Thorvaldsen_Medal

Thorvaldsen Medal
Thorvaldsen Medal
	The first Thorvaldsen Medal which in gold which was presented to Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1842.
Sponsored by	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Date	1837; 187 years ago
Country	Denmark
Formerly called	Exhibition Medal (1837–1865); Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (1866–1023)
Website	https://www.akademiraadet.dk/index.php?id=95

Thorvaldsen Medal

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The Thorvaldsen Medal (Danish: Thorvaldsens Medalje, Thorvaldsen Medaillen) is awarded annually with few exceptions to a varying number of recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and is its highest distinction within the visual arts. It is named after the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.

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The medal was founded in 1837 as the Exhibition Medal and awarded for talented works in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in the Charlottenborg Palace. In 1866, it was renamed the Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal (Danish: Thorvaldsenske Udstillings-Medaille), and from 1923 it has been known under its current name.^[1]

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"Thorvaldsens Madalje". Gyldendal. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

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"En hyldest til den danske kunst" (PDF) (in Danish). Akademirådet. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

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Year	Laureate		Ref(s)
1839	Martinus Rørbye	A Turkish notary drawing up a marriage contract in front of the Kiliç Ali Pasha Mosque, Tophane, Constantinople
1841	Wilhelm Marstrand	Scene of the October celebrations in Rome (Scene af oktoberfesten i Rom)
1842	Bertel Thorvaldsen	Honorary medal
1843	Johan Vilhelm Gertner	Stiftsprovst Trydes Portræt	Source
1845	P. C. Skovgaard	Scene from Tisvilde Woods (Parti ved Udkanten af Tisvilde Skov)
1845	P. C. Skovgaard	View of Skarrit Lake (Udsigt over Skarrit Sø)
1846	Anton Melbye	Eddystone Lighthouse (Eddystone Fyrtaarn)
1847	Jens Adolf Jerichau
1849	Godtfred Rump	Scene from Himmelbjerget (Parti fra Himmelbjerget)
1853	Julius Exner	Visiting Grandfather ("Besøget gos bedstefar")
1858	Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann
1860	Frederik Vermehren	Huslig Syssel i en fattig Bondestue; en Kone bælger Ærter
1860	William Hammer	Grain and fruits under an apple tree ("Korn og Fruget under et Æbletræ")	Source
1860	Theobald Stein	Neapolitan fishing boy, carrying a pitcher("Neapolitansk Fiskerdreng, bærende en Vandkrukke")
1861	Christen Dalsgaard	(En Kones højtidelige Kirkegang efter Barselfærd)
1867	Carl Neumann	Skibe under land efter en byge
1871	Janus la Cour	Aften ved Nemisøen
1872	Otto Bache	Portrait group of the Ræder family (Portrætgruppe af Familien Ræder)
1882	Vilhelm Rosenstand	Outside a Brasserie in Paris. Mother and Son at Café Pousse (Udenfor et Brasserie i Paris. Moder og Søn ved Pousse-Caféen)
1882	Peder Severin Krøyer	?
1882	Frants Henningsen	A Funeral (En Begravelse)
1883	Thorvald Niss	Winter Scene from Folehaven
1883	Bertha Wegmann	Portrait of the Artist's Sister (Portræt af kunstnerindens søster)
1884	August Jerndorff
1884	Christian Zacho	Quiet waters in Dyrehaven (Et stille Vand i Dyrehaven)	Source
1886	Viggo Johansen	Evening talk (Aftenpassiar )
1887	Otto Haslund	Concerto (Koncert)	Source
1887	Hans Michael Therkildsen	Køerne vandes
1887	Carl Thomsen
1890	Georg Achen	Johanne Achen. The Artist's Mother (Johanne Achen, kunstnerens Moder)
1893	Julius Paulsen
1896	Michael Ancher	?
1899	Ludvig Brandstrup	Christian IX statue, Esbjerg
1892	Knud Larsen
1906	L. A. Ring	?
1907	Bertha Dorph	Et besøg hos den unge barselskone
1913	Ejnar Nielsen	?
1915	Theodor Philipsen	?
1918	Herman Vedel	Fra forhandlingerne om grundloven 5. juni 1915
1923	Joakim Skovgaard	Jomfru i Fugleham

