Jørgen Sonne
(1801–1890) dansk målare, tecknare och grafiker
Jørgen Sonne (1801–1890) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Jørgen Sonne belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jørgen Sonne was born in Birkerød and died in Copenhagen. Jørgen Sonne trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The teachers included Christian David Gebauer, Johan Ludwig Lund, and Peter von Cornelius. Jørgen Sonne became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. The awards include Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog and Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog.
The best-known works include ‘Fresque murale du musée Thorvaldsen, Copenhague.’, ‘Midsummer's Eve. Sick People Asleep upon the Grave of St. Helena at Tisvilde’, and ‘A burial in North Zealand’. The catalogue has 40 works by Jørgen Sonne with free images. The dated works span the years 1816–1877. Works by Jørgen Sonne are held by several collections, among them Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, Nivaagaard, and ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred d'Orsay, Victor Vincent Adam, Johann Karl Baehr, Michelangelo Grigoletti, and Eduard Gaertner.