Victor Brockdorff

Arthur Victor Schack von Brockdorff, generally known as Victor Brockdorff, (11 October 1911 – 25 February 1992) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. He was a cofounder of the Corner artists' association.[1]

Biography

The son of a shipmaster, Brockdorff was born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen. After studying privately under Ernst Zeuthen and Olivia Holm Møller from 1926 to 1929, he studied graphic art under Aksel Jørgensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1931-34).[1] He debuted at the Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (autumn exhibition) at Den Frie in 1930 and was a co-founder of the Corner Exhibition in 1932 where he frequently exhibited.[2]

In the 1930s, he moved to Odsherred where he associated with the Odsherred Painters and painted landscapes of the area. However he became interested in painting city scenes, especially of the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, as well as portraits. His style evolved from Modernism to Realism. Typical subjects included children playing on the pavement, people waiting at bus stops and rainy street scenes. Increasingly his works took on a political slant, especially the monumental paintings he completed for the Communist Party's congress in 1952. Painting scenes depicting workers, he became associated with social realism.[3]

From 1946, he spend five years in Paris,[1] sending illustrated reports of socialist movements to the Copenhagen journals Nationaltidende and Land og Folk, developing his skills as an illustrator and cartoonist. He continued to be an active painter, producing strikingly colourful interiors, often in large formats such as Eremitagesletten and Fluepapiret ved Charlottenlund in 1974. Brockdorff also painting portraits including one of Queen Margrethe for the Søofficerforeningen (Naval Officers Association).[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Majken Meinhardt. "Victor Brockdorff" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Victor Brockdorff" (in Danish). Museum Vestsjælland. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Victor Brockdorff" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

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