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20-500: The town is the site for Nivaagaard museum, a marina and a desolated shopping center by the railway station , which includes only a library and a Netto supermarket. The town possesses two schools; Nivå Skole Syd (formerly known as Nivå Centralskole) and Nivå Skole Nord (formerly known as Niverødgaardskolen), whilst a golf course lies to the West. Its landscape is varied and ranges from marshland to suburban habitations. 20% or more of

40-565: A bout of rheumatic fever . He made many drawings during his convalescence and decided that he would become an artist. In 1822 at 12 years of age he started his studies at Royal Danish Academy of Art ( Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi ). He studied first in the drawing class of Christian August Lorentzen (1749–1828) and finally 4 years under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853) after Lorentzen's death in 1828. Eckersberg stressed observance of nature, and Købke's talent grew under Eckersberg's disciplined training. Eckersberg's influence

60-476: Is buried in Assistens Kirkegård . Købke, a national romantic , painted portraits , landscapes and architectural paintings . Most of Købke's portraits show friends, family members and fellow artists. He found most of his motifs in his immediate surroundings. Now he is recognized internationally for his well composed and harmonic paintings, for their coloristic qualities and for his sense of

80-542: Is open to the public. The estate was founded in 1767 by Adam von Lüttichau when he purchased Nivaa Havnegård ("Nivaa Harbour House") from the Crown. The property was from the beginning associated with the Galley Harbour at Nivaa which was planned in 1753 but soon abandoned. The name Nivaagaard was introduced in 1793. The estate was acquired by Alfred Hage in 1862. Alfred Hage's eldest son, Johannes Hage , inherited

100-713: Is readily seen in Købke's first mature work " Parti af Århus Domkirke " painted in 1829. The painting was purchased by the Art Union ( Kunstforening ) and is now in the collection of the National Art Museum ( Statens Museum for Kunst ). He received the academy's small silver medallion in 1831 and a large silver medallion in 1833. He lived in Kastellet until 1833 and made many paintings of the area. His painting " Gården ved bageriet i Kastellet " (ca. 1832) hangs in

120-506: Is situated in an extensive park featuring many different varieties of rhododendron. The museum houses art from the Italian and North European renaissance , Dutch and Danish Baroque, Danish Golden Age, as well as special exhibitions. Nivaagaard Nivaagaard is a historic property in Nivå in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen , Denmark . It is now home to an art gallery and the park

140-431: Is the earliest of Hoffmann's designs which still exist today. The art collection was founded by Johannes Hage between 1895 and 1905. It covered European Renaissance and Baroque painting and Danish Golden Age art. A small museum building in temple style designed by Johan Schrøder was built near the main house in 1903. On 30 September 1908 Hage turned his collection into a self-owning institution which made it available to

160-617: The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen. In 1832 he shared a studio with his friend, landscape painter Frederik Hansen Sødring (1809–1862). He painted a portrait of Sødring which now hangs in the Hirschsprung Collection . In 1834 he moved, along with his parents, outside of Copenhagen's fortifications near Sortedam Lake ( Sortedamssøen ). He painted many views overlooking the lake towards

180-511: The Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, which is dedicated to the artistic works of neo-classicistical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844). Two years after his father died in 1843, the family sold the property outside Copenhagen, and Købke moved back into the city. His application for admission to the academy, which was accompanied by one of his failed Italian landscapes, was rejected in 1846. He died in 1848 of pneumonia , and

200-467: The 1840s. In 1857 the brickyard was one of the first in Denmark to introduce a steam engine in the production chain. In 1870, eight years after Alfred Hage had acquired the estate, a circular fire house was constructed, based on plans by Friedrich Hoffmann . The oven remained in use for 97 years up until 1967. The brickyard closed in 1980 and then re-opened as a museum. The ring oven, which is now listed,

220-406: The city and the embankments surrounding the city. His work became larger, more monumental. Like many of his contemporary artists he came under the influence of art historian Niels Lauritz Høyen (1798–1870), who promoted a nationalistic art. Høyen called for artists to search for subject matter in the folk life of their country instead of searching for themes in other lands, such as Italy (which

