1927

Publishes a two-volume work in French on El Greco’s youth. The Great Relief is unveiled at the National Gallery of Denmark, causing a scandal. Works on establishing a ‘Propaganda Bureau’ for Danish art aimed at cultural export

19272019-08-26T13:16:55+02:00

1920s

Campaigns for a museum dedicated to his art and collection. Purchases figures from classical antiquity

1920s2019-08-26T13:15:36+02:00

1923

Major retrospective at Den Frie Exhibition Hall. Commissioned by the state of Denmark to make The Great Relief, which is carved in marble in Carrara, Italy over the years that follow

19232021-11-26T14:33:17+01:00

1920

Turns down the offer of a position as professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

19202019-08-26T13:14:28+02:00

1916

Takes up permanent residence in the South of France

19162019-08-26T13:13:54+02:00

1911-1920

Purchases more works for his Old Collection of historical art, including icons, Italian drawings and Venetian paintings

1911-19202022-02-18T12:14:33+01:00

1911-1914

Purchases a painting by El Greco and follows the artist’s path to Crete, Italy and Spain. Travels to Tunisia in 1914

1911-19142021-11-26T14:32:52+01:00

1905

Designs his second villa in Hellerup, today owned by the philanthropic association Realdania and currently the home of the artist Olafur Eliasson

19052021-11-26T14:32:42+01:00

1903

Marries the sculptor Edith Wilhelmine (Lautrup) Wessel. The couple part around 1928. Father to two daughters: Ingemor Gersemi and Anne-Mathilde (nicknamed Anse)

19032021-11-26T14:32:31+01:00
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