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J.F. Willumsen – One of a kind and a great norm breaker in Danish art. Step inside his world, where transgressive, wild and ambitious works continue to challenge and fascinate us. Here at his museum you can experience Willumsen’s art, his private art collection and special exhibitions, as well as a range of activities for all ages.
EXHIBITIONS
Between Myth and Reality
An exhibition presenting the ceramic works of J.F. Willumsen (1863-1958) and Jean Gauguin (1881-1961) in challenging dialogue with the young artist Klara Lilja (b. 1989), who has made detailed studies of Willumsen’s glazes.
Between Myth and Reality is connecting three artists across time: Willumsen and Gauguin representing ceramic art of the last decades of the 19th century and mid-20th century respectively, and Lilje representing the present. All three artists are connected by sculptural ceramic works that combine a figurative narrative and expressive style with glazes in intense colours.
EXHIBITIONS
Take a look inside Willumsens’s World. Today many of Willumsen’s major works stand as significant contributions to Nordic modernism, but equally many were previously dismissed and have only recently been reclaimed by art history. Throughout his life Willumsen was determined to go his own way, and some of his most radical and explosively colourful works were made towards its end. This late period has, until recently, been largely underestimated, fulfilling Willumsen’s prophecy that his art would only be understood by posterity.
I eftermiddag klokken 16 holder studerende fra Institut for Bygningskunst og Design på Det Kongelige Akademi fernisering på udstillingen "Eksperimenter med Willumsens univers".
I museets sale vises designforslag og materialeundersøgelser udført af studerende på bachelorprogrammet Produkt+. De studerende har arbejdet ud fra inspiration i Willumsens univers og taget udgangspunkt i hans værker, nysgerrighed på materialer og farver, ligesom museets rum har fungeret som inspiration og ramme for deres projekter.
Udstillingen vises frem til 15. marts 2023.
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"At udstille værker af unge kunstnere med kunsthistoriens giganter falder ikke altid heldigt ud. Men på Willumsens Museum i nordsjællandske Frederikssund gør det i den nye særudstilling ”Mellem myte og virkelighed. Willumsen, Gauguin, Lilja.” I ganske usædvanlig grad. Det er der flere grunde til".
Tusind tak til Torben Weirup og @kristeligt for at bringe den flotte anmeldelse af "Mellem myte og virkelighed. Willumsen, Gauguin, Lilja."
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Godt nytår!
Er det i år, du skal sætte fokus på din egen kreative skabertrang? Må vi i så fald foreslå, at du kigger nærmere på et af forårets tilbud til voksne, der ønsker at udforske, udfordre og udfolde sin indre kunstner.
I Januar åbner vi også igen for sæsonen for morgenyoga midt i Willumsens kunst. Der er ledige pladser og timen er tilrettelagt, så alle kan være med.
Læs mere om både kreative hold for voksne og yoga - og tilmeld dig via linket i biografien.
#godtnytår #nystart #visitfjordlandet #Frederikssund #WillumsensMuseum #Willumsen #Willumsensverden #JFWillumsen #yoga #keramik #billedskoleforvoksne #portræt #xeniamichaelsen #loyoga
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Willumsens Museum
Jenriksvej 4
3600 Frederikssund
T: +45 47 310 773
M: jfw@frederikssund.dk
Entrance fees
Adult: 70 kr.
Children 0-17 år: Gratis adgang
Students: 50 kr.
Groups (min. 10 pers): 60 kr. pr. person
Membership (one year): 199 kr.
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 |