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240-523: The estate in 1872. The main building was severely damaged in a fire in 1873. A new main building was completed to design by Ferdinand Vilhelm Jensen in 1881. Nivaagaard was a dominating factor in Nivaa's development over the next decades. The first brickyard on the estate was established by Queen Louise in 1701. By 1720 it produced brick for the royal buildings in Copenhagen and the northern part of Zealand . These activities increased and were modernized in

260-482: The everyday life. But in his lifetime he was almost forgotten, especially because of his early death and limited production. Despite his talent and the praise of various contemporaries, Købke had never been inundated with commissions. Købke is recognized today as one of the most talented among Denmark's Golden Age painters and the most internationally renowned Danish painter of his generation. The painterly interpretations he made of his surroundings stand as high points of

280-408: The following summer to Naples, Sorrento, Pompeii and Capri where he painted in the open air. He returned home in 1840 with a large collection of sketches for later use and inspiration. Unfortunately, most of his later work with these Italian themes was uninspired, and they found little favor. Købke even considered at the time becoming a decorator, having participated in 1844–1845 in the decoration of

300-406: The inhabitants have a foreign background mostly muslims with middle eastern origin. For several hundreds of years (until 1980), the town and the surrounding areas and villages, lay ground to three brickyards. Today, the landscape are marked with former clay pits, which now serves as lakes and a marina bassin. The oldest known ring oven in the world (1870) has been preserved. It used to be a part of

320-575: The leading artists of the Danish Golden Age , including C.W. Eckersberg , Christen Købke , Johan Lundbye , Wilhelm Marstrand , Martinus Rørbye and P. C. Skovgaard . The original park was designed by Edvard Glæsel and laid out in 1901–02. A large rhododendron garden was established in 2007. 55°55′39″N 12°30′44″E  /  55.9276°N 12.5123°E  / 55.9276; 12.5123 Christen K%C3%B8bke Christen Schiellerup Købke (26 May 1810 – 7 February 1848)

340-544: The oldest brickyard, Nivaagaard Brickyard (in Danishg: Nivaagaard Teglværk ). The brickyard is regularly open for visits each summer. Nivå Musiklaug holds an annual festival at the Kalvehaven: many talented young musicians play. One of the performers playing at the 2006 event was Danish singer-songwriter Tobias Trier . Nivaagaards Malerisamling was opened by Johannes Hage in 1908. The house

360-651: The public. He chaired the board until his death in 1923. The management of the museum was professionalized in 1981 and it arranged its first special exhibition in 1983. In 1988 the museum building was expanded with support from the Velux Foundation and the Knud Højgaard Foundation. The new wing was designed by royal building inspector David Bretton-Meyer. The European collection contains works by Giovanni Bellini , Claude Lorrain and Rembrandt. The Danish collection contains works by some of

380-575: Was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting . He was born in Copenhagen , Denmark. He was one of 11 children born to Peter Berend Købke (1771–1843) and Cecilie Margrethe Petersen (1778–1867). In 1815 the family moved to Kastellet , a military fortification area in Copenhagen, where his father was head baker. At the age of 11 he suffered from

400-848: Was at that time considered a requirement for an artist's training). On a visit to Hillerød in 1835 he painted a romantic picture of Frederiksborg Palace , Frederiksborg Slot ved Aftenbelysning (1835). At the end of 1837 he married Susanna Cecilie Krohn (1810–1849), and shortly afterwards painted a portrait of his young bride. In 1838 he received a travel stipend from the academy, left his new wife and traveled via Dresden and Munich to Italy accompanied by decorative painter Georg Hilker (1807–1875). They arrived in Rome by year's end where he met his brother-in-law, sculptor and medallionist, Frederik Christopher Krohn (1806–1883) and many other Danish artists. He traveled, along with Constantin Hansen (1804–1880)

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