A Small Art Museum in Copenhagen
The Hirschsprungske Collection,
The Collection of paintings comes from a Jewish Danish family Hirschsprung who made their living from the tobacco industry. A war broke out between Germany and Denmark in 1864, and that helped the young people to be able to get married. Paulina was an orphan, and her guardian didn’t regard Heinrich as suitable for her. He went to war, and in his absence, they got married. Their number of children and Collection of paintings grew together.
The building was built after Heinrich death in 1911 to suit his art collection and is an architectonical pearl in the park situated close to the Danish National Gallery.
My husband and I visited the museum in October of 2021. Unfortunately, it’s once more closed for the public. Since my youth, I have treasured this place.
The walls at the entrance of the museum 
The roof painting at the foyer at the museum 
The mosaic floor outside the museum 
Christ helps the robber to paradise by Joachim Shovgaard (1856-1933)
One of the special exhibitions was “Sick children”, especially girls. Somehow that was a prevalent theme around the late 19th century. It was also when cures with fresh air, sunshine, and healthy food became popular.
Children at a sanatorium writing to their parents 1889, by Valdemar Irminger. 
The Sick Child 1925 by Edward Munck 
Children Playing at Christianshavns Vold by Peter Hansen 1898 
A sick Child by Bertha Wegmann 1873 
From the Orphanage in Istedgade, 1886 by Emilie Mundt 
Fritz Syberg, Convalesences ,1902
Other paintings from the museum’s permanent exhibition
“A Summer day at Skagen Southern Beach” by P.S. Krøyer 1884 
Detail from a “Summer day at Skagen Southern Beach” by P.S. Krøyer 1884 
Anna Ancher 1886, “The maid in the kitchen.” 
Peter Ilsted ca 1900, A little girl sewing. 
Hugo Salmson late 1800s, Girls picking fruit Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden 
Frits Thaulow, Stortings Square, 1881, Oslo Museum
Categories: Art Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
From one Heart to Another 
It’s a magnificent building and the paintings are outstanding. Glad you were able to visit before it closed again. Looks like the pandemic protocols were halted too early, because we’re all back in them again.
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Again thank you so much for commenting on my post again. We have many art treasures here in Denmark, and I love to share them with people outside of our sphere. Good people have donated their collections to the state so that their art remain together
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And I thank them for doing that. Many generations to come will be able to appreciate their beauty.
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Thank you Maria. Some of these paintings you have shown us before and I am really thrilled that I recognised the Skagen Southern beach and the maid in the kitchen.
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Thank you for acknowledging my post. Yes, these paintings you mentioned were on tour a few years ago when the Hirschsprungske Collection was renovated. By the Way, Skagen is not far from Læsø. Henry and I want to go there this summer for the first time.
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That will be interesting. I will get my brother who has all the details to contact you.
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