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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The Royal Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture in Copenhagen was inaugurated on 31 March 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 1771. A the same event, Johann Friedrich Struensee introduced a new scheme in the Academy to encourage artisan apprentices to take supplementary classes in drawing so as to develop the notion of "good taste". The building boom resulting from the Great Fire of 1795 greatly profited from this initiative.[1]
In 1814 the name was changed again, this time to Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. 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.
The School of Visual Arts
The School of Architecture
| From | To | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1751 | 1754 | Nicolai Eigtved |
| 1754 | 1771 | Jacques-François-Joseph Saly |
| 1771 | 1772 | Carl Gustaf Pilo |
| 1772 | 1777 | Johannes Wiedewelt |
| 1777 | 1779 | Caspar Frederik Harsdorff |
| 1780 | 1789 | Johannes Wiedewelt |
| 1789 | 1791 | Nicolai Abildgaard |
| 1791 | 1792 | Andreas Weidenhaupt |
| 1793 | 1795 | Johannes Wiedewelt |
| 1796 | 1797 | Jens Juel |
| 1797 | 1799 | Peter Meyn |
| 1799 | 1801 | Jens Juel |
| 1801 | 1809 | Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard |
| 1809 | 1810 | Christian August Lorentzen |
| 1811 | 1818 | Christian Frederik Hansen |
| 1818 | 1821 | Nicolai Dajon |
| 1821 | 1827 | Christian Frederik Hansen |
| 1827 | 1829 | Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg |
| 1830 | 1833 | Christian Frederik Hansen |
| 1833 | 1844 | Bertel Thorvaldsen |
| 1844 | 1849 | Jørgen Hansen Koch |
| 1850 | 1853 | Herman Wilhelm Bissen |
| 1854 | 1857 | Wilhelm Marstrand |
| 1857 | 1863 | Jens Adolf Jerichau |
| 1863 | 1873 | Wilhelm Marstrand |
| 1873 | 1890 | Ferdinand Meldahl |
| 1890 | 1892 | Otto Bache |
| 1893 | 1896 | Theobald Stein |
| 1896 | 1899 | Otto Bache |
| 1899 | 1902 | Ferdinand Meldahl |
| 1902 | 1905 | Vilhelm Bissen |
| 1905 | 1806 | Otto Bache |
| 1906 | 1908 | Vilhelm Bissen |
| 1908 | 1911 | Martin Nyrop |
| 1911 | 1914 | Viggo Johansen |
| 1914 | 1917 | Carl Aarsleff |
| 1917 | 1920 | Hermann Baagøe Storck |
| 1920 | 1825 | Joakim Skovgaard |
| 1925 | 1925 | Anton Rosen |
| 1925 | 1928 | Einar Utzon-Frank |
| 1828 | 1831 | Poul Holsøe |
| 1931 | 1934 | Aksel Jørgensen |
| 1934 | 1937 | Einar Utzon-Frank |
| 1937 | 1940 | Poul Holsøe |
| 1940 | 1943 | Sigurd Wandel |
| 1843 | 1846 | Johannes Bjerg |
| 1946 | 1949 | Edvard Thomsen |
| 1949 | 1952 | Kræsten Iversen |
| 1952 | 1965 | ? |
| 1965 | 1974 | Tobias Faber |
| 1974 | Individual directors for the schools |