DK Travel : Copenhagen : Museums & Galleries

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Alberto Giacometti Collection

The museum owns an impressive collection of 13 sculptures and several drawings by Alberto Gia-cometti (1901–66). The elongated figures with rough textures are reminiscent of African sculpture.
Anna Ancher (1859–1935)

A Skagen artist and wife of Michael Ancher. Her work is typified by picturesque, intimate scenes of family life.
Asger Jorn (1914–73)

Founder of CoBrA, an important art group to emerge after World War II.
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844)

Son of an Icelandic wood carver, he became Denmark’s most famous sculptor.
Big Thumb 1968

This striking, 2-m (6-ft) tall bronze thumb is modelled after the thumb of its creator, French sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–98).
Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007)

An expressionist surrealist and one of the most influential artists of the CoBrA group.
Christoffer Eckersberg (1783–1853)

Laid the foundations for the “Golden Age of Painting” in Denmark (1800–1850).
Dansk Jødisk Museum

The Danish Jewish Museum tells the story of Denmark’s Jewish community since the arrival of the first families in the 17th century. Designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, the interlocking interior symbolises Danish-Jewish good relations, its apogee the rescue of 7,000 Jews from Nazis.
Davids Samling

Set inside a 19th-century town house, the museum holds the collections of Christian Ludwig David (1878–1960), a Danish barrister. It includes fabulous furniture from the 18th–20th centuries and ancient Islamic ornamental art (see Davids Samling ).
Dead Drunk Danes 1960

Rebel artist Asger Jorn (1914–1973) was awarded the Guggenheim International Award for this expressive abstract painting. However, he rejected the accolade and sent Harry Guggenheim an infuriated telegram: “Go to hell with your money bastard stop Never asked for it stop Against all decency to mix artist against his will in your publicity stop”.