Year	Recipient^[2]	Field
1926	Karl Jensen	Painter
1927	Fritz Syberg	Painter
1930	Carl J. Bonnesen	Sculptor
1932	Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen	Sculptor
1933	Niels Larsen Stevns	Painter
1934	Johan Rohde	Painter
1936	Niels Hansen Jacobsen	Sculptor
1937	Niels Skovgaard Gerhard Henning	Sculptor Sculptor
1940	Sigurd Swane Mogens Bøggild	Painter Sculptor
1941	Johannes Larsen Aksel Jørgensen	Painter Painter
1942	Olaf Rude	Painter
1943	Oluf Høst	Painter
1944	Einar Utzon-Frank Johannes C. Bjerg Hans Knudsen Svend Hammershøi	Sculptor Sculptor Painter Painter
1946	Jens Søndergaard Axel P. Jensen	Painter Painter
1948	Rasmus Harboe Jais Nielsen	Sculptor Painter
1950	Jean Gauguin Adam Fischer	Sculptor Sculptor
1951	Ebba Carstensen	Painter
1952	Elof Risebye Ole Søndergaard	Painter Architect
1954	Astrid Noack	Sculptor
1956	Laura Brun-Pedersen	Painter
1957	William Scharff	Painter
1960	Henrik Starcke	Sculptor
1961	Erik Hoppe	Painter
1963	Carl-Henning Pedersen Palle Nielsen Axel Poulsen	Painter Painter Sculptor
1964	Georg Jacobsen	Painter
1965	Niels Lergaard Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen	Painter Sculptor
1966	Harald Leth Svend Johansen	Painter Painter
1967	Henry Heerup Lauritz Hartz Robert Jacobsen	Painter Painter Sculptor
1968	Richard Mortensen Povl Christensen Knud Nellemose	Painter Painter Sculptor
1969	Ejler Bille Paul Gadegaard	Painter Painter
1970	Wilhelm Freddie	Painter
1971	Knud Agger Peter Alsing Nielsen Sonja Ferlov Mancoba	Painter Painter Sculptor
1972	Søren Hjorth Nielsen Erik Thommesen	Painter Sculptor
1973	Karl Bovin Else Alfelt Willy Ørskov	Painter Painter Sculptor
1974	Søren Georg Jensen	Painter
1975	Gunnar Westman	Sculptor
1976	Anna Klindt Sørensen Gottfred Eickhoff	Painter Sculptor
1977	Franciska Clausen Bent Sørensen	Painter Sculptor
1978	Sven Dalsgaard Ole Schwalbe Ole Kielberg	Painter Painter Painter
1979	Jørgen Haugen Sørensen Dan Sterup-Hansen	Sculptor Painter
1980	Gunnar Aagaard Andersen	Painter
1983	Kasper Heiberg	Painter
1984	Arne Haugen Sørensen Mogens Andersen Jane Muus	Painter Painter Painter
1985	Ib Braase	Sculptor
1986	Frede Christoffersen Else Fischer-Hansen Rasmus Nellemann	Painter Painter Painter
1987	Per Kirkeby	Painter
1988	Albert Mertz	Painter
1989	Jørn Larsen	Painter
1990	Christian Daugaard	Painter
1991	Ib Geertsen	Painter
1982	Hein Heinsen Egon Fischer	Sculptor Sculptor
1994	Mogens Møller	Sculptor
1995	Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen	Painter
1996	Bjørn Nørgaard	Sculptor
1997	John Olsen Richard Winther	Painter Painter
1998	Stig Brøgger	Painter
1999	Torben Ebbesen Jørgen Boberg	Sculptor Painter
2000	Thomas Bang Kirsten Lockenwitz Ingálvur av Reyni	Sculptor Sculptor Painter
2001	Ole Sporring	Painter
2002	Kirsten Ortwed	Sculptor
2003	Ingvar Cronhammar	Sculptor
2004	Troels Wörsel	Painter
2005	Kirsten Justesen Jytte Rex	Sculptor Painter
2006	Jørgen Rømer	Painter
2008	Erik Hagens	Painter
2009	Christian Lemmerz	Sculptor
2010	Morten Stræde Elisabeth Toubro	Sculptor Sculptor
2011	Eva Koch Freddie A. Lerche	Sculptor Painter
2012	Kirsten Klein	Photographer
2013	Olafur Eliasson Kirsten Dehlholm	Painter Painter
2014	Martin Erik Andersen	Sculptor
2015	Per Bak Jensen Viera Collaro	Photographer Sculptor
2016	Jesper Christiansen [da] Erik August Frandsen Jytte Høy	Visual artist Painter Visual artist
2017	Finn Reinbothe	Visual artist^[3]
2018	Lone Høyer Hansen	Sculptor
2019	Eric Andersen	Visual artist
2020	Poul Pedersen	Visual artist

Thorvaldsen_Medal

Thorvaldsen Medal

Medal design

Recipients

Exhibition Medal recipients

Thorvaldsen Medal recipients

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References

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