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Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint

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designed for a good friend, the goldsmith W. Holm, after a small private competition also involving the architect Eugen Jørgensen. After that followed several more villas in the same area which all demonstrate various experiments with masonry in red brick. Following completion of the Gym House in
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School of Painting where he took all the classes but never graduated. He wanted to pursue a career as an artist but had to teach mathematics to make a living. In the end he had to give up his aspirations to live as an artist and from 1889 to 1897 he worked as an assistant for the City Engineer in
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as professor at the Academy. After he gave up his artistic career, he still painted occasionally but also started to show an interest in sculptural work. He participated in the competition for a new fountain for
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he also began working with ceramics and eventually other decorative works such as gravestones, bookbindings and particularly furniture.
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Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint was born in 1853 as Peder Vilhelm Jensen but changed his name on 10 November 1890. He was admitted to the
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in spite of his lack of formal training. His principal inspiration came from Danish manor houses, churches and stout, simple
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Jensen-Klint became increasingly interested in architecture and his first architectural work was a villa in
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who assumed responsibility for completing work on Grundtvig's Church after his father's death in 1930.
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with an entry depicting a merry Amager peasant sitting on a cabbagehead (1890).
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in 1870 and graduated as a building engineer in 1877. One of his teachers was
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As a painter, Jensen-Klint first concentrated on landscape painting until
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Copenhagen and from 1892 to 1916 he also gave drawing classes at the
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started a trend with the use of red bricks for landmark buildings in
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Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist
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and architectural theorist, best known for designing
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In 1907 he designed a house for the Danish composer
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Holm (Sofievej 27), 205:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 540: 528: 514: 502: 490: 471: 347:Villa Rødsten (Onsgårdsvej 12), 29: 330:Gym House (Vodroffsvej 49-51), 298:in Copenhagen which led to the 642: 629:"Aagaards hus og Bentzons hus" 571: 189:College of Advanced Technology 1: 564: 197:Copenhagen University Library 547:Bethlehem Church, Copenhagen 450:, Copenhagen (1924–26) 344:, Copenhagen (1904–07) 281:Painting and sculptural work 224:Breakthrough as an architect 7: 605:. Weilbachs Kunsterleksikon 552: 305: 245:, he was admitted into the 10: 736: 464: 232:The Thorkild Aagaard House 212:. 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Holsteinborg
Denmark
Copenhagen
Danish
C. F. Hansen Medal
Grundtvig's Church
Gedser Church
Anna Church, Copenhagen
Danish
architect
painter
Grundtvig's Church
Copenhagen
Expressionist
Gothic
Kaare Klint
College of Advanced Technology
Johan Daniel Herholdt
Copenhagen University Library
Danish architecture
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Italy
England

Hellerup
Frederiksberg
Architects' Association of Denmark
Baroque

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