Georg Brandes at the University in Copenhagen

1889

Harald Slott-Møller Danish, 1864-1937

On View

Modern, Level 2, North Wing

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The late nineteenth century saw the rapid growth and expansion of universities and colleges in Europe and America. Brandes was a charismatic, popular professor in Copenhagen, giving controversial lectures on the contemporary symbolist movement in literature. Internationally famous, he was invited to lecture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in the 1890s. The portrait shows Brandes elevated on his podium under bright lights with a dramatically simple realism.

Title Georg Brandes at the University in Copenhagen

Artwork Date 1889

Artist Harald Slott-Møller

Life Dates 1864-1937

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Danish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 36 1/4 × 31 7/8 inches (92.1 × 81 cm) Framed: 41 3/8 × 37 × 2 1/8 inches (105.1 × 94 × 5.4 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Modern Art to 1970

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.1

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Signed Signed, lower left: Harald Slott-Moller

Provenance

March 20, 1969, purchased by Rasmussen (Copenhagen, Denmark) lot 187;
until 1990, private collection (Europe);
November 29, 1990, sold by (Christie's, London, England) lot 1;
1991-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Harald Slott-Møller, Georg Brandes at the University in Copenhagen, 1889, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 1991.1.