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Karl Madsen (1855–1938)

Author of Billedkunsten

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Works by Karl Madsen

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1855
Date of death
1938
Burial location
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality
Denmark
Birthplace
Copenhagen
Place of death
Copenhagen
Occupations
art historian
museum director
Short biography
Art historian, artist, and museum director Karl Madsen (1855-1938) is nationally and internationally recognized as one of Denmark's most influential art authorities and critics of all time. Author of many books on Danish, French, and Dutch Golden Age art, and a frequent contributor to Denmark's radical daily Politiken, he headed Denmark's national gallery, Statens Museum for Kunst, 1911-1925, and the Skagen Museum from 1928-1938.

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