Jørgen Roed

Jørgen Roed
Bertel Christian Budtz Müller, Public domain

(1808–1888) dansk målare

Jørgen Roed (1808–1888) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a printmaker. By year of birth, Jørgen Roed belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jørgen Roed was born in Ringsted and died in Copenhagen. Jørgen Roed trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The teachers included Hans Hansen and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Jørgen Roed worked in Copenhagen. Wikidata associates Jørgen Roed with Danish Golden Age. The awards include Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog, and etatsråd. The students included Kristian Zahrtmann, Frederik Vermehren, Marie Vilhelmine Bang, and Emilie Mundt.

The best-known works include ‘Street in Roskilde. In the Background the Cathedral’, ‘The Interior of Ribe Cathedral’, ‘Interior. Ribe Cathedral’, and ‘The Temple of Hera at Paestum, Italy’. The works belong mainly to the genres genre painting and portrait painting. The catalogue has 107 works by Jørgen Roed with free images. The dated works span the years 1828–1881. Works by Jørgen Roed are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Nivaagaard, and Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Cosroe Dusi, Aleksey Tyranov, Petrus Johannes Schotel, Ludwig Lange, and Gustav Jäger.