The Hirschsprung Collection
Step into a treasure trove of Danish painting, where Golden Age works, Skagen painters, Symbolists and Funen painters are richly represented, and where you will be overwhelmed by beautiful, impressive and groundbreaking paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Romantic landscapes
The Hirschsprung Collection is the private art collection of tobacco manufacturer Heinrich Hirschsprung, which he donated to the Danish state in 1902. The exhibition gives visitors a chronological overview of Danish painting from C.W. Eckersberg and Christen Købke to Anna Ancher and Johannes Larsen. In the museum’s richly decorated rooms, you can explore the Danish Golden Age and enjoy Eckersberg’s studies in model painting and fascination with antiquity, or get a sense of Romanticism’s ideals of nature in J. Th. Lundbye’s landscape paintings.
Danish art in a time of transition
The Skagen painters, including Michael and Anna Ancher and P.S. Krøyer, are an important part of the Danish art treasure. The group was characterised by painting realistic studies of nature and people, as well as of the harsh fishing life on the shores of Skagen. At The Hirschsprung Collection you can experience a large number of paintings from this group of artists, such as Michael Ancher’s portrait of his wife. The museum has one of the largest collections of works by P.S. Krøyer, and the exhibition gives you an insight into Krøyer’s artistic development during the latter part of the 19th century.
The next generation of artists turned away from naturalism and plein air painting. Instead, the Symbolists searched the depths of the soul, where external objects came to be seen more as symbols of an inner reality. Prominent painters from the exhibition include Vilhelm Hammershøi, L.A. Ring and Ejnar Nielsen, who was one of the foremost representatives of Danish Symbolism.
The Funen dwellers were a group of artists who had close ties to Funen and nature. Their main focus was life in the countryside, which is why they were nicknamed the ‘peasant painters’. The strong, vibrant colours of the paintings in particular characterise the Funen artists, and at the Hirschsprung Collection you can experience Fritz Syberg’s depiction of the gardener under the flowering fruit trees in spring.
Information
Den Hirschsprung Collection
Stockholmsgade 20
2100 Copenhagen Ø
Opening hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday: 10:00 – 17:00
Thursday: 10:00 – 17:00
Friday: 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday: 10:00 – 17:00
Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00
Open from 10:00 – 20:00 every last Thursday of the month.
Opening hours are subject to change. Please visit the museum’s website for more information.
Admission
Adults: 110 DKK
Children (0 – 18 years): 0 DKK
Students: 80 DKK
1 child og 1 adult: 100 DKK
Prices are subject to change. Please visit the museum’s website for more information.
Current exhibitions
Masterpieces from Danish art history speak to you from every wall at The Hirschsprung Collection. The museum is a journey from canvas to canvas through a period when romanticism, naturalism and modern trends left their mark on Danish art. The museum has changing special exhibitions, which you can read more about on the museum’s website.
About the house
The building at Østre Anlæg was commissioned by Heinrich Hirschsprung, and the exhibition, which at the time consisted of Copenhagen’s most modern art collection, opened in 1911. The rooms themselves are decorated with furniture and interiors from the 19th and early 20th centuries, some of which belonged to the artists themselves. The atmosphere in the museum is homely and cosy and bears the hallmarks of the collection’s original private character.
Book a guided tour
Book a guided tour and learn about the museum’s history and collection of 100 years of Danish art from the 19th century. Guided tours can take place during the museum’s opening hours Tuesday-Sunday 10-17. The last Thursday of the month we are open until 20:00.