Viggo Pedersen (Danish 1854-1926)
Winter Evening Frost at the Gablet Karlsberg 1908
Oil on panel, signed and dated lower left "Viggo Pedersen 1908", inscribed on exhibition label on reverse "Winter Evening Frost at the Gablet Karlsberg 1908"
Exhibited: Den Frie Kunstudstilling (The Free Art Exhibition) 1908 no. 229
Size in inches: 26.5 h x 31 w (with frame 35.5 h x 40.25 w)
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Carlsberg House (or Karlsberg in Danish), formerly known as the Fishing Master's House, is located on Københavnsvej at the southeastern entrance to Hillerød, Denmark. The history of the property traces back to 1628 when Christian IV presented three bogs in the vicinity of Hillerød to castle clerk Johan Bøgvad, who intended on turning them into fishing ponds. One of these was located close to where Carlsberg stands today. The property changed hands several times, many of the owners being royal fishing masters and therefore the house became known as the Fishing Master’s House. The two current buildings were constructed in the 1750s and during the coronation of Frederick V at Frederiksborg Castle on September 4, 1848, high ranking guests stayed in private homes across the town, with the Duke of Glücksburg and his entourage staying in the Fishing Master’s House.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the house was let out to a number of artists and an atelier was installed in each end. The well-known artist Viggo Pedersen lived with his family in one of the two dwellings from 1898 to 1911 and enjoyed using the house and courtyard as a subject in many of his paintings. In his youth Pedersen studied under P.C. Skovgaard, belonged to his social circles, and was decisively influenced by close contact with his teacher. P.C. Skovgaard’s son Niels Skovgaard was a tenant at Carlsberg from 1900 to 1916. In 1949 the building was added to the Danish registry of protected buildings and places and the nearby Carlsbergvej Road is named after the property.
Born in Copenhagen in 1854, Viggo Pedersen attended the Royal Danish Academy from 1871-1878 and followed the ‘plein air’ trend of Danish landscape painting in the 1880s. During his travels throughout Europe he was influenced by the Barbizon School and its Romanticist depictions of peasant life in nature. He exhibited widely including with the Danish Royal Academy and the Free Exhibition founded by the Danish Artist’s Association, and is represented in major museums throughout Scandinavia.
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