Frederik V on his 31st birthday. Its name was changed to the Royal Danish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in 1711 and to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1814. It is still situated in its original building, the Charlottenborg Palace, located on the Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The School of Architecture has been situated in former naval buildings on Holmen since 1996.
The Academy is the oldest and most renowned place of higher learning in Denmark where art and research within the theoretical and technological areas are bound together. It is significantly larger and better funded than the Jutland Art Academy and Funen Art Academy, which offer similar programs.
The main objective is to teach and conduct research within the creative arts (painting, sculpting, architecture, graphics, photography, video, etc.) and in the theoretical and cultural historical disciplines.
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is under the administration of the Danish Ministry of Culture.
Institutions
- Kunstakademis Billedkunstskoler, The School of Visual Arts
- Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, The School of Architecture
- Kunstakademiets Konservatorskole, The School of Conservation
- Det Kongelige Akademi for de Skønne Kunster
Notable Alumni and Faculty
The School of Visual Arts
The School of Architecture
- Jan Gehl
- Knud Holscher
- Bjarke Ingels
- Arne Jacobsen
- Finn Juhl
- Kaare Klint
- Henning Larsen
- Alex Popov
- Steen Eiler Rasmussen
- Johann Otto von Spreckelsen
- Magnus Steendorff
- Jørn Utzon
List of directors of the Royal Academy Schools
- 1751-1754: Nicolai Eigtved, architect
- 1754-1771: Jacques-François-Joseph Saly, sculptor
- 1771-1772: Carl Gustaf Pilo, painter
- 1772-1777: Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor
- 1777-1779: Caspar Frederik Harsdorff, architect
- 1780-1789: Johannes Wiedewelt - (again)
- 1789-1791: Nicolai Abildgaard, painter
- 1791-1793:
- 1793-1795: Johannes Wiedewelt - (again)
- 1795-1801:
- 1801-1809: Nicolai Abildgaard - (again)
- 1811-1818: Christian Frederik Hansen, architect
- 1818-1821:
- 1821-1827: Christian Frederik Hansen - (again)
- 1827-1829: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter
- 1830-1833: Christian Frederik Hansen - (again)
- 1833-1844: Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor
- 1853-1857: Wilhelm Marstrand, painter
- 1857-1863:
- 1863-1873: Wilhelm Marstrand - (again=
- 1873-1890: Ferdinand Meldahl, architect
- 1890-1896:
- 1896-1899: Otto Bache, painter
- 1905-1908: Otto Bache - (again)
- 1908-1911: Martin Nyrop, architect
- 1917-1920: H.B. Storck, architect
- 1920-1924: Joakim Skovgaard, painter
- 1925-1925: Anton Rosen, architect
- 1943-1946: Johannes Bjerg, sculptor
- 1965-1974: Tobias Faber, architect
- 1974- : Separate directors for the individual schools
Gallery
 Gustav III's Visit to the Academy 1780 (Martin) |
 Model Class at the Academy ca. 1824 (Lorentzen) |
 Model Class at the Academy 1826 (Bendz) |
 Plaster Cast Collection 1843 (Exner) |
 The Academy |
External links
- Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi
- Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole
- Det Jyske Kunstakademi
- Det Fynske Kunstakademi
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