Johannes Larsen, the Danish Bird Painter
Johannes Larsen (born 1867- 1961) was a Danish painter specialising in painting birds. He was born and died in the small coastal town of Kerteminde on the island of Funen.
Recently, my husband and I drove two hours to visit this lovely place with a museum and the painter’s home and garden. We have an artist friend, Simon Bang from Copenhagen, who had a massive painting at a special exhibition on birds. We wanted to see his image among the other selected items.
In this blog, I will show you the surroundings and selected pictures from the special exhibition. For once, we had sunshine and a blue sky which made the trip more memorable.
The Johannes Larsen museum’s garden and buildings in Kerteminde
Johannes Larsen’s garden 
From Johannes Larsen’s private home 
Sculpture of birds in the garden 
A unique bench in his garden 
The modern part of the Johannes Larsen Museum
The Special Exhibition on birds
View from the Johannes Larsen’s museum 
Simon Bang’s painting from the special exibition on birds 
Images from the special exhibition on birds 
Porcelain from the unique collection of birds 
Photos from the fantastic array of birds 
Ceramics from the tremendous collection of birds 
Ceramics from the special exibition on birds
Simon Bang is our good friend. He is both a gifted painter and filmmaker on historical subjects. His large painting “Landscape with 9 Storks 2021” had a central place at the exhibition. We had a guided tour of the works, and the guide mentioned that people objected to the number of storks. The tenth bird is not a stork, though.
Johannes Larsen’s Home and paintings
From Johannes Larsen’s private home 
From Johannes Larsen’s private home 
From Johannes Larsen’s private home 
From Johannes Larsen’s private home 
From Johannes Larsen’s private home 
Typical Johannes Larsen’s paintings of swans
Please have a look at more of Johannes Larsen’s paintings!
When I was about nine years old, my grandmother gave me Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling” with illustrations by Johannes Larsen. Somehow, I have lost it after all these years. Luckily, I found a new book edition in the museum’s shop.
Categories: Art, Art Museum, Denmark, Historical Buildings, Kerteminde
From one Heart to Another 
What a delightful exhibition. I will comment on only Simon Bangs painting of the nine storks. The painting of the birds are great but I really liked the way he painted the scenery in red. Very spectacular.
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I will love to tell him what you wrote here. This use of colours is his style. On another note, he just got rewarded for a documentary film on his maternal grandfather, who sailed as a captain for more than fifty years on all the seas. Survived both the first and the second world Wars but not without scars
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Thanks Palsoren, I am very happy about your comment about my painting. Thanks for watching. The painting is large: it measures 150 x 300 cm and seems fierce with its flaming colors, the 9 storks and one pelican.
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Yes Simon, I love the contrast between the red nose everywhere and the birds that were just black-and-white.
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That was exactly the idea with that contrast. Thanks for noticing 🙂
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I’ve always liked birds, but as I grew older I found I appreciated them more and more.
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We feel the same GP, and this museum has had this kind of special exibition three times already and gets so many pieces of work to choose from
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These are quite lifelike. Beautiful, thank you.
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