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Thorvald Bindesbøll

Thorvald Bindesbøll was an architect, designer, sculptor, printmaker, exlibrist and watercolorist (1846–1908). He was born in Copenhagen and died in Frederiksberg.

Also recorded as Thorvald Bindesboll

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Vase, 1900, by Thorvald Bindesbøll

Thorvald Bindesbøll · The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund · CC0

Identity and origins

Thorvald Bindesbøll studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Svend Hammershøi is recorded as having studied under Thorvald Bindesbøll. The recorded working language is Danish.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Copenhagen.

Work by Thorvald Bindesbøll is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Nationalmuseum, Cleveland Museum of Art and Huis van het boek.

The authorities additionally record the heading Thorvald Bindesboll. His recorded language was Danish.

He was the child of Gottlieb Bindesbøll.

Identity

Thorvald Bindesbøll is recorded as architect, designer, sculptor, printmaker and exlibrist.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1846–1908

  1. 1846

    Life

    Thorvald Bindesbøll was born in 1846 at Copenhagen.

  2. 1891

    Overgaden Oven Vandet 48 is dated 1891.

  3. 1895

    Strandridergaarden is dated 1895.

  4. 1900

    Institution

    Vase (Cleveland Museum of Art).

  5. 1900

    Institution

    Vase, dated 1900, held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  6. 1900

    Institution

    Vase (1900) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 1908

    Life

    Thorvald Bindesbøll died in 1908 at Frederiksberg.

The full dated record · 7 entries

  1. 1846

    Thorvald Bindesbøll was born in 1846 at Copenhagen.

  2. 1891

    Overgaden Oven Vandet 48 is dated 1891.

  3. 1895

    Strandridergaarden is dated 1895.

  4. 1900

    Vase (Cleveland Museum of Art).

  5. 1900

    Vase, dated 1900, held by Cleveland Museum of Art.

  6. 1900

    Vase (1900) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 1908

    Thorvald Bindesbøll died in 1908 at Frederiksberg.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Copenhagen
Birth
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  • Frederiksberg

    Death place

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1891 to 1900.

  • Overgaden Oven Vandet 48

    1891

  • Strandridergaarden

    1895

  • Dragon Fountain

  • Vase

    1900 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Literature

Literature

  • Bindesbøll, Thorvald, Oxford Art Online, 2003

  • Bindesbøll, Thorvald, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online

  • Bindesbøll, Thorvald (1846–1908), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016

  • Bindesbøll family, Oxford Art Online, 2003

Literature

Scholarly footprint

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Primary material

Documents and archives

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Citations

References

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A further 3 witnesses are held back from this article because the person or object named in them is not yet resolved to this record. They are kept, not discarded, and return once the identity is established.

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Further particulars

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Thorvald Bindesbøll studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